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TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 79, SO. 1843.
Act of 31stAug. 1842, ch.281, repealed.
Appropria-
tions.
Removal of theNew York In-dians, &c.
Current expen-ses of the Indi-an Department.
Subsistence ofChoctaw claim-ants and theirwitnesses.
1842, ch. 187.
Chap. LXXIX .—An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act to extend the collectiondistrict of Wiscasset.'”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled “Anact to extend the collection district of Wiscasset,” passed August thirty-first, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, be, and the sameis hereby, repealed.
Approved, March 3, 1843.
Chap. LXXX .—An Act making appropriations for fulfilling treaty stipulationswith the various Indian tribes, and for the current and contingent expenses ofthe Indian department, for the half calendar year beginning the first day ofJanuary and ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred andforty-three; and for the fiscal year beginning the first day of July, one thousandeight hundred and forty-three, and ending the thirtieth day of June, one thou-sand eight hundred and forty-four, and for other purposes.
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 half calendar yearbeginning on the first day of January, and ending on the thirtieth dayof June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three; and for the fiscalyear beginning on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred andforty-three, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eighthundred and forty-four, for the purpose of fulfilling treaty stipulationswith the various Indian tribes, and of paying the current and contingentexpenses of the Indian department, to be paid out of any money in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated :
For the fulfilment of the treaties with various Indian tribes, for thesaid half calendar year, seven hundred and twenty-three thousand sevenhundred and eight dollars; and for the said fiscal year seven hundredand forty-nine thousand and sixty-five dollars.
For the payment of three drafts, drawn on the department by Go-vernor Doty, for goods, provisions, and presents, procured and deliveredby him to the Sioux Indians, while holding the treaty with them in onethousand eight hundred and forty-one, and which treaty was rejected bythe Senate , at its late session, for said half calendar year, thirteen thou-sand seven hundred and seventy-six dollars and forty-nine cents.
For the removal to the west of the Mississippi , of two hundred andfifty of the New York Indians of the Seneca, Cayuga, and Onondagatribes, and for fulfilling other treaty stipulations with them : Provided,That so many are willing to emigrate, for the said half calendar year,twenty thousand four hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents.
For current expenses of the Indian Department, for the said halfcalendar year, fifty-three thousand five hundred dollars, and includingfour hundred and fifty dollars paid by order of General Z. Taylor, fortwo white boys ransomed from the Camanche Indians; and for the saidfiscal year, ninety-three thousand three hundred dollars.
For subsistence of the Choctaw claimants and their Indian witnessesduring their attendance at the sittings of the commissioners appointedunder the “ Act to provide for the satisfaction of claims arising underthe fourteenth and nineteenth articles of the treaty of Dancing Rabbitcreek, concluded in September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty,fifteen thousand dollars.
For the removal of the Choctaws to the west of the Mississippi , sixty-seven thousand four hundred and ninety dollars.
For carrying into effect the treaty with the Chippewa Indians, con-cluded October fourth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, fifty-one thousand dollars.