CLINE or DEMARcATIoN. DEFINED.
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we have heard it asked "by what authority has
the President undertaken to prohibit the survey oil
,he lands designated in the recent treaty With the
Creeks?, Without knowing the precise authority
!, which the President rests this measure we think
,here are al least two sources whence 1t may be de-
rived Acting upon the treaty, as the law OF the
land. the authority is contained in the 9Th article
which reads thus: Whereas the said e1Dlgrang
Darty cannot prepare for immediate removal, the
United States stpuate for their protection against
tbe encroachments hostilities, aud impositions OF
me 1chites and all Others" sc. &c.


But supposng this treaty to be void, an authority
mo less conclusive exists in the Intercourse Law,
called, of 1909. The 5th section of which reads
thus: .qnd be It further enacted, &C. &c. that if
any such citizen, or other person, shall make set
dement, on any lands belonging, or secured, or grant
I'll by treaty with the United States TO any Indian
tribe, or shall Survey or attempt to surrey such
lands, or designate any Of the boundaries, by mark
;ns trees or otherwise, such offender shall forfeit
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and suffer
Imprisonment not exceeding twelve months. And
il shall moreover be lawful for the President OF the
United States to take such measures, and TO employ
sach military force, as he may judge necessary"
sc. sc. 1t is presumed, however strong this pro-
vision of the Intercourse Law is, that the obligation
in the treaty itself is that in which the right is found
in this particular case, inasmuch the President is
bound whatever may be the fate of the treaty when
The Congress shall decide upon III TO act upon it, al
interim as a law of the land. Nat. Jonrndt