Tpublic-No. III
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Tpublic--No. 17.l


AN ACT making appropriations for the Indian


Department for the year one thousand eight


hundred and twentyseven.


Be il enacted 6y the SsnGtc and House OF
Representatives. of The United States cf n
merica in Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and the same are hereby, ap-
propriated, to wit.


For the pay of the Superintendent of Indian
Affairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian A
gents, as established by law, thirty'one thousand
dollars.


For the pay of Sub.Agents, as established by
law, fifteen thousand ore hundred dollars.


For presents. to Indians authorized by act OF
one thousand eight hundred and two, fifteen
thousand dollars.


For defraving the expenccs of holding treaty
with the Cherokee Indians, for the purpose OF
extinguishing their claim to lands within the lin
its ofthe State of N. Carona and also for the pur-
pose OF extingushing their claim to as much land
as will be necessary for canal to connect the
Hghwasse and Canasaga with each other, the
sum of ten thousand dollars.


For the contingent ezpcnces, nnety-fivc thou
sand dollars


To nav for rations delivered to the Florida In
dians by BENJAMIN Chaires, under contract
with the United States, in fuhimcnt OF the
stpulations of TIE Treaty of the eighteenth OF
| September, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty-.hrce, seven thousand nine hundred
and forty.seyen dollars ami iifty-nine cents.


SEC. 9. Ind be il Jur!icr e'actcd, That the
provision heretofore made for CARRYING into e.
fect the Treaty of the second and third OF June,
one thousand eight hundred and tweniy-hvc,
with the Usage and kanAls nations OF Indians,
Shall be and the saucis hereby, modified 50 as
To read 'ior the payment Of the annuit!cs to the
Usage and Kansas Indians, AS provided for by the
third article ofSaid Treaties, Of seven thousanl
dollars to the former, and three thousand five
Hundred dollars to thelattcr, annually, Tor twcn'
IS years, ten thousand five hundred dollars,


SIC 8. Ind be II frther eHcatfd, That the
several SUMS hereby appropriated Shall be pad
out Of any money in the Treasury not other8isc
appropriated: Proridcd, hoycrer, 1hhno money
appropriated by this act shall be paid TO any per
son, for his compensation, who is in arrears e
i the United States. until such person shall have
accounted for, and paid into the Treasury OF tiit
United States, all sums for which he may BE- LA
blc Protidtd alec, That nothing IN this scc'ioI
contained shall be construed to extend 10 bAian
ces arising solely from the depreciation OF Treas
uly Notes, received by ich person, to he ex-
pended in the public service but in all case.
where the pay or salary of any person is with
held, i'll pursuance Of this act, it shall be The
duty of the accounting officer, if demanded by
the party, his agent or attorney, to report, forth
with, to the Agent of tho Treasury Department
| the balance due and It shall be the duty of tht
said Agent, within sixty days the retter, 10 oi.le
suit to bo commenced against such denquen
and his surctes.


4 Approved March 2, 1897.