Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-17

quest the favor of you to enclose this 10 such of YOUR
acquaintance as may be interested in those claims,
we merit.
With great respect,
Your obedient servants,
JOSEPH DUNCAN.
NV. ST. CLAIR CLARKE.
For the full information of Claimants, we subioin
the act:
An act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers Of tho v-
, gina State Line, during the Revolutionary war.
BE enacted by the Senate and House of
the United States Of America Congress assembled That tho
vice of Virginia her State establishment during tho re-
evolutionary war; and who entitled mita airy boun.
ties by the laws and resolutions of that State their heirs and
shall be- and they hereby authorized to surrender
to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States such
heiT warrants for the said land boune remain upsa.
tshed in whole in part, and or scrip
or the same at any time before the frs, day January
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty which cert
Gates of scrip shall be issued by said Secretary and signed
ny him. and counersgned by the Commissioner the General
Land Office. IN the following manner, i, to say There
shall be separate certificate scrip for sum as SHALL at
the time OF issuing the same, be equal then minimum
price Of quantity eighty acres of land due bv war
rant and remaining unsashed the time such surrcnder
aud Ike certificate or scrip for such the time shall
equal the price the quantity that shall so re-
main usatisted, OF such of
he amount INTO quantities OF eighty And INV
such shall have mislaid by time and acc
dent shall and may be Law full for the party desiring surrc
the seal Of the Land Office of Virginia, with the affidavit of tho
party endorsed upon, or accompanying the same stating that
hath not been sold transferred the knowledge belief Of
the party SO surrepderins or his or her guardian.
u
OF the Commissioned of the General Land Office request the
Executive OF Virginia TO furnish him with statement Of ali
such warrants, within the puiew of this act have already
issued showing the number and date warrant and the
quantity ofaees granted by EACH and also monthly
OF the same description showing the number date ouan
y OF such warrants shall hereafter granted And no war
rant shall be taken be within the provisions act which
shall hereafter granted unless of shall
cause ceIhcate endorsed thereon by some ro
per ocer stating that tho party TO whom such shall
De so granted, his her. or their deviso was e
tied thereto by law the said Stats in rec
al the date OF the deed OF ceso by the State of Virginia TO
the United States
Sec And he further enacted That before the secrearv
of this BILL the applicants produte to him the eertea,e
OF the Register Of the Land Once Kentucky and the cer,;6
of the Surveyor the military bounty lands ofbe y
line that the (whcn original is presented os he
copy when the original has been destroyed bs, no,
1een aed surveyed or patented in Kentucky a1estrd by
Sect And he further enacted That the certificate, o
for any lands hereafter purchased at private as
after the shall have been offered public .aIc and shall
unoid at any OF the land Offices of the United States
established or to be established in the States Ohio Indiana
and Illinois And all such certificates scrip shall be s
ca by virtue OF this act shall be assgnabe by endorsement
thereon acsted by two Witnesses Provided That ali cer,6
cafes or scrip to be issued IN virtue of any hereafter
10 be granted shall be issued the party originally entitled
thereto or his heir or heirs devisee evees the NAV
Sec. g. And further enacted That the prov;.;o ., ,
act shall be deemed and taken 10 all such ofe,s
soaeI sailors marines chspans, musicians, surgeons and
surgeon mates IN the land or of the State of Viz
gina, during the revolutionary generav u, eyey
10 The state had engaged to land bounty
passed before and force the date the said deed of res
only persons
ed for IN the reservation contained in the deed Of eessio
IN favor of the officers and soldiers the said State on CONT,
mental establishment Provided, That no scrp issued under
the provisions of this shall the holder TO enter az
purchase any settled occupied lands without the written
ing said lands the same shall bo entered or a
Piled for And provided also That amount of land tb,s
Sec g. And be further enacted, the provision,
h and fourth sections Of this shall extend and embrace
in satisfaction OF claims for bounty land services during ti
revolutionary and that the laws enforced
vds for the issuing SAID hereby revived and
continued in force for years. ~
Sec And be further enacted Tha, the provisions of this
act shall also he deemed and taken an the unati
fed warrants OF the Virginia army Continental es,b;sh
men, Provided That the quantity shall not exceed
my thousand acres in addition to the hundred and sx,v
thousand acres heretofore authorized located by ,hc
State line. - WV"
We propose to receive the original warrants. and
transact all business Washington and Ken,ucky me-
cessary to perfect the scrip-to selIor locate an
lands in Illinois Tndanna, the following terms viz
For procuring scrip on these which do not
require to be sent to Kentucky to perfect. ono
cent per acre; and If sold, five cents per acre nd
ditional, on payment of the amount Of sale:
For procuring the certificates in Kentucky and the
scrip at Washington, free Of cost, five cents per
acres and for selling and paying over the monev
five cents additional, per acre: -
For procuring the scrip and locating IL in Illinois, or
Indiana one fifth of the land located, to be part
ed and divided by lot, after location.
Persons DESTROYS 30 have services will transmit
or deliver their warrants to Mr. Clarke in Washing.
ton, with full directions in writing, stating in who's.
name the scrip is 10 ISSUE and in what State the Ianda
are to be located.
The character in which the party ncts-wbetber n
sole heir, or -devisee-executor-a administrator
trustee guardian, &c.-must be set forth and inn.
medaiely the necessary papers, according to the
requslton Of the Treasury Department. will be either
sent on, or accurately described.
II the scrip is to be located the necessary power of
Attorney will be sent or, and when returned, the
whole VIII be immediately transmitted to Mr. Duncan,
who viii enter, personally and by competent agents,
without delay, upon the best land, which his judg-
ment and extensive acquaintance with the country. in
which he has resided nearly all his life, will enable
him 10 do.
To those who desire TO locate, intend to SELL VIC
would suggest the propriety Of perecting their scrip
rs possible the best lands will be taken first
and the amount Of scrip for sale will be very consid.
erable-exceeding, in the estimation Of well informed
persons. the limit Of the act Of Congress.
Very respectfully, sc.
JOSEPH DUNCAN, of Illinois
NV. ST. CLAIR CLARKE, Of Washington.