Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, August 90 1876.
THE SIOUX IN THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION


BILL.


The clause in the Indian Appropriation bill for the
appointment OF commission to treat with tho Sioux
provides that Of the sums appropriated for the
Sioux Indians shall be paid to any band thereof while
said band is engaged in hostlites against the
white people, and that hereafter there shall
be no appropriation made for tho subsistence
OF said Indians. unless they shall first agree to rein
quish all right and claim to any country outside of the
boundaries of the permanent reservation established
by the treaty of 1868 for said Indians. anu, also,
much of their said permanent reservation lies
Of tho lO3d meridian OF longitude and shall also grant
the right Of way said reservation to the country
thus ceded for wagon other roads from convenient
and accessible points the Missouri River, in all not
more than three number, and unless they will re-
ceivo all such supplies herein provided for, and pro-
vded for by said treaty of 1865 at such points and
places on their said reservation aud tho vicinity
Of tho Missouri River the President may
designate; and the further OF $50 900 hereby
appropriated to DO expended under direction Of tho
President Of the United States for tho purpose OF
carrying effect the foregoing provs,on and pro-
vided, also, that no further appropriation for said
Sioux Indians for subsistence shall hereafter be mado
until somo stipulations agreement arrangement

President Of United States which Is calculated and
designed TO enable said Indians become scfsupport-
ing


THE LAW AGAINST LEvYING POLITICAL ASSESS


MENTs EvADED.


The clause In the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
Appropriation BILL as agreed upon by the conference
committee and passed by Congress just before adjourn
mcnt which intended TO prohibit assessments
for political purposes in tho executive depart
ments OF the government, reads as foows:-
"That all executive officers or employees OF the
United States appointed by tho President with tho
advice and OF the Senate prohibited from
requesting giving to Or receiving from any other OIL
Ger or employe OF the government any money prop
crty or other thing of value for political purposes and
any such officer employee who shall offend against
tho provisions Of this section shall be once dis
charged from Of the United States and he
shall, also be deemed guilty Of misdcmcauor, and,
on conviction thereof shall be fined in sum ex-
cecdng $780,


II Is claimed that this provision amounts to
nothing, and that political contributions be
made usual except that they must now be given
to some member of the Campaign Committee who is
not IAN officer employ6 OF the United States The
law 1t will DO noticed prohibits only officers and
p.oy6s Of the government from requesting, giving to-
or receiving from any officer employe of the
government any money or properly. &C, but other
persons are not forbidden make such collections


In one Of the executive departments the clerks havo
already been called upon by one not In the employ
ment for contributions the Of per OF
their salaries and their attention has been called to no
defect the law by which they make such coniri
buttons without ncurring the penalties prescribed