THIRTYSECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 139. 1853. 239 purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this section, the sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That no part of the appropriations _ P=¤Ym¢¤€$ W herein made, or that may hereafter be made, for the benefit of any Indian, §‘gg:S€;“,('Q”€;' or tribe, or palt of a tribe of Indians, shall be paid to any attorney or agent of such Indian, or tribe, or part of a tribe, but shall in every case be paid directly to the Indian or Indians themselves to whom it shall be due, or to the tribe or part of a tribe per capita, unless the imperious interest of the Indian or Indians or some treaty stipulation shall require the payment to be made otherwise, under the special direction of the President; nor shall the Executive branch of the Government now or Gontmetswitli hereafter recognize any contract between any Indian, or tribe, or part of areas d”°t W a tribe, and any attorney or agent for the prosecution of any claim cogmze ` against any of the Departments of the Government; and that the sum of six hundred and eighty-two dollars be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Commissioner of Indian Aifairs to pay the amount due the legal representatives of Armee, a Cherokee, in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner- of Indian Affairs. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any officer who is or may Taking receipts hereafter be charged with the payment of any of the appropriations made fggujgyger ggms by this or any other act of Congress shall pay to any clerk, or other em- to bg dwg6d ém- ployee of the United States, a sum less than that provided by law, and l><=ZZl¢m¤¤t· require such employee to receipt or give voucher for an amount greater than that actually paid to and received by him, such officer thus acting shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, shall be fined in a sum double Penalty. the amount so withheld from any employee of Government, and shall be imprisoned for the term of two years, and may be prosecuted and punished in any court of the United States, having jurisdiction for the trial of such offences, in the district where such offence shall be committed. Approved, March 3, 1853. CHAP. CXXXIX.— An Act making Appropriations for the Trans ortation ¢y" the Zhzited March 3, 1853, States Mail b Ocean Steamers and otherwise, during the yiscal Year ending the thirtieth i-—— ofJune, one thousand eight hundred and _]’i_]?yy%ur. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mzited States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be Appropriations. and the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and nfty-four: For transportation of the mails from New York to Liverpool and back, Liverpool. eight hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars; For transportation of the mails from New York to New Orleans, Charges, &e. Charleston, Savannah, Havana, and Chagres, and back, two hundred and ninety thousand dollars; For transportation of the mails from Panama to California and Ore- California and gon, and back, three hundred and forty-eight thousand two hundred and O*""=%°“· iift dollars ; hor carrying out the contract entered into by the Post-Office Depart- Vera Cruz. ment under the law passed at the last session of Congress, establishing a tri-monthly mail by steam vessels between New Orleans and Vera Cruz, via Tampico, seventy thousand dollars. Sec. 2. And be it fart/ter enacted, That the following sums be and the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Office Department, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, out of any moneys in the Treasury arising from the
