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life, is hereby declared to be a citizen of the United States, and is entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities of such citizens, whether said Indian has been or not, by birth or otherwise, a member of any tribe of Indians within the territorial limits of the United States without in any manner impairing or otherwise affecting the right of any such Indian to tribal or other property.1 Sec. 6, act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. L., 390.)

1 For the Indian allotment act, see the act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. L., 358-390).

CHAPTER XXXVII.

THE INDIANS-INDIAN AGENTS-THE INDIAN

Par.

COUNTRY.

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1380. Indian inspectors; term of 1404. Reports of schools.

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etc., to be dispensed with. 1407. Additional security from dis

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1390. Discontinuance and transfer 1411. No future treaties with In

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1395. Acknowledgment of deeds, 1417. Claims for supplies.

etc., by agents.

1396. Appointment of sub-Indian

agents.

1397. Limits of superintendencies, agencies, etc.

1398. Special agents and commissioners.

1399. Interpreters.

1400. Preference to Indians as interpreters.

1401. Instruction of Indians. 1402. When tribes may direct the

appointment of blacksmiths, etc.

1403. Industrial training schools for Indian youth.

1418. Modes of paying annuities

and distributing goods. 1419. Withholding annuities from intoxicated persons. 1420. Army officer to be present at delivery of annuities.

1421. Mode of disbursements. 1422. Labor required from Indians on reservations to amount of supplies; exceptions. 1423. Rolls of Indians entitled to supplies.

1424. Mode of distributing. 1425. Annual accounts of disbursements, etc.

1426. Sales of cattle; penalty.

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1427. Restriction on advances to 1455. Indians trespassing upon lands of civilized Indians. 1456. Suspension of chief for tres

superintendents, etc.

1428. Misapplication of funds. 1429. Indian depredation claims; annuities.

1430. Funds for education. 1431. Annuities to hostile Indians. 1432. Goods withheld from chiefs who have violated treaty stipulations.

1433. Moneys due Indians holding American captives.

1434. Contracts with Indians. 1435. Payments under contracts restricted.

1436. The same; penalty. 1437. Assignments of contracts restricted.

1438. The same.

1439. Moneys due incompetent or orphan Indians. 1440. Number of Indians present at issues to be reported. 1441. Army rations for Indians. 1442. Sending seditious messages; penalty.

1443. Carrying seditious messages; penalty.

1444. Correspondence with foreign

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1486. Penalty for timber depreda- 1494. Injuries to property by In

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1487. Army officers, etc., prohib- 1495. Superintendents, etc.,

ited from giving permis-
sion to Indians to go into
the State of Texas.

1488. Employment of military
force in apprehending per-
sons violating the law.
1489. Detention of persons appre-
hended by military.

1490. Arrest of absconding Indians guilty of crime.

authorized to take deposi-
tions.

1496. Indians committing certain
crimes to be subject to the
laws.

1497. Assaults upon officials; pen-
alty.

1498. Marshals to execute process
in Indian Territory.

1499. 1500. The Indian police.

INDIAN INSPECTORS AND INDIAN AGENTS.

Indian inspectors; termof office.

138, s. 6, v. 17, p. 463; Mar. 3, 1875, c. 132, v. 18. p. 422.

1380. There shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a sufficient 13. 14, 1873, C. number of Indian inspectors, not exceeding five1 in number, to perform the duties required of such inspectors by Sec. 2043, R. S. the provisions of this Title. Each inspector shall hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed by the President.

Powers and duties of inspect

ors.

Ibid.

Mar. 3, 1875, c. 132, ss. 1, 4, 5, v.

Sec. 2045, R. S.

1381. Each Indian superintendency and agency shall be visited and examined as often as twice a year2 by one or more of the inspectors. Such examination shall extend to a full investigation of all matters pertaining to the business 18, pp. 422, 449. of the superintendency or agency, including an examination of accounts, the manner of expending money, the number of Indians provided for, contracts of all kinds connected with the business, the condition of the Indians, their advancement in civilization, the extent of the reservations, and what use is made of the lands set apart for that purpose, and, generally, all matters pertaining to the Indian service. For the purpose of making such investigations, each inspector shall have power to examine all books, papers, and vouchers, to administer oaths, and to examine on oath all officers and persons employed in the superintendency or agency, and all such other persons as he may deem necessary or proper. The inspectors, or any of them, shall have power to suspend any superintendent or agent

By the act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. L., ch. 132, sec. 1. p. 420), the number of commissioners was reduced to three. For powers and duties of the Secretary of the Interior respecting Indian affairs, see paragraphs 372-374, ante.

"The act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. L., p. 422), repeals this requirement.

Indian agents.

Feb. 14, 1873, c.

or employé, and to designate some person in his place temporarily, subject to the approval of the President, making immediate report of such suspension and desiguation; and upon the conclusion of each examination a report shall be forwarded to the President without delay. The inspectors, in the discharge of their duties, jointly and individually, shall have power, by proper legal proceedings, which it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the United States for the appropriate district duly to effectuate, to enforce the laws, and to prevent the violation of law in the administration of affairs in the several agencies and superintendencies. So far as practicable, the examinations of the agencies and superintendencies shall be made alternately by different inspectors, so that the same agency or superintendency may not be examined twice in succession by the same inspector or inspectors.

1382. The President is authorized to appoint from time 138, s. 1. v. 17, p. to time, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,

437; June 22,1874.

c. 389, v. 18. p. 147. the following Indian agents:

Sec. 2052, R.S.

Services of certain agents, etc.,

Three for the tribes in Oregon.

Fourteen for the tribes east of the Rocky Mountains, and

north of New Mexico and Texas.

Seven for the tribes in New Mexico.

Three for the tribes in the Territory of Washington.

One for the tribes in Kansas.

One for the Kickapoos.

One for the Delawares.

Two for the tribes in Utah.

One for the Poncas.

One for the Pawnees in Nebraska, each with an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars.

Four for the tribes in California, at an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars each.

Three for the tribes in Texas.

One for the Wichitas and neighboring tribes west of the Choctaws and Chickasaws, at an annual salary of one thousand dollars.

1383. It shall be the duty of the President to dispense to be dispensed with the services of such Indian agents and superintend Ibid., p. 438. ents as may be practicable; and where it is practicable

with.

June 22, 1874,

c. 389, v.18, p. 147 he shall require the same person to perform the duties of

June 22, 1874, c.

289, v. 18, p. 177. two agencies or superintendencies for one salary.

The same.

Sec. 2053, R.S. 1384. Whenever any one or more of the superintendenJuly 15, 1870, cies is abolished by law, or discontinued by the President, the Indian agents in such superintendencies shall report directly to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

c. 296, s. 6, v. 16, p. 360.

Sec. 2054, R.8.

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