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Ottawas and

Chippewas.

Caddoes.

Transportation, &c.

Removal and

subsistence of Creeks, &c.

Removal, &c. of Seminoles. Removal, &c. of Ottawas of Maumec. Removal and subsistence of

of Indiana.

Removal and subsistence of

For the Ottawas and Chippewas, sixty thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars;

For the Caddoes, ten thousand dollars;

For transportation and incidental expenses, twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars;

For removal and subsistence of the Creeks, and purchase of articles according to the treaty of the twenty-fourth March, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, for the subsistence of the families of the warriors in the service of the United States, and for the expenses attending the sales of Creek reservations, and investigating the frauds committed on these Indians, and the causes of their hostility, seven hundred and one thousand six hundred and seventy-six dollars;

For the removal and subsistence of the Seminoles, one hundred and forty thousand dollars;

For the removal and subsistence of the Ottawas of the Maumee, thirteen thousand dollars;

For the removal and subsistence of the Pottawatamies of Indiana, and for locating reservations and incidental expenses, under the treaty Potawatamies with the Pottawatamies of St. Joseph, of the twentieth September, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, ninety thousand five hundred dollars; For the removal and subsistence of the Chippewas, Ottawas, and Pottawatamies, under the treaty of twenty-sixth September, eighteen Chippewas, hundred and thirty-three, and for locating reservations, and incidental Pottawatamies. expenses under the treaty with the same, of the twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and thirty-two thousand dollars;

Ottawas, and

Winnebagoes.

Sioux.

Omahas, Ioways, Ottoes, and Yancton and Santie Sioux. Choctaw reservations, &c.

Osages.

Kanzas.

Delawares.

Horse-mill for

For locating reservations, and incidental expenses under the treaty with the Winnebagoes of the first of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand dollars;

For carrying into effect the treaty with the Sioux and other tribes of the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty, so far as it relates to the Sioux half-breeds, and for compensation to a blacksmith under the act of the thirtieth Juve, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars;

For the Omahas, Ioways, Ottoes, and Yancton and Santie Sioux, under the tenth article of the treaty of the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty in relation to half-breeds of these tribes, one thousand dollars;

For the various expenses growing out of the location and sale of Choctaw reservations, and perfecting titles to the same, and for additional compensation to blacksmiths, as provided for by the ninth section of the act of June thirty, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, eight thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars;

For carrying into effect the fifth and sixth sections of the treaty with the Osages of June second, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, relative to reservations for half-breeds and for schools, two thousand dollars;

For carrying into effect the sixth article of the treaty with the Kanzas of the third of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, in relation to reservations for half-breeds, five hundred dollars;

For carrying into effect the supplementary article of the treaty with the Delawares of the third of December, eighteen hundred and eighteen, in relation to reservations for schools, five hundred dollars;

For the erection of a horse-mill as stipulated in the fifth article of Missourias and the treaty with the Ottoes and Missourias of the twenty-first of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, in addition to a former appropriation, nine hundred dollars;

Ottoes.

Blacksmiths

For additional compensation to blacksmiths for the Cherokees, as for Cherokees. provided for in the ninth section of the act of June thirtieth, eighteen 1834, ch. 62. hundred and thirty-four, four hundred and eighty dollars;

For additional compensation to a blacksmith for the Menomonies, as provided for by the ninth section of the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, one hundred and twenty dollars;

Blacksmith for Menomonies.

1834, ch. 162.

Blacksmiths

Shawnees. 1834, ch. 162.

Agricultural assistance for

For additional compensation to blacksmiths for the Senecas and Shawnees, as provided for by the ninth section of the act of June thir- for Senecas and tieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, two hundred and forty dollars; For agricultural assistance for the Sacs and Foxes, in addition to the amount heretofore allowed, and to which they are entitled by an equitable construction of the treaties of the fourth of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty, seven hundred and forty dollars;

For the purpose of supplying a deficiency in the sum applicable to the payment of annuities for eighteen hundred and thirty-six, caused by the retention, as commissions on disbursement, by Lieutenant N. J. Eaton, United States army, of this amount, two thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine dollars; Provided always, That this appropriation shall not be so construed as to give any sanction to any disbursing officer, in retaining commissions on any sum of money paid by him in pursuance of treaty stipulations; but on the contrary it is still considered the duty of the proper officers to use all legal means to compel the payment of said sum of two thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine dollars, retained by Lieutenant N. J. Eaton;

For payment of balance due Andrew S. Hughes and Jonathan L. Bean, in compliance with an arrangement made with them, February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, by the Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, in pursuance to instructions from the War Department, sixteen hundred dollars;

For the payment to Charles Rodgers the appraised value of a distillery built by him prior to the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and afterwards destroyed by order of the Indian agents, and for which he was promised indemnity, the sum of sixteen hundred and ninety-two dollars;

For the purpose of paying the expenses of two Fox chiefs and their attendants, in coming to the city of Washington, on necessary business, and returning to their nation, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars; For the purpose of enabling the Secretary of War, to pay a subscription made in eighteen hundred and thirty, for the Indian department, of fifty copies of the History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with biographical sketches, to be composed of, say twenty numbers each, the sum of three thousand dollars;

Sacs and Foxes.

Deficiency in sum applicable to payment of annuities.

Proviso.

Payment to

Andrew S.
Jonathan L.
Hughes and
Bean.

Payment to
Chas. Rodgers.

Visit of two Fox chiefs to Washington.

Fifty copies of History of In

dian Tribes.

Education of

For the purpose of fulfilling the stipulations in the twentieth article of the treaty with the Choctaws of the twenty-seventh September Choc'w youths. eighteen hundred and thirty, providing for the education of forty Choctaw youths, in addition to the sum heretofore provided, the sum of two thousand dollars;

For holding treaties with the various tribes of Indians east of the Mississippi river, for the cession of lands held by them respectively, and for their removal west of the Mississippi, ten thousand dollars; For the purpose of defraying the expenses of Eleazer Williams, in coming from Green Bay, and returning home, on business relative to the Oneida Indians, the sum of five hundred dollars;

For carrying into effect the treaty with the Menomonies of the third September, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, two hundred and eightyeight thousand five hundred and forty dollars;

Holding treaties with the

tribes east of the Mississippi. Expenses of Eleazer Williams.

Menomonies.

Pottawata

For carrying into effect the treaties with the Pottawatamies of the fifth of August, twentieth, twenty-second and twenty-third September, mies. eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and eleventh February, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seventy-three thousand four hundred and twentythree dollars;

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Ioways.

Sacs and Foxes.

Otoes and Missourias.

Omahas.

Sioux.

Additional sub-agents. Examination

of vacant Indian lands.

Sioux.

Deputation of New York In

dians.

Deputation of Chippewas of Saganaw.

Visit of Hen

For carrying into effect the treaty with the Ioways of the seventeenth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, sixty-five thousand five hundred and ninety dollars;

For carrying into effect the treaties with the Sacs and Foxes of the seventeenth, twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, one hundred and thirty-eight thousand two hundred and forty dollars;

For carrying into effect the treaty with the Otoes and Missourias of the fifteenth October, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, three thousand dollars;

For carrying into effect the treaty with the Omahas of the fifteenth October, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, two thousand four hundred and seventy dollars;

For carrying into effect the treaties with the Sioux of the tenth September, fifteenth October, and thirtieth November, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars;

For pay of four additional sub-agents, three thousand dollars;

For defraying the expenses of a more particular examination of the vacant Indian country, southwest of the Missouri river, with a view to ascertain its adaptation, in quality and extent, to the accommodation of the tribes yet to be removed, three thousand dollars;

For holding treaties with the Sioux Indians to extinguish their title to that part of their lands lying east of the Mississippi river, five thousand dollars;

For the expenses of a deputation of the New York Indians to visit the country west of the Mississippi, with a view to the selection of a permanent residence, eight thousand dollars;

For the expenses of a deputation of the Chippewas of Saganaw for the same object, two thousand dollars;

For defraying the expenses of Hendrick, a Stockbridge Indian, and of two Ioway chiefs, and their attendants, who have visited the seat of Ioway chiefs to Government on business during the present winter, one thousand dol

drick and two

the seat of Go

vernment.

Wyandot Indians.

Holding treaties with tribes

east of the Mississippi, &c.

To enable the President, by suitable agents, to inquire what depredations were committed by the Seminole

and Creek Indians, &c.

Proviso.

lars;

For defraying the expenses of a treaty with the Wyandot Indians of Upper Sandusky, in the State of Ohio, one thousand dollars;

For holding treaties with the various tribes east of the Mississippi river, for the cession of lands held by them respectively, and for their removal west of said river; and with the Sioux for the cession of their country lying east of the same river, and for defraying the expenses of a more particular examination of the vacant lands, west of the Mississippi, with a view to ascertain, whether it be sufficient to accommodate the tribes remaining east of said river, seventeen thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the President of the United States by suitable agents to inquire what depredations were committed by the Seminole and Creek Indians on the property of citizens of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, immediately before the commencement of actual hostilities on the part of said respective tribes of Indians; what amount of depredations were committed during the pendency of said hostilities; what portion of the Creek tribe were engaged in such hostilities; and what depredations have been committed by a remnant of said tribe supposed to be friendly and a part of whom were actually employed against the Seminoles, since the removal of the main body of them west of the Mississippi, and that the President report the information so acquired to Congress at its next session; Provided, Nothing herein before contained, shall be so construed, as to subject the United States to pay for depredations not provided for, by the act of April ninth eighteen hundred and sixteen, and the acts amendatory

thereto, nor by acts regulating the intercourse between the Indian tribes and the United States.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President may, and he is hereby authorized, to appoint, by and with the consent of the Senate, three additional Indian agents, one for the Creek, one for the Cherokee tribe of Indians, and one for the tribes on the upper Missouri, who shall execute the same duties, possess the same powers, and receive the same pay and emoluments as those now authorized by law, execute, possess and receive, and that the salaries of said agents be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,

APPROVED, March 3, 1837.

CHAP. XXXII.-An Act to change the titles of certain officers in the navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act all "masters commandant" in the navy shall be taken to be and shall be called "commanders," and all "sailingmasters" shall be taken to be and shall be called "masters:" but such change of title shall not impair or in any way affect the rank, pay, or privileges, of any master commandant or sailingmaster now in the service; and should they receive new commissions or warrants, they shall respectively take rank from the date of their present commissions. APPROVED, March 3, 1837.

CHAP. XXXIII,-An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven.

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, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, viz:

For pay and mileage of the members of Congress and delegates, three hundred and forty-eight thousand and forty dollars;

For pay of the officers and clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives, thirty-three thousand seven hundred dollars;

For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the Senate, forty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars;

For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;

The two sums last mentioned to be applied to the payment of the ordinary expenditures of the Senate and House of Representatives, severally, and to no other purpose;

For compensation to the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Postmaster General, sixty thousand dollars;

For salary of the secretary to sign patents for public lands, per act of March second, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand five hundred dollars;

For clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary of State, twenty thousand three hundred dollars;

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Office of Secretary of State.

Publication. &c. of the laws. Biennial Re

For the contingent expenses of the Department of State, including Clerks, &c. publishing and distributing the laws, twenty-five thousand dollars; For compiling and printing the Biennial Register, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

For the superintendent and watchman of the northeast executive building, one thousand five hundred dollars;

gister. Superint't and watchman N.E. exec. building.

Contingent expenses.

Office of Sec. of Treasury. Clerks and messengers.

Additional clerks.

First Comptroller.

Clerks and messengers. Second Comp

troller.

Clerks and messengers.

First Auditor.

Clerks and messenger.

Second Audit

or.

Clerks and inessenger.

Third Audit

or.

Clerks and messengers. Clerk hire.

For contingent expenses of said building, including fuel, labor, oil, and repairs, two thousand five hundred dollars;

For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, sixteen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars;

For compensation to the clerks in said office, per act of twenty-third of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, three thousand six hundred dollars;

For compensation to the First Comptroller of the Treasury, three thousand five hundred dollars;

For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the First Comptroller, nineteen thousand three hundred dollars;

For compensation to the Second Comptroller, three thousand dollars;

For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the Second Comptroller, including two clerkships transferred from the office of the Fourth Auditor, twelve thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;

For compensation to the First Auditor of the Treasury, three thousand dollars;

For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the First Auditor, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars;

For compensation to the Second Auditor of the Treasury, three thousand dollars;

For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the Second Auditor, seventeen thousand nine hundred dollars;

For compensation to the Third Auditor, three thousand dollars; For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Third Auditor, twenty-nine thousand six hundred and fifty dollars, including two thousand four hundred dollars for clerk hire to carry into Act of Jan. 18, effect an act of the seventeenth [eighteenth] of January last, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States;"

1837, ch. 5.

Fourth Audit

or.

Clerks and messenger. Fifth Auditor. Clerks and messenger.

Treasurer.

Clerks and messenger.

Register.

Clerks and messengers.

Commissioner of the General Land Office.

Other officers.

For compensation to the Fourth Auditor, three thousand dollars;
For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the
Fourth Auditor, fifteen thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars;

For compensation to the Fifth Auditor, three thousand dollars;
For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the
Fifth Auditor, nine thousand eight hundred dollars;

For compensation to the Treasurer of the United States, three thousand dollars;

For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the Treasurer of the United States, including a deficiency of appropriation of two hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty-four cents, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, eleven thousand and fourteen dollars and sixty-four cents;

For compensation to the Register of the Treasury, three thousand dollars;

For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Register of the Treasury, twenty-four thousand two hundred dollars;

For compensation to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, per act of fourth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, three thousand dollars;

For compensation of the recorder, solicitor, draughtsman, and assistant draughtsman, clerks, messengers, and packers, in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, one hundred and eight thouSalary of Re- sand seven hundred and fifty dollars; and the annual salary of the Recorder of the General Land Office shall be two thousand dollars; and

corder.

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