lying in the States of Kansas and Nebraska, not exceeding in quantity ten sections of land to be taken from the western portion thereof; and the proceeds arising therefrom shall be used for the benefit of said tribes, as the Secretary of the Interior may direct.

MILTON SAYLER, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tempore. T. W. FERRY President of the Senate pro tempore

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

August 15. 1876

The President of the United States having returned to the Senate, in which it originated, the bill entitled "An act to provide for the sale of a portion of the reservation of the Confed. erated Otoe and Missouria and the Sac and Fox of the Missouri Tribes of Indians in the States of Kansas and Nebraska" with his objections thereto, the Senate proceeded in pursuance of the Constitution to reconsider the same; and

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two-thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same.
Attest
GEO C GORHAM

Secretary.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U. S..

Aug. 15, 1876.

The House of Representatives having proceeded in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill entitled "An act to provide for the sale of a portion of the reservation of the confederated Otoe and Missouria tribes of Indians in the State of Kansas and Nebraska" returned to the Senate by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the Senate to the House of Representatives with the message of the President returning the bill

Resolved that the bill do pass, two-thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest, GEO. M. ADAMS

Clerk.

No. 6.-JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians. [Vol. 19, p. 212) Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to psy, out of the funds appropriated for the support of the Indian Bureau, a sufficient amount to pay the board bill, while in Washington, and transportation to their home, of the delegation of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians, consisting of "Little Shell," the chief of said band, and three Head men, all Indians, and one interpreter: Provided, That said amount shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars. Approved, April 6, 1876.

CHAP. 19.-AN ACT authorizing the use of certain funds now in the Treasury, belonging to the Osage Indians,

[Vol. 19, p. 221.]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America is Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is authorized to ase a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars from funds now in the Treasury belonging to the Osage Indians, under an act of July fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, to be expended for their benefit, to aid them in agriculture; for their care and support, and in extending improvements already begun on their reservation, and in any other manner to promote their civilization and improvement.

Approved, January 12, 1877.

CHAP. 41-AN ACT to amend sections five hundred and thirty-three, five hundred and fifty-six. five hundred and seventy-one, and five hundred and seventy-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to courts in Arkansas and other States. [Vol. 19, p. 230.]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section five hundred and thirty-three of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 533. That the State of Arkansas is divided into two districts, which shall be called the eastern and western districts of Arkansas. The western district includes the counties of Benton, Washington, Crawford, Sebastian, Scott

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Polk, Sevier, Little River, Howard, Montgomery, Yell, Logan, Franklin, Johnson, Madison, Newton, Carroll, Boone and Marion, and the country lying west of Missouri and Arkansas, known as the Indian Territory. The eastern district includes the residue of said State." That section five hundred and fifty-six be amended so as to read as follows: "SEC 556. In the eastern district of Arkansas, there shall be appointed two clerks of the district court thereof, one of whom shall reside and keep his office at Little Rock, and the other shall reside and keep his office at Helena." That section five hundred and seventy-two be so amended as to provide for the holding of the regular terms of court in the eastern and western districts of Arkansas, as follows: In the eastern district of Arkansas, at Little Rock, on the first Monday in April and October, and at Helena on the second Monday in March and October. In the western district of Arkansas, at Fort Smith on the first Monday in February, May, August, and November. That section five hundred and seventy-one be amended so as to read as follows: "SEC 571. The district courts for the western district of Arkan. sas, the eastern district of Arkansas at Helena, the northern district of Mississippi, the western district of South Carolina, and the district of West Virginia, shall have in addition to the ordinary jurisdiction of district courts, jurisdiction of all causes, except appeals and writs of error, which are cognizable in a circuit court, and shall proceed therein in the same manner as a circuit court."

Approved, January 31, 1877.

CHAP. 72-AN ACT to ratify an agreement with certain bands of the Sioux Nation of Indians and also with the Northern Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians. [Vol. 19, p. 254.]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a certain agreement made by George W. Manypenny, Henry B. Whipple, Jared W. Daniels, Albert G. Boone, Henry C. Bulis, Newton Edmunds, and Augustine S. Gaylord, commissioners on the part of the United States, with the different bands of the Sioux Nation of Indians, and also the Northern Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians, be, and the same is hereby, ratified and confirmed: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the removal of the Sioux Indians to the Indian Territory and the. President of the United States is hereby directed to prohibit the removal of any portion of the Sioux Indians to the Indian Territory until the same shall be authorized by an act of Congress hereafter enacted, except article four, except also the following portion of article six: "And if said Indians shall remove to said Indian Territory as herein before provided, the Government shall erect for each of the principal chiefs a good and comfortable dwellinghouse" said article not having been agreed to by the Sioux Nation; said agreement is in words and figures following, namely: "Articles of agreement*

CHAP. 75.-AN ACT to provide for the sale of certain lands in Kansas. [Vol. 19, p.265.]

Whereas, certain lands in the State of Kansas, known as the Cherokee strip, being a strip of land on the southern boundary of Kansas, some two or three miles wide, detached from the lands patented to the Cherokee Nation by the act known as the Kansas-Nebraska bill, in defining the boundaries thereof, said lands still being, so far as unsold, the property of the Cherokee Nation; and

Whereas an act was passed by the Forty-second Congress, which became a law on its acceptance by the Cherokee national authorities, and which fixed the price of the lands east of Arkansas River at two dollars per acre, and west of said river at one dollar and fifty cents per acre; and

Whereas portions of the same have been sold under said law, and portions remain unsold, the price being too high: Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary shall offer for sale to settlers all of said tract remaining unsold at the passage of this act at the local land offices in the districts in which it is situated, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and all of said lands remaining unsold after one year from the date at which they are so offered for sale at the local land-offices shall be sold by the Secretary of the Interior for cash, in quantities or tracts not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, at not less than one dollar per acre.

SEC. 2. That the proceeds of said lands shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, and placed to the credit of the Cherokee Nation, and shall be paid to the treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, on the order of the legislative council of the Cherokee Nation.

SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from the date of its acceptance by the legislature of the Cherokee Nation, who shall file certificate of such acceptance. Approved, February 28, 1877.

*For articles of agreement see Report of Sioux Commission, page 349 Annual Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1876.

CHAP. 101-AN ACT making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Depart ment, and for fulfilling treaty-stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and for other purposes. [Vol. 19, p. 271.]

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 they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and fulfilling treaty-stipulations with the various Indian tribes, namely:

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SIOUX OF DIFFERENT TRIBES, INCLUDING SANTEE SIOUX, STATE OF NEBRASKA.

For this amount, for subsistence, including the Yankton Sioux and Poncas, and for other purposes of their civilization, one million one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That fifty thousand dollars of this appropriation may be used for the selection of a location, the construction of necessary buildings, and the removal of the said Sioux Indians to the Missouri River: And provided further, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars of this appropriation, in addition to that heretofore appropriated, may be used for the removal and permanent location of the Poncas in the Indian Territory.

For an industrial school at the Santee Sioux agency, three thousand dollars. And the President of the United States is hereby directed to prohibit the removal of any portion of said Sioux Indians to the Indian Territory unless the same shall be hereafter authorized by act of Congress.

TRANSPORTATION.

For the necessary expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for by this act, two hundred and nineteen thousand dollars. And whenever practicable wagon transportation may be performed by Indian labor; and whenever it is so performed the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby authorized to hire a storehouse at any railroad whenever necessary, and to employ a storekeeper therefor, and to furnish in advance the Indians who will do the transportation with wagons and harness, all the expenses incurred under this provision, to be paid out of this appropriation: Provided, That hereafter contracts involving an expenditure of more than two thousand dollars shall be advertised and let to the lowest responsible bidder.

MISCELLANEOUS.

For continuing the collection of statistics and historical data respecting the Indians of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, two thousand five hurdred dollars.

To complete the survey of the lands of the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina, recently acquired from W. H. Thomas by purchase, the Secretary of the Interior, as directed by the act of Congress approved twenty-third day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, is hereby authorized to expend the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the moneys placed to the credit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians upon the books of the Treasury Department under act of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventysix, entitled "An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes." For this amount, to pay Marcus Erwin, of Asheville, North Carolina, for services as attorney in examining the papers in the purchase of a judgment on W. H. Thomas in behalf of the North Carolina Cherokees, three hundred dollars; to be paid out of the moneys placed to credit of Eastern Band of Cherokees on the books of the Treasury August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. The Secretary of the Interior may, at his discretion, use a portion of the money appropriated in the Indian appropriation act of fifteenth August, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, for the support of schools among the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, in aid of schools among said Cherokees residing in Tennessee and Georgia,

For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ counsel to defend suits now pending against the North Carolina Cherokees, one thousand dollars; said amount to be expended out of the funds in the United States Treasury belonging to said North Carolina Cherokees.

To re-imburse the Osage Indians for losses sustained, and in accordance with pledges by their agents, five thousand dollars.

For completion of a saw-mill and grist-mill and bridge, now being constructed under contract, on the Siletz reservation in Oregon, three thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars and fifty-five cents.

For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the care and support of the Otter Tail, Pillager, Pembina, and Mississippi Chippewa Indians, on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, and to assist them in their agricultural operations, five thousand dollars; and for the erection of a suitable building for a grist-mill in connection with the saw-mill on said reservation, five thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out in part the provision of the act entitled "An act to abolish the Miami tribe of Indians, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the following sums are hereby appropriated, to be charged to the Miami tribal fund, and to be immediately available, namely: For payment to such Miamies as elected to become citizens under said act their proportion of the tribal moneys, thirty-three thousand one hundred and thirty-three dollars and ninety-six cents; and for payment to confederated bands of Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw, and Wea Indians, twenty-four thousand nine hundred and fifty-two dollars and three cents; in all, fifty-eight thousand eighty-five dollars and ninety-nine cents.

For expenses incurred in the erection of a school-house for the Pottawatomies in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the same being a re-appropriation of money made for this purpose and not used in eighteen hundred and seventy-four, twenty-five hundred dollars.

Approved March 3, 1877.

CHAP. 106.-AN ACT making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and prior years, and for other purposes. (March 3, 1877 [Vol. 19, p. 363.]

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 they are hereby, appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for former years, and for other purposes, namely:

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

SURVEY OF INDIAN_RESERVATIONS.-Arizona Territory: For the survey and subdivision of the Colorado River Indian reservation, by Chandler Robbins, designated by the late Secretary of the Interior, being for the service of the fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy-five and eighteen hundred and seventy-six, one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars.

Dakota Territory: For the survey of that part of the Sioux Indian reservation in the Peoria bottom lying east of the Missouri River, by T. B. Medary, designated by the late Secretary of the Interior, being for the service of the fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy five and eighteen hundred and seventy-six, one thousand three hundred and ten dollars and forty-three cents.

For the survey of the Devil's Lake Indian reservation in Dakota Territory, by Charles H. Bates, designated by the late Secretary of the Interior, being for the service of the fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy-five and eighteen hundred and seventy-six, one thousand three hundred and eighty-four dollars and eighteen cents.

Dakota Territory: For the survey of a part of the Sioux Indian reservation located on White River west of the Missouri River, in Dakota Territory, by James W. Miller, designated by the late Secretary of the Interior, being for the service of the fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy-four and eighteen hundred and seventy-five, eleven thousand six hundred and fifty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents.

Idaho Territory: For the survey of the Fort Hall Indian reservation, Idaho, by D. P. Thompson, designated by the late Secretary of the Interior, being for the service of the fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy-four and eighteen hundred and seventy-five, four thousand five hundred and twenty dollars and fifty cents.

Oregon: For survey of the Malheur Indian reservation for the Snake and Pi-Ute Indians in Oregon, by Thompson and Meldrum, under their contract dated October twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, being for the service of the fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy-four and eighteen hundred and seventy-five, five thousand two hundred and fifty-four dollars and thirty-six cents.

Survey of Indian lands in North Carolina: For the survey of the lands of the Eastern Band of the Cherokees in North Carolina, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, two thousand one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and twenty

seven cents.

Nebraska: For amount due White and Hull for surveying the Otoe Indian reservation in the State of Nebraska, under contract of July third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, two thousand and nineteen dollars and fifteen cents.

INDIAN AFFAIRS.

For this amount or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the care and support of Indians at Fort Peck agency, during the balance of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventyseven, fifty thousand dollars.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Pay of superintendents and agents: For payment of amount certified to be due W. P. Callon, late Indian agent, by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three and prior years, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and eighty-six cents.

For payment of amount certified to be due T. I. Galbraith, late Indian agent, by the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three and prior years, twenty-three hundred and ninety-one dollars and twenty-four cents.

Pay of interpreters: For payments of amounts certified to be due W. P. Callon, late Indian agent, and W. H. French, junior, late acting Indian agent by the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three and prior years, two hundred dollars and sixty-three cents.

Buildings at agencies, and repairs: For payment of amounts certified to be due W. P. Callon, late Indian agent by the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three and prior years, nine dollars and sixty-one cents.

Contingencies of the Indian Department: For payment of amounts certified to be due W. P. Callon and Simeon Whiteley, late Indian agents by the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three and prior years, ninety-six dollars and eighty cents.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Arizona: For payment of amounts certified to be due Herman Bendell, late Indian superintendent, and Cornelius Brice, by the accountingofficers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty-two cents.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in California: For payment of amount certified to be due Charles Maltby late Indian agent, by the accounting-officers of the Treasury De partment, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three and prior years, fifteen dollars and seventy-one cents.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Dakota: For payment of amount certified to be due W. H. French junior, late acting Indian agent, by the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three and prior years, ninety-eight dollars and seventy-five cents.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in New Mexico: For payment of amount certified to be due John S. Armstrong, late Indian agent, by the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three and prior years, two hundred and twenty dollars.

Incidental expenses of Indian service in Oregon: For payment of amount certified to be due J. T. Booth, by the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, seventy-two dollars and forty-four

cents.

Collecting and subsisting Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico: For payment of amount certified to be due Josephus Williams, late Indian agent, by the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventythree and prior years, fifty-two dollars and ninety-seven cents.

Maintaining peace among and with the various tribes and bands of Indians: For payment of amount certified to be due W. H. French, junior, late acting Indian agent, by the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, sixteen dollars and forty-two cents. Approved March 3, 1877.

No. 20.-JOINT RESOLUTION prohibiting supply of special metallic cartridges to hostile Indians. (August 5 1876.)

Whereas, it is ascertained that the hostile Indians of the Northwest are largely equipped with arms which require special metallic cartridges, and that such special ammunition is in large part supplied to such hostile Indians directly or indirectly through traders and others in the Indian country: Therefore,

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to take such measures as in his judgment may be necessary to prevent such special metallic ammunition being conveyed to such hostile Indians, and is further authorized to declare the same contraband of war in such district of country as he may designate during the continuance of hostilities.

Approved, August 5, 1876.