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superintendent Of Indian affairs for that Territory
until the President shall otherwise direct.
SEC. 3. Had be ii further enacted. That hereafter
all Indian treaties shall be negotiated by such offi
GERS and agents of the Indian Department the
President of the United States may designate for
that purpose, and no officer agent SO employed
shall receive any additional compensation for such
service.
SEC. 4 And be ii further enacted, That in lieu of
the twenty three agents and suba gents heretofore
employed for the Indians east Of the Rocky noun
tains and north of New Mexico and Texas, the
President be and he ia hereby, authorized by and
with the advice and consent OF the Senate, to APP
point eleven Indian agents, who shall each receive
| an annual salary OF fifteen hundred dollars ana
| ALEC six other agents, with annual salary each
of one thousand dollars, whose appointment snail
take effect from and after the thrtieth day OF June
next; and the said agents shall execute and per-
form all the powers and duties now assigned by law
SEC. s. And be il further enacted, That the Pres
| ident be authorized, by and with the advice and
Indians in the Territory Of New Mexico. and one
agent for those in the Territory OF Utah, who shall
| receive annual salary each Of fifteen hundred
| and fifty dollars, and perform all the duties Of
agent TO such Indians tribes shall be assigned
them by the supcrintendents OF Indians affairs for
those Territories respectively, under the direction
| of the President. or the Secretary OF the Depart
mcnt Of the Interior.
SIC. 6. Ind be IL further enacted, That the su-
| perntendents and agents to be appointed under
the provisions of this act before entering upon the
duties OF their respective Offices, shall give bond IN
such penalties and with such security az the Prcs-
dent or Secretary of the Interior may require, and
shall hold their offices respectively for the term OF
| four years
SEC. l. And be IL further enacted, That oil the
laws in force regulating trade and intercourse
with the Indian tribes, such provisions Ut the
same may be applicable, shall be, and the same
hereby, extended over the Indian tribes in the
Territories of New Mexico and Utah.
SEC. 8. And be II further enacted, That from and
after the thirtieth day of June next the salaries OF
interpreters lawfully employed in the service Of the
United States in California, Oregon, Utah, and
New Mexico, shall be five hundred dollars per an
mum, and Of all SO employed elsewhere, four hun
dred dollars.
SEC. 9. And be IL further enacted, That the chief
clerk in the Office of Indian Affairs shall be al
lowed a salary equal to that OF the chief clerk OF
any other bureau and that the appointment Of four
additional clerks in said office be, and is hereby
authorized, two Of whom shall be allowed sala-
| ry Of sixteen hundred dollars each, one salary
OF fourteen hundred dollars, and one salary OF
twelve hundred dollars. And that the payment OF
the clerks in said office, of the Chickasaw fund
be DISCONTINUED and that said salary be hereafter
paid out Of the Treasury Of the United States; nor
shall further payments be made out Of said fund
to any clerk clerks in any of the Executive Of
fces.
For payment Of per diem of a special agent at a
rate not TO exceed four dollars per day, and cx-
penses of transportation, for the purpose Of paying
OFT Indians in the old States, and particularly the
North Carolina Indians, their removal and subsist-
ence fund under the order and instructions OF the
Secretary of the Treasury, one thousand dollars.
Approved, February 9th, 1851.