The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-06-01

New Mexico, bordering on said State,
for Indian purposes : Provided, That
such reservation shall not contain more
than twenty five thousand acres in
each And provided further, That
said reservation shall not be made up
on any lands inhabited by citizens of
California and the sum of two hun
drcd and fifty thousand dollars is here
by appropriated, out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropria-
ted, to defray the expense of subsist-
ing the Indians in California and re-
moving them to said reservation for
protection: Provided, further, If the
foregoing plan shall be adopted by the
President, the three Indian agencies
in California shall be thercupon abol-
ishsd.
Sec. .. And be it further enacted,
That the President of the United
States be, and he hereby is, authori-
zed Immediately after the passage of
this act to enter into negotiation with
the Indian tribes west of the States of
Missouri and Iowa, for the purpose of
securing the assent of said tribes to
the settlement of the citizens of the
United States upon the lands claimed
by said Indians, and for the purpose
of extinguishing the title of said lndi-
an tribes, in whole or in part, to said
land an that for the purpose of car
rying into effect the provisions of this
section, the sum Of fifty thousand dol
lars is hereby appropriated out Of any
moneys in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated out of any moneys in the
Treasury not Otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That no part Of the appropriation here
in made, or that may hereafter be
made, for the benefit of any Indian, or
tribe, or part of a tribe Of lnians, shall
be paid to any attorney or agent Of
such Indian or tribe, or part of tribe,
but shall in every case be paid direct
ly t. the Indian or Indians to whom it
shall be due, or to the tribe or part of
a tribe, per capita, unless the imperi.
GUS interest of the Indian or Indians,
or some treaty stipulation, shall re-
quirc the payment to be made other
wise, under the special direction of
the President.
Nor shall the Executive branch of
the Government now or hereafter rec
ognize any contract between any In
dian, or tribe, or part of a tribe, and
any attorney or agent for the prosecu
ton Of any claim against any of the
Departments of the Government; and
that the sum of six hundred and eigh-
ty two dollars be appropriated, out Of
any moneys in the treasury not other
wise appropriated, to enable the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs to pay the
amount due the legal representatives
Of Armec, a Cherokee, in accordance
with the recommendation OF the Secre-
tary Of the Interior and the Commits
sioncr of Indian Affairs.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted
That if any officer who is, or may
hereafter be, charged with the pay.
ment of any of the appropriations
made by this or any other act of Con-
gress, shall pay to any clerk or other
employee Of the United States sum
less than that provided by law, and
require such cmIloye to receipt or
give voucher of an amount greater
than that actually paid to or received
by him, such officer thus acting shall
be deemed guilty of embezzlement,
shall, be fined in a sum double the
amount so withheld from any employee
of Government, and shall be imprison-
ed for the term of two years, and may
be prosecuted and punished in any
court of the United States having iu-
risdiction for the trial of such offences
in the district where such offence shall
be committed.
Approved March 8, 1853.