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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 10, 15. 1854. 599 power to cause said annuities to be commuted, from time to time, for such articles of goods, provisions, stock, cattle, implements of agriculture, the clearing and fencing of land, and the erection of buildings and other improvements, as, in his discretion, will ccnduce most to promote their comfort, civilization, and permanent welfare. Third. All the benefits and privileges granted to said Indians shall be extended to and enjoyed by the mixed bloods belonging to or connected with the tribe, and who shall permanently reside on the ceded lands. Fourth. The laws of the United States and the Territory of Minnesota shall be extended over the Chippewa territory in Minnesota whenever the same may be ceded, and the same shall cease to be “Indian country/’ except that the lands reserved to said Indians, or other property owned by them, shall be exempt from taxation and execution; and that the act passed thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, " to regulate trade 183% °h· 161- ancl intercourse with the Indian tribes," etc., be inoperative over the said ceded territory, except the twentieth section, which prohibits the introduction and sale of spirituous liquors to Indians. Fifth. The President shall have power to prescribe and enforce such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the foregoing provisions, as he may deem necessary for the effectual execution of the purposes of this act, which said rules and regulations shall be annually reported to Cougress. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of defraying Appropriation. the expenses of said negotiations, the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, December 19, 1854. CHAP. X. — An Act to authorize the issue of Patents to Lands in any State or Territory, in Dec. 22, 1854. certain Cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United i States of America in Congress assembled, That in case of any claim to land in any State or Territory which has heretofore been confirmed by law, and in which no provision is made by the confirmatory statute for Patents mgssm, the issue of patents, it shall and may be lawful, where surveys for the for nllkmdshcrcland have been or may hereafter be made, to issue patents for the claims *°f°"° gm“t°d’ so confirmed, upon the presentation to the Commissioner of the General Land-Oilice of plats of survey thereof, duly approved by the surveyorgeneral of any State or Territory, if the same be found correct by the said commissioner: Provided, That such patents shall only operate as a pggift °f th° relinquishment of title ou the part of the United States, and shall in no manner interfere with any valid adverse right, if such exist., to the same land, nor be construed to preclude a legal investigation and decision by the proper judicial tribunal between adverse claimants to the same land. Approved, December 22, 1854. CHAP. XV. ——An Act to suppress the Circulation of Small Notes, as rz Currency, in Hu-: Dec. 27, 1854. District of Columbia. ---·---——- Be it enacted by the Senate and fbuse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if any person or persons, PGM1W for ,s_ body politic or corporate, within the District of Columbia, shall make, suing &b., bills emit, issue, utter, sign, draw, or endorse any bank note, promissory note, f°*`1°¤5 mm $5- or any instrument of writing, for the payment or delivery of money, or other valuable thing, or of any thing purporting to be a valuable thing, of a less amount than five dollars, to be used as a paper currency, or as a circulating medium, either as money, or in lieu of money or of any other currency, every such person, and every member, officer, or agent of such