Chapter CLXIII. to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Current and Contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with various Indian Tribes, for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight
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Chap. CLXIII.— An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Current and Contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with various Indian Tribes, for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.June 14, 1858. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following sums be, andAppropriation. they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying deficiencies in the appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes:
For restoring and maintaining, by peaceable measures, friendly relationsOregon Territory. with the Indian tribes in Oregon Territory, or so much thereof as may be necessary for expenditure during the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, two hundred and sixty-four thousand dollars. For payment to such Cherokees as were omitted in the census takenCherokees omitted in census taken by D. W. Siler.1848, ch. 118, § 4.Vol. ix. p. 264. by D. W. Siler, but who were included and paid under the act of July, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, the same per capita allowance that was paid the other Indians under that distribution, provided the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall be satisfied they ought to be included in said per capita distribution, three thousand two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty-two cents.
For contingencies of the Indian department, or so much thereof as mayContingencies of Indian department.363THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 163. 1858. be required for expenditure during the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, twenty-five thousand dollars. For indemnity to George W. Siddham, a Creek Indian, for propertyIndemnity to George W. Stidham. stolen from him and injured by a citizen of the United States, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For general incidental expenses of the Indian service in the TerritoryIncidental expenses in Washington Territory. of Washington, or so much thereof as may [be] required during the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, sixteen thousand dollars. *Senecas of New York.*—For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-fiveSenecas of New York.1840, ch. 34, § 2.Vol. ix. p. 35. thousand dollars, at five per centum, per act of twenty-seventh June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand dollars.
For payment of the difference in salaries of the agents for the SiouxSalaries of certain Indian agents.1857, ch. 90, § 2.*Ante*, p. 185. and Seminole Indians, for the Omaha agency, for the Kickapoo agency, for the Kansas agency, and for the Neosho agency, between the rates as fixed previous to the act of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and the rate authorized by said act from the third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, to the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, three thousand nine hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-eight cents.
For compensation of one clerk in the Indian office, employed to enableClerk in the Indian office.1855, ch. 207, § 7.Vol. x. p. 702. the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the regulations prescribed to give effect to the seventh section of the act of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, granting bounty lands to Indians, fourteen hundred dollars. For compensation of two extra clerks, employed to carry out the treatyExtra clerks. with the Chickassaws in the adjustment of their claims, two thousand eight hundred dollars.
For defraying the expenses of the several expeditions against Ink-pa-du-tah’sExpeditions against Ink-pa-du-tah’s band. band, and in the search, ransom, and recovery of the female captives taken by said band in eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; the amounts to be ascertained and paid, on satisfactory proof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That none of the money herein appropriatedClaims herein, from Oregon and Washington Territories, not to be paid until audited and stated by a commissioner to be sent there.Appointment and pay of commissioner.Duties. to the Indian service in the Territories of Oregon and Washington shall be paid, until the claims which they are intended to satisfy shall have been audited and stated by a commissioner to be sent to the said Territories by the Secretary of the Interior, and approved by the said secretary.
The said commissioner shall be appointed as soon as may be practicable by the Secretary of the Interior, to receive a compensation of eight dollars a day and his actual travelling expenses whilst engaged in the service herein prescribed. And it shall be the duty of the said commissioner to examine the vouchers, and to take testimony, if necessary, in regard to the claims or accounts which may be presented against the government, and to report the result of his investigations, and his opinion thereupon, to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall pay such claims, if he approves them, so far as the appropriations herein made shall be sufficient for the purpose.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That in executing process in theIn executing process in the Indian country, marshal may employ *posse comitatus*.Pay of *posse*. Indian country, the marshal be authorized to employ a posse comitatas, not exceeding three persons in any of the States respectively, to assist in executing process by arresting and bringing in prisoners from the Indian country, and to allow them three dollars per diem in lieu of all expenses and services. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the superintendent and agentsSuperintendent, &c. within the Texas superintendency to be appointed, &c. as others are. within the superintend[en]cy of Texas shall be hereafter appointed in the same manner as other superintendents and agents, appointed and confirmed.
Approved, June 14, 1858.