United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/2nd Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 21
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Chap. XXI.—An Act making an appropriation to defray the expense of a treaty with the Indians northwest of the Ohio.
Appropriation to defray expense of treaty with certain Indians.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, arising from the surplus of former appropriations unexpended, shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated to defraying the expense of negotiating and treating with the hostile Indian tribes northwest of the river Ohio.
Allowance to the commissioners, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That each of the commissioners, who may be appointed for managing such negotiations and treaties, shall be entitled to an allowance, exclusive of his necessary expenses, of eight dollars per day, during his actual service, to be paid out of the monies so appropriated.
Approved, March 2, 1793.