Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-12-30
WAR DEPARTMENT.
SECTION OF BOUNTY LANDS.


Where's, bydocuments exhibited at this Office in
support of application for Land Warrants il an
pears that many persons disregard or riSc5nstr,les
the information heretofore published, relative TO
the proceedings requisite in all Gases where the
Original ClaiDoat does not personally apply at this
Department; it is therefore deemed expedient to
elucidate the several points alluded to above by
the following observations
l. In regard to the Power of Attorney directed
Go be executed in the cases above mentioned. II
is deemed of primary Importance, that it be for
DsaLlg acknowledged before Magistrate and that
this acknowledgment be sa5scyi5ed by the Person
who thus delegates his authority to another, as
well as confirmed by oath or affirmation, in pre-
sence of the said Magistrate, who then attests the
execution of this Formally.
2. Every Deposition or .lffGG1it ought to be
subscribed by the Deponent, Person making
as well as confirmed by his oath or affirmation
and should then be attested in due form by the
Magistrate before whom it is made. tits part
eularIy required that those individuals who ,I
pose to the identity of another, should subscribe
their deposition TO render the identification valid
8. substisusSa a.Power of Attorney NAV
bs made authentic in very few words, and may be
incrbed on the original Power, II a sufficient
space for TIE purpose be there found If execu
ted on separate paper, it is TO be attached 10 the
original Instrument in the usual manner, and Sc
cured by the .RotGrial Seal. In applications for
Land Warrants, the following simple form will
be admitted, viz:
Know all men by theses Presents, that I. A.
Attorney of Z ID, by the annex ed Power duly con
Stitnted and appointed, do, bv virtue of the DOW
CT Dissatisfaction with which l am thereby ex
Pressly invested, make constitute and appoint r
3 ot---Sc. mylawful Substitute and Attorney.
Tor purposes therein mentioned /; and do hereby
authorize him to do and perform all acts and
things necessary in and about the premises. as
largely and amply as might or could do if
were personally pr sent.
In witness whereofI have hereunto set nv
hand and seal at-this--day OLA. D..
SsIgnen Alb. [seall
10 hereby declare and make known. that the a.
nove substitution az duly executed by the a.
9oresaid A Is, before me. In Testimony whereof
have hereunto affixed my Official Seal and Sig
nature, at--this-day Of, A. D. 49,
N. b, AS there are many Sections Of the U.
States where Notary Public does not commonly
ofhciate-the aforesaid substitution shall be there
legalized by the OGcial attestation of the Clerk
of the County Court
4. In the information heretofore published re-
latye to ascertaining "legYtimafs her al LAM
who may apply for Military Bounty Lard in
Right of deceased Soldier, the expression
:" Certificates from competent authority" has
been Thought by some, not sufficiently explicit
to remove, therefore, all doubt on this point IN
future, be it known that this insertion the form
competent authority arose from representa-
lions oflong standing at this Office confrmative of
the fact that in derentStates, component ,arts or
ofthe American Union, the legal mode of proving
$ heirship" for the purposes of inheritine Real
Estate, IS different from that practscd in other
States it is obvious, therefore, that the meaning
and intention of the Secretary of War in sancti
ening the term competent authority" Is. that
The Person so pretending to be legitimate
Heir at Law" should be required first 60 exbb,,
his proof of it TO that Tribunal, or Civil Officer
that IS authorised by the Constitution and avs
Of the State wherein heresides TO take cocn,zane.
oil the point n ques ion, for local or Other p,,,no
ses. duly authenticated Certificate from that
Tribunal, or Public officer, has ever been and
VIII continue TO be deemed At this Office conclu.
siye Evidence in such Case Thus nm Official
Certificate decorative of the fact that smell on
one IS i" legitimate Heir at Law Of such Am one
issued by A Court Of REcoRD, Ak OHpIyAaY.
SVpeE oF PHo s1rE--accoiding to tie Laws and
psages of different States have been deernsJ
equally admissible at this Office.
IL should be observed, however, that in cases of
posihunous Claims to the Military Bounty and
authorized by an Act Of Congress of the i0fb nf
December, 1914, it is essential that the Cla,msni
should estnbsh, not only that he is ga mate
heir at Law but also the particular degree II
Sonsangumity he bore 20 the deceased Soldier in
Whose Right he claims.
. hiuOuBh the Rules Will be adhered to- NOT
70 issue Land Warrant to an Executor, nor to
an Administrators, yet in al cases wbepe &c ,,,o
legitimate Heirs at Law" are Minors. a Ci,,sr,,,so
constituted and appointed IN conformity with the
Laws OF the State where the seid Minors res,de
may obtain Land Warrant in Trust for tbsrn -,
his exhibiting at this Office Official credentsIs
proving his said quality.
.November %, 1915.
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