Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-08-28
Approved, July II, 1862.
lPUBLIc-No. 1881


AN ACT relating to trust funds of
several Indian tribes invested by
the Government in certain State
bonds abstracted from the custody
OF the late Secretary of the Interior
BE enactai the By Senate and Huse Of Repre-
sehtdtiees cf he tiltei SAFES Of iRerica IN Con-
gress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be and hereby is directed to
cause to be entered upon the proper
books of his Department the following
credits to the Indian tribes herein
named, to wit: To the Delawares,
the sum of four hundred and twenty
three thousand nine hundred and nine
ty dollars and twcnty-six cents t.
the lowas, the sum of sixty-six thou
sand seven hundred and thirty-five
dollars andto the confederate bands
of kaskaskias, Pcorias, Piankeshaws,
and Weas, the sum of one hundred
and sixty-nine thousand six hundred
and eighty-six dollars and seventy
five cents which said amounts are
for and in place of the same amounts
heretofore invested by the Govern
ment under treaty stipulations with
said tribes in the bonds of the States
of Missouri. Tennessee, and North
Carolina, which were stolen while in
the custody of Jacob Thompson, late
Secretary of the Interior, in whose
Department they had been deposited
for safe keeping.
Sec. :. And be u further enacted, That
said entries shall be and remain evil
dence that the United States holds the
said several sums named in trust for
said tribes respectively, and the Treas
urer of the United States is hereby
authorized and directed to pay to said
tribes. respectively, on requisitions
by the Secretary Of the Interior, in
terest on the sums credited as afore-
said, at the rate of five per centum per
annum, in semi-annual payments, on
the first days of January and July in
each year, the first of said payments
to be on the first day of January,
eighteen hundred and sixty-threc.
SEC. 2. Ind Be IL further enacted, That
all interest which said tribes may
have had in said bonds as aforesaid,
is hereby terminated and the same is
vested in the United States and any
recovery or reclamation Of the same,
or amy part thereof, shall be for the
use and benefit Of the United States.
Sec. 4. Ind be IL further enacted, That
the sum of fifty thousand and sixty
six dollars and sixty-four cents is
hereby appropriated, out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the payment of interest to
the tribes aforesaid on tue sums in
vested in the bonds aforesaid from the
date of the last payment of interest
on said bonds to the first day Of July
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, tc
wit: the sum of thirty-two thousand
three hundred and seven dollars and
ninety-one cents to said Dclawares
five thousand and thirty-two dollars
and twenty-threc cents TO said lowas
and twelve thousand seven hundred
and twentysix dollars and fifty cents
to the said confederate bands Of kas-
kaskias, Peorias, Piankesliaws, ard
Weas.
SEC. 5. And be IL further eaacted, That
this act shall take effect and be in
force only in relation to such OF the
tribes aforesaid as shall file with the
Secretary of the Interior their assent,
in writing, to SO much thereof as re,
ates to them respectively.
Approved, July IL, 1852.