time, and in the manner, prescribed in the fourth section of the act, entitled “An act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage,” passed on the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
The existing laws in force for the collection of the duties imposed, &c.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the existing laws shall extend to, and be in force for, the collection of the duties imposed by this act on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, and for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remission, of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, restriction, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, matter, and thing, in the existing laws contained, had been inserted in, and re-enacted by, this act.
Approved, April 20, 1818.
Statute I.
Chap. CIV.—An Act fixing the compensation of Indian agents and factors.
Indian agents and factors to receive the salaries specified.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, 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;
Creeks.The agent to the Creek nation, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
Choctaws.The agent to the Choctaws, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
Cherokees, on Tennessee river.The agent to the Cherokees on Tennessee river, one thousand three hundred dollars.
Cherokees, on Arkansas river.The agent to the Cherokees on the Arkansas river, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Chickasaws.To the agent to the Chickasaws, one thousand three hundred dollars.
In Illinois.The agent in the Illinois territory, one thousand three hundred dollars.
At Prairie du Chien.The agent at Prairie du Chien, one thousand two hundred dollars.
Natchitoches.The agent at the Natchitoches, one thousand two hundred dollars.
At Chicago.The agent at Chicago, one thousand three hundred dollars.
At Mackinac.The agent at Mackinac, one thousand four hundred dollars.
At Vincennes.The agent at Vincennes, one thousand two hundred dollars.
At Fort Wayne, &c.The agent at Fort Wayne and Piqua, one thousand two hundred dollars.
To the Lakes.The agent to the Lakes, one thousand three hundred dollars.
In Missouri.The agent in the Missouri territory, one thousand two hundred dollars.
Sub-agents.And all sub-agents, five hundred dollars per annum.
Factors and assistant factors.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all factors shall receive one thousand three hundred dollars, and assistant factors seven hundred dollars, per annum.
The sums allowed to be in full, &c.
Rations, &c. to be deducted.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sums hereby allowed to Indian agents and factors shall be in full compensation for their services; and that all rations, or other allowances, made to them, shall be deducted from the sums hereby allowed.
Approved, April 20, 1818.
Statute I.
Chap. CVII.—An Act to continue in force, from and after the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, until the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, the fourth paragraph of the first section of the act, entitled “An act to regulate duties on imports and tonnage.”
