Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-09


With great respect.
Your obedient servants
JOSEPH DUNCAN.
NV. ST. CLAIR CLARKE.
For the full information OF Claimants, we subjou
the act:
An set for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of vr-
, gmia Sta9 Line, during the Revolutionary war.
Be enacted by the Senate and House Representatives
tue United States of America, Congress asebed Tina, the
oces and soldiers, sailors and marnes who
vice OF Wig mia her State establishment during tho re
evolutionary and who entitled military land boun
ties by the laws and resolutions of that State
assi MS shall be- and they hereby to surrender
TO the Secretary Of the Treasury Of The United States
et warrants Tor the said land bounties shall
tsned IN whole part, and receive scrp
;or the time before the first day January in The
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty ve which ccr
cafes of scrip shall be issued the Secretary and signed
by ham, and by the of the Genera
iana once IA the following manner. that say There
shall he separate certificate scrip sum as shall
the time of issuing the be equal then minimum
pce OF each quantity oil eighty acres Of land due by
rant and remaining una'ished the such surrender
aud like certificate scrip for such as, ne shat
oeequa 10 he minimum 'ice OF the quantity that shall
main unsascd Of such of such subdivisions
the amount into Quantities OF eighty And an,
such warrant shall have been lost maid by time acct
dent II shall aud be full for the party desiring 10
der the same to surrender official copy certified unde
the seal OF the Land Office OF VHgnIa with the the
party endorsed uPon accompanying the same stating thai
such warrant has been lost or mislaid and that the osne
hath not been sold transferred the ledge belief
the party SO surepdering, or his or her guardian
seq And be nfuIier enacted That it shall be The duty
NJ the Commissioner Of the General Office to ress, be
Executive OF Virginia furnish with statement of ali
such warrants within the purew of this have already
issued showing the number and date and the
Quantity ofacres granted by each also non,h
OF me same description showing the number, date aud quaint
~ OF such warrants shall hereafter he granted And no
rant shall be taken 10 be within the provisions this, act, winch
shall hereafter be granted unless the Executive OF Virginia
certificate be endorsed thereon signed by some rr
per ohicer stating that the party whom such waran, sa
e 80 Granted ms hef or their ancestor deyiso
tied thereto by some law resolution Stale force
at the date OF the deed of cesscn by the State Of Virginia
Sec And ne further enacted That, before the Secretary
o. the Treasury shall issue the scrip required provision.
OF Register Oece Of Ken,ocay and The csr,;s
CATE OF Tho Surveyor OF the military bounty lands Virgins
copy when original has been LOST or destroyed , no
ossed surveyed or patented, Kentucky sties,ed BY
Sect And he further enacted That the certificates. n,
scr 10 be issued by virtue of this shall received ia
after the shall have at public .sIo and
remain unsold at of the land Offices the United States
established or TO be established in the States Ohio Indiana
and Illinois And all such certificates scrip as shall be
ed oy virtue OF this ACT shall be asssnabe by endorsement
scrip in virtue of any warmn, bereaG
TO be granted shall be issued party originally end
heree or his heir or heirs, devised dcvisees the may
Sec And be further enacted Tba, The provisions of this
act shall be deemed and taken all such officer,
sailors Marines chaains musicians, surgeons and
Surgeons mates IN the land State of Vr
person whom the TO paw land bonv G
vces in that war of description any resolution,
passed oee and IN force al the date said deed ces
SON except only such persons as are mentioned provd
ed tor IN the reservation contained the sadced
mental establishment, Provided, That scrip issued uuder
the provisions of this shall ente the holder 10 enter or
Of sele or occupants as NAV be aetalv
on said lands at the time the shall entered or an.
Piled for And provided also That the Of land thus
coated shall rot exceed two hundred and sixty thousand acres
Sec And be further enacted That provisions Of the
OF military wasuts issued by the United States
N satisfaction OF claims for bounty land for during the
revolutionary and that the laws heretofore enforced pro
vidng for the issuing SAID warrants hereby revived and
continued IN force for Two years
Sec Aud be il further enacted That the provisions of this
act shall also be deemed and taken TO extend To all
ted warrants OF the Virginia army Continental establish
Gy acres addition to the two hundred and
thousand acres heretofore Authorized located by
State line.
we propose to receive the original warrants, and
transact all business at Washington and Kentucky ne.
cessary to perfect the scrip-to sellor locate il on
lands IN Illinois or fndianna the following terms viz:
For procuring scrip on these which do not
require to be sent to Kentucky perfect, one
cent per acre; and, If sold, five per acre ad
ditionaI. on payment of the amount Of sale:
For procuring the certificates IN kentucky and the
scrip at Washington, free OF cost, FIVE &c nts per
ncrei and tor selling and paying the money,
Eve cents additional, per acre:
For procuring the scrip and locating IL in Illinois or
Indiana fifth Of the land so located, to be part.
ed and divided by lot, after location.
Persons DESTROYS to have our services, will transmit
OF deliver their warrants 10 Mr. Clsrkr in Washing
ton, with full directions in writing stating whose
the scrip is 20 ISSUE and IN what State the lands
are to be located.
Tie character IN WhIcn the party acts--wbethcr a
sole heir, many-devisee-exec Observation-Disclosures tor
trustee guardian, Sc-must be set forth, and i'm.
mediaieiy the necessary papers, according to the
requston of the Treasury Department, will be either
sent on, or accurately described.
n the scrip is to be located the necessary power of
Attorney will be sent or, and when returned, the
whole viii be Immediately transmitted 10 NJ. Duncan,
who will enter, personally and BY competent agents,
without delay, upon the best land, which bis judg-
rnent and extensive acquaintance with the country in
which he has resided nearly all his life will enable
BIN to do.
To those who desire to locate, or intend to sell, we
would suggest the proprey Of perfecting their scrip
N soon az possible the best lands will be taken FIRST
And the amouit of scrip for sale will be very consd.
cradle exceeding. in the estimation Of well informed
persons, the limit of the act Of Congress.
Very resp, ctfuIiy, &c.
JOsEPH DUNCAN, Of Illinois
NV. ST. CLAIR CLARKE, OF Washington.