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 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS» Sess. I. Ch. 33, 34. 1864. 29 Gun. An Aepv an Act  "An ;l4.ctFt:}requlate Tradgglndr I rs- March 15, 1864. iercourse with e ndian rz mmme eaceont e ntiers" a ro une '*‘;‘“" Ihirtzdh, eighteen Iuhndred and   ., pp 5  84, cb. 161, Be it enacted by the Senate and Lkuse of Representatives of the United V°1‘ “" P' m2' States of America in Congress assembkd, That the twentieth section of the “Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes and to preserve peace on the li·ontiers,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows, to wit: “Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall sell, exchange, give, barter, or dispose of any spirituous liquors or wine to any Indian under the charge of any Indian superintendent or Indian agent appointed by the United States, or shall introduce or attempt 1:,,,,],,, ,-0, 10 introduce any spirituous liquor or wine into the Indian country, such selling pr giving, person, on conviction thereof before the proper district cr circuit court of gggoggmm the United States, shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding two Indians, years, and shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars: Provided, P¤`¤ViS<>· however, That it shall be a sufficient defence to any charge of introducing or attempting to introduce liquor into the Indian country if it be proved to be done by order of the War Department, or any officer duly authorized thereunto by the War Department. And if any superintendent of Indian Indian agents, affairs, Indian agent, or sub-agent, or commanding officer of a military g”§&8m“Y geamh . . . . ,pac ages, post, has reason to suspect or is informed that any white person or Indian gw, is about to introduce or has introduced any spirituous liquor or wine into the Indian country in violation of the provisions of this section, it shall be lawful for such superintendent, agent, sub-agent, or commanding officer, to cause the boats, stores, packages, wagons, sleds, and places of deposit of such person to be searched; and if any such liquor is found therein, the Liq¤<>¤. b¤¤*¤» same, together with the boats, teams, wagons, and sleds used in convey- gf:;;' b° fm" ing the same, and also the goods, packages, and peltries of such person shall be seized and delivered to the proper officer, and shall be proceeded against, by libel in the proper court, and forfeited, one half to the informer and the other half to the use of the United States; and if such person be a trader, his license shall be revoked and his bond put in suit. And it shall moreover be the duty for any person in the service of the United States, or for any Indian, to take and destroy any ardent spirits or Ardent spirits wine found in the Indian country, except such as may be introduced t° b° d‘”“`°7°d‘ therein by the War Department. And in all cases arising under this act {mums comps. Indians shall be competent witnesses? MM Wi¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- Approved, March 15, 1864. Czar. XXXIV. - An Act making Appropriationyfor the Sermbe of the Post-0_gt'ce De- March 16, 1864. `_;iartment during the.Fiscal Year ending the thirriet zy"J`une, eighteen hundred and sixty- "'"`*‘""'"` U6. 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 fOr·l},%l;Q{l3`&i‘;;°”“ the same are hereby, appropriated, for the service of the Post-Otlice Depagtmgng, Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the revenues of the said department, in conformity to the act of the second of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six : — For transportation of the mails, (inland,) seven million eight hundred Transportation and forty-nine thousand dollars. °f""”l“‘ For foreign mail transportation, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Ship, &c., let- For ship, steamboat, and way letters, eight thousand dollars. *°"· For compensation to postmasters, three million one hundred thousand Postmasters. do lars. For clerks for post offices, one million one hundred and sixty-eight Clerks. thousand dollars. For payments to letter·carriers, six hundred and forty thousand dollars. Letter-carriers. 3 as