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the secretary of the board of commissioners, on the business of the commission, shall pass by mail free of postage.

. And be it further enacted, That, as soon as said commission shall be executed and completed, the records, documents, and all other papers, in the possession of the commission or its officers, shall be deposit in the office of the Secretary of State.

. And be it further enacted, That, for the term of ten years, from and after the second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, wines, the produce of France, shall be admitted into the United States on paying duties not exceeding the following rates on the gallon, (such as is at present used in the United States,) that is to say: six cents for red wines in casks, ten cents for white wine in casks, and twenty-two cents for wine of all sorts in bottles.

, July 13, 1832.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred and ninety-four dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, in addition to the balance remaining unexpended in the treasury, already appropriated to defray the expenses of transporting and subsisting such portions of the various Indians as have heretofore emigrated west of the Mississippi, or as may emigrate during the present year, in conformity with the provisions of various treaties entered into with them: For the payment of the account of John Drew, a Cherokee Indians, three thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars and thirteen cents. For the payment of John W. Flowers, a Cherokee Indian, five hundred dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause any unsatisfied claims of John W. Flowers, Nicholas Miller, William Drew, and Joseph Rogers, Cherokee Indians, for stock lost by them, respectively, by spoliations committed by citizens of the United States, in the years one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, in the territory of Arkansas, ceded to the United States by the Cherokee tribe of Indians, in the month of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, to be settled and paid in the same manner as if such spoliations had been committed before the cession of the said territory, on the principles of the act of Congress, approved March thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and two, entitled “;” and that the Secretary of War be directed to endeavour to ascertain the names of the persons who committed the depredations upon the property of said Indians, and take suitable steps for the prosecution and punishment of such persons; and also for the recovery of the value of the property plundered or destroyed by them.

. And be it further enacted, That the said sums be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

, July 13, 1832.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all ships or vessels, and