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 360 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 296. 1870. f B££·d_'!`¤yl<>1‘ by the Interior Department, June nine, eighteen hundred and sixty-ning, 0g2t1Q_ mg to R. H. Taylor, for herding cattle, three hundred and thirty-one dollgrg and ninety-seven cents. FTh¤m¤¤P· For this amount, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay for Jfggfgdgmery legal services rendered by Messrs. Thomas P. Fenlon and James S, forlegul ser- Emery, attorneys—at-law, in eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and subse- “°°‘· quently, in defending suits instituted against the United States offieeyg in Kansas, relating to the rights and property of Indians, by direction Proviso. of the Interior Department, two thousand dollars: Provided, That this M2;;,,?; 3g" amount shall be received in full satisfaction for said indebtedness; Pm. mmm undgr vided, That upon annuities and interest of trust funds provided by ¤‘?¤?¢¤·_ _ treaties no taxes shall in any ease be assessed or collected. be eggggéiiltfc See,. [2.] And be it further enacted, That in every case where pmmotetheeem- annuities are provided to be paid to any Indian tribe, It shall be the °F°· *5**- 9*`*‘¤° duty of the Secretary of the Interior to expend the same for such objects tubes entitled . . . . . . . _ ¤,,,,,t,,_ as will best promote the comfort, cxvihzatiou, and improvement of the Provisc. tribe entitled to the same: Provided, That the consent of such tribe to ch§;‘g£L‘;fh{’)l';' such expenditures can be obtained; and no claims for supplies for In. authority not to dians purchased without authority of law shall be paid out of any approb°lmld• sf; b priation for expenses of the Indian department or for Indians. w,,,,,,‘°"°,d if Sec. [3.] And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior habitsndiin- shall so exercise the discretion vested in him by this act as to encourage gg;;?' ““d able-bodied Indians in habits of industry and peace, and the commission (g,,,},,,,,,;,,;,,,, of citizens, serving without pay, appointed by the President under the ef <=ifi=¤¤¤ ¤<> provisions of the fourth section of the act of April ten eivhteen hundred °°"“"“° ‘°*°"g and sixt -‘ h b f d l th ’ b ° t' h n as, &c_ ymne, is. ere y con mue so ong as e appropria ion ere o- Ame, p. 40. fore made for their expenses shall last. And It shall be the duty of smd m£s*;g]’;_;°°m‘ commissioners to supervise all expenditures of money appropriated for 1871, ,,h_' m0_ the benefit of Indians in the United States, and to inspect all goods pur- Pas¢,p.668. chased for said Indians in connection with the commissioner of Indian affairs, whose duty it shall be to consult said commission in making purh,§°‘;’°”’“`Y wd chases of such goods; and provided that the said commission shall have P y` power to appoint one of its number as secretary, with such reasonable Salaries or compensation as they may designate; and the sum of one hundred and
 * ‘;¥5°;;;‘:;‘l°”“ twenty-Eve thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the payment of

salgmes of superintendents and agents authorized by law. No partpf E0. And be it further enacted, That no part of the moneys ap-
 * K;'€r§;f%§";£°' propriated by this act, or which may hereafter be appropriated in any

usedtopay general actor deficiency bill making appropriations for the current and g§‘::Bf*,;*'*?}><;:‘ contingent expenses of the Indian department, to pay annuities due to mb,} gw? or to be used and expended for the care and benefit of any tribe or tribes pf Indians named herein, shall be applied to the payment of any claim or depredations that may have been or may be committed by such tribe diglniirgns fe; In- or tribes,. or any member or members thereof; and no claims for Indian ,i0£ mg';) fe depredaticus shall hereafter be paid until Congress shall make special appaid mm}, sw. proprnation therefor; and all acts and parts of acts mconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. _R<·>P<>*;l<>*`P¤‘<>· Sec.  And be it further enacted, That so much of an act entitled $3),:; 3c':; "An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses due minor chil- of the Indian department, and for iixlfilling treaty stipulations with %,‘;‘€a‘;§£;° . various Indian tribes for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred mnes ,, . . . . until, &e. and seventy, approved April ten, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, Ante, p. 29. relatmgd to Prattpwattomie Indians,) pp proyides that no palpt of the money ue or eonging to minor c i ren siall be paid to them, or to any person for them, until such children shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, being in coniiict with the third article of the treaty Votxii. p. 1192. with said Indians of November fifteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-0né, as modified by subsequent treaties, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sm. And be at further enacted, That the President be, and he is