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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 107. 1849. 393 For the a ment of im rovements on the lands ceded, per eighth _ P¤y¤¤e¤t for clause of salrhg article and Treaty, Eve thousand dollars. g ;"5§Q}°,f'°m°““· For the services and expenses of a commissioner to distribute the Exnenaes of haltlbreed fund, per second clause of same article and treaty, two §;?;Qr'§3:;°¤°'t;: thousand dollars. halt-breedm For expenses of a delegation of Indians to explore their new coun- Yukmmtry, per sixth article same treaty, four thousand dollars. ‘ New York Indians. —For payment to the emigrant New York Ifayment Nw Indians who went west, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, their §T;,§'§':dhm°' proportion of the annuities due the Senecas and the Six Nations of $478 65. ° New York for that year, to be reimbursed to the United States when recovered from Samuel H. Bunch, late sub-Indian agent, and his sureties, four hundred and seventy-eight dollars and sixty-five cents. For compensation to an agent and two interpreters for the Indian Agent and intribes olf Texaishiz addition to former appropriations for this object, :f;g’;s;‘;'§1,¤a;`i" three!. thousand dollars. 3004; For surveying the northern and western boundary lines of the coun- Bsurveyingr try now owned by the Creek Indians, fifteen thousand dollars. 815’°00' Approved, March 3, 1849. CHA!. CVII. —-dn Act to carry into of ed certain Slipulations of the Treaty between March 3, 1849. dec United States ofdmerica and the Republic of Jlezico, of the second Day of """"""""""' February, one thousand nigh! hundred and forty-eight. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, That the President of B°3}'d °*` *1*** the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall §gmmQ;;Q)§,°£;2 appoint three persons, who shall constitute a board of commissioners, to their powers and meet at the city of Washington, at some early day, to be designated by d““°“‘ the President, whose duty it shall be to receive and examine all claims of citizens of the United States upon the republic of Mexico, which are provided for by the treaty between said governments of the United States and Mexico, concluded on the second day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-eight,  which may be presented to the said board of commissioners, and to decide thereon according to the provisions of the said treaty, and of the first and fifth articles of the unratified convention concluded at the city of Mexico, on the twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred' and forty-three. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said board of commis· To have a sec- Sioncrs shall have a secretary, versed in the English and Spanish lan- rem'? md °l°’k· guages, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and the said board is hereby authorized to appoint u clerk, and to make all needful rules and regulations, not Rules of procontrary to the laws of the United States or the provisions of said °“d‘“g· treaties, for carrying their said commission into linll effect. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all records, documents, A11 records, and papers, which now are, or hereafter, until the close of said com- 5*°°‘;l'1‘°“*]§;*;f£; m15S10D, may come into the possession of the Department of State, gent ece Siam, having relation to said claims, shall be delivered to the said board; in _ relation to and when the said commission shall be concluded, the journal of its §},"m:°‘§:l£°§Q pfqceedings, together with all the records, documents, and papers by tl; treatymr which shall have come imo its possession relating to the b¤8i¤6SS of b°.§'°““f‘g'°d °° Said board, shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State; W Wu and the period of one year from and after the organization of said hoard is hereby designated, within which said commissioners may, at the q;,,,,,,,;,;,;,,,,. instance of any claimant or claimants, apply, through the Secretary of ers my agi; $i‘§?.Z£"LZ£’§‘i‘Z£?.§“·”‘.§‘°“°"°;"*"‘$i§’“’°‘F°§2?2.‘”‘@? iigéwew V0!'. IX- PGE —— 53, OI 000m8H, ID 8 P08B35S po the oxioan gow