United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/21st Congress/1st Session/Chapter 235
Chap. CCXXXV.—An Act for the relief of sundry citizens of the United States, who have lost property by the depredations of certain Indian tribes.
Certain claims to be settled, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claims of certain citizens of the United States, named in the Senate document at the first session of the nineteenth Congress, number fifty-five, for depredations committed on their property by the Indian tribes therein mentioned, and the claim of James and Jesse Morrison, and the claim of Burd and Abram Smith, for Indian depredations, be, and the same are hereby, submitted to the third auditor of the treasury, for examination and adjustment; who is hereby directed to be governed in his decisions, by the provisions of the fourteenth section of the act of March thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and two, entitledAct of March 30, 1802, ch. 13.
Proviso. “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,” and by treaty stipulations with any of the tribes mentioned, applicable to any of the cases: Provided, That no limitation of time for presenting claims under that act shall bar any of the claims herein mentioned. And the amount of each claim, when so established and ascertained, shall be paid to the claimant or claimants, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the amount of each claim, when so ascertained and established, shall be reported to Congress, with the evidence in its support, for final decision and allowance.
Approved, May 31, 1830.