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| − | The account for the amount paid Charles L. Daveis, Esq. the "agent appointed by the Executive of this State" in 1827, to inquire into and report upon certain facts relating to aggressions upon the rights of the State of Maine and of individual citizens thereof, by inhabitants of the Province of New Brunswick", was, at the request of my predecessor presented to the Hon. W. V. Preble to the Executive of the Unites States for allowance, and an answer was received from the Secretary of State dated the thirty first of April last", stating that he had been directed by the President to say, that there cannot be a doubt that the expense was properly incurred and ought to be defrayed by the government of the United States. But inasmuch as the contingent fund applicable to these expenses, for that year was very limited, it would not be practicable to pay this account, which is properly chargeable against the expenses of a former year". We may therefore expect the payment as soon as the present Congress shall make the necessary appropriation. | + | The account for the amount paid Charles L. Daveis, Esq. the "agent appointed by the Executive of this State" in 1827, to inquire into and report upon certain facts relating to aggressions upon the rights of the State of Maine and of individual citizens thereof, by inhabitants of the Province of New Brunswick", was, at the request of my predecessor presented to the Hon. W. V. Preble to the Executive of the Unites States for allowance, and an answer was received from the Secretary of State dated the thirty first of April last", stating that he had been directed by the President to say, that there cannot be a doubt that the expense was properly incurred and ought to be defrayed by the government of the United States. But inasmuch as the contingent fund applicable to these expenses, for that year was very limited, it would not be practicable to pay this account, which is properly chargeable against the expenses of a former year". We may therefore expect the payment as soon as the present Congress shall make the necessary appropriation. |
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| + | Only in the last year, the agent of the Penobscot Indians, was directed by the Governor and Council, to procure some man to assist and instruct the tribe in agriculture, agreeably with their request and the condition of the treaty which has been made with them, instead of hiring persons by the day to furnish their plowing and other ox labor. A man has been employed to render such assistance and instruction as the treaty seemed to require. Although one year is not sufficient to test the utility of this method of managing the agricultural concerns of the tribe, yet nothing has appeared to discourage the undertaking. | ||
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| + | Under the authority of the Resolve of the 7th of February last, a gentleman was appointed to negotiate with the Indians for two townships of land at the mouth of the Mattawamkeag river. The negotiation has proved unsuccessful, and the report of the agent is communicated herein. | ||
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| + | Although a State has no direct means of enforcing its claims for relief or indemnity on subjects within the control of the General Government, except through its Representatives and Senators on the floor on Congress, yet there are various oth- | ||
Revision as of 22:25, 14 September 2020
The account for the amount paid Charles L. Daveis, Esq. the "agent appointed by the Executive of this State" in 1827, to inquire into and report upon certain facts relating to aggressions upon the rights of the State of Maine and of individual citizens thereof, by inhabitants of the Province of New Brunswick", was, at the request of my predecessor presented to the Hon. W. V. Preble to the Executive of the Unites States for allowance, and an answer was received from the Secretary of State dated the thirty first of April last", stating that he had been directed by the President to say, that there cannot be a doubt that the expense was properly incurred and ought to be defrayed by the government of the United States. But inasmuch as the contingent fund applicable to these expenses, for that year was very limited, it would not be practicable to pay this account, which is properly chargeable against the expenses of a former year". We may therefore expect the payment as soon as the present Congress shall make the necessary appropriation.
Only in the last year, the agent of the Penobscot Indians, was directed by the Governor and Council, to procure some man to assist and instruct the tribe in agriculture, agreeably with their request and the condition of the treaty which has been made with them, instead of hiring persons by the day to furnish their plowing and other ox labor. A man has been employed to render such assistance and instruction as the treaty seemed to require. Although one year is not sufficient to test the utility of this method of managing the agricultural concerns of the tribe, yet nothing has appeared to discourage the undertaking.
Under the authority of the Resolve of the 7th of February last, a gentleman was appointed to negotiate with the Indians for two townships of land at the mouth of the Mattawamkeag river. The negotiation has proved unsuccessful, and the report of the agent is communicated herein.
Although a State has no direct means of enforcing its claims for relief or indemnity on subjects within the control of the General Government, except through its Representatives and Senators on the floor on Congress, yet there are various oth-