Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-05

acquaintance may be Interested in those claims,
with such recommendation Of US you may think
With great respect.
Your obedicnt servants,
JOSEPH DUNCAN.
Mw. ST. CLAIR CLARKE.
For the full information Of Claimants, we subjoin
An for The relief certain officers and soldiers of the
gina State Lee, during the Revolutionary
Be enacted by the Senate House of of
the United States OF America Congress assembled That the
of Virginia her State establishment during
evolutionary and who entitled to military land boun
ties by the laws and resolutions Of that State their heirs and
shall be- and they hereby surrender
10 the Secretary Of the Treasury of the United Saes such of
thor for the said land bounlIes shall remain
tsed, in whole part and certificates scrip
Tor the time before the FIRST day of January
year thousand eight hundred and thirty Eve which cer'
Gates of scrip shall lie issued the said Secretary and signed
by him. aud nv the Commissioner OF General
Land Once, N tho folo~ng manner. that is say There
shall he certificate scrip for such shall,
the time of ssuipg the be equal the minimum
price OF each quantity OF eighty OF land due by such
aud sbed the such surrender
and like certificate scrip for such the Time shall
equai 10 the minimum of the quantity shall
uusatisfed subdvis Of
the amount INTO quantities OF eighty And where any
such warrant shall have been lost or msad y time and acc
dent shall sndmay lawful the party desiring surren
der the surrender official copy thereof certified
the seal of the Land Office OF Virginia. with the affidavit of the
parry endorsed oPo OF accompanying the same stating that
ouch warrant has been lost mslad and that the original
hath not been sold transferred to the know ledge belief
the party so sanepderng, or his or her guardian
Sec And be 1t further enacted. hat shall be tho duty
10
Executive Of Virginia furnish him with of all
such warrants, within the of this act have already
issued show the number and date OF each aud the
quantity oaces granted by EACH and also monthly
othe same Description the number date and quan
N OF such warrants as shall hereafter be granted And
shall he taken within the provisions of This act which
ehal hereafter h. granted unless the Executive OF Virginia
cause certificate TO I've endorsed thereon signed by
per officer that the party whom such shall
30 granted. his her their devsor
tod thereto by law resolution
CT the date of the decd OF ceesion By the State Of Virginia
the United States
q
OF the Treasury shall issue the scrip equei by the provisions
OF this oi the applicants shall pro him the certificates
of the Surveyor of the military bounty lands ehe Virginia
ino that the warrants when the original is presented
copy. when the original lost destroyed
been located surveyed or patented in Kentucky a,tesed by
the seal of ms office.
scrip TO he ISSUED by virtue of this act shall be
payment for any lands hereafter purchased private sale
unold Of the land Offices OF the United States
established be established in the States of Ohio Indiana
and Illinois And al! such certificates scrip shalt
ed by of This ACT shall be asssnabe by endorsement
thereon a,iested by two Witnesses Provided That all ceh.
Gates be issued virtue of hereafter
be granted shall he issued party originally entitled
shrreo his heir hcirs dcvsee devsees
nc.
Sec. And be further enacted, That the provisions of this
shall be deemed aud taken extend all officers
soldiers Sailors marines, chaplans, musicians surgeons and
surgeons mates the land of the State V
gnia, during the revolutionary and generally. every
person 10 whom the state had engaged land bounty
services that Of description resolution
passed before and force the deed Of eos
son except only such mentioned n poyid
Cd for III the reservation contained in the said deed
in favor of the officers and soldiers Of the said Cont
mental establishment Prov ded Thar scrip issued under
che provisions Of this shall entle the holder
purchase settled occupied lands without the written
consent OF such settlers occupants be actually resd-
ing on said lands at the time the shall ap.
Piled for And provided also Tina, the of thus
located shall exceed hundred and acres
Sec And he further enacted, That the provisions the
Grst and fourth sections of this shall embrace
owners OF military land issued the United States.
in satisfaction oclam for bounty land for during
revolutionary and tia, the laws heretofore enforced pro
M haraf
continued in force for two years
Sec And be enacted That the provisions of hi,
shall also be deemed and taken extend a the uusa
sn, snanis Of the Virginia army Continental establish
Sfy oSs"h ,c,es the quantity thereof shall
thousand ceres heretofore aulne TWO hundred and sixty
State line "ca.eo "' ''"''
transact all business a, Washington and Kentucky ne
ccssary TO perfect the scrip-to selI-or locate IN
lands in Illinois Indiana, the following terms VIZ
For procuring scrip on th"se which do not
require to be sent to Kentucky to perfect ON.
cent per acres and, if sold, FIVE cents Der acre ad
oit'onai' on payment Of the amount Of sale:
For procuring the certificates in K-ntucky and the
scrip Washington, free OF cost, five cents per
acre; and tor selling and paving over the monev
five cents additional, per acre:
Eor procuring the scrip and locating il in Illnois or
Indiana one fifth of the land so located to be part
ed and divided by lot, after location.
Persons DESTROYS 10 have services, will trsnsmi,
OF deliver their warrants to Mr.. Clarke, in Washing
ton, with full drections writing, stating ~ whose
name the scrip to issue, and in what State the lands
are to be located.
The character in which the party acts-wbe.her
sole heir, or many-devisee administrator
trustee guardian, &c.-must be set forth, and i'm
mediateiy the necessary papers, according to the
reputation Of the Treasury Department will be either
senf on, or accurately described.
II the scrip is to be located, the necessary power Of
Attorney will be sent or, and when returned the
whole viii be Immediately transmitted TO Mr. Duncan
who will enter, personally and BY competent agents
without delay, upon the best land, which his iud1-
me0t and extensive acquaintance with the country in
which he has resided nearly all his life, will enable
him to do.
10 those who desire to locate, or intend to SELL we
would suggest the propriPty Of perecng their scrip
as soon as possible the be ct lands will be taken FIRST
and the amount Of scrip for sale will be very consid
CRADLE in the estimation of well informed
persons, the limit Of the act Of Congress.
Very respectfully, &c.
JOSEPH DUNCAN, Of Illinois
NV. eT. CLAIR CLARKE, Of Washington.