Goudy v. Meath

Citations

• 38 Wash. 126
• 80 P. 295
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 1131

Syllabus

<p>Indians—Treaties—Restrictions Against Alienation—Removal—Statutes—Construction—Taxation op Indian Lands. The treaty restrictions against the taxation of the lands of the Puyallup Indians were removed hy Laws 1889-90, p. 499, providing that the Indians may voluntarily alienate their lands and removing all restrictions “in reference thereto” (thereby referring to the lands and not merely to the voluntary alienation), and by Act of Congress, 27 Stat. 612, which was at least a consent to the terms of the act of the legislature after the expiration of ten years from March 3, 1893.</p> <p>Same—Statutes—Title—Suppiciency. An act entitled “An act enabling the Indians to sell and alien” their lands, theretofore restricted by treaty, is sufficient to embrace a provision removing the other treaty restrictions against taxation and forced sales, since the latter were restrictions against alienation and were merely included as necessary to carry out the-object of the treaty that the Indian should not dispose of his land for a certain time.</p>