New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-01

anu seVeNCy-1OUr. seven THOUSAND UVo nun
dred dollars.
INTEREST ON TRUST FUND STOCKS.
For payment of interest on certain
distracted 5 and non-paying State stocks
belonging to various Indian tribes land
teriOf) for the fiscal year ending June thir-
tieth, eighteen hundred and seveDty-fou-,
namely:
For interest Oh the Cherokee national
fund, twenty-five thousand four hundred
dollars
For interest on the Cherokee school fund,
two thousand two hundred and ninety
dollars.
For interest on the Chickasaw national
fund, twenty-five Thousand Two hundred
and twenty dollars.
For interest on the ChickasaW inoOmpe-
tents fund, one hundred dollars
For interest on the Choctaw genera tund,
twenty seven Thousand dollars
For interest on the Creek orphans tunds
four thousand and forty eight dollars.
For interest on the Delaware general
fund, eight thousand nine hundred and
thirty dollars
For this amount, to enable the Secretary
of the Interior to pay to the children OF the
Delaware Indians who became citizens Of
the United States under the provisions Of
the ninth article of the Delaware treaty Of
July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty
six, aud the children of Betsey Zeigler, who
died before completing her citizenship IN
der the provisions Of said article, their pro
por.ionate share Of the money and
stocks held in trust by the United
States for the Delaware tribe Of
Indians, titty-tour thousand five hun
dred and fourteen dollars and twenty
three cents, Of which twenty one Thousand
four hundred and fortyeight dollars and
seven cents shall be deducted from the
| money credits of said tribe, and thirty three
thousand and sixty-six dollars and sixteen
| cents, to be taken equitsbly from their
| several kinds CT stock, shall be transferred
| to the Secretary of the Treasury and be-
| come the property of the United States;
provided that if the Secretary Of the In
| terror shall SO determine, the whole amount
| hereby appropriated ehau be taken from
| the money credits of the tribe, the Secre-
! tary OF the Interior to designate the funds
| from which said amounts ehall be taken;
provided, that in the case Of deceased per
sons the Secretary Of the Interior shAll
| make payment to their legal represents
| tives, and said Delaware children are
| hereby declared TO be citizens Of the
United States, with all the rights, privi-
leges. and i1nmunities as such; and the
| Secretary of the Interior is hereby
| authorized and directed to cause patents
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| the lands allotted to them; and in case Of
the decease of any Of said persons, the said
| patents shall issue in the names Of such de-
| ceased persons including the said Betsy
| Zeigler. and the title to the lands desix-
mated in such patents shall inure to and be-
come vested in the heirs, deyisees or as
signees of said deceased patentees, rs II the
patent had issued to the deceased person
| during life; and the Secretary of the Int
rior shall cause patents to be issued in fee
1 simple in the names Of Barbara Zeigler,
| Martha Zeigler, Samuel Ketchum, Nathan
| S. Tiblew and Francis Fl. Grinter, who be-
I longed to the families Of the citizen class,
| and who died prior to the census Of said
Indians made by the agent under the pro-
visions Of the treaty of July fourth,
| eighteen hundred and sixty.six, for the
designated in such patents shall inure to
| and become vested in the heirs, Gevisees or
ass:gnees of said deceased I,atenteee, as If
| the patent had issued to the deceased person
| during life
| For interest on the Iowas9 Yund, two
thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars,
For interest on the kaskaskias, Weas,
| Peorias, and Piankeshaws' fund, three
| Thousand nine hundred and one dollars.
For interest on the Kaskaskias, Weas,
Peorias. snd Piankeshaws' school fund, one
thousand foGg hundred and fc.ty.nine dol
lars
For interest on tie Menomoneess fund.
nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For interest on the Ottowas and Chippe-
was fund, two hundred and thirty dollars.
For interest On the Pottawatomies' edu.
cational fund, three thousand three huh
dred and fifty dollars; provided, that the
sum of one thousand Eve hundred dollars
of above amount may be expended, with
the consent of said Indians, for a physician
who eha!l furnish medicines.
For contingent expenses OF trust funds,
one thousand five hundred dollars
INVESTIGATION. OF ALLEGED FRAUDS IN
| PAYING BOUNTIEe TO INDIANS.
| For this amount, or so much thereof az
may be necessary, to meet expenses in
Cured by the Department Of the Interior
il investigating alleged frauds in the pay
| ment of bounties to members of the First
Second and Third Regiments of Indian
Home Guards during the years eighteen
hundred and seventy-One and eighteen hun
! bred aud eeventy.twO, two Thousand eight
hundred and thirty-tour dollars and fifteen
cents.
SEC. 2 That the sum Of fifteen thousand
dollars, or SO much thereof as may be neces
sary, to pay the expenses OF the commission
appointed by the President under the pro
| visions Of the fourth section of the act Of
April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty
| nine is hereby appropriated; and said
Board of Indian Commissioners is hereby
| continued with all the powers and dutie:
conferred and imposed by existing laws
But nothing herein provided shall be con
| strued to supersede or interfere with tn
duty heretofore imposed upon said boar(
and inspect the vouchers, books and papers
| thereof.
| SEC. B. That for the purpose OF INDUCING
Indians to labor and become selfsuppOrt
ing, it is hereby provided that in dis
| tributing the supplies to the Indians fol
whom the same are appropriated, tn
| agent distributing the same shall require
all able bodied male Indians, between thu
| ages Of eighteen and forty. i've, to perform
service upon the reservation, for the benefi
of themselves or of the tribe, at q reason
able rate, to be fixed by the agent in charge
| and to an amount equal In value to thu
supplies to be delivered. And the allow
ances provided for such Indians shall b.
distributed to them only upon condition O.
the performance of such labor, under the
rules or regulations as the agent may pre-
scribe; provided, that the Secretary OF th'
Interior may, by written order, except any
particular tribe from the operation OF this
| provision where he deems it proper and e1
pedient.
Sec. 4. That none of the moneys appro
| priated in this act shall be used to pay
Salaries or allowances Of any kind to EN-
ployes at agencies except where it is ex
pressly appropriated tor such purpose; ex
cepting the contingent fund and the inci
dental fund, and except in cases herei1
otherwise provided, not mora than si1
thousand dollars shall be paid for thu
salaries of employees at any one agency, IL
addition to the salary of the agent and In