Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-31

! NoTlCE.-2o the Officers and Soldiers Of The y;y
~ gina Line and Navy, Of the Continental .qrnuI
Of the Revolutionary W5ar.
[BY AUTHORITY.l
| LAWS THE UNITED STATES pAs,rn An rp
FIRST SESSION oFrHE TWENTY FIRST CONGRESS |
[PUBLIc-No. GIL
AN ACT for the relief of certain officers and .o,;.,
~, A. ."g'nia line and Navy, and OF the con,inen.
tai Army, during the Revolutionary war
ne tt enacted Jy the Senate and House of R.prs
sehfotces OF the United States of .q,aeyiea in f.n
asseoed mat the officers and soldiers, sailors
snu marines, who were in the service of Virginia on
her own State establishment during the
war; and who were entitled TO military land boun,ia.
ny the laws and resolutions of that State their b.s
anu assigns, shall be, and they are herebv au,bor;,ad
10 surrender to the Secretary OF the Treasu,v or IN
United Staes such OF their warrants for the said land
oounues as sha remain uDsatished in whole or io part
and TO receive certificates scrip for the same A. anu
uhe before the hrst day of January in the vsar an,
'noosanu eight hundred and ,hrty-hve which ceri6.
Gates Tor scrip shall be Issued by the said and
signed by him: and counte bv the
OF the General Land Office in the iollo,vng ,nsnn..
mat to say: There shall be separate y.
scfipior such SUN as shall, at the time of ssun The
same, he equal TO the then minimum price of each
authy OF eighty acres of land due by such warrant
,.hahine isaiished at the time OF such surrender
NesceFuhcate or scrip for such sum as nj the time
shall be equal TO the minimum price of the ouantt III,
sha SO remain unsatisfed, OF any such warrant after
such subdivisions of the amount into quantities ~ -
~ acres And where any such warrant shall have bee,
o or msiaid, by time and accident il shall and NAV
oe lawful Tor the party desiring surrender the
10 surrender an official copy thereof certified under the
seal OF the land office of Virginia with the aaJsn;,o t
tue party endorsed upon, or accompanying the same
s,anng mat such warrant has been lost or msaid and
mat me original hath been sold or IN The
OF her guardian. v ~
SEC 2 find be it further enacted. That IT shall be
,ne duy OF Commissioner OF the General Land Office
request the Executive of Virs nia TO furnish him
win astatement OF all such warrants within The mr.
WV oil this act, as have already issued. showing
ne number ana date OF each warrant, and the quantity
., acres gra'ted by each. and also monthly statement
OF the came description, showing the number date and
quantity, OF such warrants shall hereafter be grant
eh And no warrants shall be taken to be witbnI The
provisions OF this act, which shall hereafter be ,ra,,,ed
unless the Executive of Virginia shall cause a Ger it,
cafe TO be ensorsed thereon, signed by some proper Of
hcer, stating that the party 10 whom such warrant
he so granted h her their ancestor or devi.or xas
enuueu thereto by some law resolution of the said
Sae 10 force at the time of the deed of cesson by the
STATE oil virginia, TO the United States.
SEC 3. find be IL further enacted. That bsore N.
secretary oil the Treasury shall issue the scrip
ny the provisions OF this BILL the applicants shall pro
duce TO him thu certificate OF the Regis of the Iand
Ohce in Kentucky and the certificate of the Surysw
oil the military lands of The Virginia line that the war
rants (when the original is presented, or the COW
when the original has been LOST or desroyeN ba. not
oeen located, surveyed, patented in Kentucky al
tested by the seal of his office
SEC IND DC IL Juther enacted, That the cert6
cats or scrip to be ISSUED by virtue this act shall be
chased AT private SALE after the same shall have been
oeTed at public SALE and sh all remain unsold AT anv NJ
me Land Oihces OF The United Stats, established or to
De est@bshed in the States of Ohio Indiana and ILL.,
nos And all such certificates or scrp as shall bs ia
sued oy virtue OF this act, shall be assignabIe by en-
doIsemenis thereon, atiested by two witnesses pro
Uded That all i6catrs or crp TO he issued In oil;
tue OF any warrant hereafter 10 be granted shall he ia
s"eu 70 the party originally entitled thereto or his heir
or helrs, deviSee or devisees, az the case NAV be
SEC. D. .dnd be 10 further enacted Thai ths NO
visions Of 'hls act shall be deemed taken TO extend
70 al such oicers, soldiers, sailors marines chaplars
MUSICIANS, surgeons and surgeons mates in the land
or sea service OF the State of Virginia during the Re-
vouonay war, and generally every person 10 whom
we Sa'e had engaged to pay land bounty for services
IN mat war OF any description, by any law or reson.
on passed b. FORE and in force at the date of the said
neeu oil cesson; except only such persons as are mem
oneu ~ ana provided for by the reservation contained
III we sara deed OF cession in favor OF the officers and
'o'uers OF The said Sfae continental establishments:
ftoV'ded mat no scrip issued under the provisions
o tins ac', sha ene the holder to enter or nrcbass
any settled or occupied ands Without the written con-
sem OF such settlers or occupants, as may be actually
Ie'ung on said lands at the time the same shall be en-.
'efeu or applied Tor; find provided also That the
amount OF land thus located shall NOT excsed t,yo bun
dred and sixty thousand acres
SEC, lind be az further enacted That the provi
SONS OF me hrst and fourth his act shall
tenn 10 and embrace OF military land warrants
Issued, by the United States in Satisfaction nj cI
Tor bounty land for services during the RevoIn,;ona.
war; "n mar the laws heretofore enacted preyidino for
the Issuing said warrants, hereby re- and con
tinned in force for two years
'i"" Oe u JtTfheT enacted, That he
SONS OF is act shall also be deemed and taken 10 ex
'ehd 10 all The unsaiisied warrants of the Virginia ar
N.Y. on continental establishments Provided That the
quantity thereof shalt not exceed fifty thousand acres
10 addition TO the two hundred and xty thousand acre
heretofore authorized to be located by their State lines
a. STEVE NsoN,
Speaker Of The House Of Representatives.
j. C. CALHOUN
Zee President Of HE United States and Pre-.
sidenf n The Senate.
ANDREW JACKSON.
APPROVED: May 80, 1880.
The provisions oishe foregoing law point out So clear
y and distinctly the documents that arr TO be pr,cured
AMI the measures that be taken by The boIders
OF the Virginia Military Land Warrants who xvish N
surrender and obtain scrip the same thai Il ia dessd
unnecessary TO give any Other instructions in exoana
non 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 assgpabIe.
but no particular mode Of assignment having bee de.
slSnate The practice in Issuing patents by the United
States Tor Virginia Military Land Warrants. located in
Ohlo has been 20 require the 9uestaon OF one or ore
witnesses as to the assignmenLAnd this rule will he
appied to the warrants issued the Officers and SOL
dir,s in the State Line and Navy.
Where the transfer is made by the Heirs or dev;aess
regularly authenticated evidence of heirship mr. an
authenticated copy of the will, must be furnished
where the transfers have heretofore been made nj the
ent're warrant, and part ouiy Of the warrant has
oeen sailshsd, certified copy of The transfer from the
Register OF the Land Office Richmond or Frankfurt
as The case may be, will be sufficient evidence of title
IL mere be no such Office "a the "Surveyor of the
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