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AN ACT for closing certain accounts and making appropriations for arrearages in the Indian De- partment.

 Be eaacted by he Senate and House of Repre- sentatioes of tte Uted Sides of 4ngerica in Con- 8resS assembled, That the of sixty thousand dollars be, and the is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not oth- crwise appropriated, for arrearages in tire Indian Department, the same to be applied to the payment of balances on accounts presented and settled by the proper accounting officer, and actually due, which accrued previous to the first day Of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine and to no other purpose

 SEC. 2. .And De Il further enacted That for the purpose of settling and closing the accounts in the office of the Second Auditor relating Indian af- fairs, prior to the date of January, thousand eight hundred ana twenty mine, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to direct transfers to be made from such balances of moneys heretofore appropriated to carry into effect certain Indian treaties as no longer required for tfeir several objects to the credit of certain other heads of indian expenditure, under which balances accru- sngprevously to the above date remain due to cer- taIn individuals and appear upon the books of the Second Auditor; also to direct similar transfers to De made to and from the several specific heads of contingencies of the Indian Department, pay of a. gents sub-agents and presents to Indians; and al- so of the sum of five thousand and fourteendollars and fifteen cents from the head of subsistence of The army, to the head of Indian expenditure under winch that amount was actually applied and expend

 

 be made unless satisfactorily appear that the spe- clhc expenditure actually made for the service ot Indian affairs, in good faith, hy authorized a. gent of the Government and before the date a. ioresald, and that the balances from which such Transfers are authorized to be made not ee- sary for the specific purpose of their original appro- praton.

 SECTION 3. .fndb i further enacted, That the secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby au- thorized to pay to Mark and R. H. Bean of Arkan- sas, out of any money in the Treasury, not other- wise appropriated. eight thousand seven hundred and forty weight dollars and twenty y-fve cents, for supplies furnished to the emigrant Creek Indians by direction offormer 1ndian agents Propided That the sald Beans shall first present sufficient evidence to the proper accounting officer, that credit was ori- Elnally given by them to the Government of the United States, and that no part of the amount has been received by them, satisfied, directly or in- directly, from the agents through whom they sold or contracted.

 APPROVED, January 27, 1881. Fl