United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/15th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 66
Chap. LXVI.—An Act directing the manner of appointing Indian Agents, and continuing the “Act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes.”
Act of March 2, 1811, ch. 30.
Superintendent of Indian trade, agents, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the superintendent of Indian trade, the agents and assistant agents of Indian trading houses, and the several agents of Indian affairs, shall be nominated by the President of the United States, and appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
After 18th April, 1818, no person to act without the consent of the Senate.
Agents to give bond in 10,000 dollars.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the eighteenth instant, no person shall act in either of the characters aforesaid, who shall not have been thus first nominated and appointed. And every agent as aforesaid, before he shall enter upon the duties of his office, shall give bond to the United States, with two or more sufficient securities, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned faithfully to perform all the duties which are or may be enjoined on them as agents as aforesaid.
The act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes continues until 1st March, 1819.
Act of 1811, ch. 30.
Act of March 3, 1817, ch. 43.
Act of March 3, 1821, ch. 45.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled “An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes,” passed on the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, which was continued in force for a limited time by an act passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, shall be, and the same is hereby, further continued in force until the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and no longer.
Approved, April 16, 1818.