(ACT of March 2d, 1811.)

cept in the state or territory within which the cause of action shall have arisen, or in which the defendant may reside; and it shall be the duty of the superintendent of Indian trade, or of the superintendents of Indian affairs, and their deputies, respectively, to whom information of every such offence shall be given, to collect the requisite evidence, if attainable, to prosecute the offender without delay.

SEC. IX. The goods requisite for annuities to the Indian nations, within the United States and the territories thereof, and for treaties with them, and for presents to be made them at the seat of government, or elsewhere, shall, henceforward, be purchased and transmitted to the proper posts and places, by the superintendent of Indian trade, upon orders from the department of war, and the accounts therefor shall be rendered to the war department.

SEC. X. During the continuance of this act, the annual sum of two thousand dollars, for the payment of the salary of the superintendent of Indian trade, and the annual sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, for the payment of the clerks in his office (including the sum of eight hundred dollars, allowed for an additional clerk, by the act passed on the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ten,) are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any noney in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. XI. During the continuance of this act, the president of the United States, is hereby authorized to draw, annually from the treasury of the United States, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, to be applied, under his direction, to the payment of the agents, assistant agents, and clerks, at the trading houses; which agents shall be allowed to draw, out of the public supplies, two rations each, and each clerk one ration, per day, which rations, or such payments as may be made in lieu thereof, by the order of the president, shall be charged to the trading fund; and the president shall cause an annual report to be made to congress of how much of the sum so authorized has been drawn, and in what manner the same has been applied.

26. SEC. XII. The sum of two hundred and sixty thousand dollars, appropriated by the tenth section of the act, entitled, " An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," approved twenty-first April, one thousand eight hundred and four, and the sum of forty thousand dollars, appropriated by the act, entitled "An act supplemental to the act, entitled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," approved third March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, shall be, and remain a fund for the purpose of carrying on trade and intercourse with the Indian nations, in the manner provided by this act, exclusive of the salary of the superintendent of Indian trade, and of the allowances to agents, assistant agents, and clerks.

27. SEC. XIII. It shall be the duty of said superintendent of In

(ACT of April 29th, 1816.)

dian trade, under the direction of the president of the United States, and upon such terms, and conditions as he shall prescribe, to cause the furs and peltry, and other articles, acquired in trade with the Indian nations, to be sold at public auction, in different parts of the United States, or otherwise disposed of, as may be deemed most advantageous to the United States.

SEC. XIV. If the president should deem it expedient to establish, under the authority of this act, trading houses, in addition to the number now in operation, for the purposes of carrying on a trade with the Indian tribes within the United States or their territories, the expenses for each trading house so established, shall not exceed the following sums of money, in addition to the appropriations already made by this act, viz: For the principal agent, an annual sum, not exceeding one thousand dollars; for an assistant agent, if necessary, an annual sum, not exceeding five hundred dollars; to be drawn by the president out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. XV. [Acts of April 21st, 1806, and March 4th, 1809, repealed:] Provided, 'That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exonerate any person who shall not have performed the duty, or who shall have violated any of the prohibitions, contained in the said acts, from suits or prosecutions; but as to all bonds, contracts, debts, demands, rights, penalties, punishments, which have been made, have arisen, or have incurred, or which shall be made, arise, or be incurred, previous to the first day of April next, the said acts shall have the same force and effect as though this act had not been passed: Provided, likewise, That the superintendent of Indian trade, the agents, assistant agents, and other persons employed under the aforesaid acts, shall continue to hold their several offices, appointments, and trusts, until otherwise removed, any thing herein contained, that might be construed to the contrary, notwithstanding; and also the bonds which they, or either of them, have given, or may give, for the faithful execution of their several duties and offices, shall continue to have the same force and effect, to all intents and purposes, as though this act had not been passed.

SEC. XVI. [This act limited, but continued afterwards by act of March 3d, 1815. 4 Bioren, 847, until March 4th, 1817; and by the act of March 3d, 1817. Pamphlet edition, 229, until May 1st, 1818, and see Infra, 33.]

ACT of April 29th, 1816. Pamphlet edit, 135.

28. SEC. 1. Licenses to trade with the Indians within the territorial limits of the United States shall not be granted to any but citizens of the United States, unless by the express direction of the president of the United States, and upon such terms and conditions as the public interest may, in his opinion, require.

(ACT of April 29th, 1816.)

SEC. 11. All goods, wares and merchandise, carried by a foreigner into the lands to which the Indian title has not been extinguished, for the purpose of being used in the Indian trade; and all articles of peltry, of provisions, or of any other kind purchased by foreigners from Indians or tribes of Indians, contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby forfeited, one half thereof to the use of the informer, and the remainder to the United States: Provided, That the goods, wares, and merchandise are seized prior to their sale to an Indian, or Indian tribe, and the articles purchased are seized before they are removed beyond the limits of the United States.

SEC. III. If a foreigner go into any country which is allotted or secured by treaty to either of the Indian tribes within the territorial limits of the United States, or to which the Indian title has not been extinguished, without a passport first had and obtained from the governor of one of the states or territories of the United States, adjoining the country into which he may go, or the officer of the troops of the United States, commanding at the nearest post on the frontiers, or such other person as the president of the United States may from time to time authorize to grant the same, he shall, on conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than fifty or more than one thousand dollars; or be imprisoned not less than one month, or more than twelve months, at the discretion of the

court.

29. SEC. IV. Trials for offences against this act shall be had in the courts of the United States of the territory in which the person accused may be arrested, or in the circuit court of the United States, of the district into which he may be first carried, after his arrest.

SEC. V. Each and every person charged with a violation of the second section of this act shall, if arrested, be indicted, and tried in one of the courts aforesaid, and that the conviction of the accused shall authorize the court to cause the goods intended to be sold to, and articles purchased from the Indians, belonging to him, or taken in his possession, to be sold, one half to the use of the informer, and the other to the use of the United States. But if goods intended to be sold, or articles purchased from the Indians contrary to the provisions of this act, should be seized, and the owner or person in possession of them should make his escape, or from any other cause cannot be brought to trial, it shall and may be lawful for the United States' attorney of the territory in which they may be seized, or the district attorney of the United States, of the district into which they may have been first carried after they are seized, to proceed against the said goods intended to be sold to, or articles purchased from the Indians, in the manner directed to be observed in the case of goods, wares, or merchandise, brought into the United States in violation of the revenue laws.

(ACT of April 20th, 1818.)

30. SEC. VI. The president of the United States shall be, and hereby is authorized to use the military force of the United States whenever it may be necessary to carry into effect this act, as far as it relates to seizure of goods to be sold to, or articles already purchased from the Indians, or to the arrest of persons charged with violating its provisions.

ACT of April 16th, 1818.

Pamphlet edit. 87.

31. SEC. I. 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.

SEC. II. 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 afore. said, 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,

SEC. III. [Continues the act of March 2d, 1811, Supra, 24, until March 1st, 1819, See Infra, 33.]

ACT of April 20th, 1818.

Pamphlet edit. 131.

An act fixing the compensation of Indian Agents and Factors.

SEC. 1. From and after the passage of this act, Indian agents and factors shall receive the following salaries per annum, in lieu of their present compensation, to wit:

The agent to the Creek nation, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

The agent to the Choctaws, one thousand eight hundred dollars. The agent to the Cherokees, on Tennessee river, one thousand three hundred dollars.

The agent to the Cherokees, on the Arkansas river, one thou sand five hundred dollars.

The agent to the Chickasaws, one thousand three hundred dollars, The agent in the Illinois Territory, one thousand three hundred dollars.

The agent at Prairie du Chien, one thousand two hundred dollars.

The agent at Natchitoches, one thousand two hundred dollars, The agent at Chicago, one thousand three hundred dollars. The agent at Green bay, one thousand five hundred dollars, The agent at Mackinac, one thousand three hundred dollars. The agent at Vincennes, one thousand two hundred dollars.

(ACT of March 3d, 1819.)

The agent at Fort Wayne and Piqua, one thousand two hundred dollars.

The agent to the lakes, one thousand three hundred dollars. The agent in the Missouri Territory, one thousand two hundred dollars.

And all sub-agents, five hundred dollars per annum.

SEC. II All factors shall receive one thousand three hundred dollars, and assistant-factors seven hundred dollars per annum.

SEC. II. The sums hereby allowed to Indian agents and factors, shall be in full compensation for their services; and all rations, or other allowances, made to them, shall be deducted from the sums hereby allowed.

ACT of March 3d, 1819. Pamphlet edit. 77.

SEC. I. [Continues the act of March 2d, 1811, Supra, 24, until the first day of March, 1820. See Infra, 33.]

SEC. II. The president of the United States shall have power, and he is hereby authorized, in every case where he shall judge it expedient, to transfer any of the Indian agents, whose compensation was fixed by the act, entitled "An act fixing the compen, sation of Indian agents and factors," from the places designated by the said act, for the discharge of their duties, respectively, to such other places as the public service may require; and shall also have power to appoint, by and with the consent and advice of the senate, an Indian agent for the Upper Missouri, whose annual compensation shall be one thousand eight hundred dollars,

ACT of March 3d, 1819. Pamphlet edit. 81.

An act making provisions for the civilization of the Indian tribes, &c.

32. SEC. I. For the purpose of providing against the further decline, and final extinction of the Indian tribes, adjoining to the frontier settlements of the United States, and for introducing among them the habits and arts of civilization, the president of the United States, is hereby authorized, in every case where he shall judge improvement in the habits and conditions of such Indians practicable, and that the means of instruction can be introduced with their own consent, to employ capable persons of good moral character, to instruct them in the mode of agriculture, suited to their situation; and for teaching their children in reading, writing and arithmetic, and for performing such other duties as may be enjoined, according to such instructions and rules as the president may give and prescribe, for the regulation of their conduct in the discharge of their duties,

SEC. 11. The annual sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act; and an account of the expenditure of the money and