Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-16
TIE DAHL CHRONICLE.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STAT Es
Passed at the Third Session of the Forty
! Second Congress.
lPUBLIsHED BIZ AUTaoRIrY
GENERAL NATURE-No. 5s.l

BE 1t enacted by the Senate ana HOUSE OF
Representatives of the United States of Aneri:
War, be, and he, is hereby, authorized and
empowered to select from the sergeants of the
line of the army who shall have faithfully
served therein five years, three years OF which
in the grade of non commissioned officer, Is
many commissary sergeants as the service may
require not to exceed one for each military
post or place of deposit of subsistence supplies,
whose duty it shall be to receive and preserve
the subsistence supplies at the posts. under the
direction of the proper officers OF the Suoslst>
ence department., and under such regulations
as shall be prescribed by the Secretary Of War:
The commissary sereeants hereby authorised
shall be subject to the rules and articles OF war.
and shall receive for their services the same
pay and allowances IS ordinance sergeants. u 81
Approved, March 8, 1873. suo E2lf9d s. a9s
GENERAL .NATURE-No 5S.] 21a
An Act to abolish the Office Of surveyor at the
port of Chester, in Pennsylvania, and fof
other purposes. 7io15+ 3Li
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri..
ca in Congress assembled, That the Office of
surveyor at the port of Chester, in the district
Of Philadelphia provided by the act establish
ing said port, approved March twenty NINTH
eighteen hundred and sixty seven. be, and the
same is hereby, abolished. LilgsT s.w -
Sec. 2 That an inspector OF customs, to reslde
at the said port of Chester, with the powers OF 9
deputy collector, shall be appointed for said
port, and shall perform such duties as may pc
devolved on him according to law, but the
compensation of such officer shall not exceed
that allowed by law to inspectors of customs at
the port Of Philadelphia. DOCS zta ~ 1854
Approved. March 8, 1873. go i.} 500 ao9
Zee GENERAL NATURE-No. 81 '-is u
An Act making appropriations for the current
and contingent expenses of the Indian de-
partment, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations
with various Indian tribes. for the year ends
ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy four, and for other purposes. r.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives Of the United States of Ameri-
ca in Congress assembled. That the following
sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy four, out OF any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
the purpose of paying the current and contln.
gent expenses Of the Indian department, and
fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various
Indian tribes, and where the exigencies of the
service require it, goods and supplies for the
Indian service for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred lond seventy four,
may be purchased and transported during the
current fiscal year. ..
For pay of eight superintendent of Indian
affairs, namely: Two superintendent for the
tribes east of the Rocky mountains; one for
Oregon; one for the Territory of Washington ;
one for the Territory of New Mexico one tor
California; one for the Territory of Arizona
and one for the Territory of Montana; mines
teen thousand one hundred dollars.
Forpay of seventy one agents of Indian af-
fairs. namely ..is..r }.fff ,gs .f.fs-.r t-.7
Five for the tribes in Oregon, namely Warn,
Three for the tribes in Washington Territory,
namely Neah Bay, Yakima, and Skokomsh
"s5 a., :, u,:r:
Hoope Valley, Round Valley and Tulo River
Two for the tribes in Nevada, namely: Pr
Ute, and Walker River and Pyramid Lake
Two for the tribes in Idaho, namely; .Nez
Perez and Fort Hall agencies 1iEl 49,
Four for tribes in Montana, namely: Flat
heads, Blackfeet; Crow, and Milk River agen-
Y dTen for the tribes in Dakota, namely: Red
Cloud, Whitestone, Yankton, Ponca, Upper
Mississippi, Grand River, Cheyenne River, Fort
One for the tribes in Wyoming, namely
Shoshone and Bannock agencies; l3F1st
One for the tribes in Utah, namely: Unitah
Six for the tribes in New Mexico, namely:
Albiquin, Navajo Cimmaron, Mecalero Apache
Southern Apache, and Peublo agencies - ...f
Two for the tribes in Colorado, namely: Los
Pinos and White River agencies:
For six tribes in Nebraska, namely: Great
Nemaha, Omaha. Winnebago, Pawnee, Otoe,
Three for the tribes in Kansas, namely Pot.
tawatomie, Kaw or Kansas, and Kickapoo agen-
cies ~ .L!if -n,-A
| Ten for the tribes in the Indian: Territory,
namely q Sac 70 FOE. 2uapaW. Neoshw WI Kiowa
Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw, and
Seminole agencies
One for the tribes in Minnesota, namely
Chippewa agency; l8 hes 1JEo
One for the tribes in Iowa. namely; Sac and
Fox of Iowa agency; and it shall be the duty OF
are located, giving all necessary time to their
education and in instructing them in agricul-
ture and mechanic arts: - -. ~ - rs
Two for the tribes in Wisconsin, namely
Green Bay and La Pointe agencies -
r One for the tribes in Michigan, namely
M one for t tBe New York Indians namely
New York agency; r,.l5-or-ft
Seven for tribes in Arizona, namely: Papago,
Colorado River, Pima and Maricopo, Chirica.
hui, Camp Verde, Camp Apache, and Noquis
Peublo agencies, one hundred and six thou.
sand five hundred dollars: Provided, That il
| shall be the duty of the President to dispense
with the services Of such Indian, agents and
superintendents herein mentioned as may be
practicable and where it is practicable he shall
require the same person to person to perform
the duties of two agencies or superintend
Der annnm each. l,-e ~ fferrgs
| for one salary? ..u, e.fs - rr5-olIt. ,d.
+ For pay of special agent for the Geship Yves.
/ tern and Northwestern bands of Shoshones, in
+ Western Utah and Eastern Nevada, one thou
/ sand FIVE hundred dollars. d
r For three sub>agents, one for the tribes il
! Oregon, namely: Alesca sub agency; and two
| for the tribes in Washington Territory, namely
i Tulalip and Quinaielt sub agencies, three thou
i sand dollars. ff. tfer fkss. fs 2
i For pay of clerk to superintendent for Cali
/ fornia, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
I For temporary clerks to superintendent, si1
j thousand two hundred dollars. -.-7ss.T d..af
Il For pay of eighty nine Interpreters, thirty
nine thousand seven hundred dollars, as fol
two for the klamath agency, and one each 10
: the Grand Rounde, Siletz, Umatilla. Warn
Spring. and Alesca sub agency, at I've hundred
dollars per annum each. e.Taf{. .sn
l. Nine Interpreters for the tribes in Washing
ton Territory, namely: one each for the Yaka
ma, Tulalip, Makah, s Klallam, Quinaielt, and
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