The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-02-21

detail or appointment of the district COM
mauders, shall be required to take and to
subscribe the oath Of Office prescribed by
law Eor officers of the United States
Sec. 10. And be ii further enacted, That no
district commander or member of the board
Of registration, or any Of the officers or ap-
pointees acting under them, shall be bound
in his action by any opinion of any civil off,
Ger of the United States. a. nne, ~.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted, That all
the provisions oil this act and of the acts to
which this supplementary shall be construed
literally, to the end that all intents thereof
may be fully and perfectly carried out.
l.r SCHUYLER G0LFAX,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
B.F. WADE,
President Of the Senate pro tempore.
In ruE HOUSE OF RBRREssSgATrEs, U. S., /
j. q, Jay i9tb, 1857. j
The President Of the United States, having
returned to the House of Representatives,
in which il originated, the bill ientitled can
act supplementary TO an act entitled An act
to provide for the more efficient goyert-
| ment of the rebel States, passed on the sec
ond day of March, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seyen, and the act supplementary there
to passed on the twenty-third day of March,
eighteen hundred andysixty-seven," with his
objections thereto, the House of Representa-
tives proceeded, in pursuance of the COnSti-
tuition, to. reconsider the same,j and
Resotyed; Thatthebill do pass, two4thiras
of the House OfeRepresentatiVes agreeing to
Attest. EbWD. MCPHERSON,
:, -. C1srh II. r. US.
In TIE SENATE OF THE o. s.,
JuIy719, 1857. f..
The Senate having proceeded, in pur5u-
nuce of the Constitution, to reeOhsider the
bill entitled &c An act supplementary to an
act entitled An act 30 provide for the more
efficient government of the rebel States,
passed on the SECOND day OF March, eighteen
hundred and sixtyrseTeny and the act sup
| Elementary thereto, passed on the twenty
third day of March, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seVen," returned to the House of Rep
resentatives by the President of the United
States, with bis objections, and sent by the
| House Of Representatives 20 the Senate, with
the message of the President returning the
bill: ...,
Resolped, That tSe bill do pass, two-thirds
os the Senate agreeing to pass the same,
Attest: j. w. F0RNEY, SerTstGry,
r.. By W. J. MCDONALD, caief. Clqrk.,
| CHAP. XXXIl.--Au Act to establish Peace
with certain Hostile Indian Tribes.
| Be il enacted By The Senate. and House Of Rep
p,ssgfatipes of he UKiiea States of America in
| Congress assembled, That the President Of the
| United States be, and he is hereby, author
lied to appoint a commission to consist OF
three officers ol. the army not below .he rank
of brigadisr general, who, tpgether with N.
| G. Taylor, Commissioner Of Indian ARHirs,
John B. Henderson, Chairman of the Com
mittee Of Indian Affairs of the Senate, g. s.
Tappan, and John B. San5orn, shall have
power and authority to call together the
chiefs and headmen Of such bands or tribes
of Indians as are now waging war against
the United States or committing depredations
upon the people thereof, to ascertain the al
| lodged reasons for their acts of hostility, and
| in their discretion, under the direction Of the
| President, to make and conclude with said
| bands or tribes such treaty stipulatioas, sub
| iect to the action Of the Senate, as may re-
move all Just causes of complaint on their
part, and at the same time establish security
for person and property along the lines OF
railroad now being constructed.to to the Pacific
and other thoroughiares of travel to the wes-
tern Territories, and such as will most likely
insure civilization for the Indians and peace
! and safety for the whites.
SEc. 2. And6s il further enacted, That said
commissioners are required TO examine and
select district or districts of country haV-
ing sufficient area to receive all the Indian
tribes now occupying territory east Of The
Rocky mountains, not now peacefully resid-
ius on Dermanent, reservations under treaty
Stiprlations, 10 which the government has
ths ff9bt Of occupation or to which said COM
miss:orers can obtain the right Of occupa-
tion, and in which district or districts there
sball be sufficient tilln6le or grazing land. TO
enable the said tribes, respectively to support
themselves by agricultural and pastoral prr-
suits. Said district or districts, when so Sc
lected, and the gelect.ou approved by Con-
gress, shall be and remain permanent homes
for said Indiana TO be, lUcsted thereon, and
no person isl not members Of said tribes
shall ever be permitted to eutef thereon with
ont be permission Of the tribes interested,
except officers and employees Of the United
States !, PToyided, That the district or dis
trieis shall be 60 LOCATED as not to interfere
with travel oa highways located by authority
of the United States, nor with the roate Of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Union Pa
cifc Railroad. the Union Pacific Railroad
Eas:era Division, or the proposed route Of
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad BY the way
Of Albuquerque. .
SEC. 3. And Re Il further sHaeisd, Thai the
following sums Of money are hereby aPpro-
priated out Of any moheYs 10 the ttsssury, to
wit; To carry out the provisions OF the pre-.
eseding sections Of Ibis act, one huudred
"a et,,, thonaand daifarh To enable the
Secretary Of The IntshoF TO subsist sueh
friendly Indians as. may have separated or
may hereafter septsata themselves from the
hostile bands or ffibsl and seek ise proiec.
tion Of the United satssi three hundrsa
thousand dollars, r..
sEc. 4. ,knd h Il 6Erthp saaetta, That the
seers,arS Of War be required TO farnish
trauspor.aliou, subsisienee, and protection TO
the eonuissionerB bersin named during 'h'
discharzs Of their duties. =.
sEo. s. And Be Z fVrtier erdeisd, That .
said commissioners fail 70 sssors iss eonssn'