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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 13 STAT. · April 8, 1864 · Chapter XLVIII

Chapter XLVIII. *to provide for the better Organization of Indian Affairs in California.* April 8, 1864.1865, ch. 122.*Post,* p. 638. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That, from and after the firstCalifornia to constitute one Indian S

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Chap. XLVIII.— An Act *to provide for the better Organization of Indian Affairs in California.* April 8, 1864.1865, ch. 122.*Post,* p. 638. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That, from and after the firstCalifornia to constitute one Indian Superintendency. day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the state of California shall, for Indian purposes, constitute one superintendency, for which there shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a superintendent of Indian 40THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 48. 1864.Superintendent, salary, bond, oath of office.affairs for said superintendency, at a salary of three thousand six hundred dollars per annum, who shall reside at a point within said state, to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, and who, upon executing a bond, upon such terms and such sum as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and taking the usual oath of office, shall have under his control and management, in like manner and subject to like rules and regulations as are prescribed for superintendents of other superintendencies, the Indians and Indian reservations that, are or may hereafter be established in said state: *Provided,* That the superintendent shall be Clerk, salary.authorized to appoint a clerk, at a compensation not to exceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That there shall be set apart by the Indian reservations in California.President, and at Ids discretion, not exceeding four tracts of land, within the limits of said state, to be retained by the United States for the purposes of Indian reservations, which shall be of suitable extent for the Location.accommodation of the Indians of said state, and shall be located as remote from white settlements as maybe found practicable, having due regard to their adaptation to the purposes for which they are intended: *Provided, *Proviso.That at least one of said tracts shall be located in what has heretofore been known as the northern district: *And provided, further,* That if it shall be found impracticable to establish the reservations herein contemplated Improvements in such locations to be purchased, after report to Congress.without embracing improvements made within their limits by white persons lawfully there, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to contract for the purchase of such improvements, al a price not exceeding a fair valuation thereof, to be made under Ids direction.
But no such contract shall be valid, nor any money paid thereon, until, upon a report of said contract and of said valuation to Congress, the same shall be approved and the money appropriated by law for that purpose: Tracts may or may not include present reservations.*And provided, further,* That said tracts to be set apart as aforesaid may, or may not, as in the discretion of the President may be deemed for the best interests of the Indians to be provided for, include any of the Indian reservations heretofore set apart in said state, and that in case any such reservation is so included, the same may be enlarged to such an extent as in the opinion of the President may be necessary, in order to its complete adaptation to the purposes for which it is intended.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the several Indian reservations Reservations not retained to be surveyed and offered for sale.in California which shall not be. retained for the purposes of Indian reservations under the provisions of the preceding section of this act, shall, by the commissioner of the general land-office, under the direction of I he Secretary of the Interior, be surveyed into lots or parcels of suitable size, and as far as practicable in conformity to the surveys of the public lands, which said lots shall, under his direction, be appraised by disinterested persons at their cash value, and shall thereupon, after due advertisement, as now provided by law in case of other public lands, be offered for sale at public outcry, and thence afterward shall be held subject to sale al private entry, according to such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior Minimum price.may prescribe: *Provided,* That no lot shall be disposed of at less than the appraised value, nor at less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per Sale, how conducted.acre: *And provided, further,* That said sale shall be conducted by the register and receiver of the land-office in the district in which such reservation or reservations may be situated, in accordance with the instructions of the department regulating the sale of public lands.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the United Agent for each reservation.States be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and con-sent of the Senate, to appoint an Indian agent for each of the reservations which shall be established under the provisions of this act, which said Residence, duties.agent shall reside upon the reservation for which he shall be appointed, and shall discharge all the duties now or hereafter to be required of Indian agents by law, or by rules and regulations adopted, or to be THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 49. 1864.41adopted, for the regulation of the Indian service, so far as the same may be applicable. Each of the agents appointed as aforesaid shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give bond in such penalties and withBond of agents. such conditions and such security as the President or Secretary of the Interior may require, and shall hold Ids office for the term of four years,Term of office, salary. unless sooner removed by tire President, and shall receive an annual salary at the rate of eighteen hundred dollars.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That there may be appointed, in the manner prescribed by law, for each of said reservations, if in the opinionPhysician, blacksmith, farmer, carpenter, &c.Pay. of the Secretary of the Interior the welfare of said Indians shall require it, one physician, one blacksmith, one assistant blacksmith, one farmer, and one carpenter, who shall each receive compensation at rates to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding fifty dollars per month.
Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That hereafter, when it shall becomeReservations, how to be surveyed. necessary to survey any Indian or other reservations, or any binds, the same shall be surveyed under the direction and control of the general land-office, and as nearly as may be in conformity to the rules and regulations under which other public lands are surveyed. Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* That all Indian agents shall resideIndian agents to reside where; not to visit Washington except, &c. at their respective agencies, and shall in no case be permitted to visit the city of Washington except when ordered to do so by the commissioner of Indian affairs.
And it is hereby made the duty of the said commissioner to report all cases of the violation of this section to the President, with the request that the agents disregarding the provisions herein contained be at once removed from office. Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted,* That all acts or parts of acts in conflictRepealing clause. with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and all offices and employments connected with Indian affairs in CaliforniaOffices, &c., abolished. not provided for in this act be, and the same are hereby, abolished.
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