The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-26
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sivtv-siv twenty-five thousand dollars, or 80

proyemens as stipulated in the seventh arue t
Nav seven eighteen hundred anu ss Sorvice Of Eve
inr anv one wear more than twenty Gay AZ IVY
dars or dsy or more than three hundred nes uaVei,
at ten cents per mile, for the iscai yea hndrsd nS
thirty eighteen hundred and siztysh' b" """
r axnsnsea of the removal of Chppewas OF Mssis-
snui Ia their new homes. per twet e,o . ~. tsy
seven eighteen hundred and tSa fiscal wear ending
ccelinp fen dollars each person. LOT ,ne nsS Ling
Jnna thirty eighteen hundred and sxSsA .no"-
sand dollars or so much thereof as shaii pe
Tr The EXPENSES of subsistence oil eievsh hundred
r,.s IF the Mississippi, for six months at ther-
NOW homes nj a rate not exceeding eeh.s per
day for each person. per twelfth article eS a pSs
eighteen hundred and sStoI and sxtysx seventy
FIVE thousand two hundred and forty dolars Oh 80
thereof as shall be necessary g.. Ind,ons FIR s;r
Far TRANSFORMATION of subsistence ior inusns ior si1
~ a ,har now homes per twelfth article treaty
Noy sayan eighteen hundred and sxtyfon at rate mo-
exceeding cents per pound or n ,e .rysy thirty
inp lime thirty, eighteen hundred anu siA9 %, M
thousand four hundred ana hliioy-'"o"'
thereof MS shall be necessary. -, au,n,o,ad on tha
For The payment of female teachers employer On INC
reservation to instruct Indian es IN ;htsn hundred
per thirteenth article treaty May seVen ,h;t
and sixty-iour for the fiscal year ending yune .''
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, one thousand d far
SEC Ard be % fasc, among myth the chiefs of the
Indian tribes the sum of five thousand dollars W, aiu
the same is hereby appropriated, OUT OF ahy nohe' "
the Treasury not otherwise appropflateu
Spc godbe IL further enacted, That the Secretary OF
the Treasury is authorized to pay in coin such OF the an
nuties by the of any treaty oi an nad IN coin
WIN any % H. - further enacted That each of the
chiefs warriors and heads of families o. the n,
Munsee tribes of Indians residing III '1o ~ yroo
Sawan, and State of Wisconsin, may under the drec
on of the Secretary of the INTERIOR enter homestead
and become entitled to all the dement's Oh an az. leu
IAN act to homeseaus 10 lu'uai go h,,ndd
public domain" approved May twenty, eisneen .a,o
and sxty-two free from any fee or charge Whatever, anu
any part of the lands being part OF tel ple'e
walton, which may be abandoned uauta Of tha sscra
,lseo npIa
ary of the Interior and the proceeds appiieu ior s
benefit of such Indians may settle on saio hoes.eaos
to aid them in improving ,e SANE re- on~ tox lew or sale
whatever nor shall the same be sold, conveyed, mort
gagged or in any manner encumbered except upon tue
decree of the District Court of the United state AZ mere
nafter nroyded Whenever any of said Chiefs warriors
or heads of families of said tribes, having hed with the
clerk of the District Court of the United states aeela
ration Of his intention to become ctzen OF tne Om,ed
states and 10 dissolve all relations with any Indian tribe,
two wears previous thereto shall appear in SAID COURT
and prove to the satisfaction thereof by the testimony OF
two citizens of the urited States that or hve years las.
mast he has aopted the habits Of civilized fe that he
has maintained himself and family by his own hdusuy,
that he reads and speaks the English language that ne
is well disposed to become peaceabe ana orderly eu
zen and that he has sufficient capacity to manage ms
own affairs: the Court may enter decree aanthS mn
to all the rights of citizen Of the United States ana
tbenceforh he shall be longer held or treated as
member of any Indian tribe but shall be entitled to all
the rights and privileges and be subject to all the duties
and liabilities TO taxation OF other Glzens OF the uhea
to deprive them of annues to which they are or may pc
titled
of the Interior be- and he hereby auth rzed o expend
part the amount herein appropriated 10 carry into
effect any treaty stipulation with any tribe Or tribes OF
Indians all or any portion OF whom shall be IN state OF
actual hostility the Government OF the United States,
including the Creeks Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoes,
Wichas, and other affiliated tribes well as the Chero-
KEGS, may be found necessary to support such nd
vdua members of said tribes have b driven from
their homes or reduced to want on account OF their
friendship TO the United States and enable them to sub
sst until they support themselves in their coun.
try Pr0rdcd That account shall be kept OF the sums
paid for the benefit of the said members of said tribes
which account shall be rendered to Congress- at the COM
mencement of the next session thereof and all the pnr
chases OF articles for the purposes above set FORTH shall
be made of the lowest responsible bidder after sufficient
public notice by advertisement In propate newsrapers
Prorided also, That the said Secretary shall not be
qured to accept any bid which is in his Judgment unrea
slnable in its character: Poeded further That no part
of said annutes shall be expended for Indians outside Of
the Indian Territory south Of Kansas except in providing
Tor such individual Indians families as sick and
unable to remove to that territory such may 9
driven out of that territory by armed rebels, after Il
passage OF this act.
SIC 6. And be further enacted That the Secretary
of the Treasury be- and he hereby authorized and d.
recte in lieu of the bonds for the sum of two hundred
and hfty Thousand dollars appropriated for the of the
Choctaw Indians by an act entitled An making APP
preparations for the current and contingent expenses Of
the Indian department. and for fulfilling treaty stpula-
tons with the various Indian tribes for the year ending
June thirty, eighteen hundred and sxty-two" approved
March second eighteen hundred and siyty0ne to nav to
the Secretary OF the interior two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars for the cic aud support OF individual menu
bers OF Cherokee, Creek, Chocaw. Chckasaw Seminole
Wichita aud other ai lated tribes of Indians who have
been driven from their homes and reduced to want on
account OF their friendship the government as cons
tenpated by the provisions Of act entitled An act
making appropriations for the current and contingent
expenses Of tho Indian department. and for fulfilling
treaty spulaons with the various Indian tribes for the
year ending June hirteth eighteen huudred and sixty-
three approved July fifth eighteen hundred and sixty
two.
SEC 7. And be ii farther taacted That the Secretary of
War be- and he is hereby authorized furnish the so
called refugee Indians in the Indian Territory such tempo
rary relief as may be absolutely necessary including
clothing and provisions during the residue of the fiscal
year ending the thrteth June eighteen hundred and
six ye to he furnished out fanny money appropriated
LOT the colnnlissary and quartermasters department
Ffoetded That detailed report shall be made
gress, at its next session, of all expenditures made for
their relief
SEC s. And be IL further enacted Tint any person WIN
may drive or remove except hereinafter provided any
cattle horses or other stock from the Indian Territory
for the purposes of trade or commerce. shall be guilty OF
leiohy anu on conviction be punished by fine not
ceeding Ave thousand dollars by imprisonment nat
exceeding three years, or by both such fine and I'M.
pfisonment.
SEC. o. and be further enacted That the agent of each
tribe of Indians, lawfully residing in the said Indian
territory be- and he is hereby authorized to sell for
benefit OF said Indians any cattle horses other live
stock belonging to said Indians, and not required for
their use and subsistence under such regulations as shall
he established by the Secretary of the Interior Provided
interfere with the execution of any order lawfully issued
by tue Secretary of War, connected with the movement
or subsistence Of the troops of the United States.
approved March 8, 1865.
AN AcF for the Relief of the Occupants e tho onas y,
the Exmission of San Jose, In to Stat, of Cal;for
mia. " S'"'e VI N"iiioi
BE enacted By the Senate and House of Repres.n,tuc,
~ ne United States Of Amevica in C6ngress assembled.
n every person who has the possession rightfuy a.
aghst All others except the United States or being out
possession is against all Others except as aforesaid
TO the possession of any portion of the tract Of
u situate in the county of Ameda State of California
known as the lands of the exhaustion San Jose as in
Guided in the map and survey thereof made October
eighteen hundred and sxty,iour by t. H. DYER deputy
United States surveyor shall have the right and the right
Is hereby granted to each and every such Ia enter
and purchase of the United States at the sum or price of
one dollar aud twenty-five cents per acre such portion of
SAID tract so ghtuly possessed by him. her. or them or
10 which he She they may have such right of pos
session, whether such person claim the by covev
either Of them, or by possession ony P0uiaed ho,ee
That any person entitled under this act 10 marcel of less
than eight shall in m such cases pay ten dollars for
the same =, -.
SEC. q and be ii further enacted That every person
claiming any benefit under this SHALL within one wear
from the passage thereof to the register and re-
ceiyer Of the United States andoce at San Francisco
survey plat Of the portion of said tract claimed bv
him. her them and which shall exhibit the quarter
section sections parts thereof included in said Mat
made by under the direction Of the United States sur
veyor general for California, and Herewith written
statement setting forth the right of such Claimant To
yer and purchase suoh portion under the provisions NJ
TINS act and whether the said claimant has acau;red ba
alleged title of said pco and Ayarado or either Of them
heteo or holds by possession only; and ereupon sueh
egs,ef ana receiver shall under such rules may be
prescribed by the commissioner Of the general land office
proceed and take hear and oXan inc the evidence xrc