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THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 163. 1858. 363 be required for expenditure during the year ending June thirtieth, eigh— gfcggieu d°P”t‘ teen hundred and fifty~eight, twenty-five thousand dollars. For indemnity to George W. Stidham, a Creek Indian, for property G!¤d°m#'*7 Wd stolen from him and injured by a citizen of the United States, one hun- h;§g° ’ Sh ` dred and twenty-tive dollars. For general incidental expenses of the Indian service in the Territory I¤°i<lP¤*® 05 of IVashington, or so much thereof as may [be] required during the year $215;; ·F;mtg';yi ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, sixteen thousand dollars. Seneca.; of Maw York.-For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy- Senecas of New five thousand dollars, at five per centum, per act of twenty-seventh June, 2;*:2*-ch 34 W eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand dollars. Vol. ix; piss.- For payment of the difference in salaries of the agents for the Sioux Salaries of 0.,,-. and Seminole Indians, for the Omaha agency, for the Kickapoo agency, mm I¤dl¤¤ for the Kansas agency, and for the Neosho agency, between the rates as “g°”°" nxed previous to the act of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, 1857, ch. 90, § 2. and the rate authorized by said act from the third March, eighteen hun- Ame, p. 185. dred and fifty-seven, to the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, three thousand nine hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-eight cents. For compensation of one clerk in the Indian office, employed to enable _Clerk in the Inthe Secretary of the Interior to carry out the regulations prescribed to dm °“°°· give elfect to the seventh section of the act of third March, eighteen hun- 1855, eh. 207, 5 7. dred and fifty-tive, granting bounty lands to Indians, fourteen hundred V0l.x.p. 702. dollars. For compensation of two extra clerks, employed to carry out the treaty Extra clerks. with the Chiekasaws in the adjustment of their claims, two thousand eight hundred dollars. For detraying the expenses of the several expeditions against Ink-pa- EXl>¢di¢i<>¤¤ du-tah’s band, and in the search, ransom, and recovery of the female cap— §*E§j$sI¥,l;_H" tives taken by said band in eighteen hundred and hfty-seven, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; the amounts to be ascertained and paid, on satisfactory proof; under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That none of the money herein ap- Claims herein, propriated to the Indian service in the Territories of Oregon and Wash- {vm 9*`°%°¤ md ington shall be paid, until the claims which they are intended to satisfy ,.,,g$?Q£g,§g2g°§Q shall have been audited and stated by a commissioner to be sent to the paid until audit said 'l`erritories by the Secretary of the Interior, and approved by the said ;d££;i:;f£l£_Y secretary. The said commissioner shall be appointed as soon as may·be to bg ggnt them, practicable by the Secretary of the Interior, to receive a compensation of AP9¤i¤¤¤¢=¤¤ eight dollars a day and his actual travelling expenses whilst engaged in ;l,;QgS§;{r€’f °°m' the service herein prescribed. And it shall be the duty of the said com- Duties_ missioner to examine the vouchers, and to take testimony, if necessary, in regard to the claims or accounts which may be presented against the government, and to report the result of his investigations, and his opinion thereupon, to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall pay such claims, if he approves them, so far as the appropriations herein made shall be suiiicient for the purpose. Sec. 3. And be it forther enacted, That in executing process in the Incxecutingn Indian country, the marshal be authorized to employ a posse comitatas, not £l`§§°fo;;]g_‘° ‘ exceeding three persons in any of the States respectively, to assist in exe- marshal mayyém. outing process by arresting and bringing in prisoners from ‘the Indian Pl°7P°m ¢‘°m“¤~ country, and to allow them three dollars per diem in lieu of all expenses mpay 0,-1mm_ and services. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent and agents Superintendent, within the superintend[en]cy of Texas shall be hereafter` appointed in the Within the same manner as other superintendents and agents, appointed and cou- m;:ff;,;;p€;1Qg l`1!‘¤16<l· appointed, Ste. as Approved, June 14, 1858. °“h°"° "-’°·