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money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, be, and is hereby, ap-propriated, and placed at the disposal of the Secretary of the Navy .
Approved, June 30, 1834.
Chap. CLXI. —An Ad to regulate trade and intercourse "with the Indian tribes,and to preserve peace on the frontiers, (a)
Re. it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That all that part of the UnitedStates west of the Mississippi, and not within the states of Missouri andLouisiana, or the territory of Arkansas, and, also, that part of the UnitedStates east of the Mississippi river , and not within any state to whichthe Indian title has not been extinguished, for the purposes of this act,be taken and deemed to be the Indian country.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no person shall be permittedto trade with any of the Indians (in the Indian country) without a licensetherefor from a superintendent of Indian affairs, or Indian agent, orsub-agent, which license shall be issued for a term not exceeding twoyears for the tribes east of the Mississippi , and not exceeding three yearsfor the tribes west of that river. And the person applying for suchlicense shall give bond in a penal sum not exceeding five thousand dol-lars, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the person issuing thesame, conditioned that such person will faithfully observe all the lawsand regulations made for the government of trade and intercourse withthe Indian tribes, and in no respect violate the same. And the superin-tendent of the district shall have power to revoke and cancel the same,whenever the person licensed shall, in his opinion, have transgressedany of the laws or regulations provided for the government of trade andintercourse with the Indian tribes, or that it would be improper to permithim to remain in the Indian country. And no trade with the said tribesshall be carried on within their boundary, except at certain suitable andconvenient places, to be designated from time to time by the superin-tendents, agents, and sub-agents, and to be inserted in the license. Andit shall be the duty of the persons granting or revoking such licenses,forthwith to report the same to the commissioner of Indian affairs, for hisapproval or disapproval.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any superintendent or agentmay refuse an application for a license to trade, if he is satisfied that theapplicant is a person of bad character, or that it would be improper topermit him to reside in the Indian country, or if a license, previouslygranted to such applicant, has been revoked, or a forfeiture of his bonddecreed. But an appeal may be had from the agent or the superintend-ent, to the commissioner of Indian affairs: and the President of theUnited States shall be authorized, whenever in his opinion the publicinterest may require the same, to prohibit the introduction of goods, orof any particular article, into the country belonging to any Indian tribe,and to direct all licenses to trade with such tribe to be revoked, and allapplications therefor to be rejected; and no trader to any other tribe shall,so long as such prohibition may continue, trade with any Indians of orfor the tribe against which such prohibition is issued.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That any person other than an Indianwho shall attempt to reside in the Indian country as a trader, or to intro-duce goods, or to trade therein without such license, shall forfeit all mer-
Statute I.June 30, 1834.
Persons trad-ing with Indiansto be licensed.
License maybe refused, or,if granted, maybe revoked.
Forfeiture ofgoods and finefor trading with-out licensG.
(a) Notes of the acts for the preservation of peace with the Indian tribes, vol. ii. p. 6.
Notes of the regulations of intercourse with the Indian tribes, vol. ii. p. 139.
Notes of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States on the subject of the Indians, vol. ii*p. 146.
Note of obsolete acts relating to trading houses with the Indians, vol. ii. p. 652.
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