332 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 167. 1854. For defraying the expenses of continuing the removal and subsistence Removal of on of Indians in California, three military reservations, in accordance with K*`<>¤‘¤i¤ I¤<H¤¤¤· uw plan submitted by the Superintendent of Indian Affairs of that SMG, and approved by the President, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That, hereafter, no more than twenty thousand dollars 1855, ch- 204- shall be drawn by the superintendent, 01* be ill IHS hands unexpendcd at Su;,.m,,·,,,, one and the same time: And provtded, The sub—agents created by this act shall be appointed by the superintendent, subject to eontirmation by the Secretary of the Interior not to exceed one for each reservation, nor three in all, said reservations to contain not less than five nor more than ten thousand acres; and the said superintendent is authorized to apply, out of the sum hereby appropriated, not exceeding twenty-Eve thousand dollars, in the extinguishment of coniiicting titles and rights to said reserved lands, at a price not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents Promo pei- acre, for a valid and indefeasible title to the land so purchased: Ami ' provided, The State of California shall cede the necessary jurisdiction in such cases with regard to the land so purchased; Coutingeucigg For general incidental expenses of the Indian service in California, in California embracing expenses of travel of the superintendent and agent, etc., twenty-five thousand dollars ; David Gum. For payment to David Carter, as an emigrant, of the amount of his improvements, valued under the treaty with the Cherokees, in eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, in pursuance of the sixth article thereof, two thousand eight hundred and twenty-six dollars and fifty cents ; A_ v_ Bmw, For payment to A. V. Brown and others, Chickasaw traders, for mnand others. som of George W. and Meredith Wilson from the Comanche Indians, anddto reward the services of persons engaged in that service, one thou~ san dollars; To enable the President to negotiate a treaty with the Indians in Treaties_ piphigan, and to change the terms of existing treaties, ten thousand 0 ars. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Disbummen: Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, it} in his judgment, the public €i€);h<;‘;_P{>l§gPd¤· interest will be promoted thereby, to cause to be disbursed such of the Umm moneys appropriated in this act for the Utah Indians, either under treaty stipulations, or for general incidental expenses, by the Indian Agent in Pmvito. that Territory, as he may think proper: Provided, That said agent shall, under no circumstances, receive any additional compensation therefor. Sec. 5. And be ttfurther enacted, That the President be, and lic Survey and is hereby, authorized and required to cause to be fulfilled the stipulations
- ll¢;*t¤;1°§;d<;£ of the ninth and tenth articles of the treaty with the Saes and Foxes, and
tight, wm, Sm other tribes of Indians, concluded on the fifteenth of July, one thousand and Foxes. eight hundred and thirty, by causing said reserved tracts to be surveyed and alloted to the persons properly entitled to the same, in fee simple, in Vol. vii. p. 828. such manner and under `such rules and regulations as he may prescribe; and to defray the expenses of the same, there be, and is hereby, appro- - priated the sum of ten thousand nine hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-nine cents. · Sec. 6. And be dt further enacted, That the President of the h£¢l<u¤°¤¤% United States be, and lie is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice M asm S' and consent of the Senate, to appoint two Indian Agents for the Indians east of the Rocky Mountains, in addition to the eleven provided for by the fourth section of the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department} ctc., 1851,eh.14. approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-one ; one Indian Agent for the Indians in the Territory of New Mexico, in addition to the four provided for by the fifth section of the same act; and such number of Indian Agents, not exceeding three, as he may deem expedient for the Indian tribes in the Territory of Wasliiiigton.
