Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 565.
(Report No. 724.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
June 23, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Daniel, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the benefit of the legal representative of James C. Watson, of Georgia.

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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 the treasurer of the United States pay
to the legal representative of General James C. Watson,
of the State of Georgia, fourteen thousand six hundred
dollars, with six per cent. interest per annum, from the
eighth of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, till paid,
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, being the amount paid by him to certain Creek
warriors for slaves captured by them in the service of the
United States, against the Seminole Indians in Florida,
under an agreement with the commanding General
Jesup.