The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-07-01

les with said tribes in e gdteen hundred |
and sixty-six, for the fiscal year ending |
June thirty eighteen hundred andseven-
ty-two, thirteen thousand five hundred
dollars Prnuided, That any other In |
dian tribe permanently located in said |
Indian Territory shall be, and is hereby |
authorized to elect and send to said |
+" general council" one delegate, and |
in addition one delegate for each one |
thousand Indians or fraction of the u
sand greater than FIVE hundred, being
members of such tribe, on the same
terms and conditions, and with the
same rights and privileges, including
right to compensation, as Is provided
for delegates of the tribes herein efore
mentioned, and sufficient sum to pay
the per diem and mileage of such addi
tional delegates is hereby appropria-
ted.
INTEREST ON TRUST FUND
STOCKS.
For payment of interest on certain
abstracted and non-paying State stocks
belonging to various Indian tribes ( and
held in trust by the Secretary of the
Interior,) for the fiscal year ending
June thirty, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, viz:
For interest on the Cherokee national
fund, eighteen Thousand nine hundred
and eighty dollars.
For interest on the Cherokee school
fund, three thousand and ten dollars.
For interest on the Chickasaw ma
tional fund, fifteen thousand one hun
dred and forty dollars.
For interest on the Chickasaw incom-
petentS' fund, two hundred dollars.
Fof'lnterest on the Choctaw general
fund. twenty-seven thousand dollars.
For interest on the Creek orphans
fund, FIVE thousand two hundred and
eighteen dollars.
For interest on the Delaware general
fund, niLe thousand seven hundred and
ten dollars.
For interest on the Iowas' fund, three
thousand three hundred and forty dol
lars.
For interest on the Kaskaskias, Weas,
Peorias, and Piankeshaws' fund, six
thousand and seventy dollarJ.
For interest ON the Menomoaees' fund
nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For interest on the Ottawas and
Chippewas, two hundred and thirty
dollars.
For interest on the Pottawatomies'
education fund, six thousand seven
hundred dollars.
For contingentt expenses of trust
funds, heretofore Iand to be hereafter
incurred, three thhusand dollars ana
the Secretary of tlte Treasury ia hereby
authorized to issse to the Choctaw
tribe of Indians 5Snds of the United
States to the amofint of two hundred
| and ffty thousand dollars, as directed
~ La af Mar os~ hn-
dred and sixty-one, entitled An act
making appropriations for the current
and contingent expenses of the Indian
department., and for fulfilling treaty
stipulations with various edian
| tribes.p
Sec. q. That the act approved July
| fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy
" making appropriations for the current
| and contingent expenses of the Indian
| department, and for fulfilling treaty
stipulations with various Indian tribes,
! for the year ending June thirty, eight
cen hundred and seventy-ene, aud for
| other purposes" be amended by adding
the following section, which was inad-
yertantly omitted in the enrolment OF
said act, viz
"SEc. ID. And be IL further enacted
That nothing in this act contained, or
| in any of the provisions thereof, shall
be SO construed as to ratify, approve,
| or disaffirm any treaty made with any
| tribes, bands, or parties of Indians
! since the twentieth OF July, eighteen
hundred and sixtJ-seyen, or affirm OF
disaffirm any of the powers of the Ex-
ecutive and Senate over the subject.
SEC. 8. That hereafter no contract
or agreement of any kind shall be made
by any person, with any tribe of Indi-
ans, or Individual Indian not citizen
| of the United States, for the paymen,
of any money or other thing of value to
him, or and other person, in consider
| alton of services for said Indians rela-
| tive to their lands, or to any claims
/ growing cut of or in reference to annu-
| i.ies or treaties with the United States
unless such contract or agreementbe in
writing and approved by the Commis-
sioner of Indian Affairs and the Secre
tary of the Interiar; and all such con.
tractsa or greements hereinafter made
ia violation of the provisions Of this rre
section, hereby declared null and void
and all money or other thing of value
paid to any person by any Indian or trios
| or any one else, for or on his or theil
| behalf, on account of such services, il
excess of the amount approved by the
com missioners and Secretary for such
services may be received by suit ir
| in the name of the United United States
in any court of the United States, re-
Rardless of the amount in controversy
i one-haif of which shall be paid to tn,
i person suing for the same, and tn,
other half shall be paid into the treas
/ ury of the United States, for the use o
the Iudiann or tribe by or for whom i
was so paid and the person SO receiy-
ing said money, and his aiders ant
abettors, shall, in addition TO the for
feiture of said sum. be subject to pros
ecution for misdemeanor in any cour
of the United States, and on conviction
shall be fined not less than ono thou.
sand dollars, and imprisoned not les
q than six months, and il shall be tn
duty of all district attorneys of th'
United Ststes to prosecute such case
when applied to do SO, and their faiiur
and refusal shail be ground for thei
removal from Office. And any fndial
agent, or other person in the employ
ment of the United States, who shall
in violation of the provisions OF thi
section, advise, sanction, or in any va.
aid ia the making of such contracts Q
agreements, or in making such pay
ments as are here prohibited, shall. II
addition TO the punishment herein i'm
posed on the person making said con.
tract, or receiving said money, be, o.
conviction, dismissed from the serric
of the United States, and be forever dis
i qualified from holding any Office Q
| profit Or trust under the same.
App-oved, March 8, 1871