Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-06-04

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IN support OF the MilitaryAoademy for the wear
ending the thrtieth OF June, eighteen hundred
and sixty-tour,
3, L enacted by he Senate end House Of Rep.
,.s.aiatpsS Of Ge URtted NdtsS Of sme,ica ~
C,a5r,gs assembled, That the following sums be,
SpJ'tbe same are hereby, appropriated ont of any
,r,pay in the treasury not otherwise appropriNted
spy the support Of the Military Academy tor tho
year ending the thirtcth Of June, eighteen hum
3red and slXty-tour
Fer nav OF officers, instructors, cadets, aud ml-
sieiaus, one hundred and seventeen thousand one
hundred and seveuty-slX dollars.
For Communication ii subsistence, live hundred
and rty-scyen dollars and atty cents,
Nm nav ia lieu OF clothing 10 officers servants
three thousand six hundred and seventy three
dollar and utty cents,
For current aud ordinary expenses, as follows
II r,rajTs and improvements, fuel and apparatus
4 t,Ite,. pgstagt, kilograms, stationery transpor-
t,ti6n printing clerks, miscellaneous and moi
N SsrtsI expenses, and departments OF instruction
81 thrty-nine thousand seven hundred and five dol
For gradual increase and expense ofllbraryone
thousand dolluts.
For expenses of the board of visitors, four thou
sand dollars
thousand dollars,
For supplying horses for artillery and cavalry
exercise, one thousand dollars.
For repairs OF officers quarters, one thousand
i've hundred dollars.
For targets al batteries for artillery exercises
one hundred liars,
For furniture Tor hospital for cadets, one hun
bred dollars.
For annual repairs Of gas-pipes and rctorts,
three hundred dollars.
For kitchen of cadets mess hall, two thousand
COLLARS.
For furniture for soldiers hospital two hundred
and uinety-twu dollars.
For replacing roofs Of academic buildings, four
thousand dollars: PT0rided That the walls OF said
hul!amgs are, n the opinion of the supcrinteud-
ent strong enough to bear the weight Of slate
roof
For fire apparatus, three thousand dollars.
Approved January IS, 1862.
Chap. XXXVI.-An Act TO issue an American
Register 10 the steamship Karnak.
BE Il Enacted by The Senate and House Of Rep
rcSeRtdRUes Of he United States Of america IA Con-
greSs assembled That the Secretary of the Treasury
Is hereby directed 70 issue American register to
the steamship OF vessel known as the Karnak OF
the collection district Of the port ofNew York. the
same being British built vessel, but nov owned
by American citizens.
Approved February 10, 1865.
Chap. XXXVIT.-Au Act for the Relief OF Per-
sons Tor Damages sustained by reason of Dep
relations and Injuries 10y certain bands Of Sioux
Indians.
Whereas the United States heretofore became
bound by treaty stallations to the Sisset6n, Wah-
patton, Naturalization, and wa[hlpakoota bands
OF money and annuites, the greater portion of
which remains unpaid according to the terms of
said treaty stipulations and whereas during the
past year the aforesaid bands of Indians made an
unproFoked, aggressive, and most savage war
Il upon the United States, and massacred large
number OF men, wOmsn and children within the
state OF Minnesota, and destroyed and damaged
i large amount of property, and thereby have
forfeited al just claim to the said moneys and
annuites TO tn United States ; and whereas 1t is
Just and equitable that the persons whose prop
erty has been destroyed damaged by the said
Indians, or destroyed or damaged by the troops
Of the United States in said war, should be in
demni6ed in whole in part out of the indebt-
edness and annulties SO forfeited as Aforesaid
Therefore,
'yesentatipss Of tie United States Of America IN
Congress assembled, That all treaties heretofore
made and entered into by the Sisseton, Wahpaton,
Naturalization, and Wahpakoota bands of Sioux
or Dakota Indians, any of them, with theUnited
States are hereby declared to be abrogated and
Il snnelled, so far as said treaties any of them
wrport 70 impose amy future obligation on the
United States, and all lands and rights of occu
psnCy within the State of Minnesota, and all annu-
ties aud claims heretofore accorded to said Indi-
ans, or any of them, to be forfeited to the United
States
Sec @ AnS Be Il further enacted, That two
thirds OF the balance remaining unexpended Of
annuities due and payable to said Indians for the
present fiscal year, not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars, and the further sum OF one hun
ufeQ thousand uOllale, Dtl1s tN0-tnlruS OF the
nUities becoming due and pa yable TO said Indians
during the next fiscal year, is hereby appropriated
and shall be paid from the Treasury of the United
States, out of any moneys not otherwise appro-
priated, 10 the commissioners hereinafter provided
for, to be apportioned by them among the heads
Of families or, IN of their decease, among the
surviving members of families of the State of
Minnesota who suffered damage by the depreda-
tons OF the SIsseton, Wahpaton, Medawakanton,
and Wa[hIpakoota bands of Sioux Dakota In
ians or by the troops of the United States in the
late Indian in the State of Minnesota, not ex-
eeeding the sum of two hundred dollars to any
one family, nor the actual damages aforesaid, and
no moneys shall be paid under this section except
upon those claims which shall be presented to said
commissioners on or before the first day of June
Anext, for the payment of which the said commits
Aioners shall take and return to the Secretary of
PIC Interior and TO the Secretary of the Treasury
duplicate vouchers therefor certified by them.
Sec g. Ind be II further enacted, That, for
me purpose OF making the proper distribution of
the moneys hereby appropriated for the present
reef OF such families, and for the purpose of as
certalnng the whole amount of said damages and
the persons who have suffered the same It shall
oe lawful Tor the President, by and with the adj
vice and consent of the Senate, to appoint three
commissioners, not more than one of whom shall
be resident of Minnesota, who shall take an
oath n the manner prescribed by the laws of the
United States to faithfully discharge their duties
they shall entertain and hear the complaints lin
writing, duly verified on oath) of all and every
person aggfleved by the depredations of said In
dtahs, ana py tne troops OF the United States in
said war they shall have power to compel the at
tendance OF witnesses and to administer the prop
er oaths to them to testify the truth they shall
have power TO compel the claimants to be exam
med and cross examined on oath, to be admins
tered by them, as to their said claim they shall
hod their sessions at such times and places as will
give the persons complaining the fairest oppertu-
unity Of verifying their claim with the least ex-
#pense they shall take care that no unjust or fic-
titious claim shall be established; and If thew
have any reason to suppose that any such claim Is
presented, they shall have power, and il shall be
their duty, 10 procure any countervailing proof
to their knowledge, that the same may be finally
rejected. The testimony Of the witnesses and the
examination of the complainant shall be reduced
to writing. signed and certified by them, respec-
lively, and shall, with the petition and ali the pa.
pers relating TO each case, with the finding of the
Commission, be transmitted to the Secretary Of the
interior for his approval, rejection, or modifica
Etion, 10 be by him laid before the next Congress
"A majority Of the commission may select their
presiding officer, and shall be competent TO decide
Pill questions arising before them.
Sec. 4. And be hSfurther enacted. That said
commissioners shall hold their first session at Saint
*feters, IN the State OF Minnesota, on or before
the first day of April next, for the hearing of
claimants, and that all claims must be presented
70 said commissioners before the first day Of
Eeptember next, or the same shall not be heard
4oy them; and the said commissioners shall make
3snd return their finding and all the papers rea-
ting thereto, on or before the first day Of Decem
zber next.
Sec. 5. And be ii further enacted, That said