The Montana post., 1869-04-09
LIQUOR SEIZURES.

y ton To the Herald, assumes that L4t u--
I cent iquor seisures between that p3iDt
and Helena, bother" the busioa.s u-n
/ of Benton, and that the orders have n0G
I been made public, under which il WIS
done. He further states it is tie Geiir!
! by some that the orders tor these 80. .
ures emanated from Acting Governor
\ Tufts, and by others that they v,rc pr
cured through the influence of th. =
Z w Fur Co and suggests, if the Gov-rnp,
, is the author ut is hard to fore nI-.~
! chants to pay government snd teri
torial license for selling an article ssajcs
d is certain 10 be seised in case 4 - .JCnd
, in transit This latter is a fac- p. pt /
/ pable and apparent 10 the Officer "a -
! the merchants. vet so long as the f1,ii" =
! title To these lands is not extinGHis' 2.
I and so long as the Indian InrcI our q
\ laws remain unchanged. this ~ re-
ness" cannot well be avoided, Z, = =
{ severity arising from the occuPsuGr ~
! Indian lands by superior nult1,'A q.
/ whites, an exceptional case fog sr'i:Gi'
\ DO provision is made in the law Har-
, chants in the Indian country wor.I -
( TEEN il still harder" if they Wei, r.
fused licenses, and receiving tbcul. :, t q.
or should know the law, ,hi,1y- lonr
Il
\ their trade. Druggists are ever, 6. 80.
| licensed. yet we believe their s.tr .,
/ poisons in some places is very ii ~
! regulated: Merchants are licSns-, ~
/ they are restricted in shipmente -: .-4s-
powder, nitTO~glycerine, etc. IL - -
/ verify TO few To secure ssfcty T.. -.
many. No one will question t'e go
priety of prohibiting the sale OF yh.~l.v
To Indians. The sole purposs -! n.h
| law and its enforcement is To- n~s.-a.
| the Indians from procuring it, - Eit'
only way To secure relief from ~ 90
/ noyance To- which traders are ru,v ~uf e
| jected is by the extinguishpCn' cr i.,~
| Indian title on all the settled pOui.u -.
the Territory. This the govcsE,ls.','
has assumed the responsibility :" tIp ..i
in selling mineral and agriculture isn0..,
but il has not yet done il, thas So ale
aware of in any part of Montaas ,'''..
braced in Jefferson, Lewis and CisIS ~
| Choteau counties. This much ~ sa-
liability of traders at Benton. s- o ,.-
authority for the seisufes, we subUlit 'ls-
| following from the act of Coz cTCEs. : t.
proved June 80, 1884. AN Act 50 Ttat,.
\ late trade and intercourse with i1t,;s ?.
| tribes and preserve peace on the IsJu-
/ tiers
| SEC. 20. And lie it further enacted, TG.: *
/ any person shall sell, exchange, or ct'-, i,rI
| ter, OF dispose OF any spirituou9 l.qaof o.
| wine to an Indian Tin the Indian coaGSrs
such person snail forfeit and pay The suiu CL
$500; and If any person shall intrcL0c.. or
attempt to introduce, any spirituo,s iiCgo.
/ or wine into the Indian country, exc=rs 81 c.,
| supplies shall be necessary for tbs nticsr-
/ of the United states and troops o. the = :
vice, under the direction Of the WGg Deps-f
ment, such person shall forfeit and ply a "a "a
not exceeding $500; and if any suElsfiht-pc-
ent of Indian affairs, Indian agent o. sep
\ agent, or commanding officer OF ptlItqy' :
post, has reason TO suspect, or Il iGtcf1l -
| that any white person or Indian IL Lbout 0
| introduce or has introduced any spjTituOpo
! liquors or wine into the Indian country, n.
| violation Of the provisions of this sectioa. !,
shall be lawful tor such Superintendent, In
diau agent, or sub-agent. or militery ofics ,
| ag-eeably TO such regulations sc ulVy - ss
tablished by the President of the IiLi.ld
| States, to cause the boats, store, pack age.
and places of deposit of such person ~ %
searched, and il any such spirituors liauos ~
wine is found, the goods, bodts, pscGI &C.
and peltries of such persons shall b setS,-5
and delivered TO the proper Officer End s..V I
be proceeded against by libel in the 5rcPc
\ court, and forfeited, one half 70 tb.- USa y
the inlormer, and the other half to The ~. q
/ the United States; and If such p-r,rD - :
\ trader his license shall be revol-et s50 f;J
I bond put In suit. And it shall norey-s. hs
| lawful for any person IN the service = tee
| United States, OF for any Indian, Co rCA- saS
destroy any ardent spirits or wine TO- ai :
the Indian country, excepting milirFI., "'"'
plies IA mentioned in this section.
This is certainly ineligible, anu b,-,-.
ing been enforced for thirtysfonr y-,.s.
should be well understood by thia rlne.
| At times, the reluctance Of offi,.,eFa 70,
rigidly enforce it has led to violstihGl
unpunished. The attention ci tho .i--
partment having been called - j. ,
fact, the following telegraphic orisr - e.
placed in the hands of Acting tIovsr., I'd
TUFTS, Feb. 10, 1869:
To Hon. .Idmcs TUFTS. 4 GOcsra.,s ,'-t
er-c1TciO Superintendent Indior II,
.fGtrs::
VIRGINIA CIIT. u. 4.
The Secretary of Interior directs uae Co r3s
patch you to instruct special Agent Pope s,u
all Indian Agents to execute the intercUU--c
laws TO stop the whisky traffic with Inclis =.
and seize all whisky and liquors, and sll p:5p.
| erty bought of Indians with whisky. vh 4 lc
| by licensed traders or others. and if ccrss
sary. call upon the military for assistance
n. q. TAYLOR. Comptroli~r
Washington, ID. c., Feb Is, 1859.
| This Is "where the orders csp1e. fran. .