Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 18 Part 1.djvu/443

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nm; xxvm.-1Nn1A1<s.—cn. 2.-4. 371 United States by the purchaser, the Secretary shall make, execute, and dehverto the purchaser a title in fee-simple for such lands and tenements. _ Sec. 2124. All penalties which shall accrue under this Title shall be P€¤¤1“°S·h°“'¤'°· sued for and recovered in an action in the nature of an action of debt, °°V°"°d‘ in the name of the United States, before any court having jurisdiction 30 June, 1834,c. of the same, in any State or Territory in which the defendant shall be lg; S- 27· "· 4· P- arrested or found, the pne-half to the use of the informer and the other‘ half to the use of the [ mted States, except when the plrosecution shall be first institutedon behalf of the United States, in w ich case the whole shall be to their use. _ Size. 2125. _When goods or other lproperty shall be seized for any viola- 1{rocss dings tion of this Title, it shall be lawfu for the person prosecuting on behalf “g“"‘°t gj°dF· __ _ of the United_States to proceed against such goods, or other property, in 30 June, 1834, c. the manner directed to e observed in the case of goods, wares, or mer- 161. · 28, V· 4, p· chandise brought intolthe United States in violation of the revenue laws. 7g?' Sec. 2126. n all trials about the right of property in which an Indian B111d9g3f QQQ may be a party on one side, anda white person on the other, the burden of 30 June, 1834, c_ proof shall rest upon the white person, whenever the Indian shall make 161, s. 22, v. 4, p. out a presumption of title in himself from the fact of previous possession 733- or ownership. CHAPTER FOUR. GOVEBNIENT OF INDIAN COUNTRY. Sec. see. 2127. Sale of cattle, &c., of the Indians by 2143. Arson. agents. 2144. The laws defining, &c., forgerv and 2128. Trading with Indians. depredations on mails extended to 2129. License to trade. Indian country. 2130. Refusal of license. 2145. General laws as to punishment of 2131. Revocation of license. crimes extended to the Indian 2132. Prohibition of trade by the Presi- country. dent. 2146. Exception to the operation of the 2133. Penalty for trading withoutalicense. preceding section. 2134. Penalty upon foreiglners entering In- 2147. Removal o persons. dian country wit out 2148. Penalty for return. 2135. Prohibited purchases and sa es. 2149. Removal from reservations. 2136. Tmding or selling arms, &c., in any 2150. Employment of the military in apdistrict occupied by uncivilized or prehending persons violating the hostile Indians. law. 2137. Prohibition of hunting on Indian i 2151. Detention of persons apprehended lands. by the military 2138. Penalty for removing cattle from In- 2152. Arrest of absconding Indians guilty dian countr . of crime. 2139. Penalty for selling spirituous liquors 2153. Executing process. in Indian country. 2154. Reparation for injured {property. 2140. Powers of superintendents, &c., to 2155. Payment where the o en er IS unsearch for concealed liq_uors. able. _ 2141. Penalty for setting up distillery in 2156. Injuries to (property by Indians. Indian country. 2157. Su rinten ents authorized to take 2142. Assault. dlegpositions. Sec. 2127. The agent of each tribe of Indians, lawfully residing in the 831*; Bf Icgttle. Indian country, is authorized to sell for the benefit of such Indians any g;·L§ert,S° “ ‘“““ cattle, horses, or other live stock belonging to the Indians, and not -.;;..._. required for their use and subsistence, under such regulations as shall be ,2; ga;-·v1§6;· °· established by the Secretary of the Interior. But no such sane shall be mj’ ‘ * p' made so as to interfere wit the execution of any order la.wfully_1ssued by the Secretary of War, connected with the movement or subsistence of troops. _ _ Src. 2128. Any loyal person, a citizen of the United States,_of good d_Tr¤dmgw¤tbI¤· moral character, shall be rmitted to trade with any Indian tribe upon "·”“· giving bond to the Unitedm States in the penal sum of not less than five 26Ju1y, 1866, c. nor more than ten thousand dollars, with at least_ twogpod sureties, to Egg. ¤- 4. V· 14. p- be approved by the superintendent of the d1str1ct_w1t in_ which such ‘ person proposes to trade, or by the United States district judge or dis-