Kansas weekly herald., 1854-11-17

three, with the Rogue River Indians, and of the
nineteenth Of September, eighteen hundred and
Indians, five thersand dollars.
For continuing the collection and for publish
ing the statistics and other information author
lied by the act Of third March, eighteen hundred
and forty-seven, and subsequent acts, twenty
thousand nine hundred dollars.
SEC. 2. .dnd Be It further enacted, That no ex-
isting provisions of law, prescribing the manner
in which payment shall be made to Indians, shall
be so construed as to repeal or contravene the
seventeenth section. Of an act entitled Gan act
to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian
tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,'
approved, June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
thirty -four, or to prohibit the payment OF any
claim or claims (other than those of agents or
attorneys for claims) for bona tide services rem
dered within or upon any Indian territory, to any
Indian tribe FOR medical or manual services, or
In cases of humanity, where the President may
adjudge such service necessary and the claim or
claims thereof just and reasonable.
For defraying the expenses of continuing the
removal and subsistence Of Indians in Califor-
MIA, three military reservations, in accordance
with the plan submitted by the Superintendent
of Indian Affairs of that State, and approved by
the President, the sum Of two hundred thousand
dollars: Provided, That, hereafter, no more than
twenty thousand dollars shall be drawn by the
superintendent, or be In his hands unexpen,
ded at one and the same time: find Prorided-
The sub-agents created by this act shall be ap-
pointed by the superintendent, subject to confr-
nation by the Secretary of the Interior not to exc
ceed one for each reservation, nor three in al,
said reservations to contain not less than FIVE
more than ten thousand acres; and the said super
intendent is authorized to apply, out Of the sum
hereby appropriated, not exceeding twenty-five
thousand dollars, in the extinguishment of con-
icting titles and rights to said reserved lands,
at price not exceeding one dollar and twenty
five cents per acre, for valid and indefeasible
title to the land so purchased: find prouided,
The State of California shall cede the necessa-
ry jurisdiction in such cases with regard to the
land so purchased;
For general incidental expenses of the Indian
service in California, embracing expenses of
travel Of the superintendent and agent, etc.,
twenty-five thousand dollars;
For payment to David Carter, as an emigrant,
of the amount of his improvement, valued under
dred and twenty-eight, in pursuance of the sixth
article thereof, two thousand eight hundred and
twenty-six dollars and fifty cents; -
For payment to A. v. Brown and others,
Chickasaw traders, for ransom of Geooge w.
and Meredith Wilson from the Camanche In
dians, and to reward the services of persons en-
gagged int that service, one thousand dollars;
To enable the President to negotiate treaty
with the Indians in Michigan, and to change the
terms of existing treaties, ten thousand dollars;
SEC. a. [3.] .And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is here
by, authorized, if, in his judgment, the public
interest will be promoted thereby, to cause to be
disbursed such of the moneys appropriated in
this act for the Utah Indians, either under trea-
ty stpuations or for general incidental expenses,
by the Indian Agent in that Territory, as he may
think proper: Provided, That said agent shall
under no circumstances, receive any additional
compensation therefor.
Sec. 8. IA. ] find be 1t further enacted. That
the President be, and he is hereby, authorized
and required to cause to be fulfilled the stipula-
hons of the ninth and tenth articles of the treaty
with the Sacs and Foxes, and other tribes of In
dIans, concluded on the fifteenth of July, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty, by causing
said reserved tracts to be surveyed and allotted to
the persons properly entitled to the same, in fee
simple, in such manner and under such rules and
regulations as hemay prescribe; and to defray the
expenses of the same, there be and is hereby, ap-
the sum of ten thousand nine hundred
and twenty-five dollars and twenty mine cents.
SEC. b. l5.] find >be it further enacted, That
the President Of the United States be, and he is
hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, to appoint two Indian
Agents for the Indians east of the Rocky Noun
tains, In addition to the eleven provided for bv
the fourth section of the act entitled can act
making appropriations for the current and con-
tingent expenses of the Indian Department., ,, etc.,
approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hun
dred and ffty-one one Indian Agent for the In
dians in the Territory of New Mexico, in addition
to the four provided for by the fifth section of
not exceeding three. as he may deem expedient
for the Indian tribes in the Territory of Wash
ington.
Sec. Z. I6.1 find be it further enacted, That the
agents appointed under the provisions of the
sixth section of this act, shall, before entering
upon the duties Of their respective officers, give
bond in such penalties, and with such conditions
and such security, the President Secretary of
the Interior may require. They shallhold their
Offices, respectively, for the term of four years,
md choI1 Of
sand five hundred dollars each.
SEC, 8. RI. find be 1T further enacted, That
to such Cherokees as were omitted in the census
taken by D. w. Siler, but who were included
and paid under the act of July, eighteen hundred
and forty-eight, the Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs be authorized to pay them the same per
capita allowance that was paid the other Indi-
ans under that distribution, provided the COM
shall be satisfied that they ought to be
included In said per capita distribution, and that
the sum of five thousand dollars be appropriated
for that purpose.
Sec. 10. fS.J find be 1T further enacted, That
to enable the Secretary of the Interior to settle
and pay the award of commissioners on file for
reservations, preemptions, and for rents and i'm
provements under the twelfth, thirteenth, and
sixteenth article of the Cherokee Treaty, of
twenth-ninth December, eighteen hundred and
thirty-five, In pursuance of the stipulations of
the third article of the treaty Of August eight,
sixth eighteen hundred and forty-six; the sum
heretofore appropriated for those purposes and
carried to the surplus fund, is hereby reappro-
priated. - -
SEC. IL. I9.1 find be It further enacted, That.
the Secretary of the Interior be authorized and
required to investigate the claim of the Brother
ton tribe of Indians against the United Statesand
report the facts to Congress at its next session,
or earlier if practicable, together with an esti-
mate for such amount as may. be found jnstly due
the said Indians. ls5s
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