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received; first deducting such sums of money as may be due the United States from said persons in whose favor said awards shall be made; and shall cause certificates to be issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, in such form as he may prescribe, showing the proportion to which each may be entitled of the amount that may thereafter be received; and on the presentation of the said certificates at the Treasury, as the nett proceeds of the general instalments, payable by the Government of Spain, shall have been received, such proportions thereof shall be paid to the legal holders of the said certificates.

. And be it further enacted, That all communications to and from the secretary of the commissioner appointed under this act, 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 deposited in the office of the Secretary of State.

, June 7, 1836.

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 the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter mentioned, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; that is to say,

For pay of the Superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian Agents, as provided for by the, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.

For the payment of a clerk in the office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Territory of Wisconsin, eight hundred dollars.

For the pay of Sub-agents, allowed by same act, ten thousand dollars.

For the pay of Interpreters, allowed by same act, seven thousand eight hundred dollars.

For presents to Indians, authorized by same act, five thousand dollars.

For the purchase of provisions for Indians, at the distribution of annuities, while on visits of business with the superintendents and agents, and when assembled on public business, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars.

For the necessary buildings required at the several agencies, and repairs thereof, two thousand dollars.

For postage, stationery, rent, and fuel, for offices, as authorized by the, three thousand dollars.

For contingencies, Indian Department, four thousand dollars.

To the Six Nations of Indians in New York.—For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the sixth article of the treaty with them, of the eleventh of November, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars.

For the annuity to the young king, a chief, for life, as provided for by the act of the twenty-sixth of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, two hundred dollars.

To the Senecas of New York.—For the permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, provided for by the, six thousand dollars.

To the Ottawas.—For the permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty with them, of the third of August, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, one thousand dollars.