THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 420.
(Report No. 502.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
April 26, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Brodhead, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported
the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of the widow and children of Captain Robert
Gray, the discoverer of the Columbia river.
H. R. 420.
(Report No. 502.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
April 26, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Brodhead, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported
the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of the widow and children of Captain Robert
Gray, the discoverer of the Columbia river.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, granted to Martha Gray, widow, and to the children and heirs of Captain Robert Gray, the discoverer of the Columbia river, ten sections of land in the Oregon territory, to be selected by them any time within five years after surveys shall have been made in said territory: Provided, That the said sections shall not be so located as to interfere with any improvements or rights of settlers in said territory, nor with any rights reserved by treaty existing between this country and Great Britain |
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