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FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2285. 1907. 1027 That the Secretary of the Interior, or his accredited representative, Accssslo records. shall at all times have access to any books and records of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole tribes, whether in possession of any of the officers of either ot said tribes or any officer or custodian thereof, of the future State of Oklahoma. cnocrsws. (Treaty.) Glwcmws. For permanent annuity, er second article of treaty of November (*,¤{=¤i¤¤¤- sixteenth, eighteen hundredp and five, and thirteenth article of treaty vg1Iii?i>il¢ii4. of eglgltil twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousan dollars; For permanent annuity for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth *,§f’;§§f“°“· arlgclle of treagsy of October eighteenth, eighteen hundre apd twenty, V 1 1; m an t irteent artic e of treat of June twent —second ei teen hun- °· ·¥’· · dred and fifty-five, six hundreii dollars; y ’ g _ For permanent annuity for support of blacksmith, per sixth article €[,‘§Yl,‘f,§';,{‘Q‘,,’z,,, of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty- Y five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-sec0nd, eighteen l"l‘“*"· 61** hundred and fifty-tive, six hundred dollars; For permanent annuity for education, per second and thirteenth $2{l%‘ff,lP,’},;,_ articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars; V<>*·¤· P- 614- For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article of treaty {,'],’f}-f',T;§°1‘ of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth V°*·¤·P-•¤*- article of treat of June twent ·second, eighteen hundred and fifty- five, three hundred and twenty dollars; For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and I“°°’°’°‘ fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, at five per centum per annum, for education. support of the government, and other benelicial purposes, under the direction of the general council of the Choctaws, in conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth V°l·7·p·m articles of treaty of . anuary twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty- live, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred andfifty- V°'-1*·l*—614- five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty- nine cents; _ That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and ,,.,If,‘,§f‘°" "’ "'°‘l" °‘ directed to place upon the books of the Treasury to the credit of the Choctaw tribe of Indians the sum of three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, balance V¤*·¤·l>l·-6¤3·6l*· due said tribe under articles ten and thirteen of the treaty of June twenty-second. eighteen hundred and fiftyfive (Eleventh Statutes at Large. six hundred and eleven), and the same shall draw interest at three per centum per annum. _ In all, four hundred and twenty thousand two hundred and ninety dollars and cigghtj-one cents. _ That upon the passage of this Act tribal courts of the'Choctaw and ,,{g§P°‘ °°“"“‘ "‘°" Chickasaw nations shall be abolished, and no olhcer of said courts shall thereafter- have any authority whatever to do or perform an y act theretofore authorized by any law in connection with said courts or to receive any pay for the SHYIIGQ dT1d all Clvll and criminal causes then T’°“**€’°*°°“°°°- pending in any such court in_sa1d_nations shall be transferred to the pro cr United States court ID said Territory by tiling with the clerk of the court the original papers. _ _ _ That the city of McAlestel‘, Illdian T€I'I`ll'»Ol'}’. may legally issue, in §{f‘;}‘,;{f;,)0nds mr addition to its present uulstilllfllllg lndclltcdlless, bonds to the amount igsgaazid schoolof one hundred and seventy-tive thousand dollars for the purchase of‘ sites and the erection of schoolhouses thereon, notwithstanding any provision ot any law of the Ilnited States put in force and made applicable to the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, Indian Territory, I