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Show REGULATIONS FOR LICENSING AND RECORDING MARRIAGES -AMONG INDIANS. . . To LhiFnited Stam Indian Agm& and School &perintendents charge $~gmcies: As is well known, an Indian who receives an allotment becomes thereh a citizen of the United States and his real estate descends to his heirs according to tKe laws of the State or Territor in whiph he resides. This, as well as other considerations, makes it imperative txxt a relraible and permanent record of Indian family relations should he kebt at eveerv aeencv. and e-iallv at aeencies where the lands of the Incliitna l>are'nrru or a& ci,un it; llr alloited. ' The follo\viag illstrn<r km arc t l~en~foprrco mulgated: 1. On and after Ju~rc. 1. 1901. IL lllall be the dutv ui a c h lnglian swnt m keen x ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~~~.~~ ~- permanent reeister of e v e r ~m arriage which takes d l am~one t he Indians under % chargc, said icgister tu n&nl the aamt of the lhshnnd ar1.i uf the \vrfe, botlr the lralian nnJ the Ftlglirlt nil"#?,i i iooth n~mc 9e xist, aull in the c u e uf iln allattc<l Ir~dianth e nanir 1," whiclt mid Indian is d~siolmtedo n tlre sllotrtrerlt roll: xlic) rlre ~~ ~ ~~ ~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ - age, tribe, blood, nitionalitv. ,. or citizenshin of goth narties. the date of the k&hi. z. niLl rite nnmc of the ,.rr.on wht, *uIrrnni;~ri t; slr, t1.r k a r r i i~* b~y ~Icclxmtiun I~eforcw itnesce, the nuulcr of tile nitneiaez. T l ~irp runl rlrall also inrlu<lt.t he name. of the oawntq of ht.tli i.n:bs~nl am1 !tile. 2. ~' e f o rme arriage an Indian must obtain a license to marry, either of an agent or of the proper authoritiea, in compliance with the laws of the State or Territory in which such Indian resides. 3. United States Indian agents are hereby authorized to issue to Indians licenses to marrv, which shall be issued without charee. and. so far as oracticable. shall con-form tcriitr lanr of thc State or Territory ill'&ilic.ll Irc lieen:;. was irskd, and the lieenfn ~lball prrrult tllc parti& to 1,c u~arrir,l ily a ilergymxn or by r civil orticcr, or by declaritng 1rr.fowaitncsrt~thr eir inlpr~wt live ~ ~ r r r ~ n n r ntot l~gv thr rai solch usbxnd atrd sole wiie: Ih,#lrlrd, That no lndiari nllall Ile perrtritted tu BnHrry a pcrson <,f any uthcr race vxcekt in 1 1 rn~nn ner prcecribed hy the law* of thr Suu?I r Tcrritory in which such Indian rea:d~s. Enrh marriage lircnrr thus issued sltall Le rnrered in a pern>ancn: rend kept at tllr agency where i t in issued. ,incl wnm an 1t~dian.allot-t d or unallotted, n.rrive a livn>uc to marrv from a civil irlari~triltr' it shall 1.e tlle duty of such Indian immediately to report such license to th;? agent for permanent F-P..P O ~ . 4. It shall he the duty of the one who solemnizes the marriage to send to the agency from which the l~censew as issued a certificate giving the names of the per-sons married, the date of the ceremony, and the name and position of the one who gerfprmed the ceremony; or, if the marriage is by declaration, the certificate shall em ed by two witnesses, one of whom shall immediately return it to the agent. 5. % license to marry shall be given to sn Indian who has a wife or a husband living from whom such Indian has not been divorced, and the taking by a married man of more than one wife or by a married woman of more than one husband shall not he allowed. 6. If an Indian shall be married on a reservation where such Indian has no tribal rights the agent for that reservation shall transmit to the agent for the reservation in which the Indian has tribal rights a copy of the license and certificate of the marriage of such Indian, and the ent receiving such copies, if he finds that the Indian designated therein has trib2 rights at the agency under his charge, shall record the marriage in the register of marriages kept by him; otherwise he will return the copy to the sender with a statement of the facts. 7. It shall be the duty of each Indian agent to make a permanent record, by fami-lies, of all Indians under his charge. The record shall give the name of the huahnd 630 |
