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range, the southwest quarter of section fifteen, township nineteen south,range one west, the northwest and southeast quarters of section nine,same township and range, all in the Mississippi land district, State ofArkansas , be, and the same are hereby, excepted from the provisionsof this act.
Approved, January 16, 1838.
Ch AP. hi . —An Act to provide for the payment of the annuities which will becomedue and payable to the Great and Little Osages, in the year one thousand eighthundred and thirty-eight, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretaryof War shall cause to be purchased for the use of the Great and LittleOsage Indians, such provisions as will in his opinion be most useful tothem, to the value of eight thousand five hundred dollars, and whenpurchased, shall cause said provisions to be distributed among said In-dians, by their agent, furnishing to each family, as near as may be, theirproper proportion ; Provided always, That such purchase and distribu-tion shall not be made, unless said Indians agree to receive the same indischarge of the annuities due them for the year one thousand eighthundred and thirty-eight, by virtue of treaties between them and theUnited States .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War causeas many additional farmers to be employed as may, in the opinion ofthe President, be deemed necessary to aid and instruct said Indians inclearing and cultivating their lands, and such additional stock, imple-ments of husbandry and seeds to be purchased for the use of said In-dians, as the agent or superintendent may judge necessary; Providedalways, That the whole expense incurred under this section, shall notexceed the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That to enable the Secretary ofWar to carry the provisions of this act into effect, the sum of twelvethousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to be paid outof any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, January 16, 1838.
Chap. IV. —An Act making a partial appropriation for the suppression of Indianhostilities for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one millionof dollars shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of anymoney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray any ex-penses which have been, or may be, incurred, in preventing or sup-pressing the hostilities of any Indians, in the year eighteen hundredand thirty-eight; to be expended under the direction of the Secretaryof War, conformably to the acts of Congress of the nineteenth of Marchand the second of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and of the actstherein referred to.
Approved, January 30, 1838.
Chap. V .—An Act making an appropriation for the protection of the northernfrontier of the United States ,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled , That the sum of sixhundred and twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars shall be, and thesame is hereby, appropriated, out of any unappropriated money in theVol, V.—27 s 2
excepted fromthe provisionsof this act.
Sec. War tocause provisionsto the value of$8500 to bepurchased anddistributedamong theGreat and Lit-tle Osage In-dians.
Proviso.
Sec. War tocause additionalfarmers to beemployed, andadditionalstock, &c., tobe purchased.
Proviso.
$12,000 appro-priated to en-able the Sec.War to carrythis act into ef-fect.
[Obsolete.]
Appropriation.
To be expend-ed under direc-tion of Sec.War, conform-ably, &c.
1836, ch. 43.
1836, ch. 254.