Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-07-26

We publish below the land bounty bill
as it finally passed the House of Repre-
sentatives last week:
AN .fCT granting bounty land to officers and SOL
ders ,rho haze been engaged in tie military ssrrce
of the United States.
Be IL enacted, &c.. That each of the surviving
! commissioned and non-commIssioned officers,
! musicians or privates, whether of regulars vol
unteers, rangers or militia, who performed mil
itary service in any regiment, company or de-
tachment in the service of the United States in
the war with Great Britain declared by the
United States on the 18th day of June, 1912, or
in any Of the Indian wars since 1890, and each
of the commissioned officers who was engaged
in the military service of the United States in
the late war with Mexico, shall be entitled, for
twelve months service, to one hundred and sixty
acres of land for six months service, to eighty
acres of land and for three months service. to
forty acres Of land. Provided, the person so
having been in Service shall not receive said
land, or any part thereof, if it shall appear bv
the muster-roll of his regiment or corps that
he deserted or was dishonorably discharged from
service, or if he has received or is entitled to
any land bounty under any act Of Congress
heretofore passed.
SEC. .. That each commissioned and non
commissioned officer, musician or private for
whom provision is made by the first section
hereof, shall receive a certificate or warrant
from the Department of the Interior for the
quantity of land TO which he may be entitled
and which may be located by the warrantee or
his heirs-at-law at any land Office of the United
States, in one body, and in conformity to the
legal subdivisions Of the public lands in such
district then subject to private entry and upon
the return of such certificate or warrant, with
evidence of the location thereof having been
legally made, to the General Land Office.
patent shall be issued therefor. In the event OF
the death of any commissioned or non-commis-
stoned officer musician or private prior or sub
sequent to the passage of this act, who shall
have served as aforesaid and who shall not have
received bounty land for such services, a like
certificate warrant shall be issued in favor
and inure to the benefit of his widow Proridst
she was married to such officer or soldier before
the conclusion of his service, and is unmarried
at the date of her application Prorided further,
That no land warrant issued under the provs-
ions of this act shall be laid upon any land of
the United States to which there shall be a pre-
emption right, or upon which there shall be an
actual settlement and cultivation, except with
the consent of such settler, TO be satisfactorily
proven to the proper land officer.
SEC. 3. That all sales, mortgages, letters OF
attorney, or other instruments of writing, going
to effect the title or claim to any warrant or GER
tifcate herenbefore provided for, made or exc
cuted prior to the issue of such warrant or GER
tifcate shall be null and void to all intents and
purposes whatsoever; nor shall such certificate
or warrant, or the land obtained thereby be in
any wise affected by, or charged with or sub
ject to the payment of any debt or claim incur
red by any such officer or soldier prior to the
issue of tine patent Prorided, That the benefits
OF this act shall not accrue to any member Of
the present Congress.