Chapter CCXXVIII. to provide for the extinguishment of the Indian title to lands lying in the states of Missouri and Illinois, and for other purposes
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Chap. CCXXVIII.— An Act to provide for the extinguishment of the Indian title to lands lying in the states of Missouri and Illinois, and for other purposes. July 14, 1832. *Be it enacted by the Senate, and House, of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Appropriation for extinguishment of Indian title to lands in Missouri and Illinois. That the sum of forty-six thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be applied, under the direction of the President, to the extinguishment of the title of the Kickapoos, Shawanees, and Delawares, of Cape Girardeau, to lands lying in the state of Missouri; and of the Piatikashaws, Weas, Peorias, and Kaskaskias, to lands lying in the state of Illinois; and, for the purpose of defraying all the expenses of treating with, removing, and subsisting, Annuity to the Shawnees, &c.said Indians for one year; for an additional compensation to the Shawnee Indians for their reservation at Wapaughkonitta, in Ohio, an annuity of two thousand dollars per annum, for fifteen years; and, also, the sum of three thousand dollars to defray the expenses of procuring the assent of the Menominee Indians, to the treaty between them and the United Slates, which was provisionally ratified during the present session of Congress.
Sec. 2. Legal representatives of John and James Pettigrew.*And be it further enacted*, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the legal representatives of John Pettigrew and James Pettigrew, the sum of nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, with interest, at the rate of six per centum, from the month of June, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-four, until the time of payment. Sec. 3. Legatees of A. McKnight.*And be it further enacted*, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the legatees of Alexander McKnight the sum of two thousand one hundred and twenty dollars, with interest, at the rate of six per centum, from the month of June, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-four, until the time of payment.
Sec. 4. To be paid from the treasury.*And be it further enacted*, That said sums be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 14, 1832.