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154 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 No - 39-