Pueblo Indian Lands. Hearings Before a Subcommittee on S. 3865 and S. 42231923 - 282 páginas |
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Página 134 - Adverse possession' is defined to be an actual and visible appropriation of land, commenced and continued under a color of title and claim of right inconsistent with and hostile to the claim of another...
Página 17 - The letter referred to is here printed in the record as follows: NATIONAL GRANGE, Washington, DC, January 12, 1921.
Página 52 - Now, Know ye, That the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity, with the several Acts of Congress in such case made and provided, HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED, and by these presents DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said Conrad B. Pack, and to his heirs, the said Tract above described...
Página 49 - Not only does the Constitution expressly authorize Congress to regulate commerce with the Indian tribes, but long continued legislative and executive usage and an unbroken current of judicial decisions have attributed to the United States as a superior and civilized nation the power and the duty of exercising a fostering care and protection over all dependent Indian communities within its borders...
Página 49 - Plenary authority over the tribal relations of the Indians has been exercised by Congress from the beginning, and the power has always been deemed a political one, not subject to be controlled by the judicial department of the Government.
Página 144 - UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS AND SURVEYS, Washington, DC The committee met, pursuant to call, at 2.30 pm, in the committee room, Capitol, Senator Gerald P.
Página 55 - Every person who makes a settlement on any lands belonging, secured, or granted by treaty with the United States to any Indian tribe, or surveys or attempts to survey such lands, or to designate any of the boundaries by marking trees, or otherwise, is liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars. The President may, moreover, take such measures and employ such military force as [he] may judge necessary to remove any such person from the lands.
Página 50 - It is settled beyond doubt or controversy — upon the foundation of the great principle of public policy, applicable to all governments alike, which forbids that the public interests should be prejudiced by the negligence of the officers or agents to whose care they are confided — that the United States, asserting rights Opinion of the Court.
Página 49 - There can be no more complete representation than that on the part of the United States in acting on behalf of these dependents — whom Congress, with respect to the restricted lands, has not yet released from tutelage. Its efficacy does not depend upon the Indian's acquiescence.
Página 57 - ... regard the Shakers and other communistic societies in this country, and cannot for that reason be classed with the Indian Tribes of whom we have been speaking. We have been urged by counsel, in view of these considerations, to declare that they are citizens of the United States and of New Mexico. But abiding by the rule which we think ought always to govern this court, to decide nothing beyond what is necessary to the judgment we are to render, we leave that question until it shall be made in...