New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-18

AN act making appropriations for the cur
rent ana contingent expenses of the Indian
department, and for fulfilling treaty stipu-
latlons with various Indian tribes"
SEC. =. That the act approved July ff-
teen, eighteen hundred and seventy,
making appropriations for the current and
contingent expenses of the Indian depart
ment, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations
with various Indian tribes, for the year end
ing June thirty, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-one, and Tor other purposes" be
| amended by adding the following section,
which was inadvertently omitted In the en-.
rollment of said act, viz:
SEC. Ia. And be it further enacted.
That nothing in this act contained.
or in any of the provisions thereof, shall be
so construed as to ratify, approve, or dis
affirm any treaty made with any tribes,
bands, or parties of Indians since the TWEEN
tieth Of July, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven, or affirm or disaffirm any of the
powers of the Executive and Senate over
the subject"
Sec. 3. That hereafter DO contract or
agreement 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 payment 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 growing out of or in reference
to annuities from or treaties with the
United States, unless such contract or
agreement be in writing and approved by
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and
the Secretary of the Interior; and all such
contracts or agreements hereafter made,
in violation of the provisions of this section,
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,
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amount approved by the said Commits
siOner and Secretary fer 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 contro-
| versy, One-half of which shall be paid to
| the person suing for the same, and the
other halt shall be paid into the treasury
! of the United States for the use of the In
dian or tribe by or for whom it was so paid
and the person so receiving said money,
| and his aiders and abettors, shall, in addi-
| ton to the forfeiture of said sum, be sub
| ject to prosecution for misdemeanor in any
court of the United States, and on convic-
| ton shall be fined not less than one thou
sand dollars, and imprisoned not less than
| six months, and it shall be the duty of all
district attorneys of the United States to
| prosecute such cases when applied to to do
| sO and their failure and refusal shall be
| ground for their removal from office. And
| any Indian agent, or other person in the
employment of the United States, who
| shall, IN violation OF the provisions of this
| section, advise, sanction or in any way aid
in the making of such contracts or agree
ments, or in making such payments as are
| here prohibited, shall, in addition to the
| punishment herein imposed on the person
making said contract or receiving said
| money, be, on conviction, dismissed from
the service of the United States and be-
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| of profit or trust under the same.
Approved March 3, 1871.
AN ACT making Appropriations for the
Construction, Preservation and Repairs
of certain Notifications and other Works
of Defence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That the
following sums be, and the same are hereby,
appropriated, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
following Notifications and other works of
defense:
For Fort Gorges, Portland harbor, Maine,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For Fort Preble Portland harbor, Maine,
twenty-elght thousand five hundred dollars
For Fort Scammell, Portland harbor,
Maine, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Warren Boston harbOr, Massa-
chusetts, fifty thousand dollars.
For battery ON Long Island head, Boston
harbOr, Massachusetts, thirty-seven thou
sand five hundred dollars. s
For Fort Winthrop, Boston harbor, Mas
sachusetts, forty-five thousand five hundred
| dollars.
For Fort Independence, Boston harbor,
Massachusetts, twenty-seven thousand five
hundred dollars.
For Fort Schuyler, East river, New
York, tfty-seyen thousand five hundred
dollars
For fort at willetts point, East river,
New York, fOrty-tive thousand dollars
For Fort Hamilton and additional bat.
| teries, New York harbor, twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
For fort on site of Fort Tompkins. New
York harbor, fifty-two thousand dollars
For Battery Hudson, New York harbor,
sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Mifiin, near Philadelphia,
twenty-six thousand dollars
For battery on Firms point, Delaware
river, twenty thousand dollars.
For new fort opposite Fort Delaware,
Delaware shore, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Moultrie Charleston harbor,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Pulaski, Savannah river,
twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars
For Fort jefferson, Garden Key, Florida,
fOrty-two thousand five hundred dollars,
For Fort jackson, Mississippi river, Louis
lana, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Saint Philip, Mississippi river,
Louisiana, thirty'seven thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For fort at Fort point, entrance to San
Francisco harbOr, California, fifty thousand
dollars.
For fort at Lime point, one hundred
thousand dollars.
For fort on Alcatraz Island, in the harbor
of San Francisco California, seventy-fye
thousand dollars.
For purchase of sites proposed to be occu-
ped tor permanent seacOast defenses; pro-
vlded, that no such purchase shall be made
except upon the approval of its expediency
by the Secretary of War, and of the validity
of the title by the Attorney General. one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
provided further, that no contracts or obi
CATION be incurred for future expenditures
therefor.
For contingencies of Notifications, two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For sea-coast mortar batteries, one hun
dred Thousand dollars.
For survey for military defenses, one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars and the
unexpended balance of appropriations for
permanent defenses at Narragansett bay
Rhode island" remaining on the thirtieth
day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy.
and the unexpended balances of the apprO-
priations made by the act approved july
eleven, eighteen hundred and seventy, en-
titled IAN act making appropriations for
the construction, preservation, and repairs
of certain Notifications, and other works of
defense, for the fiscal year ending June,
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