BY THE PRRsTpEsF,

 EDW. LIVINGSTON.

 Secretaz,u of Stdte.
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a4N ACi to provide the means of extend-

 Ing the benefits ofvaccination, as a pre-

 Ventatl7e of the Small Pox, to the In-

 dian tribes, and thereby, as far as pos

 sible, to save them from tie destructive

 raYages efthat disease.

 Be at enoetcd ty Me Senaie and House .o9t Representatives of fhe United States of .4nacrica in Congress assembled, That It shall be the duty of the several h. dian Agentsa and Sub-Agents, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to take such measures as he. shall deem most efficient, to convene the Indian tribes in their respective towns, or in such other places and numbers, and at such seasons as shall be most conve- lnicnt to the Indian population, for the purpose of arresting the progress of small pox among the several tribes by vaccination.

 Sec. ,. ind Jea 5artter enacted, That tae Secretary of War be-. and he here by IS, empowered to employ as many .physieians or Surgeons, from the army or resident on the frontier near the point where there services shall be re qnired as he he .aayy find necessary for the execution of this act and, if necessary, two competent persons to conduct the Physicians to the remote Indians who are infected, or may be in immediate danger of being infected, with small pox, whose compensation shal! be six dollars per day, and six men, whose compensation shall be twenty-five dol lars per month.

 Sec. 3. And be 4 further enaeted, That 1t shall be the duty of the Secretary ol War, to cause all Indian Agents to be supplied with genuine vaccine matter; and all Agents and Sub-Agents shall use all proper means to persuade tie tie Indian population to submit to vaccin- alton.

 Sec. 1. .Andbe t fartler eaacted, That all Agents, Sub gents, ilysicians and Surgeons, employed in the execution o1 this act, shall make monthly returns oI l reports of their proceedings to the Wal I Department. And the Secretary there. l of shall submit to Congress, Of or be. lfore thcfr of February next, a gene. ral report of all proceedings in the premises.

 Sec. 5. ind be | tiartlser e,afscted, That sto carry this act into effect, the sum of twelve thousand dollars be ap. propriated outof any monies in the trea stIry not otherwise appropriated.

 APPROVED, May 5th, I832 g