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shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, for the opening and construction of the Detroit and Chicago road, the sum of twenty thousand dollars be appropriated, which shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, The said sum shall be expended upon such part of the road as is within the territory of Michigan. And that the opening and construction of the roads provided for by this act shall be done under the direction of the President of the United States.

Approved, March 2, 1827.

Statute ⅠⅠ.



March 2, 1827.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. XLIX.An Act making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties.

Sums, respectively, appropriated.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they hereby are, respectively appropriated, for the purpose of carrying into effect treaties made with Chippewa, Pottawatamie, and Miami tribe of Indians, to wit:

Treaty with the Chippewas.The sum of one thousand dollars, being the sum stipulated for by the sixth article of the treaty of the fifth of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, with the Chippewas.

Annuity to be paid the Pottawatamies.The sum of two thousand dollars, being the annuity to be paid to the Pottawatamies, by the third article of the treaty of the sixteenth of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six.

To carry into effect the same article.The sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, for carrying into effect the same article for the building of a mill.

Schoolmaster, &c., &c.The sum of three thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars, for carrying into effect the stipulations of the same article for the support of a schoolmaster, a blacksmith, a miller, and for the delivery of salt.

Goods to be delivered under the 4th article.The sum of thirty-one thousand four hundred and forty-seven dollars and seventy-one cents, for goods delivered, and to be delivered, under the fourth article of said treaty.

Payment of certain claims.The sum of nine thousand five hundred and seventy-three dollars, for the payment of certain claims which are provided for by the fifth article of said treaty.

Payment of goods delivered to the Miamies.The sum of fifty-seven thousand three hundred dollars, for the payment for goods delivered, and to be delivered, under the fourth article of the treaty of the twenty-third of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, with the Miamies.

Payment of annuities.The sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, for the payment of the annuities, as provided for in the same article of said treaty, the same including and being in lieu of all former annuities.

Provisions of the same article.The sum of eight thousand seven hundred dollars, for carrying into effect the provisions of the same article, for furnishing wagons and oxen, erecting houses, and furnishing cattle and hogs.

Delivery of iron, steel, and tobacco, &c.The sum of one thousand one hundred dollars, for the delivery of iron, steel, and tobacco, and the support of labourers, as provided by the same article.

Payment of certain claims.The sum of seven thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-seven cents, for the payment of certain claims, as provided for by the fifth article of said treaty.

Support of poor and infirm persons.The sum of two thousand dollars, for the support of the poor and infirm persons, and the education of youth of the tribe, as provided for by the sixth article of said treaty.

The sum of twenty-five thousand seven hundred dollars, as provided