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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 174,175. 1832.

Secretary ofthe Treasury tosettle claims forhalf-pay to revo-lutionary offi-cers.

Statute I.July 9, 1832.

Commissionerof Indian affairsto be appointed.

Salary.

Clerks.

Pay of com-missioner fortheyear 1832.

Accounts, &c.,to be transmit-ted to commis-sioner, &c.

Communica-tions to be freeof postage.

March 3, 1845,ch. 43, sec. 1.

Ardent spiritsprohibited.

Unnecessaryagencies, &c.,to be disconti-nued.

Statute I.

navy of Virginia during the war of the revolution, the amount of thejudgments which they have obtained, and which are now unsatisfied.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea-sury be, and he is hereby directed and required, to adjust and settle thoseclaims for half pay of the officers of the aforesaid regiments and corps,which have not been paid or prosecuted to judgments against the stateof Virginia , and for which said state would be bound on the principles ofthe half-pay cases already decided in the supreme court of appeals ofsaid state; which several sums of money herein directed to be settled orpaid shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-priated by law.

Approved, July 5, 1832.

Chap. CLXXIV. — An Act to provide for the appointment of a commissioner ofIndian Affairs, and for other purposes, (a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President shall ap-point, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate , a commissionerof Indian affairs, who shall, under the direction of the Secretary of War,and agreeably to such regulations as the President may, from time totime, prescribe, have the direction and management of all Indian affairs,and of all matters arising out of Indian relations, and shall receive asalary of three thousand dollars per annum.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War shallarrange or appoint to the said office the number of clerks necessarytherefor, so as not to increase the number now employed; and such sumas is necessary to pay the salary of said commissioner for the year onethousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be, and the same hereby is,appropriated out of any money in the treasury.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all accounts and vouchers forclaims and disbursements connected with Indian affairs, shall be trans-mitted to the said commissioner for administrative examination, and byhim passed to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury Department for settlement; and all letters and packages to and from the said com-missioner, touching the business of his office, shall be free of postage.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no ardent spirits shall behereafter introduced, under any pretence, into the Indian country.

Sec. 5. And be. it further enacted, That the Secretary of War shall,under the direction of the President, cause to be discontinued the ser-vices of such agents, sub-agents, interpreters, and mechanics, as may,from time to time, become unnecessary, in consequence of the emigra-tion of the Indians, or other causes.

Approved, July 9, 1832.

July 9, 1832. Chap. CLXXV. — An Act to enable the President to extinguish Indian titlewithin the state of Indiana, Illinois, and territory of Michigan .

Appropriation. it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty thou-sand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose ofholding Indian treaties, and of finally extinguishing Indian title, withinthe state of Indiana , and so much of the lands of the Pattawatamies aslies in the state of Illinois and territory of Michigan .

Approved, July 9, 1832.

(a) Notes of the acts for the preservation of peace with the Indian tribes, vol. ii. p. 6.

Notes of regulations of intercourse and trade with the Indian tribes, vol. ii. p. 139.

Notes of the decisions of the Supreme Court on the laws and treaties with the Indians, vol. ii. p. 141.

Notes of obsolete acts relating to trading houses with the Indians, vol. ii. p. 652.