Proviso. range two east, at the minimum price of the public lands: Provided, Said entries shall be made within six months from the passage of this act. Approved, March 3, 1847. intendencies, &c. 133. CHAP. 66.—AN ACT to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the better organization of the department of Indian affairs," and an act entitled "An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and for other purposes. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asLimit of super- sembled, That the limits of each superintendency, agency, agencies, &c. to and sub-agency shall be established by the Secretary of War, be established. either by tribes or geographical boundaries; and the superintendents, agents, and sub-agents shall be furnished with Offices & houses offices for the transaction of the public business, and the for superinten. dents, agents, agents and sub-agents with houses for their residences, at the expense of the United States; and, with the assent of the Indians, be permitted to cultivate such portions of land as the President or Secretary of War may may deem proper. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the twentieth section of the "act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers," See vol. 9, p. approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, be, and the same is hereby so amended, that, in addition to the fines thereby imposed, any person who shall sell, exchange or barter, give, or dispose of, any sirituous liquor of wine to an Indian, in the Indian country, or who shall inPenalty for introduce, or attempt to introduce, any sirituous liquor or wine troducing into into the Indian country, except such supplies as may be the Indian coun- necessary for the officers of the United States and the troops spirituous of the service, under the direction of the War Department, such person, on conviction thereof, before the proper district court of the United States, shall in the former case be subject to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, and in the latter case not exceeding one year, as shall be prescribed by the court, according to the extent and criminality of the offence. And in all prosecutions arising under this section, and under the twentieth section of the act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers, approved June thirtieth, Indians made eighteen hundred and thirty-four, to which this is an amendment, Indians shall be competent witnesses. try and selling quors. competent wit nesses. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the eleventh section of the "act to provide for the better organization of the department of Indian affairs," approved June thirtieth, eigh Annuittes, heads of fami teen hundred and thirty-four,* be, and the same is hereby, so *See vol. 9, p. amended as to provide that all annuities or other moneys, 130. and all goods, stipulated by treaty to be paid or furnished to goods, &c. may any Indian tribe, shall, at the discretion of the President or be paid over to Secretary of War, instead of being paid over to the chiefs, lies. or to such persons as they shall designate, be divided and paid over to the heads of families and other individuals entitled to participate therein, or with the consent of the tribe be applied to such purposes as will best promote the happiness and prosperity of the members thereof, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, not inconsistent with existing treaty stipulations. And no such annuities, or moneys, or goods, shall be paid or distri- No annuities, buted to the Indians while they are under the influence of moneys or goods any description of intoxicating liquor, nor while there are good and sufficient reasons for the officers or agents, whose in a state of induty it may be to make such payments or distribution, for toxication. believing that there is any species of intoxicating liquor within convenient reach of the Indians, nor until the chiefs and headmen of the tribe shall have pledged themselves to use all their influence and to make all proper exertions to prevent the introduction and sale of such liquor in their country; and all executory contracts made and entered into by any Indian for the payment of money or goods shall be deemed and held to be null and void, and of no binding effect whatsoever. to be distributed to Indians while continued. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after One clerkship the thirtieth day of June next, one of the clerkships of a of $1000 disthousand dollars in the office of Indian affairs shall be discontinued, and that to the salary of chief clerk of said office Salaries of two there shall be added the sum of one hundred dollars, and to clerkships inone of the salaries of a thousand dollars the sum of two creased. hundred dollars. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in aid of the means now possessed by the department of Indian affairs through its existing organization, there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars, to enable the $5,000 approsaid department, under the direction of the Secretary of priated for staWar, to collect and digest such statistics and materials as rical objects. may illustrate the history, the present condition, and future prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States. tistical & histo sents to Caman. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That for the purchase of presents for the Camanche and other Indians of Texas and the southwestern prairies, promised them in eighteen $20,000 approhundred and forty-six, and for the same object the present priated for preyear, the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same che and other is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not wild tribes. otherwise appropriated: Provided, That so much of this Proviso. amount, not exceeding one-half, as may be found necessary and two inter on a proper settlement of the account of Messrs. Terry and brothers, be paid to them for presents which they advanced in the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, the War Department not having the authority to furnish them. Compensation SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That for compensation for special agent of a special agent and two interpreters for one year, to enpreters. able the War Department to keep up such a communication with the said Indians as may be necessary towards the preservation of a good understanding with them, and securing Appropriation peace on the frontier, the sum of three thousand six hundred to carry into ef- and fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out fect treaty with Camanches. of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and that the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to carry into effect the treaty with the Cumanche and other tribes of Indians. Expenses of SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six commission un- thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated der the Chero out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, kee treaty. and placed at the discretion of the President to defray the expenses of the commission now sitting under the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians of eighteen hundred and thirty-five and six. Approved, March 3, 1847. tolls on the James River. CHAP. 67-AN ACT giving the consent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia authorizing the levy of tolls on the James river. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asAssent of Con- sembled, That the consent of Congress be, and the same is gress given to hereby, given to an act passed by the General Assembly of an act of legis the State of Virginia, on the fifth day of March, eighteen lature of Virgi nia authorizing hundred and forty-six, entitled "An act to incorporate a the collection of company to remove the bars in James river between the city of Richmond and Bermuda Hundred," and that the authority as conferred by the said act on the company thereby created, to demand and receive the tolls therein specified on vessels navigating the said river, "on condition only that the same shall have been made navigable in any season at high water from Rochell's landing at the city of Richmond to Bermuda Hundred, in the county of Chesterfield, by vessels drawing eleven feet and an half foot water," be, and the same is hereby, sanctioned and confirmed: Provided, however, and this assent is given on that express condition, that Congress may, at any time hereafter, repeal or modify the provisions of this act. Proviso. Approved, March 3, 1847. CHAP. 68.-AN ACT for the relief of the administrators of Joseph Edson, deceased, late marshal of the district of Vermont. the amount of marshal, &e. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is $424 91 to be hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid to the paid him, being administrators of Joseph Edson, deceased, late marshal of certain fees due the district of Vermont, out of any money in the Treasury him while U. S. not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred and twenty-four dollars and ninety-one cents, being the amount of fees due him on certain executions in favor of the United States, which were executed by him while marshal aforesaid; and which fees were charged by him in his account, and disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department. Approved, March 3, 1847. CHAP. 69.-AN ACT for the relief of Francis Summerauer. lowed him. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War place the name of Fran- Pension of $8 cis Summerauer on the invalid pension roll, and pay him at per month althe rate of eight dollars per month for and during his natural life, commencing from and after the twenty-fifth February, eighteen hundred and forty-six. Approved, March 3, 1847. CHAP. 70.—AN ACT for the relief of the citizens of Beetown, in the Territory of Wisconsin. quantity of land. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the citizens of the town of Beetown, in the Authorized to Territory of Wisconsin, shall be entitled to enter, at the enter a certain proper land office, the northeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter, of section thirty, in township number four north, in range four west, in said Territory, at the minimum price, for the use and benefit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests: Pro- Proviso. vided, That such entry may be made in the name of the corporate authorities of said town; and if said town shall not be incorporated, in the name of the district judge of the district in which such town is situated, in trust for the use and benefit of the citizens of said town, the execution of which trust as to the disposal of the lots in such town, and the proceeds of the sales thereof, to be conducted under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Legislature of the Territory or State of Wisconsin. Approved, March 3, 1847. pay his legal CHAP. 71.-AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Thomas [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asCommissioner sembled, That the Commissioner of Pensions be, and he is of Pensions to hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the legal representrepresentatives atives of Thomas Shields, late a purser in the navy of the a pension up to United States, deceased, a pension up to the twenty-third of August 23, 1842 August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, in conformity with the provisions of the act of Congress approved on the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyseven, entitled "An act for the more equitable administration of the navy pension fund." Approved, March 3, 1847. CHAP. 72.-AN ACT to grant a pre-emption right to the heirs or legal representatives of John Smith T. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asAuthorized to sembled, That the heirs or legal representatives of John Smith enter at the T., the assignee of Jacques St. Vrain, to claim number four, minimum price. so much of the in the report of the commissioners appointed under the act claim No. 4 of of ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, for the adJacques St. Vrain as has justment of private land claims in Missouri, and the act supbeen registered plementary thereto of the second of March, eighteen hundred and located, &c. and thirty-three, be, and the same are hereby, authorized to Proviso. enter, at the minimum price of the public lands, so much of said claim as has been duly registered, located, and laid down on the plats of the public surveys for reservation, under the authority of the laws of the United States: Provided, however, That said entries shall not exceed, in the aggregate, five thousand six hundred acres; and that the said entries shall be made to conform to the surveys and legal subdivisions of the lands of the United States, and to include, as nearly as may be, the reservations as laid down on the plats To be in full sa- aforesaid: And provided, further, That the acceptance of tisfaction of the the permission granted by the provision of this act shall be arpens made to taken in full satisfaction of the grant of ten thousand grant of 10,000 arpens |