Pottawatomies in the second article of the treaty of the first of August, eighteer. hundred and twenty-nine, two hundred and fifty dollars. For the purchase of three thousand pounds of tobacco for thirty years, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of the first of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, three hundred and fifty dollars. For the purchase of one thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco for twenty-seven years, stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty of fifteenth of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, one hundred and seventy-five dollars. For the support of three blacksmiths and assistants for thirty years, stipulated in the third article of the treaty of the first of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. For iron and steel, &c., for shops, six hundred and sixty dollars. For pay of labor, and for oxen, for thirty years, stipulated in the third article of the treaty, of the first August, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, three hundred and sixty-five dollars. For the purpose of education for twenty-seven years, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of fifteenth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, three thousand dollars. For the support of six agriculturists, purchase of oxen, ploughs, and other implements, for twenty-seven years, stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty of fifteenth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the pay of two physicians, stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty of the fifteenth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, four hundred dollars. For interest on investment in stock, at five per centum, on one million one hundred thousand dollars, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of first November, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, fiftyfive thousand dollars. For fulfilling treaty with the Winnebagoes, viz.: To enable them to comply with their present engagements, and to cover the expenses of exploring and selecting their new home, per fourth article of treaty of thirteenth October, eighteen hundred and forty-six, four thousand dollars. For expenses of removal, same article and treaty, twenty thousand dollars. For expenses of subsisting them for one year after removal, same article and treaty, twenty thousand dollars. For breaking up and fencing land, same article and treaty, ten thousand dollars. For establishing manual labor schools, same article and treaty, ten thousand dollars. For erection of mills, same article and treaty, five thousand dollars. For interest on eighty-five thousand [dollars,] at five per centum, same article and treaty, four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums, hereinafter mentioned, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the current fiscal year, viz. : For fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, viz.: To the Pottawatomies. For payment in money, to enable said Indians to arrange their affairs and pay their just debts, to pay for their improvements, to purchase wagons, horses, and other means of transportation to their new homes, and to pay individuals for the loss of property, stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty of fifth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, fifty thousand dollars. For removal and subsistence of said Indians, stipulated in the sixth article of said treaty, sixty thousand dollars. Cherokees' in To the Cherokees. - For indemnity to the treaty party for losses and expenses incurred in consequence of the treaty of eighteen hun- demnity. dred and thirty-five, stipulated in the sixth article of the treaty of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. For payment to the Cherokee nation for a printing-press, materials, and other property destroyed, stipulated in the eighth article of said treaty, two thousand dollars. Printing-press. For indemnity to those whose arms were taken from them, previous Arms. to their removal west, same article of said treaty, five thousand dollars. For payment of this sum, being in lieu of all claims of the Cherokee nation, as a nation, prior to the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-five, same article of said treaty, twenty thousand dollars. Claims. Expenses of For expenses of removal of Choctaws from the State of Mississippi, and for their subsistence for twelve months thereafter, in addition to removal. former appropriations, seventy-four thousand seven hundred and fiftyone dollars. For payment of interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars, at five per centum per annum, to the Seneca Indians of New York, from the first of July, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, stipulated in the act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Interest. 1846, ch. 34. Choctaw claim For interest on the amounts awarded Choctaw claimants, under the fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, of the twenty- ants. seventh September, eighteen hundred and thirty, for lands on which they resided, but which it is now impossible to give them, and in lieu of the scrip that has been awarded under the act of twenty-third August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, not deliverable east, by the third section of the said law, per act of third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven, forty-three thousand six hundred dollars. To make good the interest on investments in State stocks and bonds for various Indian tribes, not yet paid by the States, to be reimbursed out of the interest when collected, nineteen thousand five hundred and thirty-four dollars and nine cents. To make good the interest on investments in State stocks and bonds for the Chickasaw tribe of Indians, not yet paid by the States, to be reimbursed out of the interest when collected, fourteen thousand nine hundred and sixty-three dollars and twenty-six cents. 1812, ch. 187. 1845, ch. 72. Interest on in vestments in State stocks and bonds. Same subject. For the reappropropriation of this sum, (carried to the surplus fund,) Reappropriastipulated to be paid to the Chippewas, Ottawas, and Pottawatomies tion in considera in consideration of a change of boundary of the country ceded to said tion of change of tribes at the treaty of Chicago, concluded on the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh days of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, per supplementary article to said treaty, ten thousand dollars. For the reappropriation of this sum, (carried to the surplus fund,) to meet payments to certain Cherokee Indians for improvements abandoned, under the treaty of sixth May, eighteen hundred and twentyeight, three hundred and forty-three dollars and sixty cents. APPROVED, March 1, 1847. boundary. tion for improve Reappropriaments abandon ed. March 1 1847 land district. CHAP. XXXII.- An Act to establish a Land Office in the northern Part of Michi gan, and to provide for the Sale of mineral Lands in the State of Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion Lake Superior of the public lands in the State of Michigan lying north of the boundaries of the Saganaw and Grand River land districts in said State, commonly called the northern peninsula of the State of Michigan with the islands in Lakes Superior, Huron, and Michigan, and in Green Bay, the Straits of Michilimackinac, and the River St Mary's, within the jurisdiction of said State, be, and the same are hereby, included in a land district, to be called the Lake Superior Land District; and for the sale of the lands in said district, there shall be a land office established at such point therein as the President of the United States may select. Secretary of Treasury shall cause a geological examination and survey how sold. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a geological examination and survey of the lands embraced in said district to be made and reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office. And the President is hereby authorized Mineral lands to cause such of said lands as may contain copper, lead, or other valuable ores, to be exposed to sale, giving six months' notice of the times and places of sales in such newspapers of general circulation, in the several States, as he may deem expedient, with a brief description of the lands to be offered; showing the number and localities of the mines known, the probability of discovering others, the quality of the ores, the facilities of working the mines, and the means and expense of transporting their products to the principal markets in the United States. And all the lands embraced in said district, not reported as aforesaid, shall be sold in the same manner as other lands under the laws now in force for the sale of the public lands, excepting and reserving from such sales section sixteen in each township for the use of schools, and such reservations as the President shall deem necessary for public uses. Other lands. All persons in actual occupan from Secretary of War, may purchase to the ex cy, under lease tent of lease. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all those persons who are in possession, by actual occupancy, of any portion of the district described in the first section of this act, under authority of a lease from the Secretary of War, for the purpose of mining thereon, and who have fully complied with all the conditions and stipulations of said lease, may enter and purchase the same at any time during the continuance of such lease, to the extent of such lease, and no less, by paying to the United States therefor at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per acre: Provided, That said entry and purchase shall be made to include the original survey of such lease, as near as may be, conforming to the lines of the public surveys of sections and sub-divisions thereof. And all those persons who are in possession, by actual Persons in actual Occupancy for mining pur- occupancy, of any of said lands, for mining purposes, under authority poses, under per. of a written permit from the Secretary of War, and who have visible mits, may pur- landmarks and muniments as boundaries thereon, and who have, in chase as those holding under all other respects, complied with the conditions and stipulations conlease. tained in such permit, may enter and purchase the same, to the extent of the tract selected by them and reported to the Secretary of War, as required by said permit, and no less, in the same manner as those who hold under leases, and at the same price: Provided, such entry and purchase be made before the day said lands shall be offered for sale by order of the President. And all those persons who shall be in possession, by actual occupancy, of a mine or mines actually discovered before the passage of this act, and who shall pay the same per centum of rents as those who hold under leases, as aforesaid, shall be permitted to enter and purchase one section of land, and not less, Other persons in actual occupa tion. Proof of pos session and occupancy. to include such mine or mines discovered and occupied as aforesaid, SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said mineral lands shall be offered for sale in quarter-sections, and no bid shall be received at a less rate than five dollars per acre; and if such lands shall not be sold at public sale at such price, they shall thereafter be entered at private sale at that price: Provided, That no legal division or subdivision of any of said lands upon which there may be an outstanding lease or leases from the Secretary of War unexpired or undetermined, and which is actually occupied for mining purposes, and the occupants of which have complied with all the requisites of such lease or leases, and continue to perform the same, shall be sold until after the determination of such lease or leases by efflux of time, voluntary surrender, or other legal extinguishment thereof, except in such cases as are provided for in the third section of this act, and the lessees respectively shall be entitled to the privileges secured by said section upon the voluntary surrender of the lease or leases held by them. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the management and control of the mineral lands shall be transferred from the War Department, and placed under the jurisdiction and control of the Treasury Department; and all books, maps, papers, instruments, and other property procured, to be used and employed in the management, survey, exploring, or conducting of said mineral lands, by the War Department, shall be delivered over and made subject to the disposition of the Secretary of the Treasury. Appeal. Joint occupan Mineral lands offered for sale in quarter-sec tions. sions or subdiviNo legal divileases to be sold, sions of standing Control and management of transferred from the War to the Treasury Depart the mineral lands ment. President and receiver to SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, so soon as a sufficient number appoint register of townships are surveyed, and returns thereof made to the General Land Office, to authorize the commencement of the sales in said district, shall appoint one register and one receiver for the land office in said district, who shall reside at the place designated by the President for the land office, receive such compensation, give security, and discharge all duties pertaining to such office as are prescribed by law. APPROVED, March 1, 1847. CHAP. XXXIII. -An Act to amend the Act entitled "An Act to reduce the Rates of Postage, to limit the Use and correct the Abuse of the franking Privilege, and for the Prevention of Frauds on the Revenues of the Post-Office Department," passed third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in lieu of March 1, 1847. 1845, ch. 43. mission. 1825, ch. 64. 1853, ch. 146, § 6. 1848. ch. 43. Rates of com commissions allowed deputy-postmasters by the fourteenth section of the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, the Postmaster-General may allow, on the proceeds of their respective offices, a commission not exceeding the following rates on the amount received in any one year, or a due proportion thereof for less than a year: On a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, forty per cent; on a sum over the first hundred and not exceeding four hundred dollars, thirty-three and one third per cent.; on a sum over and above the first four hundred dollars and not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars, thirty per cent.; on a sum over twenty-four hundred dollars, twelve and one half per cent.; on all sums arising from the postage on newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, fifty per cent.; on the amount of postages on letters or packets received for distribution, seven per cent.: Provided, that all allowances, commissions, or other emoluments shall be subject to the provisions of the forty-first section of the act which this is intended to amend; and that the annual compensation therein limited shall be computed for the fiscal year commencing on the first of July and ending the thirtieth of June each year, and that for any period less than a year the restrictions contained in said section shall be held to apply in a due proportion for Compensation such fractional period: And, provided further, That the compensation to deputy-post to any deputy-postmaster under the foregoing provisions, to be computed upon the receipt at his office of a larger sum, shall in no case fall short of the amount to which he would be entitled under a smaller sum received at his office. Allowances, commissions, &c., subject to provisions of forty-first section of act of 1845, ch. 43. masters. Moneys recovered from robbers be paid to the order of Post of the mail shall master-General, for use of owner. 1853, ch. 103, 3. Franking privilege. Same subject. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all moneys taken from the mails of the United States by robbery, theft, or otherwise, which have come, or may hereafter come into the possession or custody of any of the agents of the Post-Office Department, or any other officers of the United States, or any other person or persons whatever, shall be paid to the order of the Postmaster-General, to be kept by him as other moneys of the Post-Office Department, to and for the use and benefit of the rightful owner, to be paid whenever satisfactory proof thereof shall be made, and upon the failure of any person in the employment of the United States to pay over such moneys when demanded, the person so refusing shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by law against defaulting officers. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all members of Congress, delegates from Territories, the Vice-President of the United States, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, shall have the power to send and receive public documents free of postage during their term of office, and that the said members and delegates shall have the power to send and receive public documents free of postage up to the first Monday of December following the expiration of their term of office. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives shall have the power to receive, as well as to send, all letters and packages, not weighing over two ounces, free of postage, during their term of office. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That members of Congress shall have the power to receive, as well as to send, all letters and packages, not weighing over two ounces, free of postage up to the first Monday in December following the expiration of their term of office. APPROVED, March 1, 1847. |