The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-30
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and to inspect the fields buildings, mills and other i'm
provements stipulated in the seventh article treaty
May seven, eighteen hundred and sxtyour not exceed
ing any year than twenty days service at five
dollars per day. than three hundred miles travel
az ten cents per mile for the fiscal year ending June
fifty dollars.
For expenses of the removal of Chippewas Of Mssis-
spp 10 teir now homes per twelfth article treaty May
seven eighteen hundred and sixtyour at rate not ex-
ceedng ten dollars each person. for the fiscal ending
June thirty eighteen hundred and sxtysx eleven thou
sand dollars or 80 much thereof shall be necessary
FOR the expenses of Subsistence of eleven hundred
Chppewas, of the Mississippi for six months at their
new homes at rate not exceeding thiryeght cents per
day for each person. per twelfth article treaty May seven
eighteen hundred and sixtyou for the fiscal year end
ing June thirty eighteen hundred and sixtysx, seventy
five thousand two hundred and forty dollars or much
| thereof as shall be necessary. ,eyt flEtU
For transportation of subsistence for Indians for six
months, to their new homes per twelfth article treaty
May seyen eighteen hundred and at rate not
exceeding cents per pound for the fiscal year end
ing June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixy-six thirty
thousand four hundred and ninetytwO dollars or 30 much
thereof as shall be necessary.
reservation to instruct Indian girls in domestic economy
per thirteenth article treaty May seven eighteen hundred
and sixtyour, for the fiscal year ending June thirty,
eighteen hundred and sxty-six one thousand dollars
the usual distribution of medals among the chiefs the
Indian tribes the sum of five thousand dollars be- and
the same is hereby appropriated, out Of any money in
SEQ 3. And be further enacted That the Secretary Of
the Treasury is authorized to pay in coin such Of the
with any Indian tribe required to be paid in coin
SEC. L. And be ii further enacted, That each of the
chiefs warriors and heads of families Of the Stoekbrdge
Munsee tribes of Indians residing in the County Of
Shawana and State of Wisconsin, may under the direc
ton of tho Secretary of the Interior, enter homestead
and become entitled to all the benefits of entitled
San act to homeseads to actual settlers the
public domain" approved May twenty, eighteen hundred
and sxtytwo free from any fee charge Whatever and
any part of the lands being part OF their present
walton, which may be abandoned under the foregoing
provisions be sold under the direction of the Score
tay of the Interior, and the proceeds applied for tho
benefit of sc Indians may settle on said homeseads,
to aid them In improving the The said homestead
thus secured shall not be subject to any tax levy sale
whatever, shall the same be sold conveyed, mort
gagged OF in any manner encumbered except upon the
decree of the District Court Of the United States here
matter provided Whenever any Of said chiefs warriors,
heads of families of said tribes having filed with the
clerk of the District Court of the United States deca-
ration Of his intention to become citizen of the United
States and to dissolve all relations with Indian tribe
two years previous thereto shall appear in said Court,
and prove to the satisfaction thereof by the testimony Of
two citizens Of the United States that for five years last
past he has adopted the habits Of civilized life that ho
has maintained himself and family by his own industry,
that he reads and speaks the English language that he
well disposed to become peaceabe aud orderly cit-
and that he has sufficient capacity to manage his
own affairs the Court may enter decree admitting him
to all the rights of citizen of the United States and
thenceorti he shall be no longer held or treated
member of any Indian tribe but shall be entitled all
the rights and privileges and be subject to all the duties
and liabilities TO taxation Of other citizens of the United
States But nothing herein contained shall be construed
to deprive them OF annutes to which they are or may DO
entitled. - I#s.
SEC. 8. And be 1t further enacted That the Secretary
of the Interior be- and he il hereby authorized to expend
such part of the amount herein appropriated to carry
effect any treaty stipulation with any tribe tribes Of
Indians all or any portion of whom shall be In state Of
actual hostility TO the Government Of the United States,
including tho Creeks Chocsws, Chckasaws, Sennoes,
Wichitas and other affiliated tribes well the Chero-
KEGS as may DO found necessary to support such ind
ynal members of said tribes as have been driven from
their homes or reduced to want on account of their
friendship to the United States and enable them to sub
ss until they support themselves In their
try Pr0rided That account shall be kept of the
paid for the benefit of tho said members said tribes
which account shall be rendered Congress the com.
mencenent Of the next session thereof and all the pur
chases of articles for the purposes above set FORTH shall
be made of the lowest responsible bidder after sufficient
public notice by advertisement in appropriate newspapers
Prorded also That the said Secretary shall not be re-
qured 10 accept any bid which is in his judgment uIrea-
sonale in its character: Pored FURTHER That no part
OF said aunues shall be expended for Indians outside of
the Indian Territory south OF Kansas except in providing
for such individual Indians families sick and
unable to remove to that territory or such as may bo
driven out Of that territory by armed rebels, after the
passage Of this act,
SEC. g. Ind be ii further enacted That the Secretary
of the Treasury be- and he is hereby authorized and d
rected in lieu OF the bonds for the Of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, appropriated for the Of tho
Choctaw lndans, by act entitled An act making ap-
preparations or the current and contingent expenses Of
the Indian department. and iur fulfilling treaty stipua-
tons with the various Indian tribes for the year ending
June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixytwop approved
March second eighteen hundred and sixtyone to pay
the Secretary OF the Interior two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars for the relief and support OF individual NOM
bers of Cherokee Creek Choctaw, Chckasaw Seminole
Wichita, and other affiliated tribes of Indians who have
been driven nom their homes and reduced to want
account OF their friendship TO the government as con-
naiin,, -, s ~ 49,; c ~, VI W. wv en,,ieu Ahact
s H., '' t io .ne eufIeh. anu contingent
49,, 80, VI, ny iluah u'p",meht anu ior iuhihnB
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ra, ri' m ~ a,u ,na ie'iois s"sn ,,onpo-
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far tha ,oy a VI Guy s Ssplautmiaseu
Propi5 THAT dstiisd Irsnort shall h a% ~ na,
gross at ,ts neyt session at III exnsnd;ts,as' MAJ en-
Their reIiaS $500 '' " " >F "~e ~
$50 And n, :, e.,bs, .,oc,e, That o,,, ,ouso, ,
NAV r,o ~. raon.a oycat 30 or 10y .rpP;5a @
en- tt,e horses r otbar stoc, Snn, th Ta T;. ",y
far tbs nnrnnsa of ,raJs or coraorca shall - $3.50.
nv ph " I " u VI .'ioi.,, on1 no eu,'.y u
ceeding five thousand dollars or by imprisonment not
exceeding three years or by botl such fine and i'm,
prisonment.
SEC g. ind be IL ,ter endciea That the agent of each
tribe of Indians lawfully residing in the snd Indian
Territory be- and he is hereby authorized TO sell for IN.
benefit said Indians any cattle borses or other live
stock belonging to said Indians and moi reonired far
their use and subsistence under such regulations AZ shat
be established by the Secretary of the Interior oi -,
That nothing in this and the preceding section ,aIi
interfere with the execution of anv order awfn,;, ,
by the Secretary of War connected with tn noyana,
or subsistence of the troops of the United states
Approyed March q 1865 N'""'