Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-12-07
WAR DEPARTMENT..
SECTION OF DOUNTYTANns

SECTION OF BOUNTN LANDS
w hereas, bv documents exhibited at this Office in
support OF anplicat'ons ,nT Land Warrants, IL an
pears tlat many persons Disregard or n,iscoasts.itc
the reformation heretofore published relative 10 I've
proceedings requisite il all eases where the ORR
SinGt Claimant dots not 5sfsoVGi'y apply At this
department 1t is thcr fore deemed expedieut to
c'ucilute the seycr. points alluded 10 above BIZ The
following observations:
l. in regard toile Power of Attorney directed
to be executcdin the cases above mentioned, i IS
deemed OF primary Importance, that Il be f,gasry
acknowledged before MAJ istIate and that his ac
acknowledgement b. S@tscs i5sdby tie person Who thus
delegates his authority to another, rs well AZ con-
hrneh by oGth or GtfrmdtioE, i'll presence OF the
sad Magistrate, who then attess the execution Of
this torw,liiy.
2 Every Debosiiion or .35FdurTf ought to be
subscribed by the y b0nent or Person maxim II
us well rs confirmed by lis oatk or a0anafion
aud should then b. att ed in due form by the Ma
g'strate bc.ore whom il is made il is partcrlarly
required that those individuals WHO fie3ose To tn j.
deii!1sy al another, should subsc,ibe their DEPOSITION
y render the ide7,h fcgtion valid.
s. A substitutiai Of a Power Of Attorney NAV
be made authentic in very few words and NAV be
inscribed on the original Power IL sufficient s,,ace
for the purpose be there found if executed on A
separate paper, 1t 10 be attached to the original
Instrument in the usual manner and secured by the
.Nofeylal Seal Ia applications for LAID War
rants, the following simple form will be admitted,
w:
Know all menby these presents that l. A. b. Attorney OF
Do by virtue OF de power OF substitution with Which am
thereby SPeSy invested, make, constitute and appoint y
F.of-, &c my lawful Substitute and Attorney for the
purposes 'Erin mentioned; and do heby him 20
40 and pTinal and things, necessary III about the
premises, rs larGeyand amply might could Go II
In witness lereofI have hsreuro st ny hand and seal
at - This day Of \. D. -.
I,G. u, Notary Fublic,osc- do barelrv
declare and make noH1 that the shove substitution was
dIiy eNecutedbN the Aforesaid y. =, before
money whereof have hereunto aNsd my Official seal and
signature, al - this - day Of, A. D. ISL.
". Il. As there are rnany sections of the o.
States where ny Public docs not commonly
ofeiate-Ihe aforesaid substitution shall be there e-
galzed by the cD'cid attesaion Of The Clerk OF The
County Court.
tive 10 ase0rsinus " legitimate feii. at h7y who
may apply for Military Bounty Laad in right of u
deceased s0idier, tn expression 50 Ce-tiEes fran
competent authority" las been thought by some,
not suliiclety explicit to remove, therefore, ali
doubt on this point IN future, be it known that this
insertion ofthe term " competent aistAorti, arose
from representations Of long standing at this ofies
con.irmatjve Of the fact that in different Stat 81
component parts Of the American U4loG, the iegal
mode of proving % Hei1Si.b" for the purao,e Of M
hertipg Real Estate, is different from that prae-
Used IN other States; it is Obvious, therefore, that
the meaning and lnten ion Of the Secretary II War
in sancti1nlng the term . coR.betet cnthof7fy" is
that the Persopso pretending TO be legitimate
teP NJ Law, shouts De required irst to exhibit his
proof Of it to that Tribunal, or C,i Officer tbt is
authorized by the Constitution aud Laws of the State
wherein he resides, TO take cognilGuce If the point
IN question, for local on other purposes 4 doly
authenticated Certificate from that Tribunal or pub
TIC officer, hasevr been, anil viii continue 10 be
des'Rcd It tins Office Oclusiye evidence in such
Case Thus an Official Certificate deear.atye d
ths feet tliat sLci an oHe ise" legitimate heir
0t h'9' cfsHch 3de, Issued by 4 CoUnr Of RE
CORD, An Ordinary, JCD0E OF PROHArE-ac-
coriirS to the Laws and usages Of different States,
haye e'eT been deened equally admissible at this
1t should be observed, however, that in cases Of
boSthun1Us CLAIMS u The Military Bounty land
authorized BY an Act OF Congress Of the iO,h Of
Dec mber, Sir, iii essential that the Claimant
shdi'id establish, not only that he is legitimate
Ac ~ ia1v, hut also the psr;icuiar deYree Of con-
sqnTR5iy he bore to tie deceased Soldier ia whose
Right he caims,
5 'tiough TIC Pulc will be adhered to, not 10
fs5Ve a land Warrant 70 an EsrecHt9r, nor 70 "A
.flaiTisrdtoi, yet ~ all eases whore "the Gs-
gifNIafe hers 40 ia.o are minors, q1irrcIan con-
siitntcd and anpontcd ~ co .sormity with the Laws
OF the Set where tie sah .915loTs reside may oh
tein Land Warrant ia trust for ITEM an his exhi-
biting ut tl,is Office Official Credentials proving bis
sad quality
,NaUsWber 90, 1915.