Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-10

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IL gs,sia Line and Navy, If the Conf8k.tai 1,ns
q the Revolutionary War.
tBY AUTHORlTY.1
LAWS OF THE UNITED Stains PASSED. Ar rnx
FIRST SESSION or THE rw NrY-rIRsr coNaRxss
(PvBLIc-No 81
AN ACT Tor the relief Of certain officers am eodiers
OF the Virginia line and Navy, and Of the continent
tai Army. during the Revolutionary war.
BE q enacted oy te Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdfives Of the United States Of america in Con.
assembled, That the officers and soldiers sailors
aud marines, who were in the service Virginia o.
her own State establishment during the Revolutionary
war, and who entitled to military land bountes
by the laws and resolutions OF that Sats their hers
and assigns, shall be- and they hereby, authorized
to surrender, to the Secretary OF the Treatury Of the
United States, such Of their warrants for the said land
oounes as shall remain unsased, in whole in part
and 70 receive certificates or scrip for the ssme. any
time before the hrst day of January, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty five which eerti6-
Gates Tor scrip shall be Issued by the said Secretary and
signed by him: and counte rsgned by the
OF the General Land Office. in the following manner
that IL to says There shall be separate err,i6c.,, or
scrip Tor such sum as shall at the time Of issuing tho
same, I've equal to the then miamum pIice oil each
quantity OF eighty of land due by such wsrraut
aud rrmsinins isa6ed the time such surrender
aud like certificate scrip for such sum AZ, al the time
shall be equal TO the minimum price of the
shall 80 remain unsased of any such warrant after
such subdivisions OF the amount into quantities Of eigh
~ acres Aud where such warrant shall have been
o't or said, by time and accident shall aud nav
be hwiu Tor the party desiring to surrender tho same
10 surrender an official eony thereof certified under the
seal oil the land office Of Virginia. with the affidavit OF
tho party endorsed upon, accompanying the "a me-
stating that such warrant has BEEN lost mislai and
that the original hath been sold or
knowledge or belief Of the party 90 Av
or her guardian.
SEC. q find be it further enacted. Th,, n .h.u h.
the duty oil Commissioners of the General Land Ofics
to request the Executive Of Virginia, to Ern.h him
with statement OF all such warrants, within The psr-
WV OF this ACT, as have already is,neb shovn,,
he number and date OF each warrant and IN
OF acres grated by EACH and also nonhly s,asment
oil the came description, showing the number .t, and
quantity, Of such warrants shall hereafter be grant
ell. And warrants shall be taken 10 DO within the
provisions Of this act which shall after be .ranes
unless the Executive OF Virginia shall certi6
cate TO be ensorsed thereon signed by proper of
cer, stating that the party whom such warrant shslh
be so granted, his, her bei- evisor wac
State in force the time of the Iced of cession by the
State Of Virginia, TO III. United States.
SEC B. ind De IL further enacted, That before tho
Secretary OF the Treasury shall issue the scrip equr~
by the provisions Of this BILL the applicants shall pro-
luce to him the certificate OF the Register Of tho Land
Office in Kentucky, and the certificate of the SURVEYOR
oil the military lands OF the Virginia line, that the
rants (when the original is presented, or the copy
When the original has been lost destroyed) has aot
been located, surveyed or patented, in Kentucky, at
tes ed by the seal of his office.
SEC .fnd be ii J,ther enacted, That the certi6-
ca-s or scrip to be issued by virtue OF ,h. act shall DO
receivable in payment for land hereafter to be pur-
chased at private sale, after the shall have been
offered at public tae, and shall remain unsod any OF
the Land Offices OF the United Stats, established or to
he established. in the States OF Ohio, Indiana and Iii.
nos And all such certificates or scrip as shall be IL.
sued by virtue OF this act shall be assgnabe, by
dorsemenfs thereon, attested by witnesses Pro-
utded. That all Ger ihca.s scrip be ssued In vir
tue OF any warrant hereafter 10 he granted shall be is
sued TO the party originally entitled thereto, or his heir
or heirs, devisee or devisees, as the case may be-
SEC o. find be ii further enacted, That the pro-
visions oil this act shsl! be deemed and taken extend
TO all such officers soldiers sailors, Marines chaplacs
musicians, surgeon. and surgeons mates in the land
or sea service Of the State of Virginia during the Re-
evolutionary war; and generally to every person TO whom
the State had engaged to pay land bounty for services
III that war, OF any description, by any law or resol-
lion passed beioe, and in force the date of the said
deed OF cesson except only such persons are mem
TONED in and provided for by the reservation contained
in the said decd of crssion in favor OF the officers and
-od'ers the said State continental establishment:
PF0pidcd, That scrip Issued under the provisions
oil this act shall ente the holder or purchase
any settled or occupied lands, without the written CEN
sent Of such settlers occupants as NAV be actually
residing sad lands at the lime the same shall be- en-.
tered or applied for: find provided, also, That the
amount OF land thus located shall exceed two hum
drei and sixty thousand acres.
SEC 6 find be it further enacted. That the provi-
sions OF The hrs. aud fourth sections of this shall ex
emu 70 ara embrace owners of military land warrants.
ssu.d' oy the United States, in satisfaction of claims
Tor bounty land for services during the Revolutionary
war; and that the laws heretofore enacted providing for
me 'sssng said warrants, are hereby revived and
iinu~d in brce for two wears.
SEC. T. dnd be ii further enacted That the pro,i-
siohs oil this act shall also be deemed taken to sx-
tend to all The unsased warrants OF the virginia ar.
my, on continental establishment: Provided That the
quantity thereof shall not exceed City thousand acres,
10 addition TO the two hundred and sixty thousand acre.
heretofore authorized to be ocaed by their State lines
a STEVENSON,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
G.. CALHOUN.
pice President NJ the United States and Pre-.
Sidelt Of the Senate.
ANDREW JACKSON.
APPROVED: May 30, 1880
The provisions OF the foregoing law point out 50 clear.
y and distinctly the documents that are to be ufed
ana The measure. that are 10 be taken by the holders
OF the Virginia Military Land Warrants who wish 70
surrender and obtain scrip for The same IL is
unnecessary to live any other instructions in sxplana
ton OF the law except on the following points:
FIRST. As 10 assignments of Virginia military WAR.
rants OF every description:
These warrants under the law are made assigDabIe:
out no particular mode Of assignment having been do
ssnaed the prac<ire in issuing patents BY the United
States Tor Virginia Military Land Warrants located in
ONO has been 10 require the stesaion OF one or more
witnesses az TO the assignment.-And this rule will be
applied to the warrants issued 10 the Officers and Sol.
diets IN the State Line and Navy
Where the transfer is made by the Heirs or devisess
regularly authenticated evidence of heirship, or an
Where The transfers have heretofore been made of tho
entire warrant, and part only Of the warrant has
been sati-bsd certified copy Of the transfer from, tho
Register OF the Land Office at Richmond or Frankfort
as The case may be, will he sufficient evidence OF title
III there be no such Office as the "SuTveyor of the
Lands OF the Virginia MIit,ry Line, de,gnstsA in
the 3d Section Of the Act, then the certificate Of ths
Register Of the Land Office at Frankfort, Kentcky will
he considered IA suicient evidence. The party eur
rendering the warrant should make affidavit before
Justice OF the Peace that he is the heir aevi.ee or
The last Assignee, az the case may be.
No scrip viii be granted for warrants Issued after the
passage OF he Act except 10 The warrsntee
SECaND: As to the Assignments Of of the United
Re