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Show COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN APFAIRS. 135 Nation. .Allotments to children.-The act of March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. L.; 1048), authorizes allotment of lands to children in the Five Civilized Tribes born ,between specified dates, as follows : That the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes is hereby authorized for sixty days after the date of the approval of this act to receive and consider applications for enrollment of infant children born prior to September twenty- Ufth, nineteen hundred and two, and who were living on said date, to citizens by hlood of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians whose enrollment has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior prior to the date of the approval of this act, and to enmli and make allotments to such children. That the Comulission to the Fire Civilized Tribes is authorized for sixty days after the date of the approval of this act to receive and consider applications for enmllmeut of children born subsequent to September twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and two, and prior to March fourth, nineteen hundred and five, and who w.ere living on said latter date, to citizens by blood of the Choctaw and Chicka-saw tribes of Indians whose enrollment has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior prlor to the date of the approval of this act, and to enroll and make :?llotments to such children. That the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes is authorized for sixty days after the date of the approval of this act to receive and consider applications for enrollments of children born subsequent to May twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and one, and prior to March fourth, nineteen hundred and five, and living on said latter date, to citizens of the Creek tribe of Indians whose enrollment has been approved by tlle Secretary of the Interior prior to the date of the approval of this act, and to enroll and make allotments to such children. That the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes is authorized for ninety days after the date of the approval of this act to receive and consider applica-tions for enrollment of infant children born prior to March fourth, nineteen hundred and five, and living on said latter date, to cltizens of the Seminole tribe whose enrollment has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and to enroll and make allotments to such children, giving to each an equal num-ber of acres of land, and such children shall also share equally with other citi-zens of the Seminole tribe in the distribution of all other tribal property and funds. Placing Indians in possession of their allotments.-The agreements with the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Cherolcee nations, require that each citizen shill he placed in unrestricted possession of his allotment and the certificate of allotment is made conclusive evidence of the right of the allottee to the possession of the land. This duty devolves upon the United States Indian agent, Union Agency, under the direction of the Department, and in the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee nations his action in this particular can not "be controlled by writ or process of any court." Chemkes ...................................................................... week .......................................................................... c h i ~ l i .s..~..~.. ............................................................. Chootaw ................................................................. Seminole ...................................................................... 35 ST6 15'386 m'is ZJ:UO 2.150 3 64Y 842.80 e'gsa'or2.m z'g6dim.w 3:435k14:'0498T1..8m0 |