amenable to the laws of the territory, and may be arrested by any citizens of this territory, and placed in charge of the sheriff of the county where such arrest was made.
Sect. 4. It shall be the duty of said sheriff to receive such Indian or Indians, and to place the same in close confinement in the county jail, and forthwith to officially notify the superintendent of Indian affairs of such arrest and confinement, and notify the United States Indian agent of the tribe or nation to which such Indian or Indians belong, to remove the same immediately to their reserve.
Sect. 5. All expenses incurred by any county in carrying the provisions of this act into effect, shall be paid by the said Indian agent to the treasurer of the county where the arrest is made, before said Indian shall be delivered to said agent.
Sect. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
- Approved April 13, 1862.
CHAPTER 47.
AN ACT TO PREVENT THE TRAFFIC IN ARDENT SPIRITS WITH THE INDIANS.
Be it enacted the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:
Section 1. That if any hotel keeper, saloon keeper, merchant, trader, salesman, or any other person shall sell, give, barter, or in any manner dispose of any spirituous liquors to any Indian or Indians within this territory, every such person or persons offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction to try the same, shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not less than thirty, nor more than ninety days, and shall forfeit and pay to the use of the county, in which the offence may have been committed, a fine not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars.
Sect. 2. In all cases of conviction under this chapter, if there be no jail in the county where the offence was com-