on the first day of June next, at the several places specified in the contracts made with the said tribes in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and on the first day of June yearly thereafter out of any monies then in the treasury. And that as well the said annuities as all other annuities payable by this State to any Indians, shall be paid yearly out of the treasury of this State to such person or persons, as the person administering the government of this State for the time. being shall from time to time by warrant or warrants under his hand and the privy seal of this State direct and appoint to receive the same. And the person administering the government of this State for the time being, is hereby authorized to cause the said annuities to be paid to the said Indians at the expence of this State in such manner and by such persons as he may think proper, or may be most agreable to the said Indians, and the least expensive to this State; and may for that purpose direct the surveyor general to perform that service or make such arrangements or contracts with any other persons relative to the premises as he may judge proper.

Act of March 8, 1799.1

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Be it enacted * That it shall and may be lawful for the person administering the government of this State, to cause to be purchased from the Cayuga nation of Indians, such of the land owned by the said nation in this State and on such terms as may in his opinion be for the interests of the State and the said Indians. * * *

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Act of April 4, 1801.2

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And be it further enacted, That all the agreements and stipulations heretofore made by agents appointed on the behalf of this State, with the Oneida, Onondaga and Cayuga tribes of Indians, and the Indians called the St. Regis Indians respectively, as contained in certain articles of agreement bearing date respectively on the 27th and 28th days of July, and the 15th day of September in the year one thousand seven

'Laws of New York, 1797-1800 incl., Vol. IV. Chap. 25, p. 333. Laws of New York, 1801, Vol. V, Chap. 147, p. 364.

hundred and ninety-five

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and which are filed in the office of the secretary of this State, shall be, and hereby are ratified and confirmed

And be it further enacted. That the treasurer of this State shall annually on the warrant of the comptroller pay to the order of the person administering the government of this State, out of any monies. in the treasury the following sums, to wit, * **the further sum of two thousand three hundred dollars for the use of the Cayuga tribe of Indians and the further sum of fifty dollars for the use of the posterity of the Cayuga Chief, Fish-Carrier, being the annuities to be paid to the said tribes, and the posterity of the said Fish Fish Carrier, respectively, and in lieu of all former annuities, in conformity to the said articles, and the said treaty with the Oneida Indians, which said annuity shall be paid on the first day of June in every year at the several places specified in the said articles, and treaty for that purpose at the expence of this State, and the person administering the government of this State is hereby authorized to cause the said annuities to be paid in such manner, and by such persons as he shall think proper, and as may be most agreeable to the said Indians, and the least expensive to this State, and for that purpose he may direct the surveyor general to perform the service or make such arrangements or contracts with any other persons relative thereto as he may judge proper. Provided however that such part of each of the said annuities, as the person administering the government of this State, shall in his discretion for that purpose direct, shall be first appropriated to the support of the public school, if any, instituted within the limits assigned to the said tribes respectively in which Indian children shall be taught, *

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Act of March 19, 1802.1

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III. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the person administering the government of this state, or his agent or agents, at the said treaty to purchase from the Cayuga and Onondaga Nations of Indians all or such part of their lands, called their reservation lands, on such terms as he or they may deem expedient.

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'Laws of New York, 1802-1804 incl., Chap. XLVII, p. 170.

Act of March 25, 1848.1

Chap. 122. An Act to Provide for the Distribution of the Annuities due from the State of New York to the Cayuga Nation of Indians. Passed March 25th.

The People of the State of New York

follows:

do enact as

§1. The comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to procure from the Indian department of the United States government, the latest census of all the individuals of the Cayuga Nation of Indians, entitled to share in the distribution of the annuities due to said nation of Indians, from this State, and upon such census to apportion the said annuities, between those of said Nation residing in New-York and those residing west of the Mississippi river, according to their respective numbers.

§2. After apportioning the said annuities as herein provided, the comptroller is authorized and directed to pay the several sums as apportioned, to the agents appointed by the United States government, for the agencies within which the said Cayuga Indians now reside, with instructions to distribute the same equally, to the chiefs and heads of families according to the number of souls in each family respectively.

Act of April 11, 1849.2

The People of the State of New York follows:

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do enact as

§1. The act entitled "An act to provide for the distribution of the annuities due from the state of New York to the Cayuga Nation of Indians," passed March 25, 1848, is hereby repealed.

§2. The sum of six hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may be needed for the purpose, to be expended under the direction of the commissioners of the land office, through such agent or agents as they shall appoint, to ascertain the number and condition of Cayuga Indians who migrated to the United States Indian Territory west of the Mississippi, and their descendants, and for the early re-transportation of them from thence to the state of New York. That said sum of money be paid by the treasurer on the warrants of the comptroller, to such persons, at such times and in such amounts as the said commissioners shall direct, and the gov'Laws of New York, 1848, Chap. 122, p. 207. Laws of New York, 1849, Chap. 355, p. 516.

ernor approve and the same shall be charged to the debit of that portion of the annuities granted to the Cayuga nation of Indians by the treaties of February twenty-five, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine and July twenty-seven, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, as was apportioned to the Cayugas of Sandusky, by the treaty of September eight, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.

§3. The application of that portion of the Cayuga Nation residing in New-York, for the payment to them of the above mentioned portion of the Cayuga annuities, be and hereby is referred to the commissioners of the land office, with the powers granted to them in such cases by the act entitled "An act in relation to certain tribes of Indians," passed May 25, 1841, and that they report their proceedings under this act to the legislature.

Act of April 17, 1851.1

do enact as

The People of the State of New York

follows:

§1. The chiefs of the Cayuga nation of Indians are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase lands in this state, and to take a deed of the same, in the name, and on behalf of said nation. The lands purchased under this act, shall be the property of, and belong to the said Cayuga nation of Indians and to be held by them in common, and as all reservations of lands are held by other tribes of Indians in this state, subject however to be divided and distributed among said Indians in pursuance of the laws of this state, passed April eleven, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, chapter four hundred and twenty; but the said Cayuga nation of Indians, shall not have power to alienate said lands; the deed of the said tract of land so purchased, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state and an exemplified copy of the nation; said deed shall also be recorded in the County Clerk's office of the county in which said lands shall lie. The Cayuga nation of Indians shall have power to incorporate and adopt into their nation, any Indian or Indians of other tribes of the six nations of Indians, or those intermarried with them, or any of them, and their children, upon such terms as the council of the chiefs of said nation shall deem proper, such person or persons after being adopted into said na'Laws of New York, 1851, Chap. 198, p. 371.

Act of March 25, 1848.1

Chap. 122. An Act to Provide for the Distribution of the Annuities due from the State of New York to the Cayuga Nation of Indians. Passed March 25th.

The People of the State of New York *

follows:

do enact as

§1. The comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to procure from the Indian department of the United States government, the latest census of all the individuals of the Cayuga Nation of Indians, entitled to share in the distribution of the annuities due to said nation of Indians, from this State, and upon such census to apportion the said annuities, between those of said Nation residing in New-York and those residing west of the Mississippi river, according to their respective numbers.

§2. After apportioning the said annuities as herein provided, the comptroller is authorized and directed to pay the several sums as apportioned, to the agents appointed by the United States government, for the agencies within which the said Cayuga Indians now reside, with instructions to distribute the same equally, to the chiefs and heads of families according to the number of souls in each family respectively.

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Act of April 11, 1849.2

do enact as

The People of the State of New York

follows:

§1. The act entitled "An act to provide for the distribution of the annuities due from the state of New York to the Cayuga Nation of Indians," passed March 25, 1848, is hereby repealed.

§2. The sum of six hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may be needed for the purpose, to be expended under the direction of the commissioners of the land office, through such agent or agents as they shall appoint, to ascertain the number and condition of Cayuga Indians who migrated to the United States Indian Territory west of the Mississippi, and their descendants, and for the early re-transportation of them from thence to the state of New York. That said sum of money be paid by the treasurer on the warrants of the comptroller, to such persons, at such times and in such amounts as the said commissioners shall direct, and the gov'Laws of New York, 1848, Chap. 122, p. 207. Laws of New York, 1849, Chap. 355, p. 516.