Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-07-20

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IN ginia Line and Navy, Of the Continental Army
IBY AUTHoRITYl
/ LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED AT THE
FIRST SESSION OF THE TwENTY-rIRsr CONGRESS.
| IPUBLIC-No. 81
AN ACT for the relief Of certain officers and soldiers
Of the Virginia line and Navy, and Of the continent
tai Army, during the Revolutionary war.
BE it enacted by The Senate aud House Of Repre-
senfdfiUeS Of the United Stdtes3 america ia Con-
gress assembled, That the officers aud soldiers sailors
| and marines, who were in tho service Of Virginia ON
her own State establishment during the Revolutionary
war, and who were entitled 10 military land bounties,
by the laws and resolutions of that State their heirs
and assigns, shall be- and they hereby, authorised
to surrender, TO the Secretary Of the Treasury of the
United States, such CT their Tor the said land
bounties as shall remain unsashed whole 10 part,
and to receive certificates scri for the same at any
time before 'hehrs' day of January, in the year ono
thousand eight hundred ami thirty live which cer-
Gates for scrip shall be Issued by the said Secretary aud
signed by him: AMI countersgned by the Commissioner
OF the General Land Office, in the following manner
that 10 TO say There shall be separate certificate or
scrip for such sum as SHALL at the time Of issuing the
same, he equal to the then minimum price OF each
quantity OF eighty acres Of land due by such warrant
and remainng dissatisfied a, the time OF such surrender
aud like certificate scrip for such sum as at the time
sna De equal to the minimum price Of the quantity that
sha so remain unsa'ished, OF any such warrant after
such subdivisions OF the amount into quantities of eigh
~ acres And where any such warrant have been
o't or IN sad by time and accident, il shall and may
De lawful Tor the party desiring 10 surrender the same,
10 surrender an official copy thereof certified under the
seal OF the land office of Virginia, with the affidavit of
accompanying
sa'ng mat such warrant has been lost or msaid and
that the original hath been sold transferred to the
knowledge or belief Of the party surrenerng or his
or her guardian.
SEC. 2 find be it further enacted That Il shall be
.he duty oil Commissioner of the General Land Office,
70 request the Executive Of Virginia, to furnish him
win astatement 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 statement
VI e same description showing the number, date, and
quantity, Of such shall hereafter be grant
ed And no warrants shall be taken to be within the
provisions Of this act which shal her be granted
unless the Executive Of Virginia shall cause a cer6-
cate to be endorsed thereon signed by some proper Of
hcer stating that the party whom such warrant shall
DE so granted his her or their ancestor or devso was
ened thereto by some law or resolution of the said
State in force at the time of the deed of cesson by the
| State OF Virginia, TO the United States
SEC. B. find be IL further enacted That before the
secretary oil the Treasury shall issue the scrip
by the provisions of this BILL the applicants shali pro.
d1ee TO him the certificate of the Register Of the Land
Office in Kentucky, and the certificate of the Surveyor
oil the military lands of the Virginia ne that the war
rants t"hen the original is presented, or the copy,
when the s:aAl has been lost destroyed) has not
been located surveyed, or patented in Kentucky, at
tested by the sea- @f his Office.
SEC 4 find be IL Ju..c"" enacted, That the certf-
Gates or scrip TO be issued by virtue o. s act shall be
receVabe IN payment for land hereafter :" be pur-
chased at private sale, after the same shall have been
offered at public sale, and shall unsod at any Of
the Land Offices OF the United Stats established or 10
he established in the States of Ohio Indiana and I;
nois And all such certificates or scrip as shall be is.
SUED oy virtue OF this act shall be assgnable by en-.
doIsements thereon, aested by two witnesses: Pro-
oded, That all icates scrip 10 be issued in vr
tue oil any warrant hereafter to be granted shall he ia
sued TO the party originally entitled thereto. his heir
or heirs devsee or devisees, as the case NAV be.
SEC. o. find be it further enacted That the pro-
visions OF this act shall be deemed and taken 10 extend
TO all such officers, soldiers, sailors marines chaplans
musicians surgeons and surgeons mates, in the land
or sea service OF the State of Virginia during the Re-
yoInIonay war; and generally every person TO whom
the State had engaged pay land bounty for services
IN mat war; OF any description, by any law or reso-
ton passed before, and in force the date of the said
ueeu OF cession; except only such persons
toned in, and provided for by the reservation
in the said deed of ceson favor OF the officers and
soldiers OF the said State continental establishment:
lhet no scrip issued under the provisions
oil ms act shall entie the holder enter or purchase
any settled or occupied lands without the written CEN
sent oil such settlers or occupants, as NAV be actually
residing on said lands at the time the same shall he en-
tered or applied for: find provided, also That the
amount OF land thus located shall not exec ed two hum
drel and sixty thousand acres
SEC 6. .And be it further enacted That IN. nrov;
sions OF the first and fourth sections of this act shall
tenn 10 and embrace owners Of military land warrants
ssurn, oy me United States in satisfaction OF claims
LOT oounty land Tor services during the Revolutionary
war; and that the laws heretofore enacted providing for
me ssuin said warrants, are hereby revived and con.
iinued in force for two years
SEC. T. find be it further enacfed That tho nrov;
ohs Oh ts act snail also be deemed and taken TO ex-
tend TO all the unsatised OF the Virginia ar
my, On continental, establishment: Provided, That the
!"dnu.y thereof shall not exceed iiv :.;ousaod ac
10 addition to the two hundred and sixty ,bonsd
heretofore authorized to be located bv beir ST., n
a. STEVENSON, ~ S'"'e me-
j. e. CALHOUN REPRESENTATIVES,
zee President of The United States and p,s.
S'dent u The Senate 20
, ANDREW JACKSON.
me provisions OF the foregoing law point ont on .,
~ ana uss..Sctly the documents tina, .e to h ,
ana me measures trs be taken by the holders
OF me virginia Military Land Warrants who wish IN
surrender and obtain scrip for the same that is deemed
unnecessary 10 give any other instructions in explana-
uon oil The law except on the following points:
rlhsr. AS 70 assignments of Virginia military war.
rants oil every descriptions w.
lhese warrants under the law are made assienabIo.
out no particular mode of assignment having been a.
sgnated The practice in Issuing patents bv The JTnsd
States Tor Virginia Military Land Warrants. oca,sd i;
Ohlo mas been 20 require the aesaton of one mr. more
witnesses as to the assignment-And his rule will he
appheu 10 'he warrants Issued 10 the Officers and SOL
diefs in the State Line and Navy
Where the transfer is made by the Heirs mr. a.vis.
regularly authenticated EVIDENCE of beir.bin or an
authenticated cory Of tie will, mus, be furnished
where The transfers have heretofore been maJs M The
enure warrant, and part only of the warrant ba.
been saised, certified copy OF the transfer from The
Register oil the Land Office at Richmond or Frankfort
as me case may be, will be sufficient evidence of title
III there be 70 such Office as the "Survevor of The
Lands OF the Virginia Military Line" AZ designa,ad in
the 81 Section Of the Act then the cerGics,s ~ ha
Register OF the Land Office at Frankfort Kentckv will
be considered as sufficient evidence. The partv arr
rendering the warrant should make an affidavit befors
justice oil the Peace, that he is the heir devisee mr.
the last Assignee, as the may be.
NO scrip will be granted for warrants issued after The
passage OF the Act except 10 the warrantee
SECOND: As to the Assignments of of The IJn;ted
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