The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-08-30


!supplIed to or received from the Indians, or
shall be owner in whole or part Of any yes
sci, n shall take or supply TO MS their use,
any gain or emoiument FOR negotiating or tram
| acting any business in the Indian department
other than whist shall be allowed by law and
that the SAID agents, assist ant agents, or siy
persons employed by them, shall not be direct
| " or Indirectly concerned or Interested IN car
rying on the business OF trade or commerce, IN
their own or any other than the public account.
or take or apply to his or their use any emolu
ment or gam for negotiating any such business,
curing their appointment, agency ar employ
ment respectively, other ;han provided ~ this
| act, or excepting for and on account OF the u.
! d ana n any sucn person shali oiiend against
any OF the promotions aforesaid, ne shall be
deSmed gully of a mts6emeanDr, and shall up.
on CONNECTION thereof, forfeit to the u. ). sum
not exceeding one thousand dol..cs, and shall
he removed from such Office, geIcy employ
ment and forever thereafter incapable of
holding any oilise under the u. 5. Rrouicei,
Inat II any person, other than 4 public prosecu-
J TOR, shall give Information OF any such offsuce
upon which prosecution and conviction shall
be had, one half Of the aforesaid penslty, when
| recovered, shall be for the OF the person
| giving suc.tniurmstion ind PRECEDED diso, That
| itsuch mIsdcmcaaor be committed by the super
intenhant If Indian tribes, or by any agent as
| s,5iant ageat, 1t shall be deemed breach OF the
condition Of his bond, and the penalty thereof
jurisdiction oftlc same.
SEC. z Aad be u further enacted, That the
prices OF goocs supplied to and to De paid Tor by
the Indians, shall be regulated in such manaer,
mat the capital stock furnished by the u. States
| shall not be dun nisIed.
| SEC s. ind6e 4: t.vfhey cnacte9, That If any
agGnt or agents, Their clerks OF other persons
Employed by tnoms 6hali purchase receive
from any Indian, IN the way Ut trade or barter,
any gan, or oIher article, commonly used IN
hunung, any instrument of husbsndry or cooking
| utens'', OF the KIND usually Obtained by indians,
IN their intercourse with white people, or any
article OF clothing, excepting skins or furs, he
or they shall respectively forfeit the sum of enc
bundled dollars for each offence, to be recover
ed by action of de0t 10 the ame AM. to the use
OF tue u >. m any court having jurisdiction in
like cases: Preceded, That no suit shall be COM
nerced, excerpt IN the state territory within
which the cause of action shall lave arisenS
IN winch The DESCENDANT may reside and it SHALL
be the duty OF the superintendent OF Indian trade
OF OF ths supcriIitendantS oi indian affairs, and
thcIr deputies respectively, to whom Intorma-
ton OF every su-h offence shall be given to col
ect the requisite evidence, if attninablc, to pro-
Secuts the offender without delay
SEC. 9 and be if ju-rher enacted, That the
goods requisite for annuitles tu the Indian matt.
ons, within the ". and the territories there
OF, and Tor tue treaties with them, and for the
PreSents,to be inside 10 them at the seat OF govern
nleht, or elsewhere, snail henc cforwSrd DC pur-
chased and transmitted 10 the proper posts and
places, by the superintendent oi Indian trade,
upon orders from tile Department OF War, and
the accounts therefor sh al be rendered to the
| War Department
SEC ~ And Re 81 further enacted Tust dur
ing the continuance OF tais act the annual sum of
Two thousand dollars Tor INC payment OF the
salary ol tue superintendent OF Indian trade and
the annual sum of two thousand five hundred
dollars, lOf the payment OF the clcrks IN ms Of.
nee tIncludhg the sum o, hundred dollars, al
lowed ior al additional cierE, by the act PASSED
on the twenty sixth day Of February, one thou.
SAND eight hundred and ten,) are iereoy appro.
Iprlated, to be paid out OF any money III the
TREASURY OF the y States, not otherwise appro-
lprlated
SEC. IL And be ii jsvthsr enacted That dur
ihg the continuation OF THIS act, the President of
Tue 5. Oe and he is hereby author. sed to draw
ANNUALLY from the Treasury of tie u. ) a sum
not exceeding fourteen thousani seven hundred
u fifty coiisrs, TO be sppied, under uis Director.
TO the payment of the asents, assis ant agents &
clerks, al The trading houses of which agents
shail be allowed 10 draw; the public supplies
two rations each, and each clerk one ration per
day, which rations or such payments as m.y DC
made in lieu thereof, by order of the President
snail be charged - the trading fund and the
| President shall eause an annual report to be
made to Congress of how much of tho sum so
! authorised has been drawn, and in what manner
the same has been applied
SEC. IL. Asd be it further enacted, That tLs
sum of two hundred and sixty thousand dollars,
| appropriated by the tenth section of the act en-
titled " An act for establishing trading houses
with the Indian TRIBES" approved twenty.first
| April, one thousand eight hundred and four,
| aud the sum OF forty thousand dollars appro.
| priated by the act entitled " An act supplement.
tsry to the act, entitled an act for establishing
trading houses with the Indian tribes" APPROX.
ed third March, one thousand eight hundred and
nine, shall be, and remain fund for the purpose
OF Carrying Oh trade and intercourse with tie In.
dian nations, IN the manner provided by this act,
| exclusive OF the salary of the superintendent OF
| lndlan trade and of the allowances { agents,
| assistant agents and clerks.
| nEc. - AHd be 10 further enacted That il
| shall be the dnty OF tie superintendent of Indian
! trade, under the direction of the President OF
! the " ,. and upon sucJ terms and conditions -
| he shall prescribe, to cause the lurs aud peltry
! aud other articles, acquired in trade with the
lndian nations, to be sold at public auction in
different parts Oi tue u S. or otherwise d,spos-
cd OF, as may be deemed most advantageous to
| the u 5.
SEC. Ia And be Il /uyIhcr enacted, That if the
President should deem 1t exDedIent to establish
under tile authority OF THIS act, trading houses,
IN addition to the number no w ~ operation, for
/ The purposes OF carrying on trade with the In
dian troes, within the u. S. or their territory,
the eSPences Tor each trading house so estaD-
lished snail not exceed the following sums OF
fsohey, M addition to the appropriations AREA
uy h'ae oy ths act, VIZ. For the principal a