Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 362.
(Report No. 412.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
March 28, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Dunn, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of the widow and orphan children of Colonel
William R. McKee.

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12 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he
is hereby, directed to pay, out of any moneys in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thou-
sand dollars to the widow of Colonel William R. McKee,
for the use of herself and of the five orphan children of
said McKee; it being in payment for a horse killed in
battle, for other property lost in battle, or in consequence
of his being killed in the battle of Buena Vista, on the
twenty-third day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-
seven.

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5 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, to each
of the said five orphan children of the said McKee, there
shall be, and hereby is, granted one quarter section of
land; the land to be located where, and in such manner as,
the President of the United States shall direct.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thou- sand dollars to the widow of Colonel William R. McKee, for the use of herself and of the five orphan children of said McKee; it being in payment for a horse killed in battle, for other property lost in battle, or in consequence of his being killed in the battle of Buena Vista, on the twenty-third day of February, eighteen hundred and forty- seven.
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1 2 3 4 5	Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, to each of the said five orphan children of the said McKee, there shall be, and hereby is, granted one quarter section of land; the land to be located where, and in such manner as, the President of the United States shall direct.