Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-03

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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED. Ar r,~
S'Nsr shssioS OF THE TWENTY FIRST coNcRrxs
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~ ior me relief OF certain officers and soldlers
Of the Vireina line and Navy. and OF the con,insn
tai Army. during the Revolutionary war
BE it enacted by the Senate aad House of R,pr..
senaof,ves q me United States IF .ameriea in Con-
gress assembled, That the officers aud soldiers saio.
aud marines, who in tho service Of Virs,ri. "
her own State establishment during the R.voltIonsrv
war, and who entitled to military bnJ hc,,n,;.SS
by the laws aud resolutions Of that State their h.;r.
and assigns, shall be, and they are hereby authori,.
20 to the Secretary OF the Treasury of the
Cn'eu STATES such OF their warrants for the said land
oountie' as shali remain unsased In whole or In
anu 10 receive certificates or scrip for the same
me before the hrst day Of January, In the year one
"ousanu eight hundred and thirty five, which ceri.
Gates cr scrip shall be Issued by the .sd and
signed by him: and eouhter.igned by the
OF tho General Land Office, in tn. lolowiuy ,nannsr
that 10 say: There shall DO .e,sr,.e =, = rs. 49,,
scrip Tor such sum as shall. at the t of i.upg the
same, Re equal to the then minimum pice Of each
q".hny oil eighty acres Of land due by such warrant
anu rensninr satisfied the time OF such
anu IKE certificate or scrip for such sum a.. atbe time
oe equs 70 the minimum price Of the quantity that
Sha SO remain unsa'isird, OF any such alter
such subdivisions Of the amount into If .ih
~ acres And where any such warrant ,ba have her
o. OF s'ad, by time and accident. shall and NAV
e '"wu' o' the party desiring to surrender the same
10 surrender an official cony thereof certified hndsr ~
sea' Of the land office of Virginia. with the afJsvi, Of
stating that such has been lost mr. ,n,sia,d I
mat The orsinsl hath been -od or to the
knowledge or belief oil the party SO or his
or her guardian. "s " ''''
SEC 2. and be it further enacted. That 4, .b,n n.
.ne uu'y oil Commissioners of the General Land Oaie.
,e .ns executive Of Virginia, 10 furnish him
VI w OF This act as have already Issued. Showing
he number and date Of each warrant and The oan,;,
81 grared by each and also monthly statement
y. wy ZANE "esctp'ion showing the number, date and
quantity, OF such as shall he ,sns
cal. Aud no warrants shall be taken 10 be within the
rrov'ions Of hi. at which shall hereafter he ra,%
uhirss the Executive OF YiIpinia
cate to be endorsed thereon signed by some nronsr Of
stating MAT the party TO whom such warrant shall
oe SO granted his, her their ancestor or was
entitled thereto by law or resolution o ,h s,iJ
State in orce at the time Of the deed of ce..op by the
State OF Virginia, 10 the United States
SEC g. find be IL further enacted That b.Gore III.
Secretary Ct The Treasury shall issue the crp
by the provisions OF this bill the applicants sba,1 me-
1Mse 10 him the certificate of the Register of the Land
omee ID Kentucky and the certificate of the Surveyor
Oh inc military lands OF the Virginia line that the war
rants (when the original is presented, or the COPY
49, 'e o,'E"'"' mas neeh lost or destroyed) has not
neen located, surveyed, or patented, In Kentucky at
tesed by the seal of his Office "
SEC H. .dnd DC 1t Jut'cr enacted, That the cerfi-
Gates or scrip to be issued by virtue OF this net shall h.
receivable in payment for any land hereafter 10 be pur
chased at private SALE after the same shall have been
offered public sale and shall remain unsold at any Of
the Land Offices OF the United Sats established or to
be established in the States Of Ohio Indiana and mi
hois Ana all such certificates scrip as shall be 10.
sued oy virtue OF this act, stall be asignabe by en-
uo,semens thereon, atiested by two wne secs Pro-
oiaed That all Ger hcates scrip 10 be issued in vir
tue OF any warrant hereafter u be granted shall be is
u 20 'ne party originally entitled thereto his heir
or heirs. deviee or devisees, as the case NAV be-
| SEC. find be it further enacted That the pro :
visions OF his act shall be deemed and taken TO extend
Az sueh oihcers soldiers, 'aors marines, chapains,
musicians surgeoh- and surgeons mates in the land
or sea service Of the State of Virginia during the Re-
vo"onary war, and generally to every person TO whom
he Sale had engaged TO pay land bounty for services
IN mat war. OF any description by sny law mr. resoIn
non passed bsloe, End in force the date of the said
ussa OF eess'on except only such persons mem
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Ia the sa deed Of in favor OF the officers md
soldiers oil the sad State continental estabi,hme nt.
Iu'aed. ma, no scrip Issued under tho provisions
OIL h ac snail ene the holder 10 enter or purchase
any settled or occupied lands, without the written CEN
sem OF such settlers or occupants as NAV be actually
residing on said lands the time the same .baII he
tered or applied for find propided o,so m -, ar
amount OF land thus located shall not exceed two hun
drei and sixty thousand acres " ~
oEc IND he 1t further enacted That The prov,
son- oil the hrs and fourth sections of ,bis az, ~,
ven" 70 ana embrace owners OF military land yYarrant.
e. oy me United States in satisfaction Of claims
o' ponhy land Tor SERVERS during the
war; and that The laws heretofore enacted pravd; ~
| tinued in free for two wears w anu eoh-
SEC. 7. .9nd be IL further eno.,oJ RI,
Sous VI his act shall also lie deemed and tak,n ~
'ehd 10 al The unsa'isbed warrants oT the yiryini,
y, on eonline9'a es'abi'hneni: Provided That the
9n"nu'y thereof shalt not Exceed 6y thousand acrs
I'D ADDITION 10 iue two hundred and sixty bonsand acre
Authorized to be located by their State lines
a STEVENSON,
Speaker of the House of Rspre,e,tofjres
g. CALHouN. 1''f'''e'''o''pes'
Pee President Of The United States and pre-
sidenf Of the Senate.
:, ANDREW JACKSON.
The provisions OF The lore going law poin, ont 90 .,
nn "ihcty the d'cum= nts that are TO be prorured
"' we MEASURES That are 10 b. taken by the holder.
W me virginia Military L,nd Warrants who wish 10
anu OBTAIN scrip Tor The same, that il is deemed
unnecessary 10 Awe any other ins,ruc,ions in expIan
~ VI me law except on the following points.
rlRsr- As TO assignments of Virginia rn,o,,,
rants oil every descriptions: 'y ar
h,i no warrants under The law are made assignab,o.
ou' no particular mode Of assignment ha,in ,so','
.shated, ihe practice in issuing n,,.n,s h,. -, TT nc
C, 'or virginia Military Land Warrant. Iors,a g.;
' mas oe' II 20 require the pitestaon Of ono y, ,n
% 10 'hs a'sigBment--And This rule vviII h
dr. u; 70 =, we warrants issued 10 the Officers and SOL
W. We, ~ 'he stale l.'oe and Navy.
"hsre the Transfer is made by The H.ir. =, ,,
t,J "uheblcsted evidence of heir.hio ar o.
wv" w. "ncs,.o cory OF the will, must be furnished
"nfe me transfers have heretofore been made NJ ,h
been .a,;'sn'y ahu part only Of The warrant has
een sa"-hed,a certified cry of tbs transfer from Tie
"'es'er OF he Land Office Richmond or Frankfor,
s ne case may be, viii he sufficient evidence of e
IL Were be 10 such Office a, the "Suryeyor Of the
Lo'as o. ,he Virginia Mllit,ry Line" as desigpated in
INC 81 Section OF the Act then the cer6cs,s ~ H.
Register OF the Land Office al Frankfort KencLv ,.;Ii
he consnier,d as efficient evidence The party sur
rendsiing The warrant should make an affidavit before
1usIee OF The Peace. that he is the heir devisee or
he last A'signse, az fbe case may be-
NO scp viii he granted for warrants issued ates the
p"s.aSe OF 'hs Act exccit 20 The warrantee
=. ND: a. 10 the Assignments of of the United
Sttes Rsvoluii nary warrants
ne same tules aud regulations which govern in re-
"a 'on 70 NE As1gnnrnis Of the Virginia Military Land
" nttnuts VII be observed in the Assignmen nj of bs u
hilrd , ate@ TX Evolutionary Warrants:
, snoh az th- Information required bv the 2oJ see
won w ac, sbsll hsye been furnished by the Exec