Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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, to Captain Dan Drake Henrie, the sum of two thousand dollars; and the proper officer shall issue to the said Henrie land warrants for two sections of land, to be located on any land subject to private land, being for his highly gallant and meritorious services in escaping from the Mexicans, at the hazard of his life, for the express purpose of conveying to the American forces, under General Taylor, news of the approach of large bodies of Mexican forces, under the command of General Santa Anna, which information he did so convey.

Approved, January 26, 1849.