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he may deem proper; but, until called into actual service, such companies, battalions, squadrons, regiments, brigades or divisions shall not be considered as exempt from the performance of militia duty as is required by law, in like manner as before the passage of this act.

To be enti

&c.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the volunteers who may be received into the service of the United States, by virtue of the provisions tled to benefits, of this act, shall be entitled to all the benefits which may be conferred on persons wounded in the service of the United States.

of dragoons to

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That there shall be raised and orga- A regiment nized, under the direction of the President of the United States, one be organized. additional regiment of dragoons or mounted riflemen, to be composed of the same number and rank of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, composing the regiment of dragoons now in the service of the United States, who shall receive the same pay and allowances, be subject to the same rules and regulations, and be engaged for the like term, and upon the same conditions, in all respects whatever as are stipulated for the said regiment of dragoons now in service.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States may disband the said regiment whenever, in his opinion, the public interest no longer requires their services; and that the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, required to carry into effect the provisions of this act is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

passage

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of this act as relates to volunteers shall be in force for two years from and after the of this act, and no longer. APPROVED, May 23, 1836.

President

may disband. 300.000 dollars appropriated.

Act to remain in force two years.

STATUTE I.

CHAP. LXXXI.—An Act making appropriation for the suppression of hostilities May 23, 1836. by the Creek Indians.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray any expenses which have been, or may be incurred in suppressing hostilities by the Creek Indians, by calling out, by the President, of any part of the militia of the United States, according to the provisions of the constitution and laws; which sum, if expended, shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, conformably to the provisions of the act of Congress, of second of January, seventeen hundred and ninetyfive; of the act [of] fifth of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, making appropriations for the support of the army; and of the act of the nineteenth March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, providing for the payment of volunteers and militia corps in the service of the United States.

APPROVED, May 23, 1836.

CHAP. LXXXII.-An Act to provide for the payment of expenses incurred and supplies furnished on account of the militia or volunteers received into the service of the United States for the defence of Florida.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be paid the expenses that have been incurred, and the supplies that have been furnished, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and the Territory of Florida, on account of the militia or volunteers received into the service of the United States for the defence of Florida. Provided, VOL. V.-5

Appropriation of 500,000 dol

lars.

2,

5,

Act of Jan.

1795, ch. 9.

Act of April 1832, ch. 64.

Act of March

19, 1836, ch. 44.

STATUTE I.

May 28, 1836.

[Obsolete.]

Secretary of War to cause

expenses incurred to be paid.

Proviso.

Militia and

volunteers regularly discharged, to be paid.

STATUTE I.

June 7, 1836.

A pension agency to be established at Wheeling.

Proviso.

STATUTE I.

June 7, 1836.

The western

boundary of the Act of March

State extended.

6, 1820, ch. 20, sec. 2.

See Procla

That the accounts for these claims shall be examined and audited at the Treasury, as in other cases.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be authorized to cause the militia called out to defend East Florida, by Generals Clinch and Hernandez, or by the Governor in Middle and West Florida, and such other militia and volunteers as have been received and mustered into the service of the United States and regularly discharged, to be paid in like manner with the volunteers and militia ordered into service under orders from the War Department. APPROVED, May 28, 1836.

CHAP. LXXXV.-An Act to provide for the payment of certain pensioners in the
States of Virginia and Ohio.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered to establish a pension agency at the city of Wheeling in the State of Virginia, for the payment of pensioners of the United States resident in the counties of Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Tyler, Wood, Lewis, Harrison, Randolph, Preston, and Monongalia, in Virginia, and Belmont, Jefferson, Guernsey, Harrison, and Monroe, in the State of Ohio: Provided, That the establishment of such agency can be made and continued without charge to the United States.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized to make the necessary arrangement for the payment of said pensioners.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. APPROVED, June 7, 1836.

CHAP. LXXXVI.—An Act to extend the western boundary of the State of Missouri to the Missouri river.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when the Indian title to all the lands lying between the State of Missouri and the Missouri river shall be extinguished, the jurisdiction over said lands shall be hereby ceded to the State of Missouri, and the western boundary of mation, Appen- said State shall be then extended to the Missouri river, reserving to the United States the original right of soil in said lands, and of disposing of the same: Provided, That this act shall not take effect until the President shall by proclamation, declare that the Indian title to said lands has been extinguished; nor shall it take effect until the State of Missouri shall have assented to the provisions of this act. APPROVED, June 7, 1836.

dix No. 1.

Proviso.

STATUTE I.

June 7, 1836.

A commissioner, secretary, and clerk to be appointed.

CHAP. LXXXVII.-An Act to carry into effect a convention between the United
States and Spain.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint one commissioner, whose duty it shall be to receive and examine all claims which may be presented to him under the convention for the settlement of claims between the United States of America, and her Catholic Majesty the Queen of Spain, concluded at Madrid on the seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyfour, which are provided for by the said convention, according to the

provisions of the same, and the principles of justice, equity and the law of nations. The said commissioner shall have a secretary, versed in the Spanish and French languages, and a clerk, both to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and the commissioner, secretary, and clerk, shall, before they enter on the duties of their offices, take oath well and faithfully to perform the duties thereof.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioner shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to make all needful rules and regulations, not contravening the laws of the land, the provisions of this act, or the provisions of the said convention, for carrying his said commission into full and complete effect.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner, so to be appointed, shall attend at the city of Washington, and his salary shall begin to be allowed within thirty days after his appointment; and within twelve months from the time of his attendance as aforesaid, he shall terminate his duties. And the Secretary of State is required, as soon as the said commissioner shall be appointed, to give notice of his attendance at Washington as aforesaid, to be published in two newspapers in the city of Washington, and in such other newspapers as he may think proper.

Commissioner to make rules and regulations.

Commission

er to attend at the city of Washington.

Records and

delivered to

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all records, documents, or other papers, which now are in, or hereafter, during the continuance documents to be of this commission, may come into the possession of the Department him. of State, in relation to such claim, shall be delivered to the commissioner aforesaid. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the Compensation. respective officers for whose appointment provision is made by this act, shall not exceed the following sums, namely: To the said commissioner, at the rate of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum; to the secretary, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; and to the clerk, at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum. And the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such provision for the contingent expenses of the said commissioner as shall appear to him reasonable and proper; and the said salaries and expenses shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the inscription or inscriptions which shall be issued by the Spanish Government, in pursuance of the aforesaid convention, to be deposited in the archives of the Legation of the United States, at Paris, until otherwise ordered by the President of the United States; and it shall also be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury, and he is hereby authorized and required, to cause the moneys which may from time to time be paid in pursuance of the said convention, to be duly received and accounted for at Paris, and the same to be remitted, on the most advantageous terms, to the United States of America; and the said moneys, so received and remitted, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States, and the same are hereby appropriated to be distributed and paid to those authorized to receive them, according [to] the provisions of this act.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner aforesaid shall report to the Secretary of State a list of all the several awards made by him, a certified copy of which shall be by the said Secretary of State transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall thereupon distribute in ratable proportions, among the persons in whose favor the award shall have been made, such moneys as may have been received into the Treasury in virtue of this act, according to the proportions which their respective awards shall bear to the whole amount then

Duties of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Commission er to report,

&c.

Communications free of postage.

STATUTE I.

June 14, 1836.

Pay of Superintendent and Agents.

Pay of clerk in Territory of Wisconsin.

Pay of Sub

agents.

Pay of Inter

preters.

Presents to

Indians.

Provisions for Indians.

Buildings and repairs.

Postage, &c.

Contingencies, Indian Depaitinent.

To the Six

received; first deducting such sums of money as may be due the United States from said persons in whose favor said awards shall be made; and shall cause certificates to be issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, in such form as he may prescribe, showing the proportion to which each may be entitled of the amount that may thereafter be received; and on the presentation of the said certificates at the Treasury, as the nett proceeds of the general instalments, payable by the Government of Spain, shall have been received, such proportions thereof shall be paid to the legal holders of the said certificates.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all communications to and from the secretary of the commissioner appointed under this act, on the business of the commission, shall pass by mail free of postage.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That, as soon as said commission shall be executed and completed, the records, documents, and all other papers in the possession of the commission or its officers, shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State.

APPROVED, June 7, 1836.

CHAP. LXXXVIII.—In Act moking appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian Department, for Indian annuities, and other similar objects, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.

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, for the objects hereinafter mentioned, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; that is to say,

For pay of the Superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian Agents, as provided for by the act of thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.

For the payment of a clerk in the office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Territory of Wisconsin, eight hundred dollars.

For the pay of Sub-agents, allowed by same act, ten thousand dollars. For the pay of Interpreters, allowed by same act, seven thousand eight hundred dollars.

For presents to Indians, authorized by same act, five thousand dollars. For the purchase of provisions for Indians, at the distribution of annuities, while on visits of business with the superintendents and agents, and when assembled on public business, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars.

For the necessary buildings required at the several agencies, and repairs thereof, two thousand dollars.

For postage, stationery, rent, and fuel, for offices, as authorized by the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, three thousand dollars.

For contingencies, Indian Department, four thousand dollars. To the Six Nations of Indians in New York.-For the permaNations of In- nent annuity, stipulated in the sixth article of the treaty with them, of the eleventh of November, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars.

dians in New

York.

To the Senecas of New

York.

To the Otta

was.

For the annuity to the young king, a chief, for life, as provided for by the act of the twenty-sixth of April, eighteen hundred and twentysix, two hundred dollars.

To the Senecas of New York. For the permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, provided for by the act of the nineteenth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars.

To the Ottawas.-For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty with them, of the third of August, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, one thousand dollars.

For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of the seventeenth of November, eighteen hundred and seven, eight hundred dollars.

For the permanent anuuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of the seventeenth of September, eighteen hundred and eighteen, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of the twenty-ninth of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, one thousand dollars.

To the Wyandots.-For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of the third of August, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, one thousand dollars.

For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of the seventeenth of November, eighteen hundred and seven, four hundred dollars.

For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaties of the twenty-ninth of September, eighteen hundred and seventeen, and the seventeenth of September, eighteen hundred and eighteen, four thousand five hundred dollars.

For the support of a blacksmith and assistant, stipulated in the tenth article of the treaty of the twenty-ninth of September, eighteen hundred and seventeen, seven hundred and twenty dollars.

For the purchase of iron, steel, &c. for shop, two hundred and twenty dollars.

To the Wyandots, Munsees, and Delawares.-For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty with them of the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and five, one thousand dollars.

To the Wy

andots.

To the Wyandots, Mun

sees and Dela

wares.

To the Chris

To the Christian Indians. For the permanent annuity, per act of the thirtieth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, four hundred dollars. tian Indians. To the Miamies.-For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty with them, of the twenty-third of October, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For the purposes of education, during the pleasure of Congress, stipulated in the sixth article of the same treaty, two thousand dollars. For the pay of eight laborers, stipulated in the fourth article of the same treaty, four hundred and eighty dollars.

For the purchase of two thousand pounds of iron, two hundred and fifty pounds of steel, and one thousand pounds of tobacco, stipulated in the same, six hundred and twenty dollars.

For the support of a blacksmith and assistant, stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty of the sixth of October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, seven hundred and twenty dollars.

For the support of a miller, in lieu of a gunsmith, stipulated in the same, six hundred dollars.

For the purchase of one hundred and sixty bushels of salt, stipulated in the same, three hundred and twenty dollars.

To the Eel Rivers.-For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty with them of the third of August, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, five hundred dollars.

For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the third article of the treaty of the twenty-first of August, eighteen hundred and five, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the third and separate article of the treaty of the thirtieth of September, eighteen hundred and nine, three hundred and fifty dollars.

To the Pottawatamies.-For the permanent annuity, sipulated in the fourth article of the treaty with them of the third of August, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, one thousand dollars.

For the purchase of salt, stipulated in the third article of the treaty

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To the Miamies.

To the Eel Rivers.

To the Pottawatamies.

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