The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-07-21
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Laws Of the United States.
fPuBLIc-No. $751;

An ACT to supply defieiencics In the ar
preparations for the current and contingen
expenses of the Indian department., an
for fulfilling treaty stipulntions with vari
Gus Indian tribes for the year ending Jun
,hirtisth, eighteen hundred and fifty eight.
Be &c enacted blythe Senate and Hons
of Representatives Of the United State
Of An1erica in Congress assembled, Tha
the following sums be, and they are hero
BY, appropriated, out Of any money il
the treasury not otherwise appropriated
for the purpose of paying deficiencies il
the appropriations for the current anC
contingent expenses of the Indian de-
partment, aad fulfilling treaty stipula
tions with various Indian tribes:
For restoring and maintaining, by
peaceable measures, friendly relations
with the Indian tribes in Oregon Terri
tory, or so much thereof as may be neces
sary for expenditure during the year
ending thirtieth of june, eighteen hun
dred and fifty eight, two hundred and
sixty four thousand dollars. 4z
For payment to such Cherokees as
were omitted in the census taken by D.
W. Sller, but who were included and
paid under the act of July, eighteen
hundred and forty eight, the Same per
capita allowance that was paid the 9TH
er Indians under that distribution, pro
vided the Commissioner of Iudian AT
fairs shall be satisfied they ought to be
iacIuded in said per capita distribution,
three thousand two hundred and seventy
seight dollars and thirty two cents.
For contingencies of the Indian de-
pertinent, or so much thereof as may be
required for expenditure during the year
ending june thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and fifty eight, twenty FIVE thousand dol
lars.
For indemnity to George w. Sted-
ham, Q Greek Indian, for property sto-
len from him and injured by q citizen Of
the United States, one hundred and
twenty five dollars
For general incidental expenses of the
Iudian service In the Territory of Wash
ipeton, or SO much thereof as may be
required during the year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty
eight. sixteen thousand dollars.
SENECAS OF NEW YORK.
For interest, in lieu of Investment, on
seventy Eve. Thousand dollars, at five per
centum, per act of twenty seventh June,
eighteen hundred and forty six, three
thousand dollars.
For payment of the difference in sal
aries of the agents for the Sioux and
Seminole Indians, for the Omaha agency,
for the Kickapoo agency, for the Kansas
agency, and for the Neosho agency, be-
tween the rates as fixed previous to the
act of third March, eighteen hundred
- cr.- 3Ia -nka oufb0rf1a6
by said act from the third March eighteen
hundred and fifty seven to the thirtieth
june, eighteen hundred and fifty eight,
three Thousand nine hundred and ninety
enc dollars and sixty eight cents
For compensation of one clerk in the
Indian Office, employed to enable the
Secretary of tho Interior to carry out
the regulations prescribed to give effect
to the seventh section of the act Of third
March, eighteen hundred and fifty five,
granting bounty lands to Indians, four
teen hundred dollars.
For compensation of two extra clerks,
employed to carry out the treaty with
the ChickasaEs in the adjustment of
their claims, two thousand eight hun
dred dollars.
2OL QCAI8ylDk bAC C4PCucC6 "a sAO
several expeditions against 1nk-pa-du-
tabs band. and In the search, ransom,
and recovery of the female captives ia
ken by said band in eighteen hundred
and fifty seven, the sum of twenty thou
sand dollars, or SO much thereof as may
BE necessary; the amounts 20 be aseer-
tanned and paid, OIL satisfactory proof,
under the direction of the Secretary of
the Interior.
SEcTIoN 2. .And be it further enacted,
That none of the money herein appro-
priated to the Indian service in the Ter
r~itories of Oregon and Washington shall
be paid, until the claims which they are
intended to satisfy shall have been au-
-dited and stated by a Commissioner to
be sent to the said Territories by the
Secretary of the Interior, and approved
by the said Secretary. The said Com
missioner shall be appointed as soon as
may be practicable by the Secretary of
the Interior, to receive a compensation
of eight dollars a day and his actual
travelling expenses whilst engaged in
the service herein prescribed And it
shall be the duty Of the said commits
sioner, to exsmine the vouchers, and to
take testimony # necessary in regard to
the claims or accounts which may be
presented against the government and to
report the result Of his investigations
and his opinion ~thereupon to the Secre-
tary of the Interior, who shall pay such
claims, if he approves them. so far as
the appropriations herein made shall be
sufficient for the purpose.
: SECTION 8. And6 be az Jn1they enacted,
That in executing process in the Indian
country, the marshal be authorized to
employ a posse comitatus not exceeding
three persons in any of the States re-
spectiEely to assist in executing process
by arresting and bringing in prisoners
from the Indiae country aud to allow
them three dollars per diem in lieu of
all expenses and services.
SECTION A. And6e it further enacted,
That the superintendent and agents with
in the SUPPLEMENTARY of Texas shall
be hereafter appointed in the same man.
ner as other superintendent and agents
2 appointed and confirmed.
PUB: Sc.
An ACT mrking appropriations for the transpor
tatiou of the United. States mail by oceai