Chapter CLIV. for the Relief of the Children and Grandchildren of Thomas Morris
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Chap. CLIV.— An Act for the Relief of the Children and Grandchildren of Thomas Morris. March 2, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Payment to children and grandchildren of Thomas Morris. That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and are hereby, required to pay to the children and grandchildren of Thomas Morris, who was a captain in the Georgia line on the continental establishment in the revolutionary war, and who died in the service of the United States during said war, the full amount of the half-pay of a captain of artillery for seven years; to be paid out of any money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated: *Provided,* Said heirs, before the payment thereof, exhibit to the secretary of the treasury satisfactory proof that they are the only children and grandchildren of the said Thomas Morris.
Approved, March 2, 1855.