Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 118.
(Report No. 127.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January 25, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Rumsey, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of Lewis Benedict.

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13 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That a grant of one section of land is hereby
made to Lewis Benedict, his heirs, assigns, or legal repre-
sentatives, to be located, in quantities not less than half a
section, on any public land subject to private entry; this
grant being in lieu of the same quantity of land reserved
by treaty made on the twentieth day of October, eighteen
hundred and thirty-two, between the United States and the
Pottowatomie tribe of Indians of the Prairie and Kanka-
kee, to an Indian chief called Ab-be-te-ke-zhic, the right
to which reservation has been purchased by said Benedict:
Provided, however, That no patent shall be issued for

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17 said land until said Benedict, his heirs, or legal representa-
tives, shall have relinquished, in manner and form, satisfac-
tory to the Secretary of the Treasury, all claim, right, or
title, to any land under or by virtue of said reservation.

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H R N^o 118

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For the relief of Lewis Benedict.

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H R. Pass^d May 26^th 1848

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a grant of one section of land is hereby made to Lewis Benedict, his heirs, assigns, or legal repre- sentatives, to be located, in quantities not less than half a section, on any public land subject to private entry; this grant being in lieu of the same quantity of land reserved by treaty made on the twentieth day of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, between the United States and the Pottowatomie tribe of Indians of the Prairie and Kanka- kee, to an Indian chief called Ab-be-te-ke-zhic, the right to which reservation has been purchased by said Benedict: Provided, however, That no patent shall be issued for
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14 15 16 17	said land until said Benedict, his heirs, or legal representa- tives, shall have relinquished, in manner and form, satisfac- tory to the Secretary of the Treasury, all claim, right, or title, to any land under or by virtue of said reservation.