proved by the President, shall execute the duties of agents for such tribes as may be directed by the President of the United States. And it shall be competent for the President to assign to one of the said agents, in addition to his proper duties, the duties of superintendent for such district of country or for such tribes as the President may think fit. And the powers of the superintendent at St. Louis, over such district or tribes as may be assigned to such acting superintendent, shall cease: Provided, That no additional compensation shall be allowed for such services.
Approved, June 30, 1834.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. CLXII.—An Act to provide for the organization of the department of Indian affairs.[1]
Duties of governors of Florida and Arkansas as superintendents to cease.
Duties of governor of Michigan to cease.
Salary.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the duties of the governors of the territories of Florida and Arkansas, as superintendents of Indian affairs, shall hereafter cease, and the duties of the governor of the territory of Michigan, as superintendent of Indian affairs, shall cease from and after the establishment of a new territory, embracing the country west of Lake Michigan, should such a territory be established. And while the governor of the said territory of Michigan continues to act as superintendent of Indian affairs, he shall receive therefor, the annual sum of one thousand dollars, in full of all allowances, emoluments, or compensation for services in said capacity.
A superintendent to reside at St. Louis.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a superintendency of Indian affairs for all the Indian country not within the bounds of any state or territory west of the Mississippi river, the superintendent of which shall reside at St. Louis, and shall annually receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars.
Duties of superintendents.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That superintendents of Indian affairs shall, within their several superintendencies, exercise a general supervision and control over the official conduct and accounts of all officers and persons employed by the government in the Indian department, under such regulations as shall be established by the President of the United States; and may suspend such officers and persons from their office or employments, for reasons forthwith to be communicated to the Secretary of War.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the following Indian agents shall- ↑ Acts relating to the Indians, passed subsequent to June 30, 1834.An act to regulate, in certain cases, the disposition of the proceeds of land ceded by the Indian tribes, January 9, 1837, ch. 1.An act to extend the jurisdiction of the district court for the district of Arkansas, March 1, 1837, ch. 16.Provision for the removal of the Creeks, act of March 3, 1837, ch. 31.An act for the appointment of commissioners to adjust the claims to reservations of land under the fourteenth article of the treaty of 1830, with the Choctaw Indians, March 3, 1837, ch. 39.An act to authorize and sanction the sales of reserves provided for the Creek Indians in the treaty of March 24, 1832, in certain cases, and for other purposes, March 3, 1837, ch. 41.An act to provide for the payment of the annuities which will become due and payable to the Great and Little Osages, in the year 1838, and for other purposes, January 16, 1838, ch. 38.An act to amend an act entitled “An act for the appointment of commissioners to adjust the claims to reservations of land under the fourteenth article of the treaty of 1830, with the Choctaw Indians,” February 22, 1838, ch. 13.Choctaw lands reserved from sale or pre-emption, June 22, 1838, ch. 119, sec. 1.An act to authorize the issuing of patents to the last bona fide transferee of reservations under the treaty between the United States and the Creek tribe of Indians, which was concluded on the 24th March, 1832. July 5, 1838, ch. 161.An act to provide for the location and temporary support of the Seminole Indians removed from Florida, February 13, 1839, ch. 24.Brothertown Indians, March 3, 1839, ch. 83. Act of June 15, 1844, ch. 54.An act to provide for the satisfaction of claims arising under the fourteenth and nineteenth articles of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, concluded in September, 1830. August 23, 1842, ch. 187.An act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,” passed 30th June, 1834. June 17, 1844, ch. 103.
