Acts And Resolutions of the General Council of the Choctaw Nation ... : 1895- 1903
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C. N. BILL NO. 26. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF ALLOTMENT COMMISSIONERS, WHOSE DUTY IT SHALL BE TO ASSIST CITIZENS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES, IN LOCATING THEIR ALLOTMENTS WITH RESPECT TO AREAS AND BOUNDARIES AS ESTABLISHED BY GOVERNMENT SURVEY. Whereas, Pursuant to law a land office has been opened at Atoka, Indian Territory, for the purpose of allotting the lands of the Choctaw Nation to the citizens entitled thereto; and Whereas, The selectio...n made for allotment must conform as nearly as may be to areas and boundaries as established by the government survey; and Whereas, Many, if not a majority, of the Choctaw people are totally unfamiliar with the areas, boundaries and subdivisions of land as made by the United States 36 ACTS OF THE CHOCTAW NATION. government surveyors in the Choctaw Nation, and will not for that reason be able to comply with the require- ments of law in this, unless assistance be afforded them in the matter of selecting their allotments with respect to the areas and boundaries established as aforesaid ; and "Whereas, It is frequently of the utmost importance to the allottee that he so subdivide his land as to not only conform to the areas and boundaries of the govern- ment survey, but to protect his own interests as well with respect to the character and location of the land or particular portions thereof to be allotted, necessitating, of course, the running of many cross-section and other subdivision lines, all of which require the services of competent persons, and without which the interest of the allottee would be seriously affected; and Whereas, The services of persons competent are to be had only at a cost considerable to the individual al- lottee, a cost which the people standing most in need of the service can not afford and are forced to accept in- competent and unreliable service to their own great damage; and Whereas, There is no provision whereby the gov- ernment of the United States can furnish the aid needed by the citizens in selecting their allotments with respect to the areas and boundaries established as aforesaid, except by maps and plats drawn and distributed, which said maps and plats are of value to those only who are able to run out the lines of the land as indicated on the plats; and said maps and plats afford practically no aid to those who have no knowledge of survey lines on the land or as represented on the maps and plats; and Be it enacted by the General Council of the Choc- taw Nation assembled : ACTS OF THE CHOCTAW NATION.
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