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1829.
Appropria-
tion.
To be re-placed fromroad fund, &c.
Two superin-tendents to beappointed.Duties.
To give bond.
Salary.
road, commencing at Indianapolis , cutting and digging as aforesaid, tothe eastern and western boundary of the said state.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty thousanddollars, of moneys not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same ishereby, appropriated, for the purpose of opening and making the road,as mentioned in the first section of this act; which said sum of fiftythousand dollars shall be replaced out of the fund reserved for laying outand making roads under the direction of Congress , by the several actspassed for the admission of the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois , andMissouri , into the union, on an equal footing with the original states.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the accomplishment ofthis object, the President shall appoint two fit persons, as the superinten-dents of said road, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of thePresident, to divide the same into sections, of not more than ten mileseach; to contract for, and personally superintend the opening andmaking the said road, as before mentioned, as well as to receive, disburse,and faithfully account with the treasury, for all sums of moneys by themreceived in virtue of this act; that the superintendents, before they enterupon the discharge of the duties enjoined by this act, shall execute abond to the United States , with security, to be approved of by the Secre-tary of the Treasury, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties,prescribed by this act; that they shall hold their office during the plea-sure of the President, and shall receive at the rate of eight hundreddollars each, per annum, for their services, during the time they maybe employed in the discharge of the duties required by this act.
Approved, March 2, 1829.
Statute II.March 2, 1829.[Obsolete.]
Gun andblacksmiths.
Iron, steel,&c.
Transporta-and distributionof annuities.
Support ofIndians on cer-tain occasions.
Expense ofIndian deputa-tions, fee.
Chap. XXXII.— Jin Act malting appropriations for the Indian department, forthe year one thousand' eight hundred and twenty-nine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit:
For pay of the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis , and theseveral Indian agents, as authorized by law, thirty-one thousand dollars.
For pay of sub-agents, as allowed by law, fifteen thousand one hundreddollars.
For presents to Indians, as authorized by the act of one thousandeight hundred and two, fifteen thousand dollars.
For pay of Indian interpreters and translators, employed at the severalsuperintendencies and agencies, eighteen thousand five hundred andfifty dollars.
For pay of gun and blacksmiths, and their assistants, employed withinthe several superintendencies and agencies for the benefit of the Indians,under treaty provisions and orders of the Department of War , nineteenthousand four hundred dollars.
For iron, steel, coal, and other expenses attending the gun and black-smith shops, five thousand dollars.
For expense of transportation and distribution of Indian annuities,nine thousand five hundred dollars.
For expense of provisions for the Indians at the distribution of annui-ties, while on visits of business with the different superintendents andagents, and when specially assembled on public business, ten thousanddollars.
For expense attending the visits of such Indian deputations to theseat of government as it may be deemed necessary to authorize, fivethousand dollars.