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 652 THIRTY·—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 34, 36, 37. 1863. his charge for the use of said register as may be necessary for his accommodation, unless it shall appear to said Secretary that such rooms cannot be so appropriated without interfering with the business of his Department; and in that event the said register shall procure, with the appro- · bation of said Secretary, such rooms, in the city of Washington, as may be necessary for the security of the records and the convenient transaction of the business of said office. Repealing clause. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. APPROVED, February 14, 1863. Feb. 16, 1863. Cruz-. XXXVI. —An Act to issue an American Register to the Steams/up Kamak. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ey" the United Register to States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 2t5am8h'? Km" Treasury is hereby directed to issue an American register to the ` stcamship or vessel known as the Karnak, of the collection district of the port of New York, the same being a British built vessel, but now owned by American citizens. Approved, February 16, 1863. CHAP. XXXVII.——An Act or the Relie o Persons or Dama es sustained Reason of Depredations agi lnjwries lx`;-cgtain Bands of Siou`; Indians. by Sioux Iridans- Whereas the United States heretofore became bound by treaty stipulations P¤'°¤mbl°- to the Sisseton, Wahpaton, Medawakanton, and Wa[h]pakoota bands of the Dakota or Sioux Indians to pay large sums of money and annuities, the greater portion of which remains unpaid according to the 186% chg3g`?- terms of said treaty stipulations; and whereas during the past year P°”’p'the aforesaid bands of Indians made an unprovoked, aggressive, and most savage war upon the United States, and massaorcd a large number of men, women, and children within the State of Minnesota, and destroyed and damaged a large amount of property, and thereby have forfeited all just claim to the said moneys and annuities to the United States; and whereas it is just and equitable that the persons whose property has been destroyed or damaged by the said Indians, or destroyed or damaged by the troops of the United States in said war, should he indemnified in whole or in part out of the indebtedness and annuities so forfeited as aforesaid: Therefore- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Treaties with States of America in Congress assembled, That all treaties heretofore made and entered into by the Sisseton, Wahpaton, Medawakanton, and part, Wahpakoota bands of Sioux or Dakota Indians, or any of them, with the United States, are hereby declared to be abrogated and annulled, so far as said treaties or any of them purport to impose any future obligation on the United States, and all lands and rights of occupancy within the State of Minnesota, and all annuities and claims heretofore accorded to said Indians, or any of them, to be forfeited to the United States. TWO,;,;,-d,, of Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That two thirds of the balance re- ¤¤¢¤$p<>¤d¤<i im; maining unexpended of annuities due and payable to said Indians for the present fiscal year, not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, and the °1 · · . and apportioped further sum of one hundred thousand dollars, being two thirds of the annui- ¤;J*°“€ S¤*‘V¤V°’¤ ties becoming due and payable to said Indians during the next fiscal year, ° m”a°r°°' is hereby appropriated, and shall be paid from the Treasury of the United States, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, to the commissioners hereinafter provided for, to be apportioned by them among the heads of families, or, in case of their decease, among the surviving members of