Laws of the Colonial and State Governments, Relating to Indians and Indian Affairs, from 1633 to 1831, Inclusive: With an Appendix Containing the Proceedings of the Congress of the Confederation ; and the Laws of Congress, from 1800 to 1830, on the Same Subject |
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... expense of negotiating and carrying into effect certain Indian treaties , An act to enable the President to hold treaties with certain Indian tribes , 64 An act to enable the President of the United States to hold a treaty with the ...
... expense of negotiating and carrying into effect certain Indian treaties , An act to enable the President to hold treaties with certain Indian tribes , 64 An act to enable the President of the United States to hold a treaty with the ...
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... expense of conducting their said business , payment of their just debts , and ( from the common profits ) providing for the sick and indigent , and re- serving from time to time , such sum or sums as can conve- niently be spared , for ...
... expense of conducting their said business , payment of their just debts , and ( from the common profits ) providing for the sick and indigent , and re- serving from time to time , such sum or sums as can conve- niently be spared , for ...
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... expenses , and the names of the Indians to whom the property belongs , and the share of each respective ly ; and the said court of sessions is hereby authorized and di- rected to examine the accounts of the several trustees or guard ...
... expenses , and the names of the Indians to whom the property belongs , and the share of each respective ly ; and the said court of sessions is hereby authorized and di- rected to examine the accounts of the several trustees or guard ...
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... expense , in such place on the lands of said Indians as said guardian and overseers shall direct , a pound , which shall be used for like purposes , and in like manner as town pounds may be by the laws of this Commonwealth . Sec . 10 ...
... expense , in such place on the lands of said Indians as said guardian and overseers shall direct , a pound , which shall be used for like purposes , and in like manner as town pounds may be by the laws of this Commonwealth . Sec . 10 ...
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... expenses of paying and subsisting the militia , so from time to time to be ordered out , and of the contingencies to arise in such services , Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That it shall be lawful for the person ...
... expenses of paying and subsisting the militia , so from time to time to be ordered out , and of the contingencies to arise in such services , Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That it shall be lawful for the person ...
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Page 245 - States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the States — provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 19 - An Act to regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and to preserve Peace on the Frontiers...
Page 140 - ... it shall and may be lawful for any justice of the peace to commit...
Page 193 - Army shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become or shall become members of the Confederation...
Page 157 - Virginia shores and strands, bordering on either of the said rivers, and all improvements, which have been, or shall be made thereon. The western and northern extent of Virginia shall, in all other respects, stand as fixed by the Charter of King James I.
Page 196 - That his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby, requested...
Page 236 - That by Congress accepting this cession, the jurisdiction of the whole western territory belonging to the Six Nations, and their tributaries, will be vested in the United States greatly to the advantage of the Union.
Page 8 - That no purchase, grant, lease, or other conveyance of lands, or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indian nation, or tribe of Indians, shall be of any validity in law or equity, unless the same be made by treaty, or convention entered into, pursuant to the Constitution.
Page 41 - President solemnly to assure the tribe or nation with which the exchange is made, that the United States will forever secure and guarantee to them, and their heirs or successors, the country so exchanged with them...
Page 65 - No purchase or contract for the sale of lands in this State, made since the fourteenth day of October one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five; or which may hereafter be made, of, or with the Indians, shall be valid, unless made under the authority, and with the consent of the Legislature.