Iron and steel. Annuity. Blacksmith and assistant. Iron and steel. Annuities. Blacksmith and assistant. Iron and steel. Miller. Annuity. Blacksmith and assistant. Iron and steel. Education. For iron and steel, &c., for shop, two hundred and twenty dollars. TO THE SENECAS AND SHAWNEES. For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of seventeenth September, eighteen hundred and eighteen, one thousand dollars; For blacksmith and assistant, during the pleasure of the President, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of twentieth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, eight hundred and forty dollars; For iron and steel, &c., for shop, two hundred and twenty dollars. TO THE SENECAS. For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of twenty-ninth September, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of seventeenth September, eighteen hundred and eighteen, five hundred dollars; For blacksmith and assistant, during the pleasure of the President, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of twenty-eighth February, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, eight hundred and forty dollars; For iron and steel, &c., for shop, two hundred and twenty dollars; For pay of miller, during the pleasure of the President, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of twenty-eighth February, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six hundred dollars. TO THE WYANDOTS. For permanent annuity, in lieu of all former annuities, stipulated in the third article of the treaty of the seventeenth March, eighteen hundred and forty-two, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars; For the support of a blacksmith and assistant, stipulated in the tenth article of the treaty of twenty-ninth September, eighteen hundred and seventeen, seven hundred and twenty dollars; For the purchase of iron and steel, &c., for shop, two hundred and twenty dollars; For education, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of seventeenth March, eighteen hundred and forty-two, five hundred dollars. Annuity. TO THE WEAS. For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty of the second October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, three thousand dollars. TO THE WINNEBAGOES. For limited annuity, for thirty years, stipulated in the se- Annuities. cond article of the treaty of the first of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, eighteen thousand dollars; For limited annuity, for twenty-seven years, stipulated in the third article of the treaty of the fifteenth of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, ten thousand dollars; For the purchase of fifty barrels of salt, for thirty years, Salt. stipulated in the second article of the treaty of the first of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, two hundred and fifty dollars; For the purchase of three thousand pounds of tobacco, Tobacco.. for thirty years, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of the first of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, three hundred and fifty dollars; For the purchase of one thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco, for twenty-seven years, stipulated in the fifth article. of the treaty of fifteenth of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; For the support of three blacksmiths and assistants, for Blacksmiths & thirty years, stipulated in the third article of the treaty of the first of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; assistants. For iron and steel, &c., for shops, six hundred and sixty Iron and steel. dollars; For pay of labor, and for oxen, for thirty years, stipulated Labor, in the third article of the treaty of the first August, eighteen &c. hundred and twenty-nine, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; For the purpose of education for twenty-seven years, stip- Education. ulated in the fourth article of the treaty of fifteenth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, three thousand dollars; &c. oxen, For the support of six agriculturists, purchase of oxen, Agriculturists, ploughs, and other implements, for twenty-seven years, stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty of fifteenth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, two thousand five hundred dollars; For the pay of two physicians, stipulated in the fifth ar- Physicians. ticle of the treaty of the fifteenth September, eighteen hun dred and thirty-two, four hundred dollars; For interest on investment in stock, at five per centum on Interest on one million one hundred thousand dollars, stipulated in the stock. fourth article of the treaty of first November, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, fifty-five thousand dollars; Firlfilling treaty For fulfilling treaty with the Winnebagoes, viz: stipulations. To enable them to comply with their present engagements, Expenses of and to cover the expenses of exploring and selecting their exploring, &c., their new home, new home, per fourth article of treaty of thirteenth October, eighteen hundred and forty-six, forty thousand dollars; Expenses after For expenses of removal, same article and treaty, twenty removal. thousand dollars; For expenses of subsisting them for one year after removal, same article and treaty, twenty thousand dollars; For breaking up and fencing land, same article and treaty, ten thousand dollars; For establishing manual labor schools, same article and treaty, ten thousand dollars; For erection of mills, same article and treaty, five thousand dollars; For interest on eighty-five thousand [dollars,] at five per centum, same article and treaty, four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums, hereinafter mentioned, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the current fiscal year, viz: For fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, viz: TO THE POTTAWATOMIES. For payment in money, to enable said Indians to arrange their affairs and pay their just debts, to pay for their improvements, to purchase wagons, horses, and other means of transportation to their new homes, and to pay individuals for the loss of property, stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty of fifth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, fifty thousand dollars; For removal and subsistence of said Indians, stipulated in the sixth article of said treaty, sixty thousand dollars. TO THE CHEROKEES. Indemnity. For indemnity to the treaty party for losses and expenses incurred in consequence of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-five, stipulated in the sixth article of the treaty of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars; Printing press. Arms. For payment to the Cherokee nation for a printing press, materials, and other property destroyed, stipulated in the eighth article of said treaty, two thousand dollars; For indemnity to those whose arms were taken from them, previous to their removal west, same article of said treaty, five thousand dollars; For payment of this sum, being in lieu of all claims of the Claims. Cherokee nation, as a nation, prior to the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-five, same article of said treaty, twenty thousand dollars. For expenses of removal of Choctaws from the State of Expenses of reMississippi, and for their subsistence for twelve months moval. thereafter, in addition to former appropriations, seventy-four thousand seven hundred and fifty-one dollars. For payment of interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy- Interest. five thousand dollars, at five per centum per annum, to the Seneca Indians of New York, from the first of July, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, stipulated in the act of June twentyseventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seyen hundred and fifty dollars. For interest on the amounts awarded Choctaw claimants, Choctaw claimunder the fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit ants. creek, of the twenty-seventh September, eighteen hundred and thirty, for lands on which they resided, but which it is now impossible to give them, and in lieu of the scrip that has been awarded under the act of twenty-third August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, not deliverable east, by the third section of the said law, per act of third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven, forty-three thousand six hundred dollars. State stocks and To make good the interest on investments in State stocks Interest on in. and bonds for various Indian tribes, not yet paid by the vestments in States, to be reimbursed out of the interest when collected, bonds. nineteen thousand five hundred and thirty-four dollars and nine cents. To make good the interest on investments in State stocks. and bonds for the Chickasaw tribe of Indians, not yet paid by the States, to be reimbursed out of the interest when collected, fourteen thousand nine hundred and sixty-three dollars and twenty-six cents. For the reappropriation of this sum (carried to the surplus Reappropriafund) stipulated to be paid to the Chippewas, Ottowas, and tion in consideration of change Pottawatomies, in consideration of a change of boundary of of boundary. the country ceded to said tribes at the treaty of Chicago, concluded on the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh days of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, per supplementary article to said treaty, ten thousand dollars. ments abandon For the reappropriation of this sum (carried to the surplus Reappropriafund) to meet payments to certain Cherokee Indians for im- tion for improveprovements abandoned, under the treaty of sixth May, eigh- ed. teen hundred and twenty-eight, three hundred and forty-three dollars and sixty cents. Approved, March 1, 1847. CHAP. 32.—AN ACT to establish a land office in the northern part of [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of the public lands in the State of Michigan lying north of the boundaries of the Saginaw and Grand river land districts in said State, commonly call ed the northern peninsula of the State of Michigan, with the islands in lakes Superior, Huron, and Michigan, and in Green Bay, the straits of Michilimackinac, and the river St. Mary's, within the jurisdiction of said State, be, and the same are Lake Superior hereby, included in a land district, to be called the Lake Suland district. perior land district, and for the sale of the lands in said district there shall be a land office established at such point therein as the President of the United States may select. survey. Sec'y of Trea- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of sury shall cause the Treasury shall cause a geological examination and sura geological examination and vey of the lands embraced in said district to be made and reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office. And the President is hereby authorized to cause such of said lands as may contain copper, lead, or other valuable ores, Six months' no- to be exposed to sale, giving six months' notice of the times tice previous to and places of sales in such newspapers of general circulasale by the Pre- tion in the several States as he may deem expedient, with a sident. brief description of the lands to be offered; showing the number and localities of the mines known, the probability of discovering others, the quality of the ores, the facilities of working the mines, and the means and expense of transporting their products to the principal markets in the United States. And all the lands embraced in said district, not reported as aforesaid, shall be sold in the same manner as other lands under the laws now in force for the sale of the public lands, excepting and reserving from such sales section sixteen in each township for the use of schools, and such reservations as the President shall deem necessary for public uses. All persons in SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all those persons actual occupan- who are in possession, by actual occupancy, of any portion cy by lease from Sec'ry of War, of the district described in the first section of this act, unmay purchase der authority of a lease from the Secretary of War, for the to the extent of, purpose of mining thereon, and who have fully complied lease. with all the conditions and stipulations of said lease, may enter and purchase the same at any time during the continuance of such lease, to the extent of such lease, and no less, by paying to the United States therefor at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per acre: Provided, That said entry and purchase shall be made to include the original survey of such lease, as near as may be conforming to the lines of the |