Chapter 12.
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CHAP. 12.— An act to reimburse the State of Oregon and State of California and the citizens thereof for moneys paid by said States in the suppression of Indian hostilities during the Modoc war in the years eighteen hundred and seventy-two and eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Jan. 6, 1883. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of thePayment for suppression of Modoc Indian hostilities, Oregon and California.
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the State of Oregon the sum of seventy thousand two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and eight cents, in full for moneys paid by said State in suppressing Modoc Indian hostilities during the Modoc war, and in defending the State from invasion by said Indians, during the years eighteen hundred and seventy-two and eighteen hundred and seventy-three; the said sum of seventy thousand two hundred and sixty-eightAppropriation. dollars and eight cents is hereby appropriated for such purpose out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to the State of California, and to theCalifornia. citizens thereof, or to their heirs, legal representatives, or assignees, the sum of four thousand four hundred and forty-one dollars and thirty-threeAppropriation. cents, for arms, ammunition, supplies, transportation, and services of the volunteer forces in the suppression of Indian hostilities in said State in the years eighteen hundred and seventy-two and eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and as the same were specifically reported to Congress by the Secretary of War December fifteenth, eighteen 400 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 12, 13. 1883. hundred and seventy-four, in his report transmitted to the House of Representatives on the Modoc war-claims of California and Oregon, and as found due and reported to said Secretary by General James A. Hardie, United States Army, November twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four; and said sum is hereby appropriated for the purpose aforesaid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, January 6, 1883.