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(PWc No. 78.) AX ACT to provide for the organization of the

partment of Indian Affairs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That the duties of the Governors of the Territories of Florida and Arkansas, as Superintendents of Indian Affair?, shall hereafter cease, and the duties of the Governor of the Territory of Michigan, as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, shall cease from and after the establishment of a new territory, embracing the country west of Lake Michigan, should such a Territory be established. And while the Governor of the said Territory of Michigan continues to act as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, ho shall receive therefor the annual sum of one thousand dollars, in full of nil allowances, emoluments, or compensation for services in said capacity. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a Superintcndcncy of Indian Affairs for all the Indian country not within the bounds of any State or Territory west of the Mississippi river, the Superintendent of which shall reside at St. Louis, and shall annually receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Superintendents of Indian Affairs shall, within their several Superintendencies, exercise a general supervision and control over the official conduct and accounts of all officers and persons employed by the Government in the Indian Department, under such regulations as shall be established by the President of tho United States; and may suspend such officers and persons from their office or em

ployments, for reasons forthwith to be communicated to the Secretary of War. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the following Indian agents shall be appointed by tho President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall hold their offices for the term of four years, and who shall give bond, with two or more securities, in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, for tho faithful execution of the same, and shall each receive the annual compensation offiflccn hundred dollars. Two agents for the Western Territory. An agent for the Chickasaws. An agent for the Eastern Cherokees. An acntfor the Florida Indians.

An agent for the Indians in the State of Indiana. An agent at Chicago. An agent at Rock Island. An agent at Prairie du Chien. An agent for Michilimackinac and the Sault Sainte Mario. An agent for the Saint Peters. An agent for the Upper Missouri . And tho following agencies shall be discontinucd at the periods herein mentioned, that is to say : The Florida agency, from and after the thirtyfirst day of December next. Tho Cherokee agency, from and after the thirtyfirst day of December next; . The Indiana agency, from and after the thirtyrst day of December, eighteen hundred and thir-ly-six. The Chicago agency, from and after the thirtyfirst day of December next. The Rock Island agency, from and after the tln'rty-first day of December, eighteen hundred nnd thirty-six. And all other agencies, not provided for in this act, from and after the passing thereof: Provided, That the limitation of tho said agencies shall not bo construed to prevent the President of the United States from discontinuing the same at an earlier period. And the President shall be, and he is

hereby authorized, whenever he may judge it expe

der the laws of the United Slate, with the disbursement or application of money, good3, or effects of any kind, on account of the Indian Department. Sec. D. Andbc it further enacted, That an interpreter shall be allowed.to each agency, who shall receive an annual salary of three hundred dollars: Provided, That where there are different tribes in the same agency, speaking different languages, one interpreter may be allowed, at the discretion of the Secretary of War, for each of the said tribes. Interpreters shall be nominated by the proper agents, to the War Department for approval, and may be suspended, by the agent, from pay and duty, and the circumstances reported to the War Department for final action; and blacksmiths shall, in like manner, be employed wherever required by treaty stipulations, and such blacksmith shall receive an annual compensation of four hundred and eighty dollars; and if they furnish their shop and tools, an additional sum of one hundred and twenty dollars; and their assistants shall be allowed an annual compensation of two hundred and forty dollars. And wherever farmers, mechanics, or teachers arc required by treaty stipulations to bo provided, they shall bo employed under the direction of the War Department, and shall receive an annual compensation of not less than four hundred and eighty dollars, nor more than six hundred dollars. And in all cases of the appointments of interpreters or other persons employed for the benefit of tho Indians, a preference shall be given to persons of Indian descent, if such can be found, who nro properly

qualified for tho execution of the duties. And whero any of the tribes are, in the opinion of the Secretary ot War, competent to direct the employment of their blacksmiths, mechanics, teachers,

farmers, or other persons engaged for them, tho direction of such persons may be given to tho proper

authority of the tribe. Six. 10. And be it further enacted, That the

compensation prescibed by this act shall be in full

of nil emoluments or allowances whatsoever: Pro

cided, however, That, where necessary, a reasonable

allowance or provision may be made for offices and

office contingencies; And provided, also, That

where persons are required, in the performance of

the duties under this act, to travel from ono place to

another, their actual expenses, or a reasonable sum

in lieu thereof, may be allowed them: And pro

vided, also, That no allowance shall bo made to any person for travel or expenses in coming to the

scat of Government to settle his accounts, unless

thereto required by the Secretary of War; And pro

vided, also, That no person shall hold moro than

one office at the same time under this act, nor shall

any agent, sub-agent, interpreter, or person employ

ed under this act, receive his salary while absent

from h;s agency or employment without leave of

the superintendent or Secretary of War, provided

suchabsenco shall at no time exceed sixty days.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the

payment of all annuities or other sums stipulated by treaty to be made to any Indian tribe, shall be

made to the chiefs of such tribo, or to such person as said tribe shall appoint; or if any tribe shall ap

propriate their annuities to the purpose of educa tion,or to any other specific use, then to such per

son or persons as such tribe shall designate. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of tho United Slates, at dio request of any Indian tribe to which any annuity shall be payable in money, to cause the same to be paid in goods, purchased as provided in the next soclion of this act. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That all merchandise required by any Indian treaty for the Indians, payable after making of such treaty, shall be purchased under the direction of the Secretary nt War, upon proposals to bo received, to be based on notices previously to be given; and all merchandise required at the making of any Indian treaty, shall bo purchased under the order' of the commissioners, by such person as they shall appoint, or by such person as shall be designated by the President for that purpose. And all other purchases on account of the Indians, and all paymonta to them of money or goods, shall be made- by such person as the President shall designate for that purpose. And the superintendent, agent, or sub-agent, together with sucii military officer as the President may direct, shall bo present, and certify to the delivery of all goods and money required to be paid or delivered to the Indians. And tho duties re

quired by any section of this act, of military officers,

spared from the army provisions, without injury to the service, to be issued, under such regulations as he shall think fit to establish, to Indians who may visit the military posts or agencies of the United States on the frontiers, or in their respectivo nations, and a special account of these issues shall be kept and rendered. Sec. 17. And he it further enacted. That thn

President of the United States shall be, and he is

lereby, authorized to prescribe such rules and

regulations as lie may think fit, for carrying into effect the various provisions of this act, and of any other act relating to Indian affairs, and for the sct-

lement of the accounts of tho Indian Department. Section 18. And be it further enacted, That all

acts or part3 of acts, contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be, and tho same are hereby, repealed.

JNO. BELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. M. VAN BUREX, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate. ANDREW JACKSON. ArmovED, Juno 30th, 1S3L

(Public .Vo. 83.)

AN ACT to relinquish the reversionary interest

ot the United states in a certain Indian reservation lying between the rivers Mississippi and Dcsmoins. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re

presentatives o f the United States o f America in

Congress assembled, 1 hat all the right, title and

interest which might accure or revert to the United States to the reservation of lands lying between

tho nver3 Desrnoms and Mississippi, which was reserved for the use of the half breeds belonging to the Sacs and Fox nations, now used by them, or some of them, under a treaty made and concluded between the United States and the Sacs and Fox tribes or nations of Indians, at Washington, on the fourth day of August, in the yoar ono thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, be and the samo are hereby relinquished and vested in the said half breeds of Sacs and Fox tribes or nations of Indians, who, at the passage of this act, are, under tho reservation in the said treaty, entitled, by the Indian title, to tho same; with full power and authority to transfer their portions thereof, by sale, devise or decent, according to the laws of the State of Missouri. Approved, Juno 30th, 1831.

payable for tho time being upon tho cargo if imported into the port of Havana, in an American bottom Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That no Spanish vessel shall be allowed to clear out or depart from a port of the United State, with any goods, wares, or merchandise?, except upon a destination to some port or place, in tho Island of Cuba or Porto Rico, without giv ing bond with approved security in double tho value of the vessel and cargo, tint the said cargo oranypirt thereof shall not bo landed in either of the said island.? which bond shall be cancelled on producing of certificate from an American consul tint tho said cargo has been landed elsewhere, bona fide and without intention to rcship it for a port in one of the said islands Sec. 1. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of tho Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized from time to time to estimate the said additional tonnage duty, and to give directions to the officers of tho customs of the United Stales for the collections of such duties so as to conform the same to any variation which may take placo in the discriminating duties levied on the cargoes of American vessels in the said port of Havana Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That when

ever the President of tho United States, shall bo satisfied, that the discriminating duties in favor of Spanish bottoms levied upon the cargoes of American vessels in the ports of Cuba and Porto Rico have been abolished or whenever in bis opinion

a satisfactiry arrangement upon the subject of the said duties shall have been made between the United States and Spain, tho President is hereby authorized to' declare tho same by proclamation, and thereupon this act shall cease to have any further force or effuct ArruovED, June tiOth, 1S3L

Sec. :i. And be it further entctid, That, on failure of cither or all of the corporations aforesaid to comply with the requirement of tho second section of this act, it shall not thereafter bo lawful lor tho corporation orrorpoiatinu t ftil'mj;, to issue any promissory note or bill of a Lss denomination than ten dollars". AiTJtovrn, June IJOth, KM.

dicnt, to discontinue any Indian agency, or to trans

fer the samo, from the place or tribe designated by i shall bo performed without any other compensation

jaw, 10 sucti oiner place or irioc as me puouc scr- man tneir actual travelling expenses; and all per-

vice may require. And every Indian agent shall

reside and keep his agency w ithin or near the territory of the tribe for which he may be agent, and at such place as the President may designate, and shall not depart from the limits of his agency without permirsion. And it shall be competent for the President to require any military officer of the United States to execute the duties of Indian

ajreut.

(Public Jh. 81. AN ACT authorizing the Governors of the several States to transmit, by mail, certain books and documents. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in

Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the Governors of tho several States to transmit by mail, free of postage, all laws and reports whether bound or unbound, and all records and documents of their respectivo States, which may be directed by the Legislature of tho several States to be transmitted to the Execulivo of other States; and the Governor of the State transmitting tho samo shall, in addition to his frank, endorse the kind of book or document enclosed, and direct the same to the Governor of tho State to which the same may be sent.

Approved, Juno 30th, 1S31

(Public Ab. 87.) AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to direct transfers of appropriations in the naval service, under certain circumstances. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, upon tho application

of the Secretary of the Navy, the President of tho United States, shall have authority, whenever, in his opinion, the contingencies of tho public service may require it, at any period between the close of the year, and the passage of the new naval appropriation bills, to direct that a part cf the money appropriated for a particular branch of tho naval service the former year to be applied to another branch cf the said service; in which case a special account of tho monies thus transferred, and of their application, shall be hid before Congress

previous to its adjournment . Apphovi:p, June ttOth, 183 1.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That a com-

mf - I petent number of sub-agents shall be appointed by the President, with an annual salary of seven hundred and fifty dollars each, to be employed and to reside wherever the President may direct, and who shall give bonds, with one or more sureties, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, for the faithful execution of the same. But no sub-agent shall be appointed who shall reside within the limits of any agency where there is an agent appointed. Sec. G. And be it further enacted. That no

thing herein contained shall be construed to require

ino re-appointment ot persons now in office, until the expiration of their present term of service; but the commissions of all Indian agents and sub-agents

now in office, shall expire on the fourth dav of!

March next, unless sooner terminated. Sec. 7. Andbc it further cnacted,'Vlni the limits of each agency and sub-agency shall be established by the Secretary of War, either by tribes or by geographical boundaries. And it shall be the general duty of Indian agents and sub-agents to manage and superintend the intercourso with the Indians within their respective agencies, agreeably to law; to obey all legal instructions given to them by. the Secretary of War, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or the Superintendent of Indian Affairs; and to carry into effect such regulations as may be prescribed by the President. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States may, from lime to lime, require additional security, and in larger amounts, from all persons charged or trusted, un-

sons whatsoever, charged or trusted with the dis

bursement or application of money, goods, . or effects of any kind, for the benefit of the Indians, shall settle their accounts, annually, at the War Department, on the first day of October; and copies of the same shall be laid, annually, before Congress at the commencement of the ensuing session, by tho proper accounting officers, together with a list

of the names of all persons to whom moncv, goods,

or effects had been delivered within said year, for the benefit of tho Indians, specifying the amount and object for which it was intended, and showing who arc delinquents, if any, in forwarding their accounts according to the provisions of this act; and, also, a list of the names of all persons appointed or employed under this act, with the dates of their appointment or employment, and the salary and pay of each. Section 14. And be it further enacted, That no person employed in the Indian Department shall

i have any interest or concern in any trade with the

Indians, except for, and on account of, the united States; and any person offending herein, shall forfeit the sum of live thousand dollars; and upon satisfactory infoimalion of such offence being laid before the President of the United Stales, it shall become his duty to remove such person from the office or situation he may hold. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That, tho President shall be, and he is hereby authorized to

cause any ot the friendly Indians west of the Mississippi river, and north of the boundary of the Western Territory, and the region upon Lake Superior and the head of the Mississippi, to be furnished with useful domestic animals and imple-

1 ments of husbandry, and with floods, as he shall

itiinu proper: Provided, That the whole amount ot such presents shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. Sec 1G. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause

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(Public Xo. 85.) AN ACT authorizing the payment of bounty on certain fishing vessels lost at sea. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re

presentatives cf the Unitcd.States of America in

Congress assembled, 1 hat the collector ot the port

of Boston and Charlestown be, and he hereby is, authorized to pay to the late owners and crew of the said Two Brothers, to bo distributed according to law, the samo sum of money that said vessel would have been entitled to receive as a bounty or drawback, if she had in her la3t voyage, in which siie was lost, complied with all the requirements of law necessary to secure such bounty; the said vessel being cf the burden of one hundred and thirteen and twenty-nine ninety-fifths tons. Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, That tho collector of tho port of Frenchman's bay be, and he hereby is, authorized to pay to Daniel Kill", the late owner, and to the crew of the fishing boat Juno, to be distributed according to law, the same sum said vessel would have been entitled to, as a bounty or drawback, if she had not perished by tho perils of the sea in her last voyage, and had arrived in port, having complied with all the requirements of law necessary to securo such bounty or drawback; the said boat being of the burden of fourteen and seventy-nine ninety-fifths tons. Sec. 3. And be itfurt?iercnacted,TAi the collectors of the customs for the district of Barnstable. State of Massachusetts, is hereby authorized to

pay to tho heirs at law, of the owners and crew of

the schooner Emehne, which was lost at eca, together with the whole crew, before she had accom

plished the time required by law to entitle her to the bounty or drawback she would have been entitled to have received, had she safely arrived in port, after having accomplished tho full timo required by law. Approved, 30th June, 1S31.

Public JSo.S.) AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to grant a rijxht of way, in a certain case, in the city of New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re

presentatives of the United States o f America in

Congress assembled, J hat the Secretary of tho Treasury be, and ho is hereby, authorized to grant unto the President, Directors and Company of the

Bank of the United States, and their successors

and assigns, a right of way and passage, over and upon the lands and premises, purchased by tho United States for the site of a custom-house, in the port of New York, and upon such terms and condi

tions and with such reservations and restrictions as

in his 'judgment tho public interests may require

lor tho purpose ol carrying into tiled the act entitled "An act making appropriations for a customhouse, in the city of New York, and for other purposes," passed tho thirteenth day of July, in the

year one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-two. Approved, June 30th, 183 1.

(Public . biU

AN ACt for changing the term of tho District

Conrt for the Western District of Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re

presentatives of the United Suites of America in Congress assembled. That tho term of the District Court of the United States for tho Western District of Louisiana, shall hereafter commence and be holden on the third Momhy of March in each and every year, instead of the time heretofore appointed by law, and the court shall then bo holden under the powers, duties, rules, and regulations heretofore prescribed by law. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all process, pleadings, motions, suits and business, heretofore begun, pending, and undetermined, shall stand continued, valid adjourned over to tho said next term cf said court, to bo hclden on the said third Monday in March next, then to be proceeded in, as if regularly icturnabl-: to, notified, or set, for that term. Aituovei), June 30ih, 1831.

(Public Xo. 6G.) AN ACT concerning tonnage duty on Spanish vessels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the first day of March next, Spanish vcsssels coming from tho Island of Cuba, or Porto Rico, cither directly or after touching at any port or place shall pay in the ports of the United States such further tonnage duty in addition to the tonnage dutv which may bo

payable under any other law as shall bo equivalent to the amount of discriminating duty that would have been imposed on the cargoes imported in the said vessels, respectively ; if the same had been exported from the port of Havana in American bottoms Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That beforo

any such vessel shalf be permitted to clear out or depart from a port of the United States with a cargo which shall be directly or indirectly destined to either of the said islands the said vessel shall pay such further tonnage duty as shall be equivalent to the amount of discriminating dutv tint would be

(Public Jo. 90.) AN ACT to prohibit the corporations of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, from issuing promissory notes or bills of any denomination less than ten dollars after the period therein mentioned, and for the gradual withdrawal from circulation of all such notes or bills. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall not be lawful for the corporations of Washington, Georgetown, or Alexandria, in tho District of Columbia, or either of them, after tho first day of March, eighteen

hundred and thirty-nine, to issue any promissory note or bill of a less denomination than ten dollars. Provided, that it shall not be lawful for either of tho Corporations aforesaid to make or

issue any new promissory nolo or bill, after the passage of this act, of a less denomination than ten dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That each and all tho corporations aforesaid shall annually withdraw from circulation and destroy promissory notes or bills respectively issued by cither of them of a less denomination than ten dollars, so as to effect a reduction of one fifth per annum of the amount which each corporation may havo in circulation of the said notes or bills; and render an account at each session to Congress, bhowing the amount withdrawn and extinguished as aforesaid, and the balance still in circulation.

iw xiii: ruKMiuNr or i in: r.m:i snn or AMEUICA. A PROCLAMATION. WncnEA a Treaty of Navigation nnd Commerce, between the United States of America and hi3 Majesty the Fmperor of till tho Russias, together with a separate article thereto, was concluded and .signed at St. Petersburg on tho sixth (eighteenth) day of December, in tho year cf our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, which treaty aud separate article arc, word for word, as follows: tn the name of the most Holy and Indivisible Trinity: Tho United States of America, and Ins Majesty tho Lmperor of all tho Russias, equally animated witli tho desire of maintaining the relations of

good understanding, which have hitherto so happily subsisted between their respectivo States, and of extending and consolidating the commercial intercourse between them, havo agreed to enter into negotiations for tho conclusion of a treaty of navigation andcommctcc: For which purposo tho President of tho United States has conferred full jowers op James Buchanan, their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near his Imperial Majesty; and his Majesty tho Lmperor of all the Russias lias conferred like powers on tho Sicur Charles Robert Count do Nessclrode, hij Vice- Chancellor, Kuight of tho Orders of Russia, and of many others, &c: and the aid Plenipotentiaries having exchanged their full powers, found in good and duo form, hive concluded' and signed the following .articles : Auticm: r. There shall bo between the territories of the High Contracting Parties, a reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation. Tho inhabitants of their respective States shall, mutually, havo

iberty to enter 1 ho ports, places, and revets of the crritorics of each party, wherever foreign com-

morco is permitted. They shall be nt liberty to

sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever cf naid

territories, in order to attend to their nlLus, aud thoy shall enjoy, to tint effect, the Fame security and protection us natives of tho country wherein

they reside, on condition of their submitting to the

hws and ordinances there prevailing, nnd particularly to the regulations in force concerning com

merce.

Ahticli: ii. Russian vcrsels urriiusi either la

den or in ballast, in the ports of tho United States of America ; nnd reciprocally, vessels of the United

states arming, cither laden or in ballast, in tho

ports of tho Lmpiru of Russia, tlnll bo treated, on their entrance, during their ttay, nnd at their departure, upon iho same footing txs national vessels, coming fiom the samo place, with rrs-pect to the duties of tonnage. In regard to light house duties, pilotage, and port charges, s well as to tho fees and perquisites of public officers, nnd all other duties and charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied upon vessels of commerce, in thenamo or to tho profit of tho government, the local nuthorities, or of any private establishments whatsoever, tho High Contracting Parties tdiall reciprocally treat each other upon the footing of the most favored nations with whom they have not treaties now actually in force, u gulating the said duties and charges on the basis of an entire reciprocity. Ap.ricLE m. All kinds of merchandise and trticlcs of commerce, which may be law fully imported into' the ports of the Umpire of Russia in Russian vessels, may, also, bo so imported in vessels of tho United States of America, without paying other or higher duties or chaigcs, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name, or to tho profit, of tho government, the local au

thentic?, or ot any private estallishuicnt whatsoever, than if the samo men-handle cr aitieh s of commerce had been imported in Ruscian vessels. And reciprocally, all kind of merchandise and articles of commerce, which may be lawfully imported into tho pons of tho United States of Ametica, in vessels of the mid States, tnay,r.lso, be so imported in Russian vessels, without paying other or higher duties or charges, cf whatever kind cr denomination, levied in tho name, or to the profit of the government, tho local i.ulhcrilics, or cf any private establishment whatsoever, than if tho samo merchandise cr articles of commerce had been imported in vessels of the United States of America. Auticlp. iv. It is understood that the stipulations contained in the two preceding silicic?, arc, to their full extent, applicable to Russian vessel and their cargoes, ai riving in the ports cf tho Uniticd States of America; and reciprocally, to vessel of tho said Slates and their cargoes, arm ing in tho ports of the Umpire of Russia, whether the said vessels clear directly from the ports of the country to which they respective ly belong, cr from the porta of any other foreign country. . . Auticlu v. All kind of tin rchandiso aud articles of commerce, which rnay be lawfully exported from the ports of the United States i f America in national vessels, may, also, be exported thcicfrc-m m Russian vessels without paying other or higher duties or charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name, or to the profit of the government, the local authorities, or of any private establishments whatsoever, than if the same mer

chandise cr articles of commerce, had been exported in vessels of the United States c f America. .i it iii . i . r iv. . t .

;na reciprocally, an iunu or uieicnauuiM: auu arti

clcs of commerce, which may be lawlully exported

from the porta of the Umpire of Russia in national vessels, may also bo exported therefiom in vessels of tho United States of America, without paying other cr higher duties cr charges of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name, or to tho profit of the government, tho local authorities, or cf any private establishments whatsoever, than if the samo merchandise or articles of commerce luul been exported in Russian vessel?. Ahticli: vx. No higher or other duties hall bo imposed on tho importation into the United States, of any article, tho produce or manufacture of Russia: and no higher or other duties shall be iuiposcd

jon the importation into the Umpire cf Riu'sia, of