he shall transmit duplicates of his accounts to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. an trade not Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the superintendant of Indian trade, the agents, Superintenor their clerks, or other persons employed dants of Indiby them shall not be directly or indirectly allowed to concerned or interested in carrying on trade carry on or commerce in any of the goods or articles trade, &c &c. bought for, or supplied to, or received from the Indians, or shall be owner in whole or in part of any sea vessel, or shall take or apply to his or their use any gain or emolument for negotiating or transacting any business in the Indian department, other than what shall be allowed by law; and that the said agents, assistant agents, or any persons employed by them, shall not be directly or indirectly concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce, on their own or any other than the public account, or take or apply to his or their use any emolument or gain for negotiating any such business, during their appointment, agency or employment respectively, other than provided by this act, or excepting for and on account of the United States; and if any such persons shall offend against any of the prohibitions aforesaid, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit to the United States a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and shall be removed from such office agency or employment, and forever thereafter be incapable of holding any office under the United States: Provided, That if any person, other than a public prosecutor, shall give information of any such offence upon which a prosecution and conviction shall be had, Proviso. one half of the aforesaid penalty, when recovered, shall be for the use of the person giving such information: And provided also, That if such misdemeanor be committed by the superintendant of Indian trade, or by any agent or assistant agent, it shall be deemed a breach of the condition of his bond, and the penalty thereof may be recovered in any court having competent jurisdiction of the same. Regulations Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That with respect the prices of goods supplied to and to be paid Indian goods. for by the Indians shall be regulated in such to prices of &c. manner, that the capital stock furnished by the United States shall not be diminished. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That if any agent or agents, their clerks or other Penalties &c. person employed by them, shall purchase or receive from any Indian, in the way of trade or barter, any gun, or other article, commonly used in hunting, any instrument of husbandry or cooking utensil, of the kind usually obtained by Indians, in their intercourse with white people, or any article of clothing, excepting skins or furs, he or they shall respectively forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars for each offence, to be recovered by action of debt in the name and to the use of the United States, in any court having jurisdiction in like cases: Provided, That no suit shall be commenced, except in the state or territory within which the cause of action shall have arisen, or in which the defendant may reside; and it shall be the duty of the superintendant of Indian trade, or of the superintendants of Indian affairs, and their deputies respectively, to whom information of every such offence shall be given, Proviso. to collect the requisite evidence, if attainable, to prosecute the offender without delay. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the goods requisite for annuities to the Indian nations, within the United States and the territories thereof, and for treaties with them, and for presents to be made them at the seat of government, or elsewhere, shall henceforward be purchased and transmitted to the proper posts and places, by the superintendent of Indian trade, upon orders from the department of war, and the accounts therefor shall be rendered to the war department. Goods for annuities to be intendent, &c. sent by super for salaries &c. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That Specific ap during the continuance of this act the annual propriations sum of two thousand dollars for the payment of superinof the salary of the superintendent of Indian tendent, &c. trade, and the annual sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, for the payment of the clerks in his office (including the sum of eight hundred dollars, allowed for an additional clerk, by the act passed on the twentysixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ten,) are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of this act, the Presi- Pay of the a dent of the United States be, and he is hereby gents, &c. &c. authorised to draw annually from the treasury of the United States a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, to be applied under his direction, to the payment of the agents, assistant agents and clerks, at the trading houses; which agents shall be allowed to draw out of the public sup plies two rations each, and each clerk one ra tion per day, which rations or such payments as may be made in lieu thereof, by the order of Zz Appropriation for Indian trade. Superinten dent to dispose of the furs and pel try. Additional ses. the President, shall be charged to the trading fund; and the President shall cause an annual report to be made to Congress of how much of the sum so authorised has been drawn, and in what manner the same has been applied. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred and sixty thousand dollars, appropriated by the tenth section of the act, entitled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," approved twenty-first April, one thousand eight hundred and four, and the sum of forty thousand dollars, appropriated by the act, entitled "An act supplemental to the act, entitled 'An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," approved third March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, shall be, and remain a fund for the purpose of carrying on trade and intercourse with the Indian nations, in the manner provided by this act, exclusive of the salary of the superintendent of Indian trade and of the allowances to agents, assistant agents and clerks. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said superintendent of Indian trade, under the direction of the President of the United States, and upon such terms and conditions as he shall prescribe, to cause the furs and peltry, and other articles, acquired in trade with the Indian nations, to be sold at public auction, in different parts of the United States, or otherwise disposed of, as may be deemed most advantageous to the United States. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That trading hou if the President should deem it expedient to establish, under the authority of this act, trading houses, in addition to the number now in operation, for the purposes of carrying on a trade with the Indian tribes, within the Uni- How the expenses are to be defrayed. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That Repealing from and after the first day of April next, an clause. act, entitled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," approved on the twenty-first of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, and an act, entitled "An act supplemental to the act, entitled 'An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," approved on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed: Provided, That nothing herein contained, shall Proviso. be construed to exonerate any person who shall not have performed the duty, or who shall have violated any of the prohibitions contained in the said acts, from suits or prosecutions, but as to all bonds, contracts, debts, demands, rights, penalties, punishments, which have been made, have arisen, or have incurred or which shall be made, arise or be incurred, previous to the first day of April next, the said acts shall have the same force and effect, as though this act had not been passed; Provided likewise, That the superintendent of Indian trade, the agents, assistant agents and other persons employed under the aforesaid acts, shall continue to hold their several offices, appointments and trusts, until otherwise |