Bill No. 8. A proposed bill to request the Secretary of the Interior to prohibit the United States Commissioner acting upon citizenship petitions; to request the United States Indian Agent to determine citizenship of petitioners; and to ask the...
Six letters from the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes to the National Secretary of the Choctaws (E.H. Wilson) accounting for the laws which were approved or disapproved by the President, March 1908 - April 1909 (incomplete)
Resolutions:</br></br>Account statements regarding Commissioners on the part of the Choctaw Nation and the Commissioner of Confederate States of America, 1861.</br></br>Resolution of instruction to the Choctaw delegation,...
A proposed act for the Commissioner to procure lists of claimants in the treaty of 1839. Passed with amendments October 23, 1873. Approved October 24, 1873.
Bill No. 62. A proposed act requiring the resignation of C.J. Stewart, Commissioner of the 2nd Judicial District. Passed and approved November 10, 1885.
An act to reimburse D.C. McCurtain for services rendered as commissioner to the Chickasaw Nation to confer with the authorities of said Nation and for expenses incurred in the discharge of said commissioners duties and by him defrayed. Passed House...
A proposed act accepting the agreement submitted by E.R. Cheadle, Special Commissioner of Choctaw and Chickasaw and Commissioner to Five Civilized Tribes, on September 5, 1899. Passed House, Senate, and approved October 31, 1899.
An act authorizing the townsite commissioner of the Choctaw Nation to survey, appraise, and sell the land lying between the city of Ft. Smith, Arkansas and the Arkansas River and extending to the mouth of Mill Creek. Passed Senate and House October...
A letter to Pres. McKinley from Secretary Ethan A. Hitchcock recommending the approval of an act appropriating $2500.00 to Wesley Anderson for services as commissioner to Washington. Letter dated February 25, 1899.
A letter from J. George Wright, U.S. Indian Inspector to S.J. Homer, concerning the President's disapproval of the ""act amending an act authorizing the appointment of commissioners to negotiate with a like commissioner from the...
A letter from J. Blair Skoenbil, Indian Agent, to S.J. Homer, National Secretary, stating he had sent a copy of the resolution refusing to accept the statutory allowance to $50.00 per mile for right-of-way of the Fort Smith and Western Railway Co....
A letter from Edward M. Dowson, Chief Clerk to S.J. Homer, National Secretary, stating he had forwarded the resolution refusing $50.00 per mile for right-of-way of the Ft. Smith and Western Railway Co. to commissioner of Indian Affairs. November...
Notification from G.W. Dukes, Principal Chief to members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Choctaw Nation in General Council Assembled, concerning the amount to be paid per mile for railway right-of-ways. Also two letters from W.A....
A letter from Thos. Ryan to Soloman J. Homer, National Secretary of the Choctaw Nation stating that the resolution concerning the right of way of the Gainsville, McAlester, and St. Louis Railway Company had been referred to the commissioner of...
Bill No. 8. A resolution condemning the action of Thomas W. Hunter, as townsite commissioner, and requesting his removal from office. Passed Senate December 12, 1902. Passed House December 13, 1902.
A letter to the Secretary of the Interior recommending the President's disapproval of an act authorizing the Principal Chief to appoint a Commissioner on behalf of the Choctaw Nation. December 3, 1903.
A letter from Thomas Ryan, acting commissioner to E.H. Wilson, National Secretary, advising the President's approval on January 19, 1910 of the act amending the act providing for the officers of regular and special delegates. Dated February...
A letter from Ryan, acting commissioner, to E.H. Wilson, National Secretary, advising the President's approval on November 23, 1909, of an appropriation made for salaries of trained tribal officers. Dated December 2, 1909.
A letter from Thomas Ryan, acting commissioner to E.H. Wilson, National Secretary, advising the President's approval on December 6, 1909 of the act for the relief of Mrs. J.F. McCurtain. Dated December 14, 1909.
A letter from Thomas Ryan, acting commissioner, to E.H. Wilson, National Secretary, advising the President's approval on December 2, 1909 of the appropriation of $1,500,000.00 to be used by Principal Chief for certain purposes. Dated...
Government employee and attorney. Five letter books (1885-1898) containing correspondence from Belt, an assistant commissioner of Indian affairs, to government officials regarding the administration of federal Indian policy and legal matters of his...