Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-11-17
For salary Of the consul at Beyroot, Sv'
hundred dollars.

For salary of the consul at Beyroot, e..
hundred dollars.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, TbatA.
third section of the "act making appropriate
for the civil and diplomatic expenses of pov
eminent for the year ending the thirtietR ~
June, one thousand eight hundred and fortv
seven and for other purposes" approved Il.
tenth of August, one thousand eight hundrsS
and forty-siX, be, and the same is hereby. ,.
vived and continued in force for the fiscal ys..
ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eirbt
hundred and forty nine.
So. And be 1t further enacted, That inasmucb
as it is claimed by the Creek nation OF Indians
that balance of one hundred and forly.ons
thousand and fifty-fve dollars and ninety on.
cents, being the remainder nf the snm OF two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars agreed IN
be paid in liquidation of the claims of the cit,
liens of Georgia, TO be ascertaned and allow.
ed by the arbitrament and award of the Presi.
dent of the United States, under the fourth ar.
ticle of the treaty Of the eighth of January
eighteen hundred and twenty one, 10 belong
10 them. and the said sum of one hundred and
forty. one thousand and ffty-fire dollars and
ninety one cents is intended as a compromiss
Of said claim: And inasmuch as it is ma,
ter of doubt whether the obligation of the II
nited States under said article extended fur,bo,
than TO pay TO the Safe of Georgia whatevs,
balance might be found due to her citizens FINN
the Creek nation: And inasmuch, also, >.
the whole sum of two hundred and fifty thon
sand dollars has in fact heretofore been r.;8
by the United States to the State Of GEORGIA.
it is therefore directed that the President n
the United States shall cause the said sDm NJ
one hundred and forty-one thousand and 6i,y.
five dollars and ninety-one cents, said sum of
one hundred and forty, one thousand ffty five
dollars and ninety, one cents, 10 be paid 10 the
said Creek nation of Indians in the name,
following, viz one-fifth on demand, and ii.
residue thereof, without interest, 10 be paid in
four equal annual installments; on condition
however, that a release of all claim for prinri
pal and interest on account of said sum of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars shall he
first executed by the said Greek nation TO The
United States, in such manner as tae Presiden,
of the United States shall direct, in full dis.
charge of the same; and on condition, aso
that the persons to whom said money shall b,
paid shall make proof to the satisfaction Of
the President Of the United States that thew
have full power and authority TO receive and
receipt for the same
SEC. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That The
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is here
by, required to pay, out of any money in The
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to The
Creek nation of Indians, or to the order of the
delegation of Indians aforesaid, the sum OF
forty three thousand three hundred and thirty.
three dollars thirty-three and e-third cents.
in satisfaction of the claims afihirtAA~ G~MN.eG
! " Creek Iadian emigrants," friends and fol-.
, lowers of General Mcintosh, who were emf.
grated to the west in eighteen hundred and
twenty-nine, by Col. Crowell, under the con.
r duct and control of Luther Blake, as provded
, in the ninth article of the treaty OF twenty
fourth of January, eighteen hundred and TWEEN
!: ty-six: Provided, That the persons to whom
. said money shall be paid shall make proof, 10
the satisfaction of the President of the United
States, that they have full power to receive
and receipt for the same And provided also
That said money shall be paid only on con-
dition that release be first executed TO the
United States in full of all claims for princ
pal and interest on account of the emigration
of said thirteen hundred Creek Indians.
ROBT C. WINTHROP,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
C. M. DALLAS,
Vice President of the United States, and
President of the Senate
Approved August IL, 1913.
JAMES K. POLK.