The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-06-19
BY AUTHORITY.


Tue FIRST snesloN or ThE Twenty
SECOND coNoRESo.
fPuBLic No. IS.
AN ACT making appropriations Tor the Ia.
dian Department for the year one thousand
oight hundred and thirty two.
BE itenacted By the Senate and House Of
Representatives. efthe United States Of Amer.
ca In Congress assembled. That the follow.
ing sums be. aud they are hereby, appropriate
cd for the Indian Department for the year
one thousand eight hundred aud thirty two,
viz;
For the pay Of the Superintendent Of In
dim Affairs at st. Louis, 4 the several la.
dian Agents, a. established by law, including
an Agent for the Kansas, sgreesbly to q
treaty with that tribe Of June third, eighteen
hundred and twenty-five, thirty thousand
. dollars.
For the pay Of Suo.sgenis, as established by
law, nineteen thousand dollars.
For presents to Indians, as authorised by
the act one thousand eight hundred and two,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For the pay of Indian interpreters and
translators, employed in tho several superin'
tendencies and agencies, twenty'one thou
sand FIVE hundred and twenty Ave dollars:
For the pay of gunsyith and blacksmiths,
aud their assistants, employed within the sew
eral superintendencies and agencies, under
treaty provisions and the orders Of the War
Department, eighteen thousand three hun
dred and forty dollars.
For iron, steel, coal, and other expenses
attending the gunsmths' and blacksmiths,
shops, five thousand four hun lred and twen'
ty six dollars.
For expense oftransportat:on and dis,ribu' :
ton of Indian snnuities, nine thousand nine
hundred and ffty-uine dollars.
Fur expense Of provisions tor Indians at
the distribution Of annuities, while on waits
ofbusiness with the differen. superinten ndents
and agents, aud when assembled on public
business. eleven thousand eight hundred and
ninety dollars.
For expense Of building houses for Indian
agents, blscksm,hs' shops, and for repairs OF
the same, when required, in the several sg-
encies, seven thousand dollars.
For contingencies Of the Indian Depart
ment, twenty thousand dollars: Provided,
in no case shall any money hereby sppro.
priated be used for the purpose Of rewarding
Indians tor settling disputes among them.
selves.
Sec. 2. .4ad be Il further enacted, That
there be appropriated, out Of any money in
the sum of FIVE thousand seven hundred and
fifty dollars, for defrsying the expenses OF
conducting deputs,on Of Indians from the
head waters of the Missouri to Washington
c,ty, and from thence to their own county ;
Provided, That no compensation beyond
their actual expenses for extra servlses,
shall be allowed any Indian Agent Of Sub
aren't for services when doing duty under
the order oftheir government, detached from
their agency and boundary of the tribe to
which they are Agents.
Sec. g. .4nd be Il further enacted, That there
shall be, and hereby is, appropriated, out Of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, the sum Of five thousand dollars,
TO be expended under the direction Of the
Secretary Of War, in the purchase, and de-
livery of corn, or other provisions, for the
use of the Seminole Indians, who are likely
10 suffer on account Of the failure Of their
crops from a severe drought last yesf.
A. STEVENSON,
speaker Of The House ofRepresentatives.
&c. CALHOUN,
VIce President Of the United States and
President of the Senate
Approved, May 22d, 1882.
ANDREW JACKSON.