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Show LANDS OF INDIANS CANNOT BE TAXED . Suprema Court 'Benders a Decision Against Local Authorities of South Dakota. . : . WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. The Supreme - court of the United States has, through Justice Harlan, rendered a decision In the -. ca of the United States vs. James A. . Blckart, as County Treasurer of Roberts v county. South Dakota. Tbe case was In- . stltuted under the direction' of the At- torney-Qeneral of the United States for 'Xb purpd of restraining- the collection Vi -J f taxes on permanent Improvements and .(personal property used on lands In that ' county owned by Indians, th lands being allotted and held In severalty. . i . m The ..opinion , was delivered by Justice' : Harlan, who held that neither the lands held by the allottees, the permanent lm-; lm-; provements nor the personal property used for the cultivation of the land Is '-, subject to taxation. He said that as th lands are held by the United States In execution of Its plans relating to th Indiana, without any right ,' In the Indians to make contracts In reference refe-rence to them or to do -nore than to occupy oc-cupy and cultivate them, there la no power in the State to assess and tax the , lands for 8tate or municipal purposes. '. This right could not, be said, accrue until the lands ar patented. |