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: Tiffs section would: benefit :~ 'Indiatis~ by.-~ir~tfing ':~lUl~ - :¯ imembers_ .to make. a. aviU -a_nd by. ~.s.tr~amli.uing probate pro.~lings . " . i before tlii¢ Departm.ent-and'the.-distviet courts of~ the State of Okla-. homa, thue criminating p rotracted?|i.tigation. . ~. - . " . . .. " . . ° Under cui~.ent law,an'Osage ~~ot h~ height.or mineral- " " interest- only by. testainontar~¢ i~.~medt which.is::appidved sub: sequent to.his death, bytheSec~tary: This prodedu~e:hasresulted:in~ 'many contests of an admi'n~strafivo nature, [oll0wedby conte~tsin the. - ' .: -pr0b~-coflrtg of the.S~te.0fOldahoma and many disputes..of-heir- " ::.::! . ship. have arisen in--int~sta~. sit~atlons.-T.he. present _OFage Tn'bal-.:: -. :~ " Council. believes i t.:wo~, d,be. i-in the:.best interest.:of, tho:~Tribe .-. " "). ifan Osage w.ere ,p~t~tt~l :to exeeut~ a testamentary instrument i~i-. :: , " ,. :-~ " ~he nature:.of a.t:rust ~ hichv/0~fldpermit the settler, prior to.his death, . : " '.~ " ¯ ;.ii to firmly.establish the disposition that wfl]. be made of his p~rope~rty .... Subsection (a) would amend secti0ni.8-of:-the act"of April 18~:1912 : . :(:: : :~ .peso of.his Osag~headi'ight .and the remainder of his: estate from which.restrictions by:the-United ~>tates against alienation have n0t.. . '~:::.: been remOved~"by the .terms of-a will executed in accordance with -~ ..... ---~ Oklahoma laws~ The. se0tion, furtlher requires tha~:-the ~, of any Osage Indian.not-be. admittefl-toprobatoor have any validity-unless.i!~ approved after; the-.death .of.the testator by - the Secretary of the " I~torior. " " ° - - ..": "° -~ . - - The Secretal:y-woul~ be. requiredto Conduct .a.hearing as -to .the .va:: " .. Iidityof the wilt: at the Osage Indian Agency in.Pawhuska,- Okla..-. ~: .-~":~ Rules of evidence ofthe.State o~ Oklahoma would govern the admissi-. bility Of :evidence at.such hearing: AIlevidence relative to the validity .: :~:: ofthe.w]]l of. an Osage Indian would be-snbmitted to the Secretary: -within four months after the date thepetition for ~ppmval of such '. " will is filed with theSedre~ary. For purpo~sof dete~ the.validityof any will the.Secretary would be given the same subpoena power as .. (:.:.. :~ "" is ~est~d in the.courts...".~. . ' " :-" " The ~Se. cretar~'s approval Of-a will would entitle such.will .to be admitt;ed.to probate ~dithou~Iur~her e~idence as to its.validity. Upon the Secretary's-disapproval ofthe: will,-the heirs may immediatetr petition for letters:of administration in. the district court. The issuanceof let/~rs :tost~mentar~r or-of administration .wOuld-not confer the ;~ power to sell any res.tnetedassets by virtue of any provision in such " will, to .pa~. or sat'~sfy-legacies, nor. to. distribute property of the de- . cedent Until the final determination of the appeal, bur'-all-other actions . .:; -~ taken by; the.district court pending.said aplAeal Would bevalid and binding. Ouly Federal. cour~ would have jtirisdicfion tohear, a con~ testof a probateof a-will t.h~t.has been approved by the.Secretary.-" Shbsection-(b) would ¯amend-section 3 of the act of April 18,.1912 (37 Star..°86) to establish, a:procAdure:for disposing 0f.the:pr0perties " ef decease& add of.orphan, minor, insane, orother hicompetent Osage Indians, such.incoml~noy being determined by-the labOrs-of the Sta~" '~:.'..( of Oklahoma. " '~ ... :, .., - : -.:'- - ': " '- -: ,- ......... ,. . '":: Subsection, (o)-would amend.section 7 ofthe'act of February. 27,' - 1925 -(43 Stag. 1008; 10011),.-as amended .(25: U.S:O.. 331 nt.)to prohibit any. person-other than;heirs of Indian.bl00d and children legally .~ adoptedby 'a court:0f'ddmimtCnt:jurisdictie"~'~nd 1S£rents,.v~g~'r~lt'ess -: . '-:/, ~ - .of their Indian blood; frominherlting fre~/~Osag6 Tudian~.:~hy'right;
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the Secretary h~a trust responsigiiity to. the .heirs.or legatees dr-the: : : decedent:in those eases.where assets are .SO. small-:(less than- ~n aggre= gate of $10,000 - per decedent) that. it is uneoonomical..toemploy an .attorney to probateor, admihister such interests, The provisions Of the ¯ bill Would-~ap.ly in cases~vhere.(-!):no court tff com:petent-jurisdt.ction has undertaken the prObate-of the deceascd's estate, and .(2) a request for the a-dnfinis{,rativedetern~inatie,n has been made to the:Secretary -byoneor more .of :the heirs or:leg.atees.. " " .. . - - - " -. ¯ . There.is no: current:provision of law to-accomplish tl~epurpose oi "-" : . .. " - this section: " .. .... " "" .-~La. 4384 " -H.R. 4384 w()uld-exempt an Osage ~[ndiaa:or his estatefro'm pay'- ment; of all estate, inheritance; and mConie- taxes on any Osage head~ . ..... i _..rjght__or:mineral interest arid .the, income derived therefrom. " the FederalGovernment exempts, such interest-Owed by the- .~state of anOsage Indian :of one-half- or more.Osage Indian blood, vThodid - not have a certificate Of competenc)~,: but taxes Such interestif o~ed .by.the estateof an"(~age Indian.-wl~o had a ' certificate of competency- The. State-of Oklahoma assesses estate and.inheritance taxes on. an -Osage headright in,,test o~ed by the. estate ofan Osa~ge ~Indian', regardlessbf whether s~ch person had received a certificate 0f compa~ncy Both-Federal".andStat~ governments exempt. Osage Indians who do not .possess certificates of competency from-pa2.ine~i~ of income taxes -on their Osage headright, income; however,-both govenaments-levy income taxes on Osage headright income.received by Osage Ind.~ans possessing certificates of competency. No tax-exemption is-provided under Current law (and none .is proposed)-withxespect to Osage headrights or income where headrights :have passed into non-Indian, non.O~al~e.o)~ersMp. " ¯ " - " ...... ,". " - ._ " " - The Office.of Management and Budget has-advised that there is no 6biection to the presentation of this re 3ott from the standpoint of the :. administration's program. " . Sincerely, -. " JAMES IA. JOSEPH, -Acting ~ecretary.
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[SEc.:9. That there shall be .a quadrennial election ofofficers of the Osage Tribe as follows: A principal chief, an assistant principal chief,¯ and eight members.0f:the Osage tribalcouneil,:to succeed the.officers eleetedin theyear 1928, said officers to be elected.at a general election to be held in the: town of Pawhuska, Oklahoma,-on the first Monday in June, 1930, and on the first Mondayin June each four years thereafter, in the manner tO beprescribed~ay the. Commi~ioner of Indian Affairs, and said officers shall be elected for a period of fouryearscom- mencing onthe 1st day 0f July following said elections, andin case of vacancy in the office of principal chief or other suchofficer by death,
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: -~u. ~ ~ Osage tndiar,., s~, jur/sd~i/on. :a!co~ of ~ rapo-,.]i~ cn I C~i~rt o].O~"havi, W i¢,~obau .marneS,: b_e"~,vbje*t t~ a~ DO~ ~,.... -:~e time: ojfl!i~g, and Sald-~up~n~ztent is-author~ed, whenkodr the pr~. tection OJthe"interes[ oJ the Osage Indian requires, t6appear.in tl~ distCimI c.o~rL The .Supe.~ntendent oJ the Osage .z~genvy: w" ~e Secretary of .tht, . Interior, whe~ver he.deems ~e same:.necessary, may.iuvestiga~ ffae eoh.. du~t OJ. ezecutors,: administratom, guacdians,, or voter .persons. having . " charge o.f.the esM~.oJ anymi~,:incompe~nt, or deceased O~ge..Indian. Whenever he shall be oJ the .ojria~qt that the estate is in. any manner being " di~. "~ated, ~'asted, Or ~erm~.tted ;to deteriorate in val~t,e.!ny reasOrr o] tat: - - negligence; camIessnees.,.or i_-n~.pe~ncy ofthe: execute÷, .administrator,, . gua..rdian, o~ OrbS.person in eha~qe bfl-U~:estate,t]i,e Superi~oJ tire: ¯ Osage Agency or the Secretary isauthorized, and it shall be his duty; to re-. i port Said matter to the d~sti:ict coz~t, take the necessarysteps to have. such;. -- ~ case fully, investigated; and prosecute.a~y remedy, either cia~or erim~nal~, as the exigencies ofthe case.may require. Thecosts and ezpens.es ofany . 'cizilliroceedingsshall be a charge ~ipou the estate of ~e Ovate. Indiarvor up~ the execu~. ,.administrafirr, guard~n, or other personin Charge. of " the es~te of the:Osage Indian and hissure~,ias.the"disti'ict court sha~', : deterrnizie..E~ry bond of the:exex~tor,, administrater, g~ardian~ or other. .: person: in charge.of the estate of .any. Osage ~nd~au. shaU be sitbjeet to the. . prov~ans_oJ this section-.and slddl contairt therein a re]erence, hereto: Provided, 7'hal no guardiztn shall be. a~Painied Jor a minor whose parents, " are living unless the estate-o] said-mznor is-bring wasted or misused by, parents: Provided ~urther,. "rhat no land shall be sold or alienated ¯ " " u~vr the.pro'.m~ms oJ this secti~, without approval o] the Seearary.". ¯ [Szc. 8. That any adult member of the Osage Tribe :of Indians not. ¯ mentally incompetent may dispose oftiny or all of his: estate, real, personal, or mixed, including- trust fund~,-from which:restrieti0ias as to alienati0n-have not.beenrem0ve~i, by ~ ill, inlaccerdaneowlth the laws of the State of Oklahoma: Provided, That no suchwill shall be admitted to probate or-have any validity unless approved before or after the death ofthe testator bj; the Secretary of the Interi0r.] " . .. -. .SgC. 8. Any person of Osage. Indian blood,. eighteenyears, of. age or old, may dispose of his Osage .head(~ght or mineral interest .and the remainder oJ h~s estate (real, person, and mixed, including, trust Junds) from whikh restrictions against-al~enatiort have not been removed by wiU
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~;hom has been-granted-a certificate, of competencyi is squandering: Or mlsiising his or-hei: funds,:he may revoke, such certificate of cona¯ ~- petency after notice, and hearing in accordance with. such-mlesl and ¯ - regulations as -he -may: prescribe,-artd.-thereafter the income of such .member shall ..!~.. Subject to supervisi6n and :hivestment-: as.herein " pro~de, d 'for mem~rs got .havingcert~ca~s of-eompetency to. the- " " same extenl~ as if acertificate ofcompe~ncy had never been.granted.: Prbo~cd,:That. all justindeb~dness Of-:such member existing at the time ~ ceiiificate -gf omi~etency is revoked shall: be-paid, by the -Secretary off the In,tier, or.his authorized~ representa:tive,, out of ¯ the income-Of. Such meifiber,, in. addition :{o .the .quarterly. income : hereinbefore provided for: Tm~ pni~JurO~r, That Suchrevocatlon Or= cancellation of~ any-: Certificate Of competency., shall-not, affect " tholegality--of any .traRsaetio-ns theretofore:made by reason eL.the~uance of-any ~ert~cate-of.competency. " : " . " .- -- "
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..... " -[$ze=7,--Heroaf~ter--n0ne-but--heirs--of:-Indian :.b!oo&shall inherit .... from those who .arO.-0f0ne-half or more Indian blood of the Osage Tribe of Indians. any. righ.t,--tifle, or.interest to any restricted.land~, moneys, or mineralinterests of. the Osage Tribe:: P. rorided, That . :(except. in cases where a person claiming.assuch heir-is a.party to :.--judicial-proceedings pending on the date of. the enactment :of ¯this - proviso-mwhleh the.- claimant lias fil.ed a formal pleading alleging . ¯ Indian.blo0d) no Claim Of heirsh.ip shall be recognized unless, the ¯ Claimant shall-establish that he isa-citizen Of the .United States andiS .enrolled on a/nembe~ship,-census, Or0the.rro]I prepared-under thedirection of: ..the Secretary. of the: Interior, or has a :lineal Indian " . ancestor So. enrolled. Pro'trkted, further, That. this: Section shall not. : : appl3~-to s~uses under¯ marriages, existing on February 27, 1925:] . SEc. 7: Hereaf~.~wn~ but heirs of Indian blood and .children legallyadoptedby. a court of.cempelent j urisd~.:and parekts, Ind~art or non-: . . lridian, shall.:~n,~ritJrom. Osaye indians any. right, title,. or. interest "
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" Szc..:4. That section 2 of the A.et o[ Congress approved .February .27,-1925 (F0rty-third Statutes at.-Large, page 1011), being an Act to amend .the Act of Congress of March 3, 192! (Forty-firstStatutes at Largei page. 1249), be, anffthe sameis hereby, amended to read as/. " "" " ~. .follows: .. " '."'Uponthedeath 0f an Osage Indian for oi~e-half or moreIndian ¯ 'blood:l who does not have a.certificate of competency, his or her moneys andfunds and:other prol~,rty accrued and accruing to his .or her Credit and which have heretofore, been subject to supe~ision-as . provided by laW. maybe ¯paid .to the administrator or executor.of the ¯ estate of suchdeceasedIndian or direct to his heirs or.devisees, Or may be retained by the Secretary of the Interior in the discretion of the-Secretary of the Interior, under¯ regulations to be promiflga~d by him: Proride~, That-the Secretary of the Interior shall payto administrators-and executors of the estates of such deceased Osage
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" / :: Indians a sUfficient amount of money Out Of suchleStates to pay.all iaw= : ful ~indebtedness-mad costs mad e xpcns~ of administration when al~: ~ ' : .. . .. p.roved by:hin~;:and, Out of-the.sh.ax0s ..bolqnging:to:heirs.0~-deviSees, ¯.--above referredto; he shall pay the/costs and.extmnses .of such heirs Or " :-.devisees;inctadingattorney feos, lwhe~.approved.by.him, inthe de--" : " " . ::termination of heirs orcontest=of m, lls.-~Ujpon.-thedeath of any Osage ' .. iiidiaii 6f:ledssthan.one:half_0fOsage Indianblood or upfn.the..dei~th : . " 0.f .an 0~age :Indian:who-has a eertitiC~ of:eompeteney, hismoneys ¯ :. .and funds;and-other pr0pe .~yaccrued :andaeerumg to his credit.shall -¯ :be-paid and. delivered-to the admhiistrator.o~-:ex.eeuto.r of his-. estate " ¯ -:- - to Ue adminis~red upon-according to the.l~ws.of the S~ate of.01da, .~ homa~"Provided, Thi~t;uponthe settlement:of such estate any ftuids. :". - orpr.ol~ertysubjec~-to the .e0ritrol[~r:su~ rvision of :the~Se_ei~tary Of ¯ .the Ihterior.0~the-:date of:tlaeapproviil of this:ACt,-~hieh havebeen-:: " inherited by/or devised to-any adult.or minor heir Or devisee. [of. one~ . half.br more .Osage Indian blood] Who:- d0~s not have¯ a certificate of Crmpetehcy~ and.whi.ch hi,re been ]~aid.0r deli~reredby the Secretary. Of ¯ the !nteriorto-.th0 ~tr~::._or-_e~e~c~at~r:shall.be prod-or~deli-vered :................ by-.~-ei~ad-~t~rator: or exccut0r., to the Secretary of the/Jaterior for. ¯ ¯ the .benefit of¯-Such. Indian. . . . and._, shall,, . :be subject ~ ~he. supervision... . of.the:Seeretai-y .as.provided-by law: " " " .. " .~ . .. : " " _- " ..
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- " :Thi~t hereafter the Secretary:of-the Interior shall-cause to'be pdid ~o each adult member of the 0sage 2~be: of.Ind~ans nothavin~ ~ Cer~if: -i iCa:te:-of competency his or her pro .rata share, either as a member-.0f. " " the tribe- or. heir or devisee ofa decreas~l-.member,, of..the iateresb on ¯ trust funds,, the .bonus received from the. sale. of oil or gas lea:~s, and : the :royal.ties-:therefrom received [dUring each :fiscal. quarter;. no:t to ¯ - .exceed- $1,000 per. quarter; -and if: such adultmember, has.-~ legal guardian, l~is-current income not I;o-exceed-$t,000 per quarter may ~. 'p/rid to-such legal. guardian in -th~ discretion- of.the Secretary of the ¯ !nterlor:Provid~, That when an adul~ restricted Indiar/h~. sty !US - .funds in excess of $10,000- there Shall. bo paid: such: Indian- suffidient ?. funds from:his acdumulated su~pl/as in adtliti~on t;ohis~iarrentincome to .aggregate $1,000:quarterly; hub i~d the event ofany adult restricted . Indinii-tias Surplus funds_-f less.than $10,000, such ¯Indian shall receive ¯ quarterly 0nly his current income, aaof to .exceed $i,000 per quarter:" " .Prodded [urther, That th0 SeCretary of the I~il~fibr is hereby :au-.. - lahorized"t0 and may in his discretion payout of.may-money heretofore accrued or hereafter accruing to the credit of any person of-0sag~ Indian blood who does not have.a cei~ifieatc of: Competency [or who is -one-half or more Osage Iiadiari-blOod], .all of said-person's, taxes of ¯ every kind and .character/for whJiCh such person is now or hereafter ¯ may be liable,, before paying to or-for.such person any funds as. requiredby law.:Andl~orrided.]urther, That upon-application and con.. sent 0I an~;.r~trieted Osage Indian-the SeCretary of the Interior may . cause paymenttobe made o~ ad~i.tionaI funds from the accumulated ¯ surplus to the credit of any Osage Indian under such rules and regulations. as he may prescribe. Rentals due such adult members.from their lands arid their minor children's lands and all income from.such adults' investments, including interest On deposits t;o their credit, shall be paid to themin additmnal to thecurrent aIlowan~es above provided.
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" 'SEc. 3.That.s¢cfion l of. the Act of Congress of March 2, 1929-(45 Stak I_~-1478), relating to .the .Osage Indians-of-Oklahoma/be, and . -. the same:is hereb3;,"amended .to read as"follows :- - ' . - "That nil- that partof .the.Act of Juno-.28,~ :1906 (34 Star. "L. 539), entitled 'An Act for the-divisi0n-of :thB lands and fundsof.the Osage : ~----~-di~ifi-Oklahoma, and for-other ~urp0des~;..which :reserves :to .the Osage Tribe the oil, gas, coal/or other.mmerals~:.covered-by: the.iands f0r the selection .and division of Which .provision is made(in that Act is hereby:amended so-th~/t the oil, gas, coal or other kfinerals, covered o:~ said. lands .are reserved to the Osage Tribe, [until the 8th- day of -April :1983, and thereafter xmtil otherwise provided by-Act.-of-Congress]. in perpetuity, and :all royalties and. b0n.uses arising ¯therefrom shall .belong to-the Osage Tribe:of Indians,-and shall be disbnmed to member*.of the Os .age TrLibe or-their heirs or assignsas now-provided 1)y law; after reserving.such amounts as are now or may hereafter be ¯ . . authorized-by Congre~ for specific.purposes. : . . "¯". "The land% moneys, and ¯other propertiesnow, or hereafter held in trus~ Or under thesupervision of th,z United ¯.States .for the Osage Tribe of Indians, the members.thereof,, or their heirs and assigns, shall. c0titiriue.subject to su ch trusts and su pervision until¯ Janu ary. 1, 1984, ¯ [unless otherwise provided by Ac~ of Congress.] and thereaJter until """ otheruyise provided by Congress. " ;g, ¯. .. The. Secretary of the Interior and the Osage Tribal Council are hereby authorized and directed to offer for lease for oil, gas, and other-mining purposesany Unleased portion of said land in such ¯ quantities and at Such times as may !be deemed for the best interestof-the Osage Tribe of-Indians: Pi~ovided, That not:less than twenty~ five thousand acres shall be offered for lease for oil-and gas-mining purpos~ dining any one year: Provided further, That as to- all lands hereaftei leased, the regulations g0verning-same and the leases issued thereon shall contain appropr!a.te provmmns for the conservation of the.natural gas for its economic Use, t0 the end that the highest percentage of ultimate recovery of both oil and gas maybe secured: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be. construed as. affecting any valid existing ~ease for oil or gas or other minerals, but all such leases shall continue as long as gas, oil, or Other minerals " . are,, found in paying quaotities. Homestead allotments of Osage Indians not having a certifcate of competency shall remain exempt from taxation while the title remains in the original allottee [of one-half or more of Osage.Indianblood] and in his unall0tted heirs or devisees [of one-half or more of Osage Indian blood] until[January 1, 1984] Janatary I, 198~ and thereafter uc~til
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