United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 146
Chap. CXLVI.—An Act to enable the President to hold treaties with certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes.
Appropriation for making treaties with the Indians beyond the Mississippi.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, to defray the expenses of making treaties of trade and friendship with the Indian tribes beyond the Mississippi: and that the said sum shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Commissioners to be appointed.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of negotiating said treaties, on the part of the United States, the President shall be, and he hereby is, authorized to appoint suitable persons for commissioners, and to fix their compensation, so as not to exceed what has been heretofore allowed for like services.
Two subagents to be employed.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President shall be, and hereby is, authorized to appoint two sub-agents to be employed among the Indian tribes, on the waters of the Upper Missouri, whose annual salary shall be eight hundred dollars each, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Indian agents to designate convenient places for carrying on trade.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of Indian agents to designate, from time to time, certain convenient and suitable places for carrying on trade with the different Indian tribes, and require all traders to trade at the places thus designated, and at no other place or places.
The power vested in the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis, and his successors in office, shall possess all the powers, and be subject to all the duties of governors of territories, when exercising the office of superintendents of Indian affairs, and shall exercise a general supervision of the official conduct and accounts of Indian agents within his superintendency.
10,000 dollars appropriated for a military escort.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the President of the United States to furnish a competent military escort to the commissioners authorized to be appointed by this act, if, in his opinion, the same shall be necessary.
Approved, May 25, 1824.