The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-10-11
BOUNTY LAND BILL.

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Be ii enacted by tile Senate and
House of Representatives. ofihe United
States of america in Congress assem-
bled. That each of the surviving, or
the widow or minor children of de-.
ceased commissioned and non.com.
missioned officers. musicians, or pri.
Yates, whether ofregulars, volunteers,
rangers, 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 tho
United States on the eighteenth day
of June, eighteen hundred and twelve,
or in any Of the Indian wars since
seventeen hundred and ninety, 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 to lands,
as follows: Those who engaged to
serve twelve months. or during the
war. and actually served nine months,
shall receive one hundred and sixty
acres; and those who engaged to
serve six months, and actually served
four months, shall receive eighty
acres; and those who engaged to
serve for any, or an indefinite period,
and actually served one month, shall
receive forty acres: Provided, That
wherever any officer or soldier was
honorably discharged in consequence
Of disability in the service before the
expiration of his period Of service, he
shall receive the amount to which he
would have been entitled if he had
served the full period for which he
had engaged to serve: Provided, the
person so having been in service shall
not receive said lands, or any part
thereof, il it shall appear by the mus
Ter rolls Of his regiment or corps that
he deserted, or was dishonorably dis
charged from service, or if he has re.
ceived or is entitled to any military
land bounty under any act of Con,
DICSS nCiCtOlOIC pdSSCus
Sec. 2. And be ii further enacted,
That the period during which any
officer or soldier may have remained
in captivity with the enemy shall be
estimated and added to the period Of
his actual service, and the person so
detained in captivity shall receive
land under the provisions of this act
in the same manner that he would be
entitled in cases he had entered the
service for the whole term m4i
by the addition of the -;
captivity, and had servul
time.
Sec. 3. And be at further enacled,
That each commissioned and non.
commissioned officer, musician, or pri.
va,e, for whom provision is made by
the first section hereof, shall receive
certificate, or warrant, from the De-
partmcnt of the Interior for the guam
tity Of land TO which he may be enti-
tied, and which may be located by
the warrantce, 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,
upon any 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 loca.
ton 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.commissioned officer, musician,
or private, prior or subsequent to the
passage of this act, who shall have
served as Aforesaid, and who shall
not have received bounty land for
said services. like certificate or
warrant shall be issued in favor and
enure to the benefit of his widow,
who shall receive one hundred and
sixty acres of land, in case her hus.
band was killed in battle, but not to
her heirs. Provided, She is unmar.
ricd at the date of her applica-
ton. Prouided further, That no land
warrant issued under the provisions of
this &C, shall be laid upon any land of
the United States TO which there shall
be 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. 4. And be ii further enacted.
That all sales, mortgages. letters of
attorney, or other instruments Of
writing going to affect the title or
claim TO any warrant or certificate
issued, or TO be issued. or any land
granted, or to be granted, under the
provisions of this act, made or execu.
ted prior to the issue. shall be null and
void, to all intents and purposes what.
soever; nor shall such certificate or
warrant. or the land obtained thereby,
be in anywise affected by. or charged
h al.