Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-07-13
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NoTiCH.-To the Officers and Soldiers Of tks D1v
~ snia Line and Macy, Of TIE Coati,,entaj .dr,ny
IBY AUTHoRlrY,l
LAWS OF THE UNITED srArrs pAs.Hp AT r,,r
FIRST SESSION OF THE rwENry-fIRsr CON Rrss.
tPUBLIc-No. 81
AN ACT for the relief Of certain officers anil so,a;a
OF the Virginia line and Navy, and of the coninen
tai Army, during the Revolutionary war.
ne 10 enacted by The Senate aud House Of Repre-
se.aa'srss o. ne United States Of .qmerica in Con-
sfess assembled That the officers aud soldiers sailor.
aud marines, who were in tho service of VIRGINIA on
her own State establishments during the
anu VINO were entitled to military land boun,ies
ny inc laws AND resolutions Of that State, their heirs
anu assigns shall be- and they are hereby authorised
10 surrender. TO the Secretary of the Treasury of the
Oh'ed States, such OF their warrants for the said land
bounes as shalt remain unsa,isfed in whole or i'm mar,
and 10 receive certificates scrip for The same a, an
TIME before tue hrst day of January, in the year one
Thousand eight hundred and thirty which cer,if
Gates Tor scrip shall be Issued by the sad Secretary and
signed ny him and countersigned by the
~ ,ne renera Land Office IN the following manner
INA. 70 soy: There shall be separate certificate or
scrip Tor such sum shall, the time of issuing the
s'me, re equal TO the then minimum price of each
quantity OF eighty of land due by such warrant
enI remaining satisfied a, the time such surrender
anu IKE certificate scrip for such sum az a, the lime
sna De equal to the minimum price OF the
80 remain unsati'ied, OF any such atrant alter
tuch subdivisions OF the amount into quantities of jgb
~ acres And where any such warrant shal have been
o. OF sald by time aud accident, ii shall and may
DC awu Tor the party desiring surrender the same
10 surrender an official copy thereof certe ed nndcr the
seal OF the land office of Virginia with the AFFIDAVIT, nj
o parry endorsed upon, or accompanying the same e,
sa,hS 'hat such warrant has been lost or mislsd and
ha' me original hath not been sold transferred To the
knowledge or belief Of the party so surrcnerng or his
or her guardian. - ~
SEC. 2. find be il further enacted Tba, !, .h,u h
.he duty OF Commisoner of tn. General Land ONCE
request the Executive of Vir ;inia to furnish him
WIN astatemcnt OF all such warrants within the mr.
VI" Oh his acis as have already issued, showing
the number and date OF each warrant and the oantity
y. % gran,eu oy each and also monthly statement
VI mo same description, showing tho number, da,s and
quantity, OF ouch warrants shall hereafter bs yrpn,
ei. And no warrants shall be taken to be within The
prVvnons Of 'h' act which shall hereafter be granted
uness me Executive OF VII nis shall cause rertif-
cate to be endorsed thereon signed by soma prop.r Of
neer' stating that the party whom such warrant sba
De so granted his her their or dcy.or
i'ied thereto by some law resolution OF the said
Sae IN orce at the time of the deed Of ce.son bv the
''Se OF Virginia. to the United States.
, DEC D. ma be 1t further enacted, That bsfore the
Secretary Of the Treasury shall Issue The rsoursJ
ny me provisions OF this BILL the applicants Shall pro
Once 10 MN IN certificate OF the Register of the Land
oase in Kentucky, and the certificate of the Surveyor
oil the military lands Of the Virginia line tina, the war
rants (when the original is presented or The cony
wnen The original has been Loaf destroyp) has not
tested by the zeal Of his Office
sEc, Ana De Il Jutier enacted, That the certif-
ctes or scrip TO be Issued by virtue Of this act shall be
eePvaoe IN payment for any land hereafter 10 bs pur
chased at private sale, alcr the same shall have hen
oherea at public sale and remain un.o,d AZ anv of
the Land Offices OF the United SAFE established ~ ~
ne e''dniiShed, IN the States of Ohio Indiana and Hi
no's And all such certificates or scrp az shall h. IL.
ueu oy virtue oil this act shall be assgnabIe by en-.
uosements thereon, atested by two witnesses Pro-
mat all certificates scrip be is-ued in vr
tue OF any warrant hereafter t. be granted shall be ia
ueu 10 me party originally entitled thereto or his heir
OF nelfs dev'see or devisees, a the case may be-
SEC 8. find be il further enacted Thai In. rro
VISIONS oil this act shall be deemed AMI taken TO extend
10 AL zach officers, soldiers, sailors, marines chapairs
musicians surgeons and goons mates in The land
or sea service of the State of Virginia during the Re.
youlonary a2d generally, every person to whom
me ale had engaged 10 ray land bounty for service.
III mat war oil any description, by any law resolu-
non passed before, and 10 force the date Of the said
eso OF cessioD except only such ersons are me n
oneu n ana provided for by the reservation contained
" tne SAID deed oil ccs'ion favor OF tie officers
solder. OF tho said Sa,s on continental establishment:
1IOoi"ed, nat no scrip issued under the provisions
=. ni' ac snail ene the holder TO enter purchase
any seieu or occupied lands, without the written
sem OF such settlers occupants a, NAV be actually
esung on ''id lands at the time the ,h, he en-
tered or applied for: find propide4 also That The
amount of lind thus located shall not al to b,,n
dref and sixty thousand acres.
DEC ina be ii further enacted. That the rrovi.
'o" VI "e hrs and fourth ,cciions of us act sh Il. e
tend 10 and embrace owners of military land arrsnt
lsued by the United Sa'c, in satisfaction nj cI.;n
Ca, .nI 'ana ior tervces during the Revolutionary
ana mat The laws heretofore enacted providing for
me issuing said warrant hereby revived and con
tiDued in force for two wears ~ ~
okc. Z, dnd De 1t further enacted, Tha; The provi-
SUNS VI ms act shall also be deemed and taken to ex-
tehd 10 all the unsaised warrants oG the Virginia ar
my on continental establishments Propided That The
= thousand
VI ABOLITION to the two hundred and sixty onsand acres
heretofore authorized TO be located by their State Line
"a STEVENSON,
Teafer Of the House Of Representatives.
pice President at The United States anil Pre-
sident Of The Senate.
APPROVED: May 80, $780,
ne provisions OF the fore going po;nt out %
~ ana "hncty The documents that are TO be ,rlcured
'nl me measures that 10 Re taken by tie holders
OF 'he virginia Military Land Warrants who wish to
surrender aud obtain scrip Tor the same that il deemed
'ion OF the law except on the following points:
FIRST IA 10 Assignments of Virginia military war
rants OF every descriptions "
lbese warrants under the law are made assienable.
Ont no particular mode of Assignment having been Il -
ssnaed, the practice in issuing patents by Gie United
states Tor Virginia Military Lind Warrsnts loc,ed in
onio has been 10 require the aestaon Of one or more
witnesses az to ths assignment-And Ibis rule VIII he
appheu 10 he warrants issued 10 the Oifcers aud Sol
diefs in the State Line and NAVY
Where the transfer is made by the III ,irs mr. devise.
regularly authenticated evidence of heir.hip or an
authenticated copy Of The will, must be furnished
where The transfers have heretofore been made Of the
enure warrant, and part ouy Of the warrant ha.
neen saish9d, certified copy Of the transfer from the
Register OF the Land Office at Richmond or Ftankfort
az ne case may be- will be efficient evidence Of title
III there he no such Ofics a. lha "Surveyor of tn
Land. OF the Virginia Mht,ry Line az Designated in
,he Oh section OF the Act, then The certificate Of The
h's'ier OF the Land Office at Frankfort. Ksntcky will
DC eon.idered as 'uiicien evidence. The party eur
rendering the warrant should make an affidavit before
justice Of the Peace, thu, he is the heir devisee or
the last Assignee, az The cass may BE-
he oil foe,