The true Democrat., 1855-01-10
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY MIC

ry jurisdiction in such with regard to the land SO purchased
 For general incidental expenses of the Indian ser wee California embracing expenses of travel of the superintendent and agent etc., $25, ,0OO; For payment to David Carter, as an emigrant, of the amount of his Improvements, valued under the treaty with the Cherokees, in 1928, in pursuance of the the sixth article thereof, $2,S26 50; For payment to A. V. Brown and others, Chicka- saw traders, for ransom of George w. and Meredith Wilson from the COmanche Indians, and to reward the servces of persons engaged in that service, $1 900;
 To enable the President to negotiate treaty with the Indians in Michigan and to change the terms of existing treaties, $lO ,OOO.
 4. [3.l Aud De at tuather enacted, That the Se- cretary of the Interior be- and he is hereby authorz ed, H. ln hls Judgment, the public interest will be promoted thereby, to to be disbursed such of the moneys appropriated in this act for the Utah In dans either under treaty stipuahons or for general incidental expenses by the Indian Agent in that Ter rltory, as he may think proper P'ouided That said agent shall under no circumstances receive any ad- dtional compensation therefor.
 5 ,. IA. -And be t fuather enacted, That the Pre- sldent be, and he is hereby authorized and required to cause to be fulfilled the stpuations of the ninth and tenth articles of the treaty with the Sacs and Foxes and other tribes of Indians concluded the 18th July $l o30 by causing said reserved to be veyed and allotted to the persons properly entitled to the same, in fee simple, in such manner and under such rules and regulations he may prescrbe and to
 
 by, appropriated the sum of $l0,922 29. | 6. 5. Aud De 1 turtber enacted, That the Pre- sident of the United States be- and he is hereby, thorszed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint two Indians Agents for the Indians east of the Rocky Mountains in addition to the eleven provided for by the fourth section of the act entitled " An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses Of the Indian Department" etc., approved February 27th, 1851; one Indian Agent for the Indians in the Territory of New Mexico ill ad- four a1 hv he If the act; and such number of Indian Agents, not exceeding three as he may deem expedient for the Indian tribes in the Territory of Washington s7. [6 Aud De 1 further enacted, That the agents appointed under the provisions of the sixth section of this act, shal before entering upon e duties of their respective offices. give bond in such penalties, and with such conditions and such security, the Pres dent or Secretary of the Interior may require They shall hold their offices, respectvey for the term of four years and shall receive annual salary of $l 800 each.
 sS. [7.l And 6e a turtAer enacted, That to such CherOkees omitted i'll the census taken by D. w. Siler, but who were included and paid under the act of July, 104S, the Commissioner of Indian ira be authorized to pay them the per capita allow that paid the other Indians under that dis tributon, provided the commissioner shall be satisfied that they ought to be included in said per capita dis tribution, and that the of 5000 be appropriated for that purpose.
 lO S. And beat fuatler enacted. That to enable the Secretary of the Interior to settle and pay the award of commissioners file for reservations pre- emptions, and for rents and improvements under the twelfth thirteenth and sixteenth articles of the Che rokee Treaty. of 29th December, 1885, in pursuance of the stipuatOns of the third article of the treaty of August Sth, 18th, lS46 the sum heretofore appropra ted for those purposes and carried the surplus fund Is hereby reappropriated.
 $ II. [9. And be tutder enacted, That the Se- cretary of the Interior be authorized and required to investigate the claim of the Brotherton tribe of In dans against the United States and report the facts to Congress at its next session, earlier if practica be, together with estimate forsuch amount as may be found justly due the said Indians.
 Approved. July 3l, 1854