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Statute I.July 20, 1840.[Obsolete.]
Appropriationfor survey.
Statute I.
transfers on the books of the Treasury, so as to preserve for each appro-priation the amounts which were granted by Congress .
Approved, July 20, 1840.
Chap. LII .—An Act to provide for the expenses of making an exploration and sur-vey of that part of the Northeastern boundary line of the United States whichseparates the States of Maine and New Hampshire from the British Provinces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled , That the sum oftwenty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated,to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,to enable the President of the United States to cause to be made an ex-ploration and survey of that part of the Northeastern boundary line ofthe. United States (and the adjacent country) which separates the Statesof Maine and New Hampshire from the British Provinces.
Approved, July 20, 1840.
July 20, 1840.[Obsolete.]
Pay of super-intendent andagents.
1834, ch. 162.1837, ch. 31.Sub-agents.1834, ch. 162.Interpreters.
Presents to In-dians.
Provisions forIndians.
Buildings atthe agencies.
Expenses ofIndian dep’t.
Clerk.
Chap. LIII. —An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent ex-penses of the Indian Department , and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the
various Indian tribes , for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and they are hereby, appropriated, for the year one thousand eight hun-dred and forty, for the purpose of paying the current expenses of theIndian Department, fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indiantribes, and contingent expenses; to be paid out of any money in theTreasury not otherwise appropriated.
For the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department,viz :
For the pay of the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis , andthe several Indian agents, as provided by the acts of June thirtieth,eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and of March third, eighteen hundredand thirty-seven, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars;
For pay of sub-agents, authorized by the act of June thirtieth, eigh-teen hundred and thirty-four, thirteen thousand dollars;
For the pay of interpreters, as authorized by the same act, eleventhousand three hundred dollars;
For presents to Indians, authorized by [the] same act, five thousanddollars;
For the purchase of provisions for Indians, at the distribution ofannuities, while on visits of business with the superintendents andagents, and when assembled on public business, eleven thousand eighthundred dollars;
For the necessary buildings required at the several agencies, andrepairs thereof, two thousand dollars;
For postages, rents, stationery, fuel for offices, and other contingen-cies of the Indian Department, and for transportation and incidental ex-penses, thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars;
For the salary of one clerk in the office of the superintendent ofIndian affairs, south of the Missouri river , one thousand dollars;
For carrying into effect the stipulations of certain Indian treaties,and the laws connected therewith, viz :
For the Christian Indians, four hundred dollars;
For the Chippewas of the Mississippi, thirty-five thousand dollars;
For expenses incurred by the Commissioner in examination of claimsunder the third and fourth articles of the treaty of July, eighteen hun-dred and thirty-seven, with said Chippewas of the Mississippi, threehundred dollars;