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NJ" 6l AN ACT to enable the President of the United
Si,tes 10 hoi treaty Sith the Chippewas, Ottawas,
it'awalhaa', Winnetagoes, Fox and Sacs nations OK
Ind ans


He i ennciedby the Syncte and House Of Re-
prpSentoiires Of tie Uhited Stofcs Of .3mer,ca iE
Congress .Issemblea, That the Of fifteen thou.
sand collars be, and the same is hereby appropri-
ated to detray the expenses of treating with the
Chippewas, Ottawas, Pattawatimas, Winnebasoes,
F"X and Sacs ra,nns Of indians, for the purpose
OF ex'ngnlshng their titles to lands within the
state OF Illinois and the Territory OF Michigan sit
uated between the Illinois river and the Lead Mines
on Fever river, and in the vicinity of said Lead
MINES, and. also, certain reservations on the South
Fast border Of Lake Michigan; and that the Pre-.
sGent OF the Uunited States, it he shall deem il
eSpedlent, may apply part OF the aforesaid ap-
pFcptiation, for the purpose Of holding Treatg
WITH the Choctaw nation of Indians, to extnguisf.
thelr title to the tract of land, which lies in the
Territory Of Arkansas, east Of the Western Boun-
Diary lne Of SAID Territory the said sum to be
paid out Of any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated.


Seq. q .7nd be it further enacted, That, For the
purpose oi negotiating said Treaty, on the part OF
the United States the President shall be- and he is
hereby, authorized to appoint Commissioners, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
as soon as practicable, and to fix their compensa
on. so AS not to exceed what has been heretofore
allowed for like services.


4. STEVENSON,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives.
S. SMITH,
President of he Senate, pro tempores


Arpr4sed-2ith May, 1873.


JOHN QUINCY ADAMs