Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-04-03
No. a5.1


AN ACT for the payment o expenses incurred in the sup
precision Of Indian hosilIics the State nf California
BE Enacted hg tie SNnas and House Of Representatives.
Of The Taed Mates IF I,nsrica "a OonPreS' Gsse'abd,
That the Of four hundred Thousand dollars much
thereof hall be necessary, be and the hereby ap-
prOprRtcd of the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated dcy the expenses incurred BY the State
Of California IN the suppression Of Indian hoscs therein
in the eighteen hundred and fy-iour hy-hve 6y
six fhy-cChI and hy-nine and the Secretary Of the
Treasury when the said expenses Of the Stale ofCafrna
shall have been audited and allowed shall be and hereby
authorized Ia paw the bonds Of the Uniei States
authorized be issued by the OF February the eighth,
eighteen hundred and siNty-one.
Sec And h. u further snacteI That the Third Audi
Of the Treasury be and he hereby authorized and ne
qurcd audit the of the said State n California
for payments for the Of volunteers aud for supplies
transportation, and personal Services furnished or rendered
said volunteers the Shasta expedition ofeightcen hun
dred and MY FOUR the Siskyou expedition q eighteen
hundred and hflv6vc. the Klamath and Humboldt eTpe
don oi eighteen hundred and h0y-hve IN the S1n Ber
nArdnh expedition of eighteen hundred and hfty-hVe IN
tho Klamath expedition of eighteen hundred and hysx,
in the Modoc expedition o eighteen hundred and hftysx,
in the Tunrc expedition of eighteen hundred ana hftysx
IN the Klamath aud Humboldt expedition Of eighteen hun
drcd and 6fyciSht and hny-nne and IN the Pitt river
petition Of eighteen hundred and fftv-nine Prorided,
That higher shall be allowed paid for the
VICES said volunteers than paid for the
grade and for the same time IN the United States
army serving in California. nor shall payment be
made for the services ot such volunteers except for
thr time during which they shall be shown by satisfactory
evidence have been engaged IN actual service IN the
field: tsd p-neiS rRrth'r, That no allowance shall be
made for The services person than
civ for the same time Aud auditing the said Chains for
supplies transportation and personal services The same
shall he computed NJ prices corresponding. near
be Asccranrd the rates paid for similar supplies and
transportation furnished referred Z" the United States
army the country a; the same ume and the Third
Auditor 10 all principles mel expressly settled BY this
act shall he governed auditing and settling said ca ms
nv the principles adopted his report upon the claims OF
the Territories Of Washington aud Oregon OF the seventh
nf Frh uarv eighteen hundred sixty, made
apcc o resolution of the House Of Representatives passed
the eighth al February, eighteen hundred and hy'nne:
Prpra That ho be and he hereby authorized and d.
rrcIc whenever in his opinion the evidence IN support o
any claim services supplies and transportation Is not
sufficient establish such clam, or where lie may have
doubts Ihc grnupcncss thereof to require additional
and satisfactory proof touching such cSn the value Of
the rendered supplies furnished before report
inc such claim for settlement and payment hrrcn direct
cd: Isi prridsi, rsNksc', 1hNt payment shall he
made the expenses OF any expedition hcrclnbcfre mon
toned Il the Secretary Of War shall be Of opinion that
there was n necessity for calling said troops Pro
rs That the acceptance Of the indemnity hereby pro-
vidrd shrl operate final snd complete discharge and
satisfaction al all claims matters hrreinhcrrc referred
"a. Approved March :, 1851.