[At the urging of the administration of Presedent Andrew JACKSON, 
Congress, following bitter debate, passed "An Act to provide for 
exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any states or 
territories, and for their removal west of the Mississippi 
River." which was signed into law on May 28, 1830]

SEC. 1. Be it enacted ...., That it shall and may be lawful for the 
President of the United States to cause so much of any territory 
belonging to the United States, west of the river Mississippi, 
not included in any state or organized territory, and to which 
the Indian title has been extinguished, as he may judge 
necessary, to be divided into a suitable number of districts, for 
the reception of such tribes or nations of Indians as may choose 
to exchange the lands where they now reside, and remove there; 
and to cause each of said districts to be described by natural or 
artificial marks, as to be easily distinguished from ever other.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted ...., That it shall and may be 
lawful for the President to exchange any or all of such 
districts, so to be laid off and described, with any tribe or 
nation of Indians now residing within the limits of any of the 
states or territories, and which the United States have existing 
treaties, for the whole or any part or portion of the territory 
claimed and occupied by such tribe or nation, within the bounds 
of any one or more of the states or territories, where the land 
claimed and occupied by the Indians, is owned by the United 
States, or the United States are bound to the state within which 
it lies to extinguish the Indians' claim thereto.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted ...., That in the making of any 
such exchange or exchanges, it shall and may be lawful for the 
President solemnly to assure the tribe or nation with which the 
exchange is made, that the United States will forever secure and 
guaranty to them, and their heirs or successors, the country so 
exchanged with them; and if they prefer it, that the United 
States will cause a patent or grant to be made and executed to 
them for the same: Provided always; That such lands shall revert 
to the United States, if the Indians become extinct, or abandon 
the same.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted ...., That if, upon any of the 
lands now occupied by the Indians, and to be exchanged for, there 
should be such improvements as add value to the land claimed by 
any individual or individuals of such tribes or nations, it shall 
and may be lawful for the President to cause such value to be 
ascertained by appraisement or otherwise, and to cause such 
ascertained value be paid to the person or persons rightfully 
claiming such improvements. And upon the payment of such 
valuation, the improvements so valued and paid for, shall pass to 
the United States, and possession shall not afterwards be 
permitted to any of the same tribe.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted ...., That upon the making of 
any such exchange as is contemplated by this act, it shall and 
may be lawful for the President to cause such aid and assistance 
to be furnished to the emigrants as may be necessary and proper 
to enable them to remove to, and settle, in the country for which 
they may exchanged; and also, to give them such aid and 
assistance as may be necessary for their support and subsistence 
for the first year after their removal.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted ...., That it shall and may be 
lawful for the President to cause such tribe or nation to be 
protected at their new residence, against all interruption or 
disturbance from any other tribe or nation in the country to 
which they may be remove, as contemplated by this act, that he is 
now authorized to have over them at their present places of 
residence: Provided; That nothing in this act contained shall be 
construed as authorizing or directing the violation of any 
existing treaty between the United States and any of the Indian 
tribes.
 
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted ...., That for the purpose of 
giving effect to the provisions of this act, the sum of 500,000 
dollars is, hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in 
the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
 

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