Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Thirtieth Congress.
thiFirst Session.

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12 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, authorized
and directed to pay, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, (to Archibald Beards, and twenty-one other Tennessee
mounted volunteers, named in report number five hundred and
ninety-seven,) ^to the mounted Tennessee volunteers &c^ to each, the sum of forty-cents per day for the use and
risk of his horse, and fifteen cents per day for forage, from the
first day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, the date
of the order of General Wool, until the day they were finally
discharged according to law from the public service. Provided &c

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05/26/1848
Passed the House of Representatives.
May 26^th AD. 1848 .
Attest.
Tho J Campbell
Clerk.

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H R . . . . . . .478

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An Act
For the relief of (Archibald Beard, [and] twenty-one other Tennessee mounted voluntee[rs]

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certain Tennessee volunteers

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07/31/1848
In Senate of the United States
July 31, 1848
Resolved, That this Bill pass with amendments.
Attest
Asbury Dickins.
Secretary

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Aug^st 2⁰ Hampton.

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In Senate of the United States,
July 31. 1848

Resolved, That the Bill from the House of Representatives entitled
“An Act (478) for the relief of Archibald Beard and twenty one other Tennessee mounted volunteers.” do pass with the following

Amendments:—

Line 6. after the word “appropriated” strike out to and including the word “ninety seven” in the 8^th line and insert in lieu thereof:—

“to the mounted Tennessee volunteers who served in the companies of Captains Gillespie, Peake, and Vernon, and Rogers, in eighteen hundred and thirty-six”

To the end of the bill add the following Proviso:—

“Provided said allowances shall be made by the accounting officers upon the same principles, and upon like proofs, as are required in other cases, where similar allowances are made by law.”

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Title—amend it, to read as follows:—

“An act for the relief of certain Tennessee volunteers”

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AttestAsbury Dickins.
Secretary

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08/02/1848
In the House of Representatives
August 2^d AD. 1848.
Resolved. That this House do concur in the amendment of the Senate to the above Bill.
Attest.
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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H. R. 478
Amendments