<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "html.dtd"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>The Avalon Project : Statutes of the United States Concerning Native Americans</TITLE> <LINK HREF="../css/site.css" REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/css/site.css"> <META CONTENT="United States Statutes at Large : Containing the Laws and Concurrent Resolutions ... and Reorganization Plan, Amendment to the Constitution, and Proclamations" NAME="DC.Title"> <META CONTENT="Public statutes at large of the United States of America" NAME="DC.Title.Alternative"> <META CONTENT="The Statutes of the United States" NAME="DC.Title.Alternate"> <META CONTENT="The United States Statutes at Large" NAME="DC.Title.Alternate"> <META CONTENT="United States" NAME="DC.Creator.CorporateName"> <META CONTENT="United States. Dept. of State" NAME="DC.Creator.CorporateName"> <META CONTENT="United States. 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Off., 1789-" NAME="DC.Publisher"> <META CONTENT="Text" NAME="DC.Type"> <META CONTENT="(SCHEME=IMT) text/html" NAME="DC.Format"> <META CONTENT="http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/statutes/native/" NAME="DC.Identifier"> <META CONTENT="(SCHEME=ISO639-1) en" NAME="DC.Language"> <META CONTENT="Copyright 1999 The Avalon Project" NAME="DC.Rights"> </HEAD> <BODY> #include file="../inc/header.inc" --><DIV CLASS="text-properties"> #include file="../inc/main_menu.inc" --><DIV CLASS="document-title"> An Act Providing for the Expences Which May Attend Negotiations or Treaties with the Indian Tribes, and the Appointment of Commissioners for Managing the Same.</DIV> <BR> <P><B>SECTION 1.</B> <I>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</I>, That a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, arising from the duties on imports and tonnage, shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated to defraying the expense of negotiating and treating with the Indian tribes.</P> <P><B>SEC. 2.</B> <I>And be it further enacted</I>, That each of the commissioners who may be appointed for managing such negotiations and treaties, shall be entitled to an allowance, exclusive of his expenses at the place of treaty, of eight dollars per day during his actual service, to be paid out of the monies so appropriated.</P> <P>Approved , August 20, 1789.</P> <DIV ALIGN="center"><TABLE CLASS="sourcetable"><B> <B>Source:<BR> United States Statutes at Large</B> </B></TD></TABLE></DIV> <BR> <DIV ALIGN="center"><TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="5"> <TR><TD ALIGN="center"><B><A HREF="../subject_menus/statutes.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/statutes.asp">United States Statutes Page</A></B></TD> <TD ALIGN="center"><B><A HREF="../subject_menus/namenu.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/namenu.asp">Statutes Concerning Native Americans Page</A></B></TD> </TABLE></DIV> <BR> </DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="5" CLASS="site-menu"> <TR> <TD><A HREF="../default.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp">Avalon Home</A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../subject_menus/major.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/major.asp">Document<BR> Collections</A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../subject_menus/ancient.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/ancient.asp">Ancient <BR>4000bce - 399</A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../subject_menus/medieval.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/medieval.asp">Medieval <BR>400 - 1399</A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../subject_menus/15th.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/15th.asp">15<SUP>th</SUP> Century <BR>1400 - 1499</A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../subject_menus/16th.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/16th.asp">16<SUP>th</SUP> Century <BR>1500 - 1599</A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../subject_menus/17th.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/17th.asp">17<SUP>th</SUP> Century <BR>1600 - 1699</A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../subject_menus/18th.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/18th.asp">18<SUP>th</SUP> Century <BR>1700 - 1799</A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../subject_menus/19th.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/19th.asp">19<SUP>th</SUP> Century <BR>1800 - 1899</A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../subject_menus/20th.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/20th.asp">20<SUP>th</SUP> Century <BR>1900 - 1999</A></TD> <TD><A HREF="../subject_menus/21st.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/21st.asp">21<SUP>st</SUP> Century <BR>2000 - </A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </DIV> </DIV><DIV ID="ContainerDefaults" CLASS="FooterContainer"> <DIV CLASS="Copyright">© 2008 Lillian Goldman Law Library</DIV> <DIV CLASS="ContactInfo">127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06511.</DIV> <UL CLASS="NavBottom"> <LI><A HREF="about/purpose.asp" W3MIRHREF="http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/about/purpose.asp">Avalon Statement of Purpose</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.law.yale.edu/library/3312.asp">Contact Us</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://library.law.yale.edu/" TARGET="_blank">Yale Law Library</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.library.yale.edu/" TARGET="_blank">University Library</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://www.law.yale.edu/" TARGET="_blank">Yale Law School</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://morris.law.yale.edu/">Search Morris</A></LI><LI><A HREF="http://orbis.library.yale.edu/" TARGET="_blank">Search Orbis</A></LI> </UL> </DIV> </BODY></HTML>