Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19
tPUBLIo-No. SOL

IPUBLIo-No. 80.
AN ACT TO provide for the better organization
of Indian affairs in California.
Be Il resolved by ale Senate and House Of Rep
resentdtices Of The United States Of america IN
Congress assembled,
That from and after the first day of April, an
no Domini eighteen hundred and sxty-four, the
State of California shall, for Indian purposes,
constitute one superintendency, for which there
shall be appointed by the President of the Unit
ed States, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, superintendent of Indian affaiy
for said supeuntendency, at q salary of three
thousand six hundred dollars per annum who
shall reside at point within said State to be So
lected by the Secretary of the Interior and WIN,
upon executing bond, upon suoh terms and
such sums as may be prescribed by the Secretary
of the Interior, and taking the usual oath Of
office, shall have under his control and manage
ment, in like manner and subject to like rules
and regulations as are prescribed for superinten-
dents of other superintendeneies, the Indians
and Indian reservations that are or may hereaf-
ter be established in said State; PROVIDED, That
the superintendent shall be authorised to ap-
point clerk, at compensation not TO exceed
eighteen hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 2. Ana be IL further enacted, That there
shall be set apart by the President and at his
discretion. not exceeding four tracts of land,
within the limits of said State, to be retained By
the United States for the purpose of Indian res
ervations, which shall be of suitable extent, for
the accommodation of the Indians of said State,
and shall be located as remote from white settle
ments as may be found practicable, having due
regard 70 their adaptation to the purposes for
which they are intended: Propided That at
least one of aid tracts shall be located in what
has heretofore been known as the northern dis
trict: And propided further, That if il shall be
found impractioable TO establish the resery atoms
herein contemplated without embracing i'm
provements made within their limits by white
persons lawfully there the Secretary of the In.
terror is hereby authorized and empowered to con-
tract for the purchase Of euoh improvements, NJ u
price not exceeding a fair valuation thereof to
m n dvrArf Irxt -
tract shall be valid, nor any y.oney paid Thereon
until upon report of sad contract and of ssi3
valuation to Congress- the same shall be an.
proved ana the meney appropriated by law for
. .na. pnrPose And provided further, That said
aot, as in the discretion of the President NAV be
deemed for the best interests of the Indians to
be provided for, include any of the Indian Ieserv-
atoms heretofore set apart in said State, and that
IN case OF any such reservation is 50 included,
the same may be enlarged to such an extent az.
IN the opinion OF the President, may be necessa-
ry, in order to its complete adaptation to the
purposes for which ii is intended.
Sec. 8, and be il further enacted, That the
| several Indian reservations in California which
| shall not be retained for the purposes of Indian
reservations, under the provisions Of the preeed-
| ing section Of this act, shall, by the Commits
sioner Of the General Land Office, under the di-
rcctlon OF the Secretary of the Interior, be sur
yeyed into lots or parcels of suitable SIZE and as
| far as practicable, in conformity to the surveys
OF re pubic lands; which said lots shsll under
| his direction, be apDra'a, nv ais;n,..,..n,
SONS at their cash value and shall tbsts,Ipe per
! after due advertisement, as now provided hv
law In case OF other public lands be offered for
sale at pubic outcry, and thehce afterward shall
De hela subject to sale at private entry, accord
ing 10 such regulations as the Secretary of tho
interior may prescribe; PROVIDED, That no lot
snail be disposed of at less than the appraised
| value, nor at less than one dollar and twentv-
nye cents Per a,re And prouidcd farther, That
said sale Sla | nnuluptad INV, ~
receiver of the land office in the district In which
such reservation or reservations NAV be Al mattel
IN accordance with the instructions of ths de-.
p1s.msn' regulating the sale of public lsnds,
SEC. 4, 4nd be 1t further enacted That thu
/ President of the United States be. and he II
hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate to appoint an indian
agent for each Of the reservations which shall
be established under the provisions Of this
act, which said agent shall reside upon the res
ervation for which he shall be appointed. ana
snail discharge all the duties now or hereaftAr Ia
oe REQUIRED OF Indian agents by Law, or BY rules
s and regulations adopted, or to be adopted, for
the same may be applicable. Each Of the agents
appointed as aforesaid shall, before entering unon
the duties OF his office, give bond in such penal
as the President or Secretary Of the Interior NAV
require, and shall hold his Office for the term Of
-FOUR years, unless sooner removed by ihe Presi-
dent, and shall receive an annual salary, at the
AStc Va CSuhccu uOudT5.
Sec 8. And be IL further enacted, That there
may be appointed, in the manner prescribed bv
law, for each Of said reservations, IL, in the
opinion Of the Secretary of the Interior, the
welfare OF said Indians shall require il, one ply
stefan, one blacksmith, one assistant blacksmith.
one farmer, and one carpenter, who shall each
receive compensation, at rates determined BY the
Secretary OF the Interior, not exceeding City
dollars per month
SEC. 8. And be q further enacted, That here.
after when 1t shall become necessary to survey
any Indian or other reservations or any lspds.
the same shall be surveyed under the direction
and control of the General Land OnRoe and as
nearly as may be in conformity to the rules and
regulations under which otner public lands are
surveyed,
Sec. 2. And be II further enacted, That all
Indian agents shall reside at their respective
agencies, and shall in no case be permitted to
visit the city of Washington except when ordered
TO do so BY the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
And it is hereby made the duty Of the said Com.
missioner TO report all cases Of the violation of
this section to the President, with the request
that the agents disregarding the provisions here
IN contained be at once removed from once.
SIC. 5. And be n furfter enacted, That all
acts, parts Of acts in conflict with the proyis-
IONS of this act, be- snd the fame are merely, 10.
psaled; and all ofioes and enploymenA con-
nected with Indian AFFAIRS in California not pro.