Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-09-14
NOTICE. To TIC 06ieevs and Ssfiisrs ~ the ~
IN gina Line and Navy, IF the Continental ARM
Of the Revolutionary War.

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~ gina Line and .Na,y. IF the Continentu, .ar,ny
Of the Revolutionary War.
lBYAUTHoRIrYl
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED AT THE
FIRST SESSION or THE rwENrYfIRsr CONGRESS.
lPUBLIc-No. Gil
AN ACT for the relei Of certain officers and soldiers
The virginia line and Navy, and OF the con,iEen.
tai Army, during the Revolutionary war;
BE n enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
SIGNATURES 81 The United States IF america in Com
gress assembled That the officers and soldiers, sailors
aud marines who were in the service of Virginia on
her own State establishment during the Revolu,ionar
war, aud who were entitled to military land bouutes
by the laws and resolutions of that State their heir.
anu assigns, shall be, and they hereby
to surrender 10 the Secretary Of the Treasury of the
United States such OF their warrants for the sad land
counties as shall remain in whole or in part
and to receive certificates scrip Tor the came al any
time before the frs, day OF January, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty hve which certi-
Gates for scrip shall be Issued by the Secretary and
signed by him, and ed by the
Of the General Land Office in the follow ing manner
that 10 to ssy There shall be separate certificate or
scrip Tor such shall AT the time of issuing the
sam, re equal to the then minimum p'ce OF each
quantity oil eighty Of ard due by such warrant
aud remdiunI u1sats6ed at the time OF such
aud IKE certificate scrip for such a. a, the time
sha be equal to the minimum price OF the quantity that
shaiso remain unsa'ished, o! any such warrant alter
such subdivisions Of hs into quantities OF eph-
" acres And where any such variant shall have been
osi or mslaid by time and accden1 il shall and may
DC lawful Tor the party desiring TO surrender the same
to surrender an official copy thereof certified under th
seal OF the land Office OF Virgiuia with the affidavit, OF
the party endorsed upon. or accompanying the same
stating that such warrant has been lost or mi aiJ and
tha he original hath sold or Transferred 10 ,bp
knowledge or belief OF the party surrenderug his
or her guardian.
SEC. g find be it further enacted Tina, /, ,haI he
the duty oil Commissioner Of the General Land Olics
tn request the Executive of Virginia to furnish, him
whh astatement OF all such warrants, within the pur-
VI" oil TINS aci, as have already issued, SLOWING
Tho number and date OF each warrant AID the cuspy
OF acres grated by each and also monthly statement
OF The came desc Upton, showing the number date and
qnahy, oil such warrants as shall hereafter be grsnt-
ed And 10 warrants shall be taken TO he wihinJ the
provisions oil this act, which shall hereafter be granted
unless the Executive OF Virginia shall cause eerif.
cate TO be enforced thereon, signed by proper Of
hcer, stating that the party whom such warrant aI
be so granted his her their ancestor or deyior
entitled thereto by some law resolution Of the said
state IN ofce at the time of the deed OF cessop by the
State OF Virginia. TO the United States
SEC. B. .4nd be IL further enacted That before the
Secretary Of the Treasury shall issue the scrip required
ny tho provisions OF this bill, the applicants shall pro-
duce 10 him thu certificate of the yi.ter of tho and
Office in Kentucky and the certificate of the Surveyor
OF the military lands OF the Virginia ne ha, ,he war.
rants (when the original is presented, or the ccpy
when The original has been LOST destroyed) has not
been located, surveyed, patented, in Kentucky at.
tested by the seal of hf. office.
SEC A. find be az Jutier enacted, Tba, the certi6.
catee or scrip to be Issued by virtue of this act shall he
receivable IN payment for land herea 10 be pur
chased at private SALE after the same shall have b-en
offered at public sa!e and shall remain unsold st any OF
the Land Offices OF the United Stats established or 10
De estdii.hed, in the States OF Ohio, Indiana and ILL.,
nos And all such certificates or scrip as sisu he ia
sued by virtue OF tii- act shall be assgnable by en-
uo,semen's thereon, aesed by two witnesses: Pro
ctded Ihat all CIR hcaies scrip be issued In viz
tue OF any warrant hereafter 10 he granted shall he ia
sued to the party originally entitled thereto or his heir
OF hers devise or devsees, as the case may be.
SEC. o find be IL further enacted That the pro
visions Of this act shall he deemAd and taken 10
to all such officers, soldiers Sailors marines chap.ars
h"sIe'hs' surgeons and surgeons mates, in The land
OF sea service OF the State OF Virginia during the RI.
vouenary war, and generally every person 20 whom
the State had engaged 10 ply land bounty for services
IN that war, OF any description, by any law or resou
non passed lore and in force at the date Of the sad
deed oil ceson; eIccp, only such persons are men.
toned in, and provdedfor by the reservation contained
Ia the said Iced Of in favor OF the officers ,nr
solder. OF me said Sac on continental establishments:
Iforided, mat no scrip issued under the provisions
OF this act shall eniite the holder enter or purchas.
any settled or occupied lands, without the written con-
som OF such settlers or occupants may be actually
residing on said lands at the time the same shall be en-
tered or applied fol-: find proridea, Also That the
amount oil Ind thus located shall not exc. ed two hun.
dreI and sixty thousand arres.
SEC. lind be it further enacted That IN. provi
SONS OF the hrs and fourth zee ions of his act shall
tend to and embrace owners of military land warrants.
i'u'd, by the United States, in satisfaction of claims
Tor bounty land for services during the Revolutionary
war; aud that the laws nac,ed psvding 10,
the Issuing said warrants, hereby revived and con
tiuusd in fjrce for two wears
SEC. Z. fnd De ii further enacted Tia, the prori.
SONS o Ills act shall also be deemed and taken to ex-
tend to all the unsaished warrants OF the Virginia ar.
my, on continental establishment: Propided That the
quantity thereof shall no, exceed fifty thousand acres
IN addition to the two hun end sixty thousand ACRE
heretofore authorized to be located by their State lines
a. STEVENSON,
Speaker of the House of REPRESENTATIVES
"a j. e. CALHOUN,
Vice President of the United States ana Pre-,
sident Of The Senate
ANDREW JACKSON.
APPROVED: May 80, 1880
The provisions The foregoing law mint ont a cIeo
ly apd distinctly the documents thar are to be procured
and the measures that are 10 be taken bv The boIdsr
surrender and obtain scrip for the same that deemed
unnecessary TO five any other instructions xplana-
'ion oil 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 assiynabe:
out no particular mode Of Assignment having been de.
sisnaed, the practice in issuing patents by the United
States for Virginia Military Land Warrants located in
ONO has been 70 require the stestaon OF one or more
witnesses "a 10 The aS-gHm-nt-Aud his rule w n be
applied TO the warrants Issued the Officers and Sol.
dies IN the State Line ard Navy.
where the transfer is made by the Heirs or devisees
regularly authenticated evidence Of heir,hip or an
authenticated copy of the will, must be furnished.
here The transfers have heretofore been made of the
entire warrant, aud part only of ,hs warrant ma.
heen saiistsd, certified copy OF ihs transfer from the
Register OF the Lani Office at Richmond or Frankfor,
az The rase may be, viii he sufficient evidence OF title
II there be snch Office az the "Surveyor of the
Lands Of The Virginia Military Line" desgnsted in
the 81 Section OF the Act, then the certificate of the
Register OF the Land Office at Frankfort, Kentcky will
be con'lered as sufficient evidence. The party sur.
rendering the warrant should make an affidavit before
Justice Of the Peace, iba, he il the heir deysee or
The last Assignee ss the case NAV be.