THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 66. 1859. 401 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That no part of the money hereby to-§)*'m°» 8*;; Dat appropriated shall be used for the purchase of arms or ammunition to be uulegsfgzi S8 given or furnished to any of the Indians herein named, unless such purchase of arms or ammunition aforesaid be in fulfilment of the obligations of existing treaties. Sue. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Tracts occupied States be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to cause to be sur- git vgyed, and the boundaries thereof permanently marked, the tract or tracts on the 5;],; mmof land lying on or near the Gila River, in the Territory of Arizona, New lg be ¤¤1‘V¤y¤<L Mexico, now occupied by the confederated bands of Pima and Maricopa °‘ Indians, and the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to defray the expenses of the said survey. Sec. 4. And be it fwrihcr enacted, That the President of the United R9S¤1‘V¤$i¤¤S States be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to set apart the tract f" sm I“d‘”“S‘ or tracts of land aforesaid as a reservation For the confederated bands of Pimas and Maricopas: Provided, That the said reservations shall not ex- Y’°'l*°· ceecl one hundred square miles in extent. Sec. 5. And be it further enacte0Z That the sum of ten thousand dol- e§3s°’2g°£°§s£rf;f Iars is hereby appropriated to enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs diem. to make suitable presents to the Pimas and Marieopas, in acknowledgment of their loyality to this government and the many kindnesses heretofore rendered by them to our citizens. Sec. 6. And be it further emzctezl That in adjusting the claims of half- b Clalins of hm; breed Indians under the tenth article of the treaty of Prairie du Chien, §°;Tlv§?:u;é0_ of the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty, lying within the N e- mohaw reservation therein described, as surveyed by McCoy, and confirmed by section thirteen of the act entitled “An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thir- 1858 hl 1 tieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine," approved June twelfth,§13_ ’ ° S4' eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, there shall be found a. deficiency in the Ame, p. 327. quantity of land necessary to carry out the intentions of said treaty, then there shall be retained out of the proceeds of that portion of the public lands excluded from said reservation, as said half-breeds claimed its boundaries by the McCoy survey and the thirteenth section of the said act of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, so much money as shall equal that deficiency, estimating the same at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; which said sum of money shall be paid to the Secretary of the Interior, to be held by him in trust for such of said halfibreeds as shall be found entitled to it, and by him be paid to them or invested for their benefit, as he shall think most judicious and proper, after the said mixed bloods shall have relinquished to the United States all their interest in and to said deficiency in said reservation. Sec. 7. And be it _/ierther enacted, That the Commissioner of Indian Rules,_&e. for Afiairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby 5*;:8 I£‘;‘“';0 *:5 authorized and directed to prepare rules and regulations for the govern- preps,-ed and ment of the Indian service, and for trade and intercourse with the Indian Submitted *10 tribes and the regulations of their affairs; and when approved by the C°°gr°sS' I’residenl: shall be submitted to the Congress of the United States for its _ approval: Provided, That such laws, rules, and regulations proposed shall Pr°"S°‘ not be in force until enacted by Congress. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted That so much of the act entitled fB¤P°·¤l fof Pm “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to gk_ 2 1d5m' preserve peace on the frontiers," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hun- l dred and thirty-four, as provides that the United States shall make indemnification out of the treasury for property taken or destroyed in 1 _ 7 certain cases, by Indians trespassing on white men as described in the v°'w'p' a1' said act, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided however, That Proviso. nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to impair or destroy the VOL. xr. Pu1z.—51
