United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 24
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Chap. XXIV.—An Act to provide for the location and temporary support of the Seminole Indians removed from Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriation for the Seminoles. That the President of the United States be, and hereby is, authorized to provide a suitable location, west of the States of Missouri or Arkansas, for the Seminole Indians who have been or may be removed from Florida; and to provide for their support until they shall be removed to such location; and that, for these purposes, 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.
Approved, February 6, 1839.