Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-17

anu Ior IuininnR Treaty sdpulati0ns with various
eighteen hundred I'D seventy-ope, md FOR
osner purposes" approved July nfteenth, eth.
Teen hundred and seventy one, which Is a. fo!-
as may be necessary for subsistence of the
Navsjoe Indians In New Mexico, for the year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sew.
Secretary OF the Interior, seventy Eve thousand
dollars, be, and the same II hereby, amended
by striking out the words eighteen hundred
and seventy" and inserting In lieu thereof the
words eighteen hundred and seventy-one.n
For this amount, to enable the Secretary Of
the Interior to pay Alvin N. Blacklidge for ser
VIZ. vices rendered and money expended in taking
provisions Of the twelfth article of the treaty
OF eighteen hundred and sixty-six, with said
Indians, nine hundred and thirty eight dollars
For this amount, or 80 much thereof a. may
be necessary, for the removal or the Kickapoo
and other American Indian tribes rowing on the
borders of Mexico and Texas 20 reservations
within the Territories of the United States, and
for their settlement and subsistence on such res
ervations, forty thousand dollars.
For this amount, or 30 much thereof as may
be necessary, to enable the Secretary of the In
terror to cause settlements to be made with all
persons appointed by Indian councils. to re-
dians, per act Of July five, eighteen hundred
ard sixty.two, statutes at Large. volume
twelve, pages Ave hundred aud twenty nine
and five hundred and thirtyJ five thousand
For surveying such reservations In Oregon
under treaty stipulations, may be rendered
necessary. twenty thousand dollars.
For the erection or purchase, at the discre-
ton of the Secretary OF the Interior, of suitable
buildings tor the Upper Missouri agency, near
Fort Berthold, provided the same shall be neces-
sary, eight thousand dollars.
For this amount, or SO much thereof may
be necessary, to defray the expenses of deter
mining the location and re-marking with suit
able monuments and establishing the position
OF the nnety-sixth meridian, west longitude,
from the State of Kansas to the north line OF
the Creek country, In the Indian Territory,
i've thousand dollars; and this amount, so
much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the
expenses Of holding a general council" Of the
Cherokee, Creek, Seminole. and Choctaw and
Chickasaw Indians, in the Indian Territory, as
provided by the treaties with said tribes In
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the fiscal
year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and
dollars: Provided, That any other Indian tribe
permanently located in said Indian Territory
shall be, and Is hereby, authorized to elect and
in addition one delegate for each one thousand
Indians or fraction of q thousand 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 hereinbefore mentioned, and SUM-
cient sum to pay the per diem and mileage OF
such additional delegates Is hereby appropri-
INTEREST ON TRUST FUND STOCKS.
For payment or interest on certain aDStr acted
and on-paying State stocks belonging to vari-
Gus Indian tribes, land held in trust by the
Secretary Of the Interior.) for the fiscal year
ending june thirty, eighteen hundred and
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 national fund,
fifteen thousand one hundred and forty dollars.
inf flaa hfNLo Inn x$ap
fund, two hundred dollars.
For interest on the Choctaw general fund,
twenty seven thousand dollars.
For interest on the Greek orphans fund, i've
thousand two hundred and eighteen dollars.
For interest on the Delaware general fund.
nine thousand seven hundred and ten dollars.
For interest on the Iowas' fund, three thou
sand three hundred and forty dollars.
For interest on the Kaskaskas, Weas, Peorias,
! and Pisnkeshsws' fund, six thousand and
seventy dollars.
For interest on the Menomonees' fund, nine
hundred and fifty dollars.
For interest on the Ottawas and Chippewas,
two hundred and thirty dollars.
Fer interest on the Pottawatomies' education
fund, six thousand seven hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses OF trust funds,
heretofore and to be hereafter incurred, three
thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the
Treasury Is hereby authorized to issue to the
ChOctaw tribe or Indians bonds of the United
States TO the amount OF two hundred and tfty
thousand dollars as directed by the act OF Mar Oh
| two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. entitled
Gan act making appropriations for the current
and contingent expenses Of the Indian depart
ment, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with
SEC. 2. That the act approved July fifteen
eighteen hundred and seventy, "m tking APP
| prOpriations for the current and contingent ex-
| penses OF the Indian department, and for full
hlling treaty stpulations with various Indian
tribes, for the year ending June thirty, eigh-
| teen hundred and seventy-one, and for other
purposes" be amended by adding the following
| section, which was in advertently omit ed in
the enrolment of said act, viz:
"SKC. II. And be ii further enacted, That
nothing in this act contained, or In any Of the
provisions thereof, shall be 50 constructed as to
ratify. approve, or disaffirm any treaty made
| with any tribes, bands, or parties or Indians
since the twentieth of July, eighteen hundred
and sxty-seven, or affirm or disafhIm any of
the power or the Executive and Senate over the
| subject"
SIC. 3. That hereafter no contract or agree
ment OF any kind shall be made by any person,
with any tribe Of Indians, or individual Indian
not citizen Of the United States, for the pay
ment of any money or other thing OF value to
him, or any other person, In consideration OF
services for said Indians relative to their lands,
or TO any claims gro wing out of or in reference
| 70 annuities from or treaties with the United
States, unless such contract or agreement be In
Indian Affairs and the Secretary OF the Interior;
and all such contracts or agreements hereafter
made, in violation of the provisions OF this sec
ton, are hereby declared null and void, and
all money or other thing of value paid to any
person by any Indian or tribe, or any one else,
for or on his or their BEHALF on account Of such
services, in excess Of the amount approved by
the said Commissioner and Secretary for such
services, may be recovered by suit in the
name of the United States in any court of the
United States, regardless Of the amount in
controversy, oDe-half OF which shall be
paid TO the person suing for the same, and
the other half shall be paid into the treasury
or the United States for the Of the Indian or
tribe by or for whom it was so paid, and the
person 30 receiving said money, and his aiders
and abettors, shall, In addition t. the forfeiture
OF said sum, be subject TO prosecution for mis-
oemeanor in any court Of the United States
and on conviction shall be fined not less tn an
one thousand dollars, and imprisoned not less
than six months, and IL shall be the duty Of all
district attorneys Of the United States to prose-
cute such cases when applied to do so, and
their failure and refusal shall be ground for
their removal from ONCE. And any Indian
agent, or other person In the employment Of the
United States, who shall, In violation Of the
provisions or this section, advise, sanction, or
In any way aid in the making OF such contract
or agreements, or in making such payments ~
are here prohibited, shall, in addition to the
pun shment herein imposed on the person max
Ing said contract, or receiving said money, be,
on conviction, dismissed from the service Of the
United States, and be forever disqualified from
holding any Office Of profit or trust under the
same. lApproved, March 8, ISL
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