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Washington Territory.

New Mexico.

Ottawas Chippewas.

Kinuwais David King.

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For the general incidental expenses of the Indian service in Washington Territory, forty thousand dollars.

For restoring and maintaining peace with Indian tribes in Washington Territory, or so much thereof as may be necessary for expenditure during the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, seventy-nine thousand dollars.

For defraying the expenses of the removal and subsistence of Indians of Washington Territory to the reservations therein, aiding them in procuring their own subsistence, purchase of provisions and presents, and compensation of laborers and necessary employees, sixty thousand dollars : Provided, That a part of said sum, not exceeding four thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars, may, by direction of the Secretary of the Interior, be applied for the payment of the just value of lands, improvements and preemption claims, owned by whites located within the Indian reservation established on the south side of the Commencement Bay, in Washington Territory, for the Puyallup and other bands of Indians, on the relinquishment of said lands, improvements and claims to the United States.

For the general incidental expenses of the Indian service in the Territory of New Mexico, presents of goods, agricultural implements, and other useful articles, and in assisting them to locate in permanent abodes and sustain themselves by the pursuits of civilized life, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

To carry into effect treaties with the OTTAWA AND CHIPPEWA INDIANS, viz.:

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay to Kinuwais or David King, of Carp and Chocolate Rivers, Michigan, the amount designed to have been secured to him in the tenth article of the treaty of twentyVol. vii. p. 494. eighth March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, with the Ottawas and Chippewas, if he shall, on full investigation, be satisfied the same has not been paid, one hundred dollars.

William King. For payment of this amount to William King, in accordance with schedule "C," attached to the treaty with the Six Nations of New York, Vol. vii. p. 550. proclaimed April fourth, eighteen hundred and forty, in accordance with the resolution of the Senate of March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and forty, fifteen hundred dollars.

Indian Pueblos,

For expenses of surveying and marking the external boundaries of in New Mexico, Indian pueblos, in the Territory of New Mexico, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

survey of

Survey of Creek boundary.

Arthur Sizemore.

To complete the survey of the Creek boundary, as required by thetreaty, to be expended under the proper authority, the sum of twentyfour thousand five hundred dollars.

To pay to the legal representatives of Arthur Sizemore, fourteen hundred and twenty dollars, and to the legal representative of John Semi, John Semoice. Simmance, or Semoice, eleven hundred and sixty-three dollars, the said claims being found in the supplementary abstract of additional claims accompanying General Mitchell's report, which arise under the Creek Vol. vii. p. 120. treaty of eighteen hundred and fourteen; the said sums to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

C. M. Hitchcock,
S. Hunter.

For the payment of the claim of C. M. Hitchcock, executor of Colonel executor of A. R. A. R. S. Hunter, for supplies of provisions to the Cherokees, under the authority of Brigadier-General Wool, and of J. R. Schermerhorn, commissioner for negotiating the treaty with the Cherokees, from the twentysixth of March to the sixteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, one thousand two hundred and thirty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.

Baker and Street.

For payment of the value of property of Baker and Street, destroyed in eighteen hundred and fifty-five by the Kioway Indians, to be deducted from the annuities payable to the said Indians fifty dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That hereafter the agents for the Sioux and Seminole Indians, for the Omaha agency, for the Kickapoo agency, for the Kansas agency, and for the Neosho agency, shall receive each an annual salary of one thousand five hundred dollars, instead of the salary of one thousand dollars now allowed by law.

Salaries of

agents.

Their salaries.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in lieu of the provisions for the exercise of the duties of superintendents of Indian affairs in the Ter- Superintendents in Oregon, Washritories of Oregon, Washington, Utah, and New Mexico, as now pro- ington, Utah, and vided by law, the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, New Mexico terby and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one superintendent of ritories. Indian affairs for the Territories of Washington and Oregon, at the annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars; one superintendent of Indian affairs for the Territory of New Mexico, and one for the Territory of Utah, each at the annual salary of two thousand dollars; and that from and after such separation of the duties of said offices, the governor of Washington shall receive the same salary as that paid to the governor of those territories. Oregon; and the governors of Utah and New Mexico shall each receive the salary of twenty-five hundred dollars. The superintendents of Indian Superintendents not to negotiate affairs in the Territories of Oregon, Washington, Utah, and New Mexico, treaties. shall negotiate no treaties with any Indian tribes within said territories, unless instructed thereto by the President of the United States.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That one of the second class clerkships in the Indian bureau shall hereafter be made a third class clerkship, to be designated by the commissioner of Indian affairs.

Salaries of the governors

of

Clerkships in Indian bureau.

Settlement of accounts of Thos.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in settling the accounts of Thomas J. Henly, as superintendent of Indian affairs in California, the J. Henly. accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to allow him the amount of seven hundred and fifty dollars, paid by him to Sanders and Benham for interest upon money advanced by them on account of the Indian service in California, upon his producing satisfactory vouchers for these expenditures. APPROVED, March 3, 1857.

CHAP. XCI.—An Act to establish an additional Land District in the State of Wisconsin. March 3, 1857.

Chippewa Land District consti

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the districts of lands now subject to sale at La Crosse and Hudson, in the State of Wisconsin, as are contained within the following boundaries, shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Chippewa district, to wit: orth of the line dividing townships twenty-four and twenty-five north; tuted. south of the line dividing townships forty and forty-one north; west of the line dividing ranges one and two east, and east of the line dividing ranges eleven and twelve west; the location of the office for which shall be designated by the President of the United States, and shall by him from time to time be changed as the public interest may seem to require. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof and until the end of its next session after such appointment, a register and receiver for said district, who shall respectively be required to reside at the site of the office, be subject to the same laws, and entitled to the same compensation as is or may hereafter be prescribed by law in relation to other land officers of the United States.

Officers thereof.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sales shall continue at the Sales to continue old land offices at La Crosse and Hudson till the registers and receivers at old offices till, thereat are notified that the officers for the district created by this act are

prepared to enter on their duties.

VOL. XI. PUB.-24

&c.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That to meet the expenses of carryAppropriation. ing this act into effect, the sum of five thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for salaries, commissions and incidental expenses of the offices of the register and receiver, to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of the General Land-Office.

March 3, 1857.

1854, ch. 244.

Vol. x. p. 574.

APPROVED, March 3, 1857.

CHAP. XCII.-An Act to confirm certain Entries of Land therein named.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Entries under States of America in Congress assembled, That all entries of the public graduation law, confirmed. land[s] under the act to graduate and reduce the price of the public lands subject to entry, to actual settlers and cultivators, approved fourth of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, made prior to the passage of this act, in which the purchaser has made the affidavit and paid the purchasemoney as required by said act and the instructions issued and in force, and in the hands of the Register at the time of making said entry, are Exceptions and hereby legalized, and patents shall issue to the parties respectively, excepting those entries under said act, which the commissioner of the General Land-Office may ascertain to have been fraudulently or evasively made; Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to confirm any of said entries which have heretofore been annulled and vacated by said commissioner on account of fraud, evasion of law, or other special cause; and provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to deprive any actual settler and cultivator of his right to any land on which he resided at the time of an entry by another person under the act to which this act is an amendment.

orovisos.

APPROVED, March 3, 1857:

March 3, 1857. CHAP. XCIII.-An Act to establish three additional Land Districts in the Territory of Nebraska.

Nemaha Land District tuted.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of the Territory of Nebraska at present included in the Omaha district, which lies south of the line which divides townships six and seven.north, extended from the Missouri River westward, shall constitute an additional consti- district, to be called the "Nemaha Land District;" all said Omaha district which is situated south of the south shore or right bank of the Platte River, and north of the said township line, between townships six and Platte seven north, shall constitute an additional land district, to be called the District South Platte River Land District;" and all that portion of said Omaha district which lies north of the south boundary of the "Omaha Reserve," extended westward, being identical with the line which divides townships twenty-three and twenty-four north, shall constitute an additional land trict constituted. district, to be called the "Dahkota Land District;" the location of the offices for which shall be designated by the President of the United States, and shall by him, from time to time, be changed as the public interests may seem to require.

South River constituted.

Dahkota Dis

districts.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof, and until the end of the next session Officers for said of Congress after such appointment, a register and a receiver for each land district hereby created, who shall be required to reside at the site of their offices, have the same powers, responsibilities, and emoluments, and be subject to the same acts and penalties, which are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land officers of the United States.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby authorized to cause the public lands in said districts, with the exception of such as may have been or may be reserved for other purposes, to be exposed to sale in the same manner and upon the same terms and con- Sales authorized ditions as other public lands of the United States: Provided, That all sales and locations made at Omaha city of lands situated within the limits of the new districts hereby created, which shall be valid and right confirmed. in other respects up to the day on which the new offices shall respectively go into operation, be and the same are hereby confirmed. APPROVED, March 3, 1857.

in said districts.

Certain sales at Omaha city

CHAP. XCIV.—An Act to establish three Additional Land Districts in the Territory of March 3, 1857.

Kansas.

1854, ch. 103.

Vol. x. p. 308.

Delaware land district consti

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of the Pawnee land district," in the Territory of Kansas, created by the thirteenth section of the act approved twenty-second July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An act to establish the offices of surveyorgeneral of New Mexico, Kansas, and Nebraska, to grant donations to actual settlers therein, and for other purposes," which is situated north of the north or left bank of the Kansas River, and east of the line which divides ranges eight and nine east, shall constitute a separate district, to be called the "Delaware land district," all that portion of said Pawnee district which is situated south of the nearest township line to the parallel of thirty-eight degrees of north latitude, to be hereafter determined by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, shall constitute an additional district, to be called the "Osage land district," and all that portion Osage district of said Pawnee district which lies west of the line dividing ranges eight constituted. and nine east and north of the nearest township line to the parallel of thirty-eight degrees of north latitude, shall constitute a district to be called the "Western District,' land district," the location of the offices for which shall be designated by the President of the United States, and shall by him, from time to time, be changed as the public interests may seem to require.

tuted.

Western district constituted.

Officers for said

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized, whenever the public interests shall require, to appoint, districts. by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof, and until the end of the next session of Congress after such appointment, a register and a receiver for each or either of the districts hereby created, who shall respectively be required to reside at the site of their offices, have the same powers, responsibilities, and emoluments, and be subject to the same acts and penalties, which are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land officers of the United States.

Sales authorized at said districts.

Former sales

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby authorized to cause the public lands in the districts created by this act, with the exception of such as may have been or may be reserved for other purposes, to be exposed to sale in the same manner, and upon the same terms and conditions as other public lands of the United States: Provided, That all sales and locations made at the office of the old district of lands and locations situated within the limits of the new districts, which shall be valid and right in other respects, up to the day on which the new offices shall go into operation, be and the same are hereby confirmed.

APPROVED March 3, 1857.

confirmed.

CHAP. XCV.—An Act to expedite Telegraphic Communication for the Uses of the Govern- March 3, 1857. ment in its Foreign Intercourse.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State, in

Contract for Atlantic tele

Britain make a like contract.

sages.

the discretion, and under the direction of the President of the United graph authorized. States, may contract with any competent person, persons, or association, for the aid of the United States, by furnishing not exceeding two ships in laying down a submarine cable, to connect existing telegraphs between the coast of Newfoundland and the coast of Ireland, and for the use of such submarine communication when established by the government of the United States, on such terms and conditions as shall seem to the President just and reasonable, not exceeding seventy thousand dollars per annum until the nett profits of such person, or persons, or association, shall be equal to a dividend of six per cent. per annum, and then not exceeding fifty thousand dollars per annum for twenty-five years: ProProvided Great vided, That the government of Great Britain shall, before or at the same time, enter into a like contract for those purposes with the same person, persons, or association, and upon terms of exact equality with those stipuTariff for mes-lated by the United States: And provided, That the tariff of prices for the use of such submarine communication by the public shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and the government Equality of of Great Britain, or its authorized agent: Provided further, That the rights to be se- United States and the citizens thereof shall enjoy the use of the said submarine telegraph communication for all time on the same terms and conditions which shall be stipulated in favor of the government of Great Britain, and the subjects thereof, recognising equality of rights among the citizens of the United States in the use of said submarine communication and the lines of telegraph which may at any time connect with the same at its terminus on the coast of New Foundland and in the United States, in any contract so to be entered into by such person, persons, or associaProviso as to tion, with that government: Provided further, That the contract to be terms of British made by the British government shall not be different from that already proposed by that government to the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company except such provisions as may be necessary to secure to each government the transmission of its own messages by its Contract may own agents: And provided further, That it shall be in the power of Conafter ten years by gress, after ten years, to terminate said contract upon giving one year's one year's notice. notice to the parties to such contract.

cured.

contract.

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APPROVED March 3, 1857.

CHAP. XCVI.-An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. 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 the same are hereby, appropriated for the Post-Office Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the revenues of the said department, in conformity to the act of the second of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six :

For transportation of the mails, (inland,) seven million six hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and forty-seven dollars.

For compensation of postmasters, two million one hundred and forty

thousand dollars.

For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twenty thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, forty-five thousand dollars.

For office furniture in the post-offices, six thousand dollars.

For advertizing, eighty thousand dollars.

For mail-bags, fifty-five thousand dollars.

For blanks, and paper for the same, ninety-five thousand dollars.
For mail-locks, keys, and stamps, fifteen thousand dollars.

For mail depredations and special agents, sixty-five thousand dollars. For clerks in the offices of postmasters, seven hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars.

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