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Show m~oaOrF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDW AFFILIRS. . 115 Tanm 42.-~omm~+oonrr's account. [Ch~eltsd rafto,a?d otherln~trumentsderrhanpc dram to thcodcr 01 iheeommlodancr,a rcrmclmd ID the om& lrom tune to ilntc wllh lhl<Is lor lwmg irtl nl Ilndo, to pop lor raolroatl rxrnlr 01 way, snd $r vadouothUr purpose% For811 such -IY@ thecomml~~lo~errmdrrumon l~lya eeouols arnquirrd bg hw I Balance on hand July 1, 1908. ............................. $429,683.42 Receipte ................................................ 189,915.28 $619,598.70 Disbursed ...............................................$ 480,074.73 Deposited in United States Treasury ..................... 93,054.13 Balance on hand June 30, 1909. ........................... 45,8G9.84 619.598.70 TABLE 43.-financial atammt fa year mded June SO, 1909. IElc1oslve:of lndlvldaal Indlan moneys.] .Includes lndbments of Court of Clsims, pmceeds al laods aod otherspeeial payments to Indh* TABLE 44.--Summmy, vitol bgialntiwl of the past. In Treasury f I, IW)~. I. Performance of enga~ementab etween United States and Indians: A. No further treatlea- "No Indian nation or tribe within territory United States ahall be ac-knowledged or recognized as an independcnt nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty." (R. S., 2079.) B. Power of Congress to abrogate treaties-- The United States Supreme Court, in the case of Lon! Wolf y. Hitchcqck, decided that Congreas ha8 power to abrogate treatles w~$hI nd~anasn d ln a contingency may avail itself of such power from conalderations of public pdicy, (Supreme Court decision, 187 U. S., 553.).. 0. Res~denttapl ower- Congress therein dele~atcsto the President power to abrogate by pfocla-mation treaties with trlbes in actual hostility to United Slates, 11 in hie opinion the same can be done consistently with good faith and legal and national obligations. (R. S., 2080.) D. Purchase of goods for Indian* "All merchandise required by any 1;dian treaty for Indians * * shall be purchased under direct~ono f Secretary Interior upon proposals to be received, to be based on notices previously to begiven: * * * All other purchases on account of the Indians, and all ayments to them of money or goods shall be made by such person as the gresident shall deaig-nate for that purpose. (Changed in minor details by late enactments.) (R. S., 2083.) E. Conty3a with Indian* No agreemente aball be made by any person with any tribe @I Indiansor individual lndiananotcitizenaof theUnitedStatesfor * * (any kind of compensation) in conaideration of services for said Indians relatlve to their lands, or to claim8 * * under lawsor treatieswithunited States Tetalon hond and received. Reoelvod dur- i r par. Dkbuned during year. In Treasury ':fs;:!$p"' ,ficr.,s Julls ao, ew. |