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TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 161. 1834.

Proceedingsagainst goods orother property.

Certain actsand parts ofacts repealed.

Act of May 13,1800, ch. 68.

Act of March30, 1802, ch. 13.

Act of April29,1816, ch.165.

Act of March3, 1817, ch. 43.1817, ch. 92.Act of April

16.1818, ch. 66.

Act of April

20.1818, ch. 104.

Act of Feb.

24.1819, ch. 43.

Act of March3, 1819, ch. 87.

Act of March3, 1819, ch. 79.

Act of May 6,1822, ch. 58.

Act ofMay 18,1824, ch. 89.

Act ofMay 25,1824, ch. 146.

Act ofMay 20,1826, ch. 126.

Act of Feb.25,1831, ch. 32.

Proviso.

1802, ch. 13.

Proviso.

Agents for theWestern terri-tory to executeduties, &c.

shall be first instituted on behalf of the United States , in which case thewhole shall be to their use.

Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That when goods or other pro-perty shall be seized for any violation of this act, it shall be lawful forthe person prosecuting on behalf of the United States to proceed againstsuch goods, or other property, in the manner directed to be observed inthe case of goods, wares, or merchandise brought into the United States in violation of the revenue laws.

Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That the following acts and partsof acts shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed, namely: An act tomake provision relative to rations for Indians , and to their visits to theseat of government, approved May thirteen, eighteen hundred; an act toregulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preservepeace on the frontiers, approved March thirty, eighteen hundred and two;an act supplementary to the act passed thirtieth March, eighteen hundredand two, to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and topreserve peace on the frontiers, approved April twenty-nine, eighteenhundred and sixteen; an act for the punishment of crimes and offencescommitted within the Indian boundaries, approved March three, eighteenhundred and seventeen; the first and second sections of the act direct-ing the manner of appointing Indian agents, and continuing the “ Actestablishing trading-houses with the Indian tribes,” approved April six-teen, eighteen hundred and eighteen; an act fixing the compensation ofIndian agents and factors, approved April twenty, eighteen hundred andeighteen; an act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to providefor the prompt settlement of public accounts,” approved February twenty-four, eighteen hundred and nineteen ; the eighth section of the actmaking appropriations to carry into effect treaties concluded with severalIndian tribes therein mentioned, approved March three, eighteen hun-dred and nineteen; the second section of the act to continue in forcefor a further time the act entitled “ An act for establishing trading-houseswith the Indian tribes, and for other purposes,” (a) approved March three,eighteen hundred and nineteen; an act to amend an act entitled “Anact to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to pre-serve peace on the frontiers,” approved thirtieth of March, eighteenhundred and two, approved May six, eighteen hundred and twenty-two; an act providing for the appointment of an agent for the OsageIndians west of the state of Missouri and territory of Arkansas , andfor other purposes, approved May eighteen, eighteen hundred andtwenty-four; the third, fourth, and fifth sections of “An act to enablethe President to hold treaties with certain Indian tribes, and for otherpurposes,” approved May twenty-five, eighteen hundred and twenty-four; the second section of the “Act to aid certain Indians of the Creeknation in their removal to the west of the Mississippi, ” approved Maytwenty, eighteen hundred and twenty-six; and an act to authorize theappointment of a sub-agent to the Winnebago Indians on Rock river,approved February twenty-five, eighteen hundred and thirty-one: Pro-vided, however, That such repeal shall not effect [affect] any rights ac-quired, or punishments, penalties, or forfeitures incurred, under either ofthe acts or parts of acts, nor impair or affect the intercourse act of eigh-teen hundred and two, so far as the same relates to or concerns Indiantribes residing east of the Mississippi : And provided also, That suchrepeal shall not be construed to revive any acts or parts of acts repealedby either of the acts or sections herein described.

Sec. 30. And be it further enacted, That until a western territoryshall be established, the two agents for the Western territory, as providedin the act for the organization of the Indian department, this day ap-

(a) This act is entitled “An act to continue in force, for a further time, the act entitled ‘ An act forestablishing trading-houses with the Indian tribes, and for other purposes,’” March 3, 1819, ch. 79.