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day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve; and all patentswhich have been issued front said General Land Office since the passingof the act entitled “ An act prescribing the mode by which patents forpublic lands shall be signed and executed,” passed the second day ofMarch, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and which havebeen subscribed by a secretary duly appointed, pursuant to the provi-sions of said act, with the printed or written name of the President pre-fixed to the personal signature of such secretary, in the execution ofsuch patents, notwithstanding the name of the President may not havebeen written personally by the secretary, shall be deemed, taken, andheld, good and valid patents in law, and shall have all the force andeffect to pass from the United States to the patentee or patentees namedin such patents, respectively, their heirs, executors, administrators, andassigns, the lands described therein, as though, in each and all the re-spects before enumerated, the patents, in their form and manner of exe-cution, had conformed to the requirements of law.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passingof this act, it shall be the duty of the recorder of the General LandOflice, in addition to the duties now required of him by law, to coun-tersign all patents issued from said office, instead of the same beingcountersigned by the Commissioner, as required by the eighth sectionof the act entitled “ An act for the establishment of a General LandOffice in the department of the Treasury, ” passed the twenty-fifth dayof April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

Approved, March 3, 1841.

Chap. XXXIII. —Jin Jlct making appropriations for the current and contingent

expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the

various Indian tribes, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the followingsums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the year one thousandeight hundred and forty-one, for the purpose of paying the current ex-penses of the Indian Department, fulfilling treaty stipulations with thevarious Indian tribes, and contingent expenses; to be paid out of anymoney in the Treasury 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 the pay of sub-agents authorized by the act of June thirtieth,eighteen hundred and thirty-four, thirteen thousand dollars;

For the pay of interpreters, as authorized by the same act, eleventhousand three hundred dollars;

For the purchase of provisions for Indians, at the distribution of an-nuities while on visits of business with the superintendents and agents,and when assembled on public business, eleven thousand eight hundreddollars;

For the necessary buildings required at the several agencies, and re-pairs thereof, two thousand dollars;

For postages, rents, stationery, fuel for offices, and other contingen-cies of the Indian Department, and for transportation and incidentalexpenses, 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;

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Act of March2, 1833, ch. 91.

Patents, howto be counter-signed.

1812, ch. 68.

Statute II.March 3, 1841.[Obsolete.]

Appropria-

tions.

Superintend-

ent.

1834, ch. 161.1837, ch. 31.

Sub-agents.1834, ch. 161.

Interpreters.

Provisions.

Buildings.

Contingent

expenses.

Clerk.