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374 '1‘rn.n xxvm.—INDIANS.—()u. 4. by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than twenty-one years, nor less than two years. _ _ _ The laws dean- Sec. 2144. _ he general laws of the United States defining land pre-

1% ggéegzzsggi schgping pténishtmeiitsdfor forgery and for depredations upon the mails,

on mails, extended S exam to 9 n mn coun ry` I d'a t . w3hli1irH dx,,; 204, s. 8, v. 10, p. 7(X). - General laws as Sec. 2145. Except as to crimes the punishment of wl1ich is expressly

  • °, Punlshmgzgg provided for in this Title, general laws of the United States as to the

¥':('£§:°§§;" punishment of crimes committed in any place within_ the sole and excluwryie- sive jurisdilctionhtgflthle UnitedtStates, except the District of Columbia, °°°· ·°· s all exten to t n ian coun ry. 161, s. 25, v. 4, p. 733. 27 Mar., 1854, c. 26, s. 3, v. 10, p. 270.-U. S. 1-. Rogers, 4 How., 567. E¤¤¤pti<>q¤ to Sec. 2146. The receding section shall not be construed to extend to 3:* °P°"“,£°“_;f [crimes committed) by one Indian against_ the person or property of uf; K another Indian, nor to] any Indian committing any offense_ in the Indian

 countr who has been punished by the loml law of the  or to any

%,s.3,r.1I), .270. case where, by treaty stipulations, the exclusive yurxsdiction over suc 8018 Q`?. 1%% ¢‘· offenses is or may be secured to the Indian tribes respectively. , T. , '. . Removsil of per- Sec. 2147. The superintendent of Indian afairs, and the Indian agents suns- and sub-agents, shal haveauthority to remove from the Indian country "";g§E,,; IQ? all rsons found therein contrary to law; and the President is authorized 101,s.10,v.4,p.730. to dlcrect the military force to be employed in such removal. Penalty for re- Sec. 2148. lf any person who has been removed from the Indian lm- 1856 country shall thereafter at any time return or be found within the Indian 12;8S4;1€;'»l Lpés; country, he shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars. Remoyal from Sec. 2149. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized and re- ¤=_§_¢]jj¤<>¤¤· uired, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to remove 12 June, ]858, c_ from any tribal reservation any person being therein without authority 155, s. 2, v. 11, p. of law, or whose presence wit in the limits of the reservation may, in 332- the judgment of the Commissioner, be detrimental to the peace and welfare of the Indians; and may employ for the purpose suc force as may be necessary to enable the agent to effect the removal of such person. thEmplcy;ne:t‘of _ Sec. 2150. The military forces of the United States employed P!:h';*;]éin8Y;)H§’: fin suzch manner and under such regulations as the dent may ' n lm? " - . . .

,):5 vm mg me First. _In the apprehension of every person who_may in the Indian

-§6 Ju;m·{é:§··é poantry in violatipn at law; and in conveyipg him ipnmeditacteg fiom J , Q _ n 1an_coun y _ e neares convemen an sa e ron e civi sha? 21 23 V 4 authority oftthe 'I`err1to;·y or ]udicial district in which suchlperson shall be foun , to be proceed against in due course of law: Shecondh Ip me examination and seizure of stores, packages, and boats, au orize y w; Third. In preventing the introduction of persons and pro rty into the Indian country contrary to law; which persons and proppgrty shall beiproceeded ifainst according to law; _ _ · ourth. an also in destroying and breaking u any distillery for manufacturing ardent spirits set up or continued) within the Indian coun ry. Detentionefper- Sec. 2151. No person apprehended by military force under the pre-

b;Pl¥IE?£¤d°d ceding section shall be detained lonper than five days after arrest and

__ _ rl" before removal. All officers and sol iers who ma have any such person Ibid., s. 23. in_ Kustody phall treat him with all the humanity which the circumstances wi perm: . arreecetabscond- Sec. 2152. The superintendents a nts and sub-a nts shall endeavor

)‘;{_},';l:*““ K“'l*Y t0_ procure the arrest and trial of hllgfndians accuseghf committing any

.;0..é_. crime, oiiense, or misdemeanor, and of all other persons who may have lm 2*1;*:. $24.;- committed crimes or oil'enses_with1n any State or Territory, and have my ‘ · · · · tied into the Indian country, either by demanding the same of the chiefs of the proper tribe, or by such other means as the President may author-