| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs - 1916 - 208 pages
...that the bill would deprive them of their property ; that its passage at this time has been opposed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior in reports to Congress as unjust to the Indians and unnecessary at this time; that it would enable... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs - 1916 - 208 pages
...Hustings to confer upon the Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes the authority now exercised by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior over the individual lands and moneys of restricted members of the Five Civilized Tribes. It would give... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Indian Affairs - 1916 - 318 pages
...Hastings to confer ii]ion the Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes the authority now exorcised by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior over the individual lands and moneys of restricted members of the Five Civilized Tribes. It would give... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1916 - 376 pages
...you know why? Mr. MKIMTT. Because of certain claims that he has. He wants those matters passed upon by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior before this appropriation is' made, possibly with a view of getting a larger claim than the other attorneys... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs - 1917 - 488 pages
...accordance with the plans and specifications submitted by the chief engineer of the Indian Service and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and substantially as described in Senate Document Numbered Nine hundred and seventy-three. Sixty-second... | |
| John Edmundson Alexander - 1917 - 900 pages
...of the Interior; provided, however, that no will so executed shall be valid until it shall have been approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior. See, also, amendment to the above section by act of February 14, 1913, ch. 55, 37 Stat. L. 678. This... | |
| 1917 - 1450 pages
...allotment. It was found by the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes who heard the contest, and by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior who heard the successive appeals, that Mrs. Martin was the owner of the improvements; and the only... | |
| 1912 - 192 pages
...pursuant to section 2103 and following sections of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and, duly approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, said sum to be paid as provided for in the contract out of individual funds in the Treasury of the... | |
| United States. Court of Claims - 1918 - 688 pages
...employed by said bands of Indians to prosecute their claims, under a contract which has been heretofore approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior as provided by law, upon information and belief as to the existence of the facts stated in said petition,... | |
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