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 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 99. 1863. 793 of the Wcas, Pccrias, Kaskuskias, and Piankcshaw Indians of Kansas, G°'**i¤ b°¤d¤· now in the custody of the United States belonging to said Indians, or so t° b° °°m` many thereof as he may deem necessary for the purchase of such clothing, food, seed, grain, agricultural implements or domestic animals, as may bc necessary for the immediate relief of said Indians, and to enable them to plant a crop, and appropriate the proceeds of the sales of said bonds or so much thereof as he may deem necessary for said purpose: Provided, That said sale shall be made after three weeks’ public notice at the Mer- Noting of sale cbs.nts’ Exchange in the city of Philadelphia, to the highest bidder, and at “;%°m'“‘"‘“m not less than the market price of said bonds in the cities of New York P I and Philadelphia: And provided further, That no special agent or agents Sala not to bo shall be employed, nor shall any such sale be made until after the assent ‘““°t 'mtg ‘“°" and approval of said Indians for the sale of their bonds shall first be ;?,?;;,,?·r}nd?Q’Q,_ obtained through their regular authorized representatives. Sec. 3. And be ·itjiu·t}wr enacted, That the Secretary of abc Interior Amounts bgmbe, and he is hereby authorized to expend such part of the amount here- g’if°”`;PPt':°I;”** mfore appropriated to carry into e&`ect any treaty stipulation with any ,dP“,3,§:,,,, ty tribe or tribes of Indians, all, or any portion of whom shall be in a state with ¤jiP¤¤ ¤<>W of actual hostility to the Government of the United States, including the 3 b1;°:;'hga:j_’_w Cherokee, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaw , Seminoles, Wichitas, and P other affiliated tribes, as may be found necessary to enable such individual members of said tribes as have been driven from their homes, and reduced to want ou account of their friendship 1:0 the United States, to subsist until they can be removed .tn their homes, and to assist them in such removal: Provided, That an account shall be kept of the sums so Account to be paid for the benefit of the said members of said tribes, which account shall k°P** be rendered to Congress at the commencement of the next session thereofl And all purchases of articles for the purposes above set forth shall be P¤¤=h¤¤¤¤ hw made of the lowest responsible bidder, after suHicient public notice by mum advertisement in appropriate newspapers: Provided, also, That the said Secretary shall not be required to accept any bid which is in his judgmcut unreasonable in its character. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United President peg States bc, and is hereby, authorized to enter into treaties with the sev- ¥“$° “°?;YE;n_ eral tribes of Indians, respectively, now residing in the State of Kansas, s:, t:¤seQ;,,gui,p, providing for the extinction of their titles to lands held in common their titles to within said State, and for the removal of such Indians of said tribes as l““d* hold their lands in common to suitable localities, elsewhere within the territorial limits of the United States, and outside the limits of any state. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United _¤md yvith log] States bc, and is hereby, authorized to enter into negotiations, by treaty gffcofuffx ‘ or otherwise, with such loyal tribes, or the loyal portions of such tribes, now residing in the country south of Kansas and west of Arkansas, commonly known as the “Indian Country " as may be necessary in order to, secure for the Indians of Kansas who shall be removed to said Indian country under the provisions of the preceding section of this act, the' title to the lands to which they may be so removed. Sm:. 6. And be it j·2m}zer enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior Umxpmhd is hereby authorized to direct so much of the uncxpended balances of \£al:¤¢:;¤rv§*;; appropriation for the Indian service in Oregon and Washington as may Oregon md be necessary to meet the outstanding liabilities of the Indian Department Washington. in said State and Territory during the fiscal years ending eighteen hundred and `sixty, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and eighteen hundred and sixty-two, s. sum not exceeding sixty-eight thousand dollars: Provided, however, That no money shall be paid except in discharge of liabilities incurred in carrying into effect. the objects provided for bylaw Sec. 7. And be il jiu·t}'m· enacted, That the salaries of the Indian Snluiea or v01.. x11. Pm:.-100
 * `0r the Indian service.