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Show . - . . , . . . : . ... p&s or tribe desigtiatzd by law to such .other p1,lace or tribe as the. . ' . . ' . ;public servicemight require. .. . ... . very Indian agent was requiredto resick and keep his agency ": , ., . ~ . . "within &? near the territory or triben for Whicb; he might be agent, . ~.' ,.~ .. m d i t was made;ucompetent for the Pre;sident to requi~ea ny military. . ~. ,.- - officer of 6heUnited States to execute the duties of Indian &gent." > - . ... .. . ,. ' . ~h e~&s c d ewnat s anthoriied to appoint a cornbetent number of siib- .. ',. . - igeuts to-b e employed, andto reside wherever he might di&ct, not, -- .~ :. , however,'ivitl& thelimits of any agency where an agent was _appointed: ' ' .~~ . ' - .- The Secretary of War was directed to estiblish the limits of .each . , , .::. agency and sub-agency either by tribes or by geographicd boundaries, . ~ .'. , , and to prescribe the general duties of Indiau agents and-sub-agents ~ , , -., :: . tobe- . . - ;:. , . . ~ . To mariage end anperkitend th6interconrsewitEthe Indians within their respec: ~ -. .' ,~... tiw agencies agreeably to law; to obey all legal instructions given by the Sac- -. - ~, ~. retmy of W&r;the Cammiss~onero f Indian Affzirs, or the superintendent of Indian . . -, . Affairs, md to carry into effect auchregulationa sa may be prescribed by the Pregi- ~ ' ,~. .dent. , . . .. . .. . : The appointment of interpreters, blacksmiths, farmers, mechanics, ~ . ' . '. and-teachers was provided for. - . . ~. . The paymeht of dl annuities or othertr+a@fuuds was to be made to ... . . - the'chiefs of the tribes, or to such persons as the tribes mightappoint. . . '7 . '-.'> Tke President was authorized t o cause friendly Indians west of the . , . .->'~ ., . Missis~ippR~iv er and north of the boundary of the western territmy, ~ .1~ < <~~. ~, . , and the region upon Lake Superior and the head of thb MfsQssippi, to . ~ . ' ~ ~ ' r , . : A be furnished'yith useful domestic animals and implements of hus- . , . ~. ::*. ~ .. bandry, and with goods, as he might think proper, not to cost in the ~ ~ ~ . . ~ ~, ,, aggregate more than $5,000. I . * ..: ..: . . He was also-authorizedt o eiuse such rations as he might think pro&c . .. .' I. and could be $paTed from the. army provisions without injury to the 1' .. - .. . .,service,t o be issued to the Indians who might visit the military posts 1 .: ", . - . - or agencies ofthe United States on the froutiers,or in their respective- ' , : : -$. - . . . nations. ~ ~ ~. 1' Finally, the President wan authorized to prescribe such^ rnles and ~ . . ' * ~egulaCtonaa sbbs e might think fit for carrying illto &ect thevariom - . ~ : prwisions of -the act, and of any other act rela,ting to Indian affairs. . . . - -.. . ,. . , ' The Constitution did not give n%rp urport to give Congress power to . ' . . .,,.. , re@late the conduct of the members of the tribes within the cotintq~ . . :. . ,< ~ . set apart foFtheir use, or granted to them, in perpetualownership, nor . ~ . , . . . ,: , to interfere drrith the several governments of the tribes. Hence, in the ' . . . .. ~. -e&y history of the regnlatiou by the ~e d e r&C ongress of wmmerce ' . - '-. ivi& the Indian tribes no attempt was made to break down or inter- .f?re with the several tribal governments, or to control the couduct of - - . - ..: .! 4he;tribes in their own country; d l effmts were ' directed solely fo the : .i . . !4 -regulahon of our commercial relations with the tribes, and had in . . :j . , view mainly the interests of our own citizens and the protection and ' ' . .. - -..- ~ . . / .. .. |