Indians to be required to labor on amount of supplies and annuities tributed. R. S., 2086. of Indians or any portion of any band while at war with the United States or with the white citizens of any of the States or Territories. SEC. 3. That for the purpose of inducing Indians to labor and bereservations to come self-supporting, it is provided that hereafter, in distributing the dis- supplies and annuities to the Indians for whom the same are appropriated, the agent distributing the same shall require all able-bodied male Indians between the ages of eighteen and forty-five to perform service upon the reservation, for the benefit of themselves or of the tribe, at a reasonable rate, to be fixed by the agent in charge, and to an amount equal in value to the supplies to be delivered; and the allowances provided for such Indians shall be distributed to them only upon condition of the performance of such labor, under such rules and regulations as the agent may prescribe: -may be exempted by Secretary of the Interior. Agents to make rolls of Indians entitled to supplies: how to dis tribute supplies. R. S., 2109. 1884, July 4, ch. 180, S. 9, 23 Stat. 76. Indians to be employed. R. S.. 2069. Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may, by written order, except any particular tribe, or portion of tribe, from the operation of this provision where he deems it proper and expedient. SEC. 4. That hereafter, for the purpose of properly distributing the supplies appropriated for the Indian service, it is hereby made the duty of each agent in charge of Indians and having supplies to distribute, to make out, at the commencement of each fiscal year, rolls of the Indians entitled to supplies at the agency, with the names of the Indians and of the heads of families or lodges, with the number in each family or lodge, and to give out supplies to the heads of families, and not to the heads of tribes or bands, and not to give out supplies for a greater length of time than one week in advance. SEC. 5. * * * And where Indians can perform the duties they shall be employed; and the number and kind of employees at each 1882. May 17, ch. 163, agency shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and none others shall be employed. S. 6, post, p. 29. Agent's oath to accounts. Increase of employees: how obtained. 73 Fed. Rep., 400. Appropriations for Indian supplies to be vent deficiencies. R. S. 3679. Indian agents shall be required to state, under oath, upon rendering their quarterly accounts, that the employees claimed for were actually and bona fide employed at such agency, and at the compensation as claimed, and that such service was necessary; and that such agent is not to receive, and has not received, directly or indirectly, any part of the compensation claimed for any other employee: Provided, That when there is no officer authorized to administer oaths within convenient distance of such agent, the Secretary of the Interior may direct such returns to be made upon certificate of the agent; And provided further, That in case it should be necessary, at any agencies, to have more employees than provided for in this section, the Secretary may, by written order, authorize the increase necessary; but in no case shall the amount expended at any agency exceed ten thousand dollars in any one year; and the provision of this section shall apply to the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. SEC. 6. That hereafter, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the sodistributedas to pre- Interior, and the officers charged by law with the distribution of supplies to the Indians, under appropriations made by law, to distribute them and pay them out to the Indians entitled to them, in such proper proportions as that the amount of appropriation made for the current year shall not be expended before the end of such current year, so as to prevent deficiencies; -not to be exceeded in any year. S. 4, 26 Stat. 989. And no expenditure shall be made or liability incurred on the part 1891, Mar. 3, ch. 543, of the Government on account of the Indian service for any fiscal year (unless in compliance with existing law) beyond the amount of money previously appropriated for said service during such year. SEC. 7. That copies of all contracts made by the Comfurnished Second Au- missioner of Indian Affairs, or any other officer of the Government, R.S. 3744. 1876. Aug. for the Indian service, shall be furnished to the Second [Auditor] of 15, ch. 289, S. 3, post, P. the Treasury before any payment shall be made thereon. Copies of contracts for Indian service to be ditor. 27. * * * Congress annually a expenditure of Indian R. S. 445, 2091. Aug. SEC. S. That hereafter, the Secretary of the Interior cause to be Secretary of Interior prepared and delivered to the Public Printer, on or before the first to print and lay before day of November in each year, a tabular statement of the items paid statement of items of out up to that date of the appropriations made for the Indian Depart- appropriations, statement for the fiscal year previously ending, each item being placed ment of salaries, etc. under the appropriation from which it was paid, in such manner as to 15, 1876, post, p. 27. show the disposition made of each appropriation and the amount unexpended of each; also an itemized statement of the salaries and incidental expenses paid at each agency for the said year, and the appropriations out of which paid, and the number of Indians at each agency; and that the same be laid before Congress on the first day of the succeeding session. And that the report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the reports of agents, be printed and laid before Congress on the first day of the said session. Commissioner of Indian Affairs-when to report. R. S., 468, 469. Bidders on account amounts exceeding $5,000 to accompany checks, etc. of Indian service in bids with certified R. S., 3709. SEC. 9. That hereafter all bidders under any advertisement published by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for proposals for goods, supplies, transportation, and so forth, for and on account of the Indian service, whenever the value of the goods, supplies, and so forth, to be furnished, or the transportation to be performed, shall exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, shall accompany their bids with a certified post, p. 27. check, or draft payable to the order of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, upon some United States depository or some one of such solvent national banks as the Secretary of the Interior may designate, which check or draft shall be five per centum on the amount of the goods, supplies, transportation, and so forth, as aforesaid; And in case any such bidder, on being awarded a contract, shall fail to execute the same with good and sufficient sureties according to the terms on which such bid was made and accepted, such bidder shall forfeit the amount so deposited to the United States, and the same shall forthwith be paid into the Treasury of the United States; But if such contract shall be duly executed, as aforesaid, such draft or check so deposited shall be returned to the bidder. Sureties on Indian statement of property. agents' bond to file SEC. 10. That hereafter the security or securities, upon the bond required by the act of February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, to be given by each Indian agent before entering R. S., 2057. upon the duties of his office, shall file a sworn statement with the Secretary of the Interior, setting forth the nature and kind of property owned by such security or securities, the value of the same, and where situated; and that no money appropriated by this act shall be paid to any Indian agent hereafter appointed until the security or securities shall have filed such statement. Each Indian agent shall keep a book of itemized expenditures of every kind, with a record of all contracts, together with the receipts of money from all sources; and the books thus kept shall always be open to inspection; and the said books shall remain in the office at the respective reservations, not to be removed from said reservation by said agent, but shall be safely kept and banded over to his successor; and true transcripts of all entries of every character in said books shall be forwarded quarterly by each agent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Indian agents to itures, etc.. and forward, transcripts to keep book of expend Commissioner. 22. R. S., 2058. 1874. June 22, c. Provided, That should any agent knowingly make any false entry punishment for failin said books, or in the transcripts directed to be forwarded to the ing to keep books, etc. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or shall knowingly fail to keep a 389, and note, ante, p. perfect entry in said books as herein prescribed, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction before any United States court having jurisdiction of such offense, shall be fined in a sum not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, at the The provision of the act of 1851, Feb. 27, c. 14, s. 6 (9 Stat., 587), is incorporated into Revised Statutes, section 2057. * * discretion of the court, and shall be rendered incompetent to hold CHAP. 133.-An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other pur poses. * Be it enacted, &c., * That hereafter only actual travelling expenses shall be allowed to any person holding employment or appointment under the United States, except marshals, district attorneys, and clerks of the courts of the United States and their deputies; and all allowances for mileages and transportation in excess of the amount actually paid, except as above excepted, are hereby declared illegal; and no credit shall be allowed to any of the disbursing-officers of the United States for payment or allowances in violation of this provision. NOTE. This provision, without the word "hereafter" and without the exception appearing herein, first appeared in 1874, June 16, c. 285 (18 Stat., 72). It is thus superseded by this act, and is consequently omitted from this volume, although amendments made by 1875, c. 95, and 1876, c. 159, refer to the act of 1874 instead of to this act. June 10, 1876. 19 Stat., 58. Treasurer of U. S. to trust securities. ACTS OF FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION, 1876. CHAP. 122.-An act transferring the custody of certain Indian trust-funds. Be it enacted, c., That all stocks, bonds, or other securities or be custodian of Indian evidences of indebtedness now held by the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the benefit of certain Indian tribes shall, within thirty days from the passage of this act, be transferred to the Treasurer of the United States, who shall become the custodian thereof; R. S., 3659. ost, p. 2. 1, c. 41, post, -to collect interest and issue certificates of deposit. -to make future purchases and sales. And it shall be the duty of said Treasurer to collect all interest falling due on said bonds, stocks, &c., and deposit the same in the Treasury of the United States, and to issue certificates of deposit therefor, in favor of the Secretary of the Interior, as trustees for various Indian tribes. And the Treasurer of the United States shall also become the R. S., 2095-2097, 3659. custodian of all bonds and stocks which may be purchased for the benefit of any Indian tribe or tribes after the transfer of funds herein authorized, and shall make all purchases and sales of bonds and stocks authorized by treaty-stipulations or by acts of Congress when requested so to do by the Secretary of the Interior: -without affecting Secretary of Interior. Provided, That nothing in this act shall in any manner impair or supervisory powers of affect the supervisory and appellate powers and duties in regard to Indian affairs which may now be vested in the Secretary of the Interior as trustee of various Indian tribes, except as to the custody of said bonds and the collection of interest thereon as herein before mentioned. [June 10, 1876.] Aug. 12, 1876. 19 Stat., 131. One thousand In ployed, etc. R. S., 1094, 1112. CHAP. 263.—An act concerning the employment of Indian Scouts. Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the Army appropriation act of gian scouts to be em- twenty-fourth July, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, as limits the number of Indian scouts to three hundred is hereby repealed; and sections ten hundred and ninety-four and eleven hundred and twelve of the Revised Statutes, authorizing the employment of one thousand Indian scouts, are hereby continued in force: Provided, That a proportionate number of non-commissioned officers may be appointed. use of their own And the scouts, when they furnish their own horses and horse- to receive pay for equipments, shall be entitled to receive forty cents per day for their horses. use and risk so long as thus employed. [August 12, 1876.] CHAP. 289.-An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty-stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c. * * * SEC. 3. That in all lettings of contracts Aug. 15, 1876. 19 Stat.. 176. [19 Stat., 199.]. In contracts in Insals, etc., to be filed and Secretary to re in connection with the Indian service, the proposals or bids received dian service, propo shall be filed and preserved; port to Congress. And in the annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, there shall be embodied a detailed and tabular statement of all bids and 7, proposals received for any service, supplies, or annuity-goods for the Indian service, together with a detailed statement of all awards of contracts made for any such services, supplies, and annuity-goods for which said bids or proposals were received; 1875, Mar. 3, c. 132, 9, ante, p. 24. with Second Comp troller. And an abstract of all bids or proposals received for the supplies or abstract to be filed services embraced in any contract shall be attached to, and filed with, the said contract when the same is filed in the office of the Second Comptroller of the Treasury. R. S., s. 468, 469, 2083. Estimates for Indian appropriations; how R. S., s. 3669. SEC. 4. That hereafter the estimates for appropriations for the Indian service shall be presented in such form as to show the amounts presented. required for each of the agencies in the several States or Territories, and for said States and Territories respectively. Indian traders, how appointed, etc. R. S., s. SEC. 5. And hereafter the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall have the sole power and authority to appoint Traders to the Indian tribes and to make such rules and regulations as he may deem just post, p. 29. and proper specifying the kind and quantity of goods and the prices at which such goods shall be sold to the Indians. 15, 1876.] * * * [August ACTS OF FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION, 1877. CHAP. 101.-An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty-stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and for other purposes. * * Be it enacted, &c. And whenever practicable wagon transportation may be performed by Indian labor; and whenever it is so performed the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby authorized to hire a storehouse at any railroad whenever necessary, and to employ a storekeeper therefor, and to furnish in advance the Indians who will do the transportation with wagons and harness, all the expenses incurred under this provision, to be paid out of this appropriation. [March 3, 1877.]· * * * Mar. 3, 1877. [19 Stat., 271.] [19 Stat., 291.] Wagon transportation may be performed by Indian labor, and storehouses hired by Commissioner. ACTS OF FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-THIRD SESSION, 1879. CHAP. 182.-An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. Mar. 3, 1879. 20 Stat. 377. [20 Stat.,397.] Archives, etc.. re lected by Geographi over to Smithsonian Be it enacted, etc. * * * That all the archives, records and materials relating to the Indians of North America, collected by the lating to Indians, colGeographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, cal and Geological shall be turned over to the Smithsonian Institution, that the work Surveys to be turned may be completed and prepared for publication under its direction: Institution. Provided, That it shall meet the approval of the Secretary of the Interior and of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. [March 3, 1879.] Apr. 1. 1880. 21 Stat., 70. Secretary of Interior may deposit In dian trust funds in Treasury. 122, ante, p. 26. R. S., 2096. ACTS OF FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION, 1880. CHAP. 41.-An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to deposit certain funds in the United States Treasury in lieu of investment. Be it enacted, cc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to deposit, in the Treasury of the United States, any and all sums now held by him, or which may hereafter be received 1876, June 10, ch. by him, as Secretary of the Interior and trustee of various Indian tribes, on account of the redemption of United States bonds or other stocks and securities belonging to the Indian trust-fund, and all sums received on account of sales of Indian trust lands, and the sales of stocks lately purchased for temporary investment, whenever he is of the opinion that the best interests of the Indians will be promoted by such deposits, in lieu of investments; 28 Ct. Cls., 447. Interest; how pay able: permanent ap And the United States shall pay interest semi-annually, from the propriation for same. date of deposit of any and all such sums in the United States Treasury, at the rate per annum stipulated by treaties or prescribed by law, and such payments shall be made in the usual manner, as each may become due, without further appropriation by Congress. [April 1, 1880.] CHAP. 85.-An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and for other purposes. * * * Be it enacted, &e. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, whenever it can be done advantageously, to purchase, for use in the Indian service, from Indian manual and training schools, in the manner customary among individuals such articles as may be manufactured at such schools, and which are used in the Indian service. Accounts of such transactions shall be kept in the Indian Bureau and in the training schools, and reports thereof made from time to time. * * * * SEC. 4. That all officers and agents of the Army and Indian Bureaus are prohibited, except in a case specially directed by the President, from granting permission in writing or otherwise to any Indian or Indians on any reservation to go into the State of Texas under any pretext whatever; and any officer or agent of the Army or Indian Bureau who shall violate this provision shall be dismissed from the public service. And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed and required to take at once such other reasonable measures as may be necessary in connection with said prohibition to prevent said Indians from entering said State. [May 11, 1880.] * * * May 17, 1882. 22 Stat., 68. [22 Stat., 70.] salaries of. ACTS OF FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION, 1882. CHAP. 163.—An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes. Be it enacted &c., Section two thousand and seventy c Indian interpreters, the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, repealed. For the expenses of the commission of citizens, serving withou. compensation, appointed by the President under the provision of the fourth section of the act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and |