Post by Bruce on Jul 17, 2014 0:43:01 GMT -5
In the House of Representatives of the United States of America, Mr. Terrus, for himself and Mr. Broussard, offers: A Bill To be known and cited as the Indian Act of 1791. Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the following be appended to Title VI, United States Code:
Chapter 2. Indian Tribes.
Section 21. Indian Trade.
(a) No person shall trade or intercourse with the Indian tribes without legally acquiring a license to do so from the Department of Foreign Affairs, and any person that violates this subsection, or attempts to violate this subsection, shall forfeit all goods that person intended to trade to the Indian tribes, and any goods that that person received from the Indian tribes, and any profits that person made from his trade with the Indian tribes.
(b) The Ambassador-at-Large of the United States, hereinafter the Ambassador-at-Large, shall award a license to trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes only to United States citizens that he is confident shall do so in good faith, and the Administrator shall require that any person acquiring a license renew that license once every two years.
© The Ambassador-at-Large shall proscribe regulations for trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, so as to ensure that said trade and intercourse is peaceful and profitable, and if any person violates those regulations, the Ambassador-at-Large may null that person's license to trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes.
Section 22. Indian Lands.
(a) Whenever a friendly Indian, as defined by the Ambassador-at-Large, is the United States, that friendly Indian shall receive the same legal protections as a United States citizen, and any offense against that Indian shall be punished in the same manner as an offense against a United States citizen.
(b) It shall be an offense, punishable by a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year and a fine not to exceed $1000, for any person to settle on the lands of a friendly Indian tribe, as defined by the Ambassador-at-Large, and regardless of whether that person is fined or imprisoned under this subsection, he shall not gain ownership of that land through its settlement.
© No purchase or grant of lands, or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indians or nation or tribe of Indians, within the bounds of the United States, shall be of any validity in law or equity, unless the same be made by a treaty or convention
Chapter 2. Indian Tribes.
Section 21. Indian Trade.
(a) No person shall trade or intercourse with the Indian tribes without legally acquiring a license to do so from the Department of Foreign Affairs, and any person that violates this subsection, or attempts to violate this subsection, shall forfeit all goods that person intended to trade to the Indian tribes, and any goods that that person received from the Indian tribes, and any profits that person made from his trade with the Indian tribes.
(b) The Ambassador-at-Large of the United States, hereinafter the Ambassador-at-Large, shall award a license to trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes only to United States citizens that he is confident shall do so in good faith, and the Administrator shall require that any person acquiring a license renew that license once every two years.
© The Ambassador-at-Large shall proscribe regulations for trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, so as to ensure that said trade and intercourse is peaceful and profitable, and if any person violates those regulations, the Ambassador-at-Large may null that person's license to trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes.
Section 22. Indian Lands.
(a) Whenever a friendly Indian, as defined by the Ambassador-at-Large, is the United States, that friendly Indian shall receive the same legal protections as a United States citizen, and any offense against that Indian shall be punished in the same manner as an offense against a United States citizen.
(b) It shall be an offense, punishable by a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year and a fine not to exceed $1000, for any person to settle on the lands of a friendly Indian tribe, as defined by the Ambassador-at-Large, and regardless of whether that person is fined or imprisoned under this subsection, he shall not gain ownership of that land through its settlement.
© No purchase or grant of lands, or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indians or nation or tribe of Indians, within the bounds of the United States, shall be of any validity in law or equity, unless the same be made by a treaty or convention