Federal Crackdown on Alcohol Sales in Indian Country

That the 20th section of the 'Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,' approved June 30th, 1834, be amended to read: If any person shall sell, exchange, give, barter, or dispose of any spirituous liquor or wine to any Indian under the charge of any Indian superintendent or agent appointed by the United States, or shall introduce any spirituous liquor or wine into the Indian country, such person, on conviction thereof before the proper district court of the United States, shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding two years, and be fined not more than three hundred dollars. It shall be lawful for any superintendent, agent, sub-agent, or commanding officer to cause the boats, stores, packages, wagons, teams, and sleds used in conveying the same to be seized and searched; and if any such liquor is found, the same, with the boats, teams, wagons and sleds used in conveying the same, and also the goods, packages and peltries of such person, shall be seized and delivered to the proper officer, and shall be proceeded against by libel in the proper court and forfeited to the United States. And it shall moreover be lawful for any person in the service of the United States, or for any Indian, to take and destroy any ardent spirits or wine found in the Indian country, except such as may be introduced therein by the War Department. And in all cases arising under this act, Indians shall be competent witnesses.