THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 20. 1851. 587 S20. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President be authorized, Indian agents by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint four agents *°’ N"' M°**°°· for the Indians in the territory of New Mexico, and one agent for those in the territory of Utah, who shall receive an annual salary each of {-if. For Utah. teen hundred and fiily dollars, and perform all the duties of agent to such Indians or tribes, as shall be assigned them by the Superintendents of Indian Affairs for these territories respectively, under the direction of the President, or the Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Sm:. 6. And be it fi¢rther enacted, That the superintendents and Superintendagents to be appointed under the provisions of this act, before entering €;‘*$.v;”,;1°m¤“ upon the duties of their respective offices, shall give bond in such pen- gl altics and with such security, as the President or Secretary of the Interim- may require, and shall hold their offices respectively for the term fo;£°y);g;g °m°° of four years. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all the laws now in force, Former appli- , regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, or such provis- dl“;;° ions of the same as may be applicable, shall be, and the same arc here- Mum and by, extended over the Indian tribes in the Territories of New Mexico Utah- W) and Utah. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirticth Salaries nt inday of J unc next, the salaries of interpreters lawfully employed in the *°’P’°“°"·
ervicc of the United States, in California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico, shall be five hundred dollars per annum,` and of- all so employed
elsewhere, four hundred dollars. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the chief clerk in the ofdcc Chief elm-k_m of Indian aifairs shall be allowed a salary equal to that of the chief ;g:,f8°f I“d’““ clerk of any other bureau, and that the appointment of four additional omg, ,,;,,,ks_ clerks in said officc bc, and is hereby authorized, two of whom shall be allowed a salary of sixteen hundred dollars each, one a salary of fourteen hundred dollars, and one a salary of twelve hundred dollars, and that the payment of the salary of fourteen hundred dollars to one of the clerks in No clerk to be said office out of the Chickasaw fund be discontinued, and that said E’§?·k:;’m,. 1:%** salary be hereafter paid out of the treasury of the United States. Nor c W u ' shall further payments be made out of said fund to any clerk or clerks in any of the executive offices. For payment of per diem of a special agent at a ratc not to exceed Specialageqc to four dollars per day, and expenses of transportation, for the purpose of ?:{'h;€,é;'g;‘;° paying off Indians in the old States, and particularly the North Carolina ' Indians, their removal and subsistence fund under the order and instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury, one thousand dollars. Ammovmn, February 27, 1851. Can. XX.-An Act to reduce and modify the Rates of Postage in the United March 3, 1851. States, and for other Purposes. (lr) Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ’ United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after Ram of postthe thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-cnc, in lieu of the *8* °“ l°"°°"• rates of postage now established by law, there shall be charged the following rates, to wit:-—-For every single letter in manuscript, or paper of any kind, upon which information shall be asked for, or communicated, in writing, or by marks or signs, conveyed in the mail for any distance between places within the United States, Dot éxccedmg three thousand miles, when the postage upon such letter shall have (¤) Bee notes in vol. pp. 6, 139, 140, 146, 652, and acts of 1834, ch. 161 ; 1847, ch. 66. (b) See note in vol. ii. 592, & acts of 1845, ch. 43 & 69; 1846, ch. 25, § 3; 1847, ch. 63; 1848,ch.79; ch. l21,§ 10; ch. 175,§3_; 1849, ch. 104; 1850, ch. 75, § 2.
