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 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 138. 1873. 463 sixty-three, now invested or in the custody of the Secretary of the Inte- be retained as a rior, shall be retained by the Secretary of the Interior as a permanent ¥°¤¤°·¤°¤* “¤¤*· trust-fund, on which shall be paid to said Indians, semi-annually, interest und' at the rate of five per centum per annum: Provided, That the consent of Pmvisn. said Indians shall first be given to the foregoing provision. Sxcc. 6. That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with Indian m· the advice and consent of the Senate, a suflieient number of Indian “P°°€°” *‘f b“ inspectors, not exceeding Eve in number, to perform the duties herein app°mmd’ required. Each inspector shall hold his office for four years, unless term ofof6m sooner removed by the President, and he shall receive an annual salary salsa-y,&c.; of three thousand dollars and his necessary travelling expenses, not exceeding ten cents a mile for actual travel while in the discharge of his duties. duty, a statement of which expenses as to each inspector shall accompany the annual report of the Secretary of the Interior. Each Indian Examination superintendoncy and agency shall be visited and examined as often as °f “€°“°l°“· twice a year by one or more of the inspectors. Such examination shall extend to a full investigation of all matters pertaining to the business of the superintendency or agency, including an examination of accounts, the manner of expending money, the number of Indians provided for, contracts of all kinds connected with the business, the condition of the Indians, their advancement in civilization, the extent of the reservations, aud what use is made of the land set apart for that purpose, and, generally, all matters pertaining to the Indian service. For the purpose of making such investigations, each inspector shall have power to examine all books, papers, and vouchers, to administer oaths, and to Books, papers, examine on oath all officers and persons employed in the superintend- &°· ency or agency, and all such other persons as he may deem necessary 01* proper. The inspectors, or any one of them, shall have power to suspend A ¤y inspector any superintendent or agent or employe, and to designate some person in ggggmgglxy his place temporarily, subject to the approval of the President, mnléng &c. immediate report of such suspension and designation; and, upon the conclusion of each examination, a. report shall be forwarded to the President. without delay. The inspectors, in the discharge of their duties, Fntvrccment jointly and individually, shall have power, by proper legal proceedings, f;g;lf°pL%‘;;8l&Y which it shall be the duty of the district-attorney of the United States ings. for the appropriate district duly to eftectuate, to enforce the laws, and to prevent the violation of law in the administration of afairs in the several agencies and superintendencies. S0 far as practicable, the examinations él**g¤¤*·¤ 6X- of the agencies and superintendencies shall be made alternately by differ- mmm °°s' ent inspectors, so that the same agency or supeiintendency may not be examined twice in succession by the same inspector or inspectors: Pro- fC°¤'*¤lP °m§¢¤ vided, That after the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy- g,,,;`2’,?`}m?:n` three, the offices of four of the superintendents of Indian afinirs, and of affairs abolished the clerks of such superintendents are hereby abolished, and the amount ““°”» &"· hereinbofore appropriated for salaries of said officers, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the salaries and Remaining sutravelling expenses of said inspectors, and the President may assign the E;’;;“g’8“g:;;;6d remaining four superintendents to jurisdiction over such agencies as he &c_, 0, dispenseé may deem proper, or, in his discretion, dispense with any, or all, of the with said superintemlents and their clerks: Provided, That there shall not be Provism paid or allowed to any person whatever any fees or reward for services in connection with the subject.-matter referred to in the third section of this act, either on account of the United States, or of the Choctaws, until further action of Congress in the matter, and providing for such allowance and payment. Sec. 7. That whenever by the terms of this act the issue of food, Number of clothing, or supplies of any kind is provided for, it shall be the duty of §;‘l‘Q;;€l’;fs°”* the agent or commissioner issuing the same, at such issue thereof; vuhether {Cod, gm, ,,,5,, it be both of food and clothing, or either of them, or of any kind of reported-