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The Heirs oft General Taylor.The House of Representatives on Tuesday did a gracious thing in a gracious way, amending the deficien-cy appropriation bill so as to pay the salary of Gen. Zachary Taylor, as President of the United States, to his heirsat law. The amendmont, which was moved by Mr. J. It. Tucker, of Virginia, directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Mrs. Bettie Taylor Dandridge and Mrs. Sarah Knox Wood, daughter and granddaughter of Gen. Taylor, the sum of $25,000, less so much of his salary as the late President or his family may have drawn during the year. It will bo remembered that President Taylor, who was inaugurated March 4, 1849, died July 9, 1850. It is the custom in such cases for Congress to vote the year's salary to tbo President s widow or his other legal representatives. But Gen. Taylor’s family at that time held large estates, and declined a proposition which was. made them to introduce a bill to pay to the widow the remainder of the year’s salary. The proposition to pay this money now grows out of the fact that Mrs. Dandridge (who is Gen. Taylor's daughter* and is the widow of Gol. Bliss, the General's hiof of slaff throughout the Mexican war,) and Mrs. Wood, daughter of Surgeon ^oqd, are pot ipgood ojrebmsjances. Gen. Kiobard Taylor before bis death, and bis heirs since, have relinquished all claims upon this money in favor 'of thomore needy and helpless ladies. The House adopted the amendment without dissent as soon as its object was explained, and the Senate will doubtless make hrfatfc' to con^m a simple act of justice which confers such a great boon.
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Greencastle Dollar Press
Greencastle, Indiana, US
Wed, Jun 16, 1880
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