Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 605.
(Report No. 771.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
July 19, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Robert W. Johnson, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of the legal representatives of Wm. Armstrong,
deceased, late Choctaw agent and acting superintendent.

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11 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is here-
by, authorized to pay to the legal representatives of Cap-
tain Wm. Armstrong, deceased, late acting superintendent
of western territory, the sum of three thousand two hun-
dred and seventeen dollars and nineteen cents, out of any
moneys not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation
for services rendered by the said Armstrong, in perform-
ing the duties of Cherokee agent, in eighteen hundred and
forty and eighteen hundred and forty-one, and of super

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17 intendent of Choctaw removal, and agent for the payment
of scrip in the years eighteen hundred and forty-five,
eighteen hundred and forty-six, and eighteen hundred and
forty-seven; and in full of all other services rendered inde-
pendent of his duty as Choctaw agent and acting super-
intendent.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is here- by, authorized to pay to the legal representatives of Cap- tain Wm. Armstrong, deceased, late acting superintendent of western territory, the sum of three thousand two hun- dred and seventeen dollars and nineteen cents, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for services rendered by the said Armstrong, in perform- ing the duties of Cherokee agent, in eighteen hundred and forty and eighteen hundred and forty-one, and of super
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12 13 14 15 16 17	intendent of Choctaw removal, and agent for the payment of scrip in the years eighteen hundred and forty-five, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and eighteen hundred and forty-seven; and in full of all other services rendered inde- pendent of his duty as Choctaw agent and acting super- intendent.