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LitM to any payment out of the trcafury of
th* United States, for any such property taken
rv drill oyed, if lie, or any of the nation to
which hi* belongs, {hall have fought private re
venge, or attempted to obtain fatisraftio.i by
•ny force or violence.
Sec. 5. And be it further enabled, That il any
fnch citizen, or other p rlou, (hall make a fet
t'ement on any lands belonging, or feeured, or
granted hy treaty with the United Stales, to
pny Indian tribe, or (hull fnrvey, or attempt
to fmvey, such lands, or designate any of the
boundaries, by marking trees, or oth'rwife,
such offender fiiall forfeit all his right, title and
claim', il any lie hath, oi vvhatfoever nature or
Vinci, the fame (hall er may be, to the lands
aforefaid, whereupon he shall make a fettle-
Jneut, or which he shall furvev, or attempt to
fnrvey, or defignite any of the boundaries there
of, by marking trees’ or otherwise, and shall
zlfo forf< it a stun not exceeding one tlidufaud
dollars, and fuffjr imprlfoament, not <‘xccod
ing twelve months. And it {hall, moreover,
be lawful for the Vrefidentof the United States
to take such meahires and to employ such
military force, as he may judge n"c.eflary, to
remove from lands belonging, or secured by
treaty, as aforefaid, to any Indian tribe, any
Inch citizen or other person, who has made or
fliall hereafter make, or attempt to make a
settlement thereon : And every right, title, or
claim forfeited under this aft, (hall be takrn
and deemed to be veiled in the United States,
upon conviftion of the offender, without any
•ther or further proceeding.
Stc. 6. And be it further enabled,, That it any
such citizen, or other person, (hall go into any
town, settlement or territory belonging to any
nation or tribe of Indians, and {hall there com
mit murder, by killing any Indian or Indians
belonging to any nation or tribe ol Indians in
amity with the United States, such offender,
on being thereof convifted, shall fuffer death.
Sec 7. And be it further enabled, That no
such citizen, or other p-rfon, shall be permit
ted to re r idc at any of the towns, or hunting
stamps, of any of the Indian tribes as a trader,
w ithout a license under lie hand and seal of
the fuperintendant of the department, or of
such other person as the President ot the Unit
ed States shall authorize to grant licenses for
that purpose : Which fuperintendant, or per
son authorized, shall, on application, issue
such license, for a term not exceeding two
years, who shall enter into bond with one or
more sureties, approved ot by the fuperintend
ant, or person issuing such license, or by the
President of the United States, in the penal fuin
of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the
true and faithful obfervancp of such regulations
and reftriftions, as are, or shall be mad” for the
government of trade and intercourse; with the
Indian tribes : And the fuperintendant, or
person issuing such license, shall have full pow
er and authority to recal the fame, it the per
ion so liccnfed shall tranlgrefs any ot the regu
lations, or reftriftions, provided tor the go
vernment of trade and intercourse with the
Indian tribes ; and shall put in fait such bonds
as he may have taken, on the breach of any
condition therein contained.
Sec. 3. And be it further That any
such citizen or other person, who iliall attempt
*0 reiide in ayy town, or hunting camp, of any
of the Indian tribes, as a trader without such
license, shall forfeit all the merchandize offer-.
for sale, to the Indians, or found in his pof
feflion, and fliall, moreover, be: liable to a fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars, and toim
prifonment nor exceeding thirty days.
Sec. g. And be it further enabled, That if any
such citizen, or other person, fliall purchase,
or receive of any Indian, in the way of trade
or barter, a gun, or other article commonly
ttfed in hunting, any instrument of husbandry,
or cooking utensil, of the kind usually obtain
ed by the Indians, in their intercourse with
white people, or any article of clothing, e.x
epting fkbisor furs, he shall forfeit a futn not
exceeding fifty dollars, and be imprisoned not
exceeding thirty days.
Sec. 10. And be it further enabled, That.no
such citizen, or other person, shall be permit
ted to purchase any horfc of an Indian, or of
any white man in the Indian territory, with
out special license for that purpose; which li
cense, the fuperintendant, or such other p*r
fon, as the President shall appoint, is hereby
authorized to grant, on the fame terms, condi
tions and rellnftions, as other licenses arc to
be granted under this aft : And any such per
son, who shall pitrch*fe a horse or horses, tin
ker such license, before he exposes such horse
•r horses for sale, and within fifteen days after
they have been brought out of the Indian coun
try, fliall make a jwrticnlar return to the fu
pei mtendant, or other person, from whoa*, he
obtained his license, of every horse purchaled
by him, as aforefaid ; defciibing such horses,
by their color, height, and other natural or
artificial marks, under the penalty contained
in their relpcftivc bonds. And every such
person, purchasing a horse or horses, as afore
laid, in the Indian country, without a special
license, shall, for every horse ..thus purchased,
and brought into any settlement of citizens of
the United States, forfeit a fuin not exceeding
one hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not
exceeding thirty days. And every perfoin
who shall purchase a horse, knowing him to ‘
be brought out oi the Indian territory, by any
person or perlons, not been fed, as above, to
purchase the fame, fliall forfeit the value of
iuch horse.
Sec. h. And be it further enabled, That no
agent, fuperintendant, or other person author
ized to grant a license to trade, or purchase
horses, shall have any interest or concern in
any trade with the Indians, or in the purchase
or sale of any horse, to or •from any Indian,
excepting for, and on account of the United
States. And any person offending, herein, sh all
forfeit a fmn not exceeding one thousand dol
ors, and be iriipvifoned not exceeding twelve
months.
Sec. 12 .'And be it further enabled. That no
purchase, grant, lease, or other Conveyance of
lauds, or of any title or claim thereto, from
in the bound* of the United States, shall be of
*ny validity, in law or equity, unless the fame
be made by treaty, or convention, entered into,
pursuant to th- coiift ituiioii: And it shall bea
irn(demeanor many person, not employed un
der the authority ot the United States, to ne
gotiate such tr'nty or convention, direftly or
vrividircftJy. to neat with any fiuh Indian nff
| or tribe yl Indians, for the tide orputch
Columbian jfclufeunt, &c.
afe of any lands by them held, or claimed,
ptsuifh.ible by- line not exceeding one thousand
dollar v ,ri 4 imprifonpont not exceeding twelve
months: Prairiel never thelefs, that it fliall be
lawful for the agent or agents of any date, who
may be present at any treaty held with Indians
under the authority of the United States, in the
with the approbation of theqom
m! Hi oner or comrniffioncrsof the United States,
appointed to hold the fame, to propofc to, and
adj’ttft with she TAdians, the compensation to
be made, for their claims to.lands within such
fine, which shall be extinguished by the treaty.
Sec. 13 And be it further enaded, That in
order to promote civilization among the friend
ly Indian tribes, and to focurethe continuance
of their friendlhip, it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, to cause them
tube furnifhed with ufelul domeflic artim vs,
and implements ol husbandry, and With goods
or’nioney, as he shall judge proper, and to ap
poin’ fnch persons, from time to time, as tem
porary agents, to reside among the Indians, as
he shall think fit: Provided that the whole a
mount of such prefeats,'and allowance to such
ageu’s, shall not exceed Sheen thousand dol
lars per annum.
Sec. 14. And be it further enabled. That if
any Indian or Indians, belonging to any tribe
in amity with the United States, shall come
over or cross the said boundary line, in f o any
Rate or territory inhabited by citizens ot the
United .Slates, and there take, Ileal or deitroy
any horse, horses, or other property, belong
ing to any cit izen or inhabitant of the United
States, or of either of the territorial dillrifts of
the United States, or shall commit any mur
der, violence, or outrage, upon any fueh citi
zen, or inhabitant, it .shall be the duty of such
citizen or inhabitant,'* his repre Tentative, at
torney or agent, to make application to the
fuperintendant, or such oth .r person as the
President of the United States shall authorize
for that purpose ; who, upon being furnifhed
with the necessary documents and proofs, shall,
under th” diieftion or inflruftion of the Pre
sident of the United States, make application ]
to the nation or .tribes to which fu;h Indian
01 Indians shall belong, for fatisfaftion; and
il such nation or tribe shall n“gleft or refufe to
make fatisfaftion, in a reafonaolr tim*, not ex
ceeding eighteen months, then it shall be the
duty of iuch lupc-rintendant or other person
authorized, ns aforefaid, to make return of his
doings to the President of the United States,
and forward to him all the documents and
proofs in the case, that such further Heps may
be taken, as shall be proper to obtain latisfac
tion for the injury : .-vnd in the mean time, in
refpefit to the property so taken, llolcn, or def
troyed.the U ibed States guarantee to the party
injured, an eventual indemnification: Provided
always, that if such injured party, his reprefon
tativrj. attorney, or agent, shall, in any wiy,
violate any of the provisions of this aft, by
seeking, or attempting to obtain private fatis
faftion or rrveng’, by crofTing over the line,
ort any of the Indian lands, he shall forfeit all
claim upon the United States, for such indem
nification ; And provided also , that notning
herein contained fliall prevent the legal appre
hension or arrelling, within the limits ot any
flue or diflrift, of any Indian having so of
fended : And provided further, that it shall be
i lawful for the President of the United .Slates,
. to drde.ft such sum or funis, as shall be paid
for the property taken, stolen or deflroyetl by
any such Indian, out of the annual itiper.d,
which the United States are bound to pay to
the tribe, to which, such Indian fliall belong.
Sec, 15. Ami be it further enabled, That the
fu peri or courts in each of the laid territorial
diiltifts, and the circuit courts, and other
courts of the United States of timilar jurffdic
t ion in criminal caufcs, in each ‘diflrift ot the
United States, in which any offender against
this aft shall be apprehended, or, agreeably to
the provisions of this aft, shall be brought for
trial, which have, or arc hereby inveited with
full power and authority to hear and determine
all crimes, offences and mifd-.vneanors, against
this aft ; such courts proceeding therein, in tee
fame manner, as if such crimes, offences and
misdemeanors had been committed withinthe
bounds of their refpeftive dillrifts : And in all
cases, where the punishment shall not be death,
the county courts of quarter feiQous in the laid
territorial d.ilrifts, and the diflrift courts oi the
United States in their refpeftive dillrifts, shall
have, and are hereby mvefled with like power
to hear and determine the fame, any law to the
contrary notwithflandirtg : And in all cases,
where the punifhmrnt lhail be death, it shall
be lawful for the governor of “ither of the ter
ritorial dillrifts, where the offender fliall be
a pprehfnded, or into which, he shall be brought
for trial, to issue a commilfion of oyer and ter
miner, to the fup'rior judges of such diflrift,
who shall have ull power and authority to
hear and determine ail such capital cases, in the
fain’ manner as the superior courts of such di
drift have in their ordinary fdfions : And
when thee offender shall be apprehended, or
brought for trial, into any of the United States,
except Kentucky, it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, to issue a like
commission to any one or more judges of the
lupreme court of the United States, and the
judge of the diflrift, in which such offender
*muy have been apprehended, or fliall have been
for trial ; which judges, or any two of
them, shall have the fame jurifdiftion in such
cafos, as the circuit court of such dif
tricl,*a,nd shall proceed to trial and judgment,
in the lame manner, as such circuit court might
or could do. •Apd the diflrift courts of Ken
tucky and Maine, fliall have jurifdiftion of all
crimes, offences and misdemeanors, committed
agaiflft this aft, antt shall proceed to trial and
judgment, in the laHkc manner, as the circuit
conns of the United Sratvn.j
Sec. i(>. And be it further enabled, That it
shall be lawful for the military force of the
United States, to apprehend every person who
fliall, or may be found in the Indian country,
over and beyond th; said boundary line, be
tween the United Stales and the laid Indian
tribes, iu violation of ans’ of the provisions or
regulations of this aft, and him or them imme
diately to convey, in the nearefl, convenient
and f’afe route, to the civil authority of the
United States, in lonic one of the three next
adjoining slates or diltrlfts, to be proceeded a
gainst, in duecourfc of law ; Provided, that no
person, apprehended bv military force, as a
iorefaid, shall be detained longer than ten days,
after the arrefl, and before removal.
Set;, id. And be it further mauled t That if
any person, who shall be charged with a viola
tion of any of the provisions or regulations of
this aft, fliall bfc found within anyof the Uni
ted S'ares. or either of the territorial dillrifts of
the United States, such offender may be there
apprehended and brought to trial, in the fame
manner, as if such crime or offence had been
committed within such ffate or diflrift; and
it shall b; the duty of the military force of the
United States, v/Sien called upon by the civil
magiffrate, or any proper officer, or other, per
son duly authorized for that purpose, and hav
ing;! lawful warrant", to aid and assist such ma
gistrate, officer, or other person authorized, as
aforefaid, m arrelling such offender, and him
committingto fafe cuflody, for trial according
to law.
Sec. 18. And be it further enabled. That the
amount of fines, and duration of, imprifon
tnent, direftrd by this aft as r*uiiifhinem for
the violation of any of the provisions thereof,
shall be aicertained and fixed, not exceeding
the limits preferibed, in the diferetion of the
. court, before whom the trial fliall he had ; and
that all fines and forfeitures which shall accrue
under this aft, shall be, one-half to the use of
the informant, and the other .half to the use of
the United States : Except where the profccu
tion shall be lirft infiituied on behalf pf the
United States ; in which case, the whole shall
be to their use.
Sec. 19 And be it further enabled, That no
thing in r s aft fliall be conffru'd to prevent
any trade or intercourse with Indians living on
lands surrounded by settlements of the citizens
•of the United States, and being within the or
dinary jurifdiftion of any of the individual
states ; or the unmolested ule of a road from
Washington diflrift. to Mero diflrift, and of
the navigation of the Tenaflfee river, as rcferVed
and fecurcd.by treaty.
Sec. 20. And be it further enabled, That the
President of the United States be, and he is
hereby authorized to cause to be cfoarly afeer
tamed, and distinctly marked, in all such pla
ces as he shall deem necessary, and in such man
ner as he shall direst, any other boundary
lines between the United States and any Indian
tribe, which noware, or hereafter may beef
tablifhed by treaty.
Sec. 21. And be it further enabled, That all
and every other aft and afts, coming within ,
the purview of this aft, shall be, and they are
hereby repealed": Provided nevcrthelefs, that all
difabili ties, that have taken place, fhtflT contin- ]
ue and remain ; all penalties and forfeitures,
that have been incurred, may be recovered ;
and nil prosecutions and suits, that may have
been commence*!, may be prosecuted to final
judgment under the said aft or afts, in the fame
manner, as if the i’aid act or afts were continued,
and in full force and virtu".
Sec. 22. And be it further enabled, That this
aft fliall be in force, tor the term oi” two years,
and from thence, to the end of the session of
Congress next thereafter, and no longer.
JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of
the House of Representatives,
SAMUEL LIVERMORE, President
of the Senate , pro tempore.
Approved, May nineteenth, 1796-
Geo. WASHINGTON, President
cf the United States.
Deposited among the Rolls, in the office of
t l>e department of State.
PARIS, April 27.
The Direftory has officially contridiftf-d the
report of our army having tak"ii pofiefiiun of
Genoa, and imposed on that con
tribution of from 30,10 40 millions. The di
r-ftory calls this report a treacherous and ri
diculous fiftion.
Lareveilleie Lepaux y Member of the Execu
tive Direftory. intends to resign his place on
account of his health.
‘flic obflinacy with which the direftory de
fines the publication of Charette’s trial is the
more wondered at here, as this trial is of the
greatell importance to the jollification of the
deputies employed to conclude a treaty of
peace w ith him.
Some revolutionary movements have taken
place in the famous camp oi Jobs, but they are
entirely quelled.
Wc arc allured that a negociation is at this
moment going on between the direftory and
the Spanilh minister, for restoring to Span its
territory in St. Domingo, and receiving in
Exchange Louisiana. Pichegru departed yeff
terday for Strasbourg ; from thence he goes to
Arboit, and then to Stockholm.
Our Letters speak of the aifiiffination of the
king of Naples, who is laid to have been kil
led by a musket fruit. They add, that the
assassin has been apprehended, and he makes
one of a very formidable conspiracy, the ring
leaders of which he has pointed out.
April aB.
We underffand a negociation to be on foot
between the Direftory and the Spanish A:n
baffador, tending to make us exchange the
Spanilh part of St. Domingo, ceded to France
by the late treaty, for the Province of Louisiana.
April 29.
Lavieux-Ville, one of the generals of the
Chouaus, have been killed between Dol and
Antzain ; in his pocket were found 600 louis
d’ors, and several large bank notes. The let
ters from Dinan which contain this news, adds
that money and every thing is the objeft of
robbing in that province ; that the great con
tributions in specie are all remitted to England,
and there exchanged by Pitt for falfe aflignats,
and counterfeit louis dE’ors.
Afire broke out lail night in the hotel of
the fccretary’s office of Marine, several papers
were burnt.
The mandates produce many a tumult in this
metropolis. Bargains are concluded ir\ hard
cash, and when the goods are delivered, pay
ment is made in mandates. If the vender
endeavors to obtain redress, wuneffcs arc at
hand to depose against him. Robberies arc
et\C renting to the mofl alarming degree, and
the foldkrs pillage the public houses, bakers,
&c.
The country of Caux is all in flames ; the
banditti set fire to every farm.
April 30.
Several merchants have lhut up their shops
to avoid quarrels, with regard to their* man
dates.
The Legion of Police, by reason of its hav
ing refufcft to iaar.h i<# Sirafburgh, has been
surrounded and di(banded. Some movement
have alio taken place at Verfeilles amon -tl
troops, but they are quelled. The poft-b,’
who brought the Lyons Mail, has been murdeS’
cd on the road. cr ’
LONDON, April 22.
An embargo is said 10 have been laid
upon ail the Hamburgh ihips in the port*
ot France. This intelligence was post.
ed at Lloyd’s yesterday morning.
April 25.
A second squadron of Dutch men of
war, feven fiiips of from 6a
to 7+ guns, with nine frigates and fmah
ler vefiels, failed frem the Texel on
Sunday or Monday lail. The admiral
ty, on Wedaefday, were apprized of the
circumflance, and immediately dispatch \
ed meflengers to Hull, Lynn, Bridiine.
ton, Whitby, Sunderland, Newcafth
and the other places along the coaft*
prohibiting the failing pf veflels bound
tor northern ports.
The cause of the embargo on the
Hamburgh veileis, wc underhand tc be
a quarrel between the French and that
City. . In confluence of the refund on
the part cl the magistrates of Hamburg
to acknowledge the miniiter of France
alter a foiemn treaty to that effedt a
dispute arose, and deputies were sent Vj
Paris, w hen an agreement was made
that Hamburgh should pay to the French
a considerable lum of money as acompen
fation for the breach of the treaty they
had entered 14to, to acknowledge the
republic, soon fliter the eonqueil of Hol
land. This agreement the magiilratei
of Hamburgh refufed to ratify, and the
French have therefore Hopped the Ihips
in their ports.
The French now feel that they were
completely out manoeuvred in the peace
which they made with the king of Pruf.
f;a and elector of Hanover. It they 1
had accompliflied their design of seizing
on Embden and Bremen, they had only
to add Hamburgh to their conqueits, to
have shut England completely out of the
Elbe and “Weier, foas to cut them off
from all intcrcourfe # with Germany, ex
cept through the dominions of the ejp.
press of Ruiiia on the one fide, or through
Italy on the other. This was in their
contemplation, but they were prevailed
upon to agree to the peace which Prufiia
and Hanover solicited, and Hamburgh
now feels herfelf strong enough to re
fine the ratification of the coinpromifs
she made for her own'fill vation.
It is a happy circumflance for Eng
land, that tr.e ’French were prevailed
upon to desist from their attempts on all
the strong palaces j [at the mouths of the
Elbe and the Wefer ; for though we
have enriched the city of Hamburgh,
by making a deposit and counting house
for England, yet it has been tie only
means of preserving our intercourse with
Germany ; but for that avenue wc could
not have feet, even a letter, to Vienna
by a nearer rout than Riaga ; our com
merce to this part of the world, under
such a reflrainr, mull have been greatly
ditniniihed, if not totally loft ; we owe
this efcapie then, not to our nuni'av,
but to the wife condud and energy j!
Prussia and Hanover, who thou fit it
parudent to Hop the French career ft
conquest, by a peace.
London Gazette, April 26.
Admiralty -Offer , Afrd 26.
Dispatches of which the following
are extrads, have been recived at this
office from Sir Edward Peilew, Bart.
Extrabl of a Letterfrom Sir Edward Pi
lew, Captain of his Maffy’s Ship In
defatigable, to Mr. Nepean, ctatA a*
Falmouth , April 20, 1796.
I have the pleal’ure to inform their
I.ordffiips, that on the 13th inst. at -f
P. M. we fell in with, and gave a gate
ral chace to a French frigate to wind
ward ; the Revqjutionaire being far
allern, was tacked by signal to cut the
chace from the lhore ; and I had the
plcafure to fee her just before dark, i * 3
situation to weather the enemy up>nn a
different board, which obliged her alio
to tack.
The nightfetting in cloudy, we loft,
fight of the chafe before nine o’clock,
when she bore up, but not iipobfcrven
by that zealous and attentive offocfi
Captain Cole, who piurfued and dole-’
with her at half past eleven, and n c
being able to prevail upion her comm* 1
der to surrender without rcli ftar.cc
he opicncd a dole and well directs
tire upon her, which was faintly retim -
ed ; and after a second broad fide,
enemy ft ruck, and proved to be the ra
tional frigate La Unite,from L’Ora
to Rochfort, mounting 38 guns, twei -
and fix pounders, and manned wily
men, eight or nine of whom were ■> 1 >
and eleven or twelve defperatclv v ” -
ed. La Revolutionaire happily ha-
men hurt, and it apapoears that ihc
maneuvered by Captffiu Cole iff
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