TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 66. 1847. 203 Cianr.LXVI.—An Act to amen an Aet entitled **.6 Hat o ro ide he better Organization of the Depacitment of Indian .d_fa5s," dndpanvdet lefizitled ;
- An .0:;: to regu/ate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and to pre- 1834-, 6h- 162-
serve Peace on the Frontiers," approved June thirtiet/1, eighteen hundred and 1834-, ch. 161. thirty-four, and for other Purpose:. [84,8, ch.118’§3_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States if America in Congress assembled, That the limits of Limits oF_sueach superintendency, agency, and sub-agency shall be established by P°;1'f;“d‘£:‘°'t3 the Secretary of War, either by tribes or geographical boundaries; :gQm,, i;,h,,§_ and the superintendents, agents, and sub-agents shall be furnished with offices for the transaction of the public business, and the agents 0,5,,,,, and and sub-agents with houses for their residences, at the expense of the houses for super- United States; and, with the assent of the Indians, be permitted to ;‘;f,;‘;°':; cultivate such portions of land as the President or Secretary of War ° ’ ` may may deem proper. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the twentieth section of the “Act to regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, 1834, eh. 161. and to preserve Peace on the Frontiers," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, be, and the same is hereby, so amended, that, in addition to the fines thereby imposed, any person who shall sell, exchange or barter, give, or dispose of, any sirituous liquor or wine to an Indian, in the Indian country, or who shall introduce, or attempt to introduce, any sirituous liquor or wine into the Indian Penalty for incountry, except such supplies as may be necessary for the officers of :;°d;*°§F*8 i¤°° the United States and the troops of the service, under the direction U; ,;`,,,im,:H?:é of the War Department, such person, on conviction thereof before spiritucus 1i- the proper District Court of the United States, shall in the former case q“°”‘ be subject to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, and in the latter case not exceeding one year, as shall be prescribed by the court, according to the extent and criminality of the offence. And in all prosecutions arising under this section, and under the Indians marie twentieth section of the act to regulate trade and intercourse with ;g;;g§'°”* ""*‘ the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers, approved ,83,,; ch ,6, June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, to which this is an` ° amendment, Indians shall be competent witnesses. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the eleventh section of the "Act to provide for the better Organization of the Department of In- 1834, eh. 162. dian Affairs," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty- four, be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to provide that all annuities or other moneys, and all goods, stipulated by treaty to be A,,,,,,;t;€s,g,,0dS, paid or furnished to any Indian tribe, shall, at the discretion of the &¢-, my be paid President or Secretary of War, instead of being paid over to the ?:,,°,{,:2S_h€adS °f chiefs, or to such persons as they shall designate, be divided and paid over to the heads of families and other individuals entitled to participate therein, or, with the consent of the tribe, be applied to such purposes as will best promote the happiness and prosperity of the members thereof, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, not inconsistent with existing treaty stipulations. And no such annuities, or moneys, or goods, shall be paid or distrib- No annuities, uted to the Indians while they are under the influence of any descrip· ;°,';;Y;,s';;,§)ZQ;l; tion of intoxicating liquor, nor while there are good and sufficient to Indian, ,,,;,,1,, reasons for the officers or agents, whose duty it may be to make such i¤ ir ¤E¤*¢ of i¤- payments or distribution, for believing that there is any species of °°’“°‘°'°"‘ intoxicating liquor within convenient reach of the Indians, nor until the chiefs and head men of the tribe shall have pledged themselves to use all their iniluence and to make all proper exertions to prevent the introduction and sale of such liquor in their country; and all executory contracts made and entered into by any Indian for the payment
