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AN ACT to adopt the negroes of the Chickasaw
Nation, &c.
 S
ECTION
1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the Chickasaw Nation, That all the
negroes belonging to Chickasaws at the time of the adoption of the treaty of
Fort Smith, and living in the Chickasaw Nation at the date thereof, and their
descendants, are hereby declared to be adopted in conformity with the third
article of the treaty of 1866, between the Choctaws, Chickasaws, and the United
States : Provided
however, That the
proportional part of the $300,000 specified in article third of the said treaty,
with the accrued interest thereon, shall he paid to the Chickasaw Nation for its
sole use and benefit : And
provided further, The said
adopted negroes of the Chickasaw Nation shall not participate in any part of the
said proportional part of the said $300.000, nor be entitled to any benefit from
the principal and interest on our invested funds or claims arising
therefrom (sic), nor to any part of our common domain, or the profits arising
therefrom(sic), (except the forty acres per capita provided for in the third
article of the treaty of 1866,) nor to any privileges or rights not authorized
by treaty stipulations : And
provided further, That the
said adopted negroes, upon the approval of this act, shall be subject to the
jurisdiction and laws of the Chickasaw Nation, and to trial and punishment for
offenses against them in every case just as if the said negroes were
Chickasaws.
SEC. 2. And
be it further enacted,
That this act shall be in full force and effect from and after its approval by
the proper authority of the United states. And all laws, or parts of laws, in
conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Approved January 10, 1873
CYRUS HARRIS,
Governor,
Attest:
W. H. B OURLAND
National Secretary, Chickasaw Nation
I do hereby certify that the above copy is a true
and authenticated copy from the original now on file in my office this January
10, 1873.
W. H. BOURLAND,
National Secretary, Chickasaw Nation
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