The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-09-22

OF DecemOer, eighteen hundred and
forty-nine, to the fourteenth of Sept.
eighteen hundred and fifty, at the rate
of fifteen hundred and fifty dollars
per annum, after deducting the sum
Of fifty dollars heretofore paid to Cy-
rus Choice, one thousand one hundred
and thirty seven dollars and seventy
six cents.
For payment to Presha Bedwell,
(lormerly Presha Foreman,) being
the amount of an award by the Cher
okec commissioners in her favor, which
was enormously paid by former
Cherokee agent to some one who per-
sonatcd the proper claimant, the sum
of four hundred and sixty four dol
lars.
For payment to IIorseAy, being the
amount of an award by the first board
Of Cherokee commissioners, less the
amount OF SIX dollars. allowed as fee
to the attorney, for an improvement
belonging to Tiancy, (thc deceased
wife of IIorsehy,) improperly valued
and paid for to Tawney, of the same
town in the country east, the sum Of
fifty four dollars.
For payment to Sc-ka-wee, Cher.
okee, only heir of Woo-tee-ti.eh, de-
ceased, for an improvement in Tur.
kcytown valley, Alabama, which was
improperly valued and paid for to
Rachel Bright, white woman, the
said Woo tc-ti-eh, deceased, being the
rightful owner, the sum of one hun
drcd and sixty dollars and fifty cents.
For compensation to three special
agents and four interpreters for the
Indian tribes of Texas, and for the
purchase Of presents, fifteen thousand
dollars.
For presents to the Camanches,
Kiaways, and other Indians on the
Arkansas river, and to enable the
President to treat with said Indians,
twenty thousand dollars.
For defraying expenses incident to
the visit of the Pueblo Indians, and
their attendants, from New Mexico to
Washington, and to defray their ex-
penses to their homes, the sum of sew.
en- thousand five hundred dollars.
For general objects incident to In
dian services in New Mexico, twenty
thousand dollars.
For expenses of running and mark
ing the eastern boundary line of the
Creek country west of Arkansas, sew
en- thousand nine hundred and ninety
dollars.
For payment to James NJ. Marsh,
to cover the loss of his property dcs-
troyed by band of Sioux Indians, in
the month of July, eighteen hundred
and forty nine, while extending d" the
second connexion line of the public
i'll the State of Iowa to the
Missouri river, under contract with
c. III. Booth, surveyor general of the
United States, one thousand two hun
dred dollars.
For expenses of the California SUI
perintendency, to wit salary of the
superintendent, four thousand dollars
salary Of clerk to superintendent, two
thousand five hundred dollars office
rent, stationery, fuel and lights, and
postage on official letters, three thou
sand five hundred interpreters, three
thousand dollars.
For tie reservation of peace with
those Indians who have been dispos.
sessed Of their lands in California, un-
I'll permanent arrangements be made
Tor their future settlement, the sum of
hundred thousand dollars Provided,
That nothing herein contained shall be
50 construed as to imply an obligation
the part of the United States to feed
and support the Indians who have
been dispossessed Of their land in Cal
fornia.
Furniture for superintendent Office,
1--WE hundred dollars.
Flags for distribution among the
tribes, five hundred dollars.
See. 3. And be it further enacted,
That for expenses of compiling maps,
under the provision of the Commission
err of Indian Affairs, for the use of the
of the Senate, and House
Of Representatives, and Indian Blu
reau, showing the present boundaries
Of the Indian territory, and the loca
ton Of the various Indian tribes within
the United States, five hundred dol
lars.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That no part ofthe appropriations here
in made, or that may hereafter be made,
for the benefit of any Indian, or tribe,
of Indians, shall be paid to any attor-
ney or agent of such Indian, or tribe,
or part Of a tribe; but shall in every
case be paid directly to the Indian or
Indians themselves to whom it shall be
due, or to the tribe or part of tribe
per capita, unless the imperious inter
est of the Indian or Indians, or some
treaty stipulation shall require the pay
ment to be made otherwise, under the
direction of the President. Nor
shall the Executive branch of the
Government, now or hereafter, rec
ognise any contract between any In
dian, or tribe, or part of tribe, and
any attorney or agent for the proscu-
ton of any claim against the Govern
ment under this act.
Annroved Auoust 20 1870