The Weekly Arizonian., 1871-01-14


 the t.Ibe entitled to he sane: Provided, That the consent ol such iribe to such ex- penditures can be ob-ained and no claims to snppiies for Indians purchased without au thoriiy ot law -hall b. paIu ou Of any anpro- pr'as on iof expenses of the Indian depart. ment or or Indians.
 See. And be it further enacted, That the Secre ary of the Interior shall so exercise the direction vested in him by lhs act as to encourage able-boded Indians n habits of n dustry and peace, ard the cOnmls sion If cid- Eeas, serving without pay, appointed by tRe President under the progsi as of the fourth secious 0t the ac of April l0 l869 s hereby coninued so long the appro ,rlaHon hereto fore made for their expenses shall last, Aud II shalt 0e he Guty of said commissioners to supervise tii expenditures ot money apIro- priated for the benefit of Indians in the United States, and to inspect all goods purchase i)r Said lndians in connection V ith the Com missioner ot Indian A fairs, whose duty 1t sha | be to consul, said commission id makug pur- chases ot such goods and provided that the said commission shall have power to appoint one of Is num1-r as secretary, wth such rea- snnable compensation as !hey may designate i; and the sum of s 25 GOO Is hereby appropriate ed for the payment Ot salaries of superInreud ents aud agents authorized 5y law,
 Sec + And be it tur,hrr enacted, That no part oi the n In -ys appropriated by this act or which may hereafter be appropriated in any general acs or deficiency bill making ap- propriatons for inc current and coninge u expenses of the Innan Department, to pay annuilies due to or to be used and expended for the care and b-aef of any trioe or tribes of Irdaus named her=iu, shall b. applied to
 he pay uent of any claim for depredadous
 hat may have been or may be com nitted by such t ibe or tribes, or any memoer or mem 1ers thereof: and no claims Tor Indian depres | tons shal hereafter be pald until Congress- shall make sDectal aDIrDprlSljons therefor; and all acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
 See. Is. And be it further en ctel, Ina, so much O. an act entitiel ",n act m king approprlat ons for the current aud contingent expenses of th lnIan department aud Iulii-
 ng treaty saplt4ttO IS x,.h y@~Ou' lnIl4a tribes for he ye 1T en ling Jare 30, I57J ap~ proved April 10 1869 relating to Potla. wol tome lEdians, as provides that no part Of tha money due or belonging to mpor children
 hall have attained he age of twenty oue years, beng in conflict with the third article ot the treaty with sad Indians Of November l5 1861, as modified by subsequent treaties, be, anu the same IS heie coy, repealed.
 Sec T6 And be It further enacted, That the Presdeut be, and he Is hereby authorized to discontinue any one or more ot he | Indian IA-~;~--' 'o req3IrR che Inc
 gents of such suDerinlendencIei to repot direcdy te the Commissioner of fndian a6alrs Sec. L1 And be it further enacted, That the act approved March 3, 1865, entitled An act for the removal of the Sissel on, MedIwaeanton. and aapaHoota bands ot Sioux or Dakota Indians anu for the disposition of their lands in MinDe- s0ta and Dakota, be amended IS to make the proceeds of the sale of the reservations in Said act ordered to be sold applicable alike to all reservations upon which M Medawakanton and Wa dapoota and SiSsetOu and Warpe.On have been or may hereafted be located.
 Sec. L0l And be it further enacted That said proceeds shall be distributed and paid euutably to the sad Indians in proportion to their numbers under the direction Of the Secretary ol he h. | ter'or' and Tn accordance with existing laws Pro- Vlded, That this provision shall apply ouIy 10 the funds to be hereait ter distributed.
 Sec [9. And be it further enacted, That inc Secretary the Interior be, and hereby is direc = ed to cause to be investigated and to determine | the claims of certain Indians uf the Winnebago tribe now lawfully esidiug in the State of Min | nesota; to issue patents without the right ot alienation to those of them whom he shJl ind to be entitled theret for the lands heresofore alot- sd to them in seyeralty, or which may have been | by them for allotment, under the pro- Visions Of the treaty ratified Maicl l6 lS6l Or ot m act emitted "An for the removal O. the | Indians, and for the sale Of their re- eivauOn in Minnesota for their benefit" approv- d Februaay 2l 1883, and winch may uot have | 'een sold or disposed of by the United States nd in of such sale, then such land as may | e hereafter designated by them for allosment ut of any unsod lands within the limits oI said
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