The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-10-19
Bounty Land mn.


This act being Que In which . great many per.
suns are Interested, We insert copy Of in ID.
vance Of the official publication. as follOws;
Belt enacted BY the Senate sad Houxs of Rsp.
resentat'rss of the United Statss Of Arssvses, ~
Congress assembled That each u tho surviving. or
the widow or minor children Of deceased conmjs.
stoned and nrconmssionvd officers, musicisns
or privates, whether OF regulars volunteers, ran.
gers or militia, who performed military service in
any regiment. company, or detachment in the ser.
vice OF the United States. in the war with Great
Britain, declared By the United States en- the ls,h
day OF June. 1912. or in any Of the lndian WAS
since 1890, md each Of the commissioned uficeu
who was engaged in the military service Of the
United States IN the late vhr with Mexico shnll
be entitled to lsnds as follows; Those who en-
gagged TO serve .welye months, or during the war,
and actually served nine months shall receive 100
acres; and those who engaged toservc months.
and actually served I months. shall receive 60
acres; and those who engaged 20 serve for any,
or an indefinite period, aud a, tuslly served one
month, shall receive forty acres: Proyided, That
wherever any officer or soldier was honerably d,s-
changed in consequence Of disability in the sefvica
be the expiration Of his period of service, he
shall receive he amount to which he would have
been entitled # he had served the full period lor
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person go having been in service shall not receive
sud lands or any part thereof, il it shall appear
by the muster rolls of nj r"snent or corps that
he deserted, or was Nonorabiy discharged from
service, or II he has received, Is entitled to any
military land bounty under sny &c: Of Congress
heretofore 10 sed.
Sec Q. Ard Be i. further enacted, Gc-T!at
The period during winch any officer or soldier may
have remained in captivity with the enemy shall
be estimated and added to the period Of Ii. sctu
nj service, and the person 80 dp'ained in captivity
shall receive lands under the provi-ons Of 'his
act IN the same manner that he would De entitled,
in case he had entered the service for tie whole
term made TIP by the addition Of the time Of hi.
captivity, and had served during such term.
Sec. g. And be further enacted de-. That each
Commissioned and non.commssoned officer, n,usi.
clan and private, for whom provision is mnde by
the hr-t section hereof shall receive certificate,
or warrant, from the department of the Interior,
for the quantity Of land to Which he may be cnti.
tied, and which may be located by the warrant.
ec, or his heirs at law, At my land Office of tho
United States, in one body, and in conformity to
the legal subdivisions Of the public lands IN such
district then subject TO private eptry and upon
the return Of such certificate or warrant with ev.
ilence Of the location thereof having been legal.
l. made to the General Land Cfice, n patent
sial be issued therefor. In the even. If tho
d,ath o! any commissioned or non commissioned
officer, Musician or private. prior or subsequent
t. the passage OF this act, who shall have served
a. aforesaid and who shall not have received
bounty land for said services like certificate OF
warrant .haii be Issued III favor and enurs 10 the
benefit OF hIs widow, who shall receive 100 acres
of land, in case her husband was killed in battle,
but not TO her heirs Provided, She is unmarried
NJ fpn lnta ,S h,r D = a
| That no land warrant issued under the proy,s.
ions OF this act shall be laid upon any land Of the
| United States to Which there shall be pre e,up
ton right, or upon which there shall be IN actual
settlement and cultivation. except with the con.
sen. Of such settler, to be satisfactorily proven to
the proper land uificer
| Sec. 4, And be Il farther enacted. dc, That Ill
sales, mortgages, letters of a,torney or other IN
struments Of writing going 10 affect tho title or
claim to any warrant or certificate issued, or to I've
issued, or any land granted or 20 be granted ur
der the provisions Of this act, made or executed
prior to the issue shall be null and void to n, in
| tents and purposes whatsoever; nnr .hall .uct,
certificate or warrant, or the lani obtained there
by, be in any way affected by, er charged with, or
subjec. to tho paymen, of any deb. or claim incur
red bv such officer soldier prior to the issuing
Of the patent: Proriied, That the benefits Of ,ha
act Snail not accrne TO any pers'n who Is mem,
Der Of the present Congress Prorided further,
That i, shall be the duty Of the Commissioner Of
the Generul Land Office, under such regulations
ns may be prescribed by the Secretary Of the 10.
terror 10 cause to be located free Of expense any
warrant winch the holder may trousIni, 10 the
General Land Office for tina. purpose, in suc,,
state and land district rs the sail holder or war.
rantce may designate, and upon good farming
land, go far as can be ascerta,ned from ,hc maps
plats, and field notes of tho surveyor or from any
other information in the po-scssion Of the loca! Of
fee; and upon the location being made, az afore-
said, Tie Secretary shah cause patent to be trans
mited to such warrau,ec: N prorid.d further
That no patent issued Under this nc, shall be de.
livered upon any power Of attorney or agreement
dated before the passsge Of this act an! tim, all
such powers .! attorney or aarccmeH.s bc cons,d-
cred and treated rs null aud vo.l