Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-03-26


SEC. And he II further enacted. That the
following sums. hereinafter mentioned, be and
the same are hereby appropriated for the ser
vice of tive current fiscal year, viz:
For fulhllsng treaty stipu'ations with vari-
Gus Indian tribes, and for other purposes, viz:
To the Poftawdtom es.-For payment IN
money, to enable said Indians to arrange their
affairs and pay their just debts, TO pay for Their
improvements, to purchase wagons, horses'
and other means of transportation to Their
new homes, and to pay individuals Tor the loss
Of property, stipulated in the fifth article of
the treaty Of fifth June, eighteen hundred and
fortv-six, fifty thousand dollars;
For removal and subsistence of said Indians,
stimulated in the sixth article of said treaty,
sixty thousand dollars.
To. the Cherokees.-For indemnity to the
treaty party for losses and expenses incurred
in consequence of the treaty of eighteen hum
dred and thirty five stipulated in the sixth ar
ticle of the treaty of sixth August. eighteen
hundred and fortv-six, one hundred and III
teen thousand dollars;
For payment to the Cherokee nation for
printing press, materials and other. property.
DESTROYED. stipulated in the eighth article OF
said treaty.. two thousand dollars;
For indemnity TO those whose arms were
taken from them, previous TO their removal
west, same article of said treaty, five thousand
dollars;
For payment of this sum, beng in lieu OF
all claims of the Cherokee nation, as a ration
prior to the treaty of eighteen hundred and
thirty-five, same article of said treaty, twenty
thousand dollars.
For expenses OF removal OF Choctaws from
the State Of Mississippi, and for their subss
tence for twelve months thereafter, in addition
10 former appropriations, seyenty-fOur thou
sand seven hundred and fifty-one dollars.
For payment OF interest in lieu OF invest
ment, on seventy-fve thousand dollars, at five
per centum per annum, to the Seneca Indiana
OF New York, from the first of July, eighteen
hundred and forty-six, to thirtieth June, elgh
teen hundred and forty-eeven, stipulated III
the act Of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hun
dred and forty-six, three thousand seven hun
dred and fifty dollars.
For interest on the amounts awarded Choc
taw claimants, under the fourteenth article o.
the treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek, of the
twenty seventh September, eighteen hundred
and thirty, for lands on which they reside, bu
which it is now impossible TO give them, anC
in lieu of the scrip that has been awarded un
der the act of twenty-third August, eighteen
hundred and fortytwo, not deliverable east
by the third section OF the said law, per act o
third of March, eighteen hundred and forty
five, for the year eighteen hundred and forty
seven, forty-thIee thousand six hundred dol
lars.
To make good the interest on investment
on State stocks, and bonds for various lndial
tribes, not yet paid by the States, to be REIN
bursed out of the interest when collected
nineteen thousand FIVE hundred and thirty -fou
dollars and nine cents.
To make good the interest on investment
in State stocks and bonds for the Chickasav
tribe of Indians, not yet paid by the States, t
be reimbursed out of the interest when colleC
ted, fourteen thousand nine hundred and sixty
three dollars and twenty-siX cents
For the reappropriation of this sum Carrie
TO the surplus tund) stipulated to be paid t
the Chippewas, Ottowas, and Pottawatomie
in consideration of a change of boundary {
the country coded to said tribes at the treat
OF Chicago, concluded on the twenty an
twenty seventh days of September, eightee
hundred and thirty-threc, per supplemental
article 10 said treaty, ten thousand dollars.
For the reappropriation OF this sum (carrie
to the surplus fund) to meet payments to ce
tain Cherokee Indians for improvements abaI
doned, under the treaty of sixth May, eigl
teen hundred and twenty-eight. three hundre
and forty three dollars and sixty cents
JOHN w. DAVIS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
G. VI. DALLAS.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
APPROVED March i, 1S47
JAMES K POLK