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 586 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Ssss. II. Ch. I4. 1851. V¤1.vi1.p.371. in the fourth article of the treaty of the fifteenth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, three thousand dollars. For twentieth of twenty-seven instalments for six agriculturists, Vol. vii. p. 371. purchase of oxen, ploughs, and other implements, stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty of the fifteenth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, two thousand five hundred dollars. For twentieth of twenty-seven instalments for pay of two physicians, Vol. vii. p. 371. stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty of the fifteenth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, four hundred dollars. For interest on one milion one hundred thousand dollars, at five per Vol. vii. p. 545. centum, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of the first November, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, fifty-five thousand dollars. For interest on eighty-five thousand dollars, at five per ccutum, stip— ulated in the fourth article of the treaty of the thirteenth October, eighteen hundred and forty-six, four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Weas. To the Vlkas. -— For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fifth article V¤rvii. p.187. of the treaty of second October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, three thousand dollars. Iixpenses o£ To defray the expenses of the chiefs of the Oneida Indians in lVisfgifngfigwgsf cousin, on a visit to Washington in eighteen hundred and fifty-one, in ,,(,,,s,,,_ relation to their treaties with the United States, rendered necessary by the deranged condition of their affairs with the federal government, one thousand dollars. Arrearages. For arrearages due the first Christian and Orchard parties of Oneida Indians in Wisconsin, under the treaty of seventeen hundred and ninety- six, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars and eighty cents. Snperintena. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth mt? °f India? day of June next, all laws or parts of laws now in force, (a) providing for hfgg. °aii,,,,°:,__ the appointment or employment of superintendents of Indian affairs, of tains. (rz) whatever character, for any of the Indian tribes east of the Rocky Mountains, and north of New Mexico and Texas, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed ; and that the President be, and he is hereby, anthorized by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint three superintendents of Indian aifairs, for said Indians, who shall receive an annual salary each of two thousand dollars, and whose duty it shall be to exercise a general superintendance over such tribes of Indians as the President of the United States, or the Secretary of the Department of the Interior may direct, and to execute and perform all the powers and duties now assigned by law to superintendents of Indian Proviso. affairs: Provided, That the governor of Minnesota shall continue to be, ex officio, superintendent of Indian affairs, for that Territory until the President shall otherwise direct. Negotiation of Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That hereafter all Indian treaties £¤dl¤¤¤¤¤¤€¤· shall be negotiated by such officers and agents of the Indian department as the President of the United States may designate for that purpose, and no officer or agent so employed shall receive any additional compensation for such service. Appointment Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in lien of the twenty-three 3{a;§°“:‘a;‘;’ I:,? agents and sub-agents, heretofore employed {br the Indians east of the Rocky Mmm- Rocky Mountains, and north of N ew Mexico and Texas, the President be, Senate, to appoint eleven Indian agents, who shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars; and, also, six other agents, with an annual salary each of one thousand dollars, whose appointments shall take effect from and alter the thirtieth day of June next ; and the said agents shall execute and perform all the powers and duties now assigned by law to Indian agents. $4:.) See notes in vol. ii. p. 652, and vol. iv. p. 735, and acts of 1834, ch. 162; 18 6, ch. 34; 1847, ch. 66; 1848, ch. 118, § 3.
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