Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-07-27

NOTICE; To mso6ies's and Soldiers q, the w.
- g,nia Line and Nary, Of the Continental .army
o. sAe Rss0'"t'g 1Sy . Wsr.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED Ar THE
FIRST SESSION OF THE rwENrY-FInsr CONGRESS-
IPUBLIc-No. GIL
AN ACT for the relief Of certain officers and soIaer
OF the Virginia line and Navy, and OF the continent
n Army, during the Revolutionary war.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R,prr.-
senafires Of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the officers and soldiers sailor.
and marines, who were in tho service Of Virginia ON
her own State establishment during the Revolut
war, and who were entitled TO military land bouuties
by the laws and resolutions Of that State their heirs
and assigns, shall be- and they hereby authorized
to surrender to the Secretary Of the Treasury of the
United States such Of their for the said land
oounes as shali remain unsased in whole or in part
and to receive certificates scrip for the same nj anv
time before the first day Of January in the wear one
thousand eight hundred and thirty i've which cer6-
Gates for scrip shall be issued the said Secretary and
signed by him: and counersgned BY the Commissioner
OF the General Land Office, In the following ,napncr
that 10 to says There shall be separate certificate ar
'erlp Tor such sum as shall at the time Of Issuing the
same, he equal to the then minimum price OF each
quantity OF eighty Of land due by such warrant
aud remaining u1satsed at the time OF such
and IKE certificate or scrip for such sum the time.
snail be equal to the minimum price of the quantity that
shaiso remain unsasfed, of any such warrant after
such subdivisions OF the amount into quantities of eigh
~ acres And where any such shall have been
o't or m slaid, by time and accident il shall and NAV
be lawful Tor the party desiring to surrender the same
10 surrender an official copy thereof certified under the
The party endorsed upon, or the same
stating that such warrant has been lost or mslad and
mat tue original hath not been sold transferred tho
knowledge or belief Of the party surrendcrng or his
or her guardian.
SEC. 2 find be it further enacted. That Il shall be
the duty OF Commssioner Of the General Land T,f;cs
TO request the Executive Of Virginia. to furnish him
with statement OF all such warrants within the pur
view oil this ACT as have already issued, showing
The number and date OF each warrant and the QUANTITY
OF acres granted by each and also monthly
oil me came description, showing the number date and
quantity; oil such warrants as shs hereafter be grant
ed And no warrants shall be taken be within the
provisions OF this act which shall hereafter be granted
unless the Executive Of Virginia shall cause certi.
cate to be endorsed thereon signed by some Of
cer stating that the party TO whom such warrant cha
be so granted his her their ancestor or dev.or was
entitled thereto by some law resolution Of the said
State in force at the time Of the deed of ce ssion nv the
State OF Virginia, to the United States.
SEC. g. IND oe at further enacted, That be fore the
Secretary oil the Treasury shall issue the scrip required
by the provisions Of this bill, the applicants shall pro-
duce TO him the certificate the Register of the Land
Office in Kentucky and the certificate of the Surveyor
of the military lands of the Virginia line that the war
rant. (when the original is presented or the conv
when the original has been lost desroyed) has not
been located, surveyed, or patented in Kentucky, at
tested by the zeal Of his Office.
Sec 4. find De it tuther enacted That the cert;6-
Gates or scrip TO be issued by virtue of this act shall be
receivable in payment for any land herea to be pur
chased at private sale after the same shall have been
offered at public sale and shall remain unsold at uny Of
the Land Offices OF the United Stats established or 10
be established in the States Of Ohio Indiana and Ii-
nos And all such certificates scrip as shall be il.
sued by virtue OF this act shall be asignabe by en-
ents thereon, aested by two witnesses Pro-
ma. al Ger ncates or scrip TO be issued. in vr
tue oil any warrant hereafter to be granted shall be is
sued TO the party originally entitled thereto or his heir
or heirs. deyisee or devsees, as the case may be.
SEC. 8. ind be it further enacted, That the pro-
visions oil this act shall be deemed and taken TO extend
10 all such officers, soldiers, Sailors marines cbapairs
musicians, surgeons and surgeons mates in the land
or sea service OF the State of Virginia during the Re-
vouonary war; and generally every person TO whom
he State had engaged TO pay land bounty for services
IN mat war OF any description, by any law resoIu-
ton passed before, and in force the date of the said
deed OF cesson; except only such persons as are mem
TONED in and provided for by the reservation contained
IN the said deed Of ceson in favor OF the officers and
soldiers OF The said State continental establishment.
Propided, That no scrip issued under the provisions
oil this act shall entite the holder enter or purchase
any settled or occupied lands without the written CEN
sent OF such settlers occupants as NAV be actually
residing said lands at the time the same shall ba en-
tered or applied for: find provided, also, That the
amount OF land thus located shall not exceed two hum
dred and sixty thousand acres
SEC. o. find be it further enacted. That the provi.
sons OF the first and fourth sectons of ,ba act shall
ehn 10 and embrace owners of military land warrants
issued, by the United States, in satisfaction of claims
Tor bounty land for services during the Revolutionary
wars and That The laws heretofore preyding for
the Issuing said warrants are hereby revived and
tnued in force for two years.
SEC. a. dnd be IL further enacted. That the provi-
sons oil this act shall also be deemed and taken 10 ex
tend to all the unsatsed Of the Virginia ar
my, on continental establishment: Provided, That the
duan,y thereof shall not exceed Fifty thousand acres
h ADDITION TO the two hundred and sixty thou
heretofore authorized TO be located by their State lines
A. STEVENSON,
Speaker of The House IF Representatives.
j. e. CALHOUN,
Viee President of the United States anil pre-
sideHt Of the Senate
ANDREW JACKSON.
APPROVED: May 30 1880
The provisions OF the foregoing law point ont an cisa
~ and distinctly the documents that are TO be procured
ana me measures that are 10 be taken by the holders
OF the Virginia Military Land Warrants who wish m
surrender and obtain scrip for The same that il
unnecessary TO give any other instructions in explana-
ZION OF the law except on the following points:
FIRST AS 10 assignments of Virginia military war
rants oil every description:
These warrants under the law are roaJe ass,on.ht
put no particular mode of assignment having been d.
snaed, the practice in issuing patents bv the IJnited
states Tor Virginia Military Land Warrants located in
onio has been to require the sesaion OF one or more
Witnesses as TO The assgBment-And this rule will be
applied to The warrants Issued TO the Officers and SOL
drts IN the State Line and Navy.
Where the transfer Ia made by the Heirs or deyfsees
regularly authenticated evidence of heirship, or an
authenticated copy of the will must be furnished
where The transfers have heretofore been made of the
ehtre warrant, and part only Of The warrant has
been sashed certified copy Of the transfer from tho
Register oil the Land Office Richmond or Frankfort
a. me case may be, will be sufficient evidence of title
III there be TO such Office the "Suryeyor of the
Lands OF the Virginia Military Line" as Designated in
me Oh section OF the Act, then the certificate of the
Register OF the Land Office al Frankfort X eptckv will
be conidered as fuicieat evidence. The party sur
rendering the warrant should make an affidavit before
Justice Of the Peace, that he s the heir deyisee or
the last Assignee, as the case may be.
NO scrip will be granted for warrants Issued after the
passage Of the Act except 10 The warrantee
SEcoNW AS TO the Assignments of Of the United