The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-10-17
RorINrY LAND BILL.

BOUNTY LAM Dill.
cit enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resensAtves OF the United States q America ~
c ,naress assembled, That each Of me surviving,
r,;.s,ousd and non commissioned Oiicorr, must
cians. or priyates, whether OF regulars, voi,n-
,eers. rangers or militia, who peri rmed military
serv;co In any regiment, company, or detachment
Il the service OF the United States, in the war
with Great Britain, declared BY the United States
on the 18th day Of June, 1919, or - any o. the
Indian wars slncc 1880, and eaci OF the com
missioned officers who was engaged 10 the mutt
tary service Of the late war with Mexico shall be
entitled 10 lands as follows: Those who engaged
TO serve twelve month";, or during the war, and
actually served nine months, shalt receive one
humid red and sixty acres; and those who engaged
to servo six months, and actually served, tour
months, shall receive eighty acres ana those who
engaged to serve for any, or an indsnn'tc Peroo,
and actually served one month, shall receive forty
acres: Provided, That wherever any offlcer or
soldier was honorably discharged IN consequence
Of disability in the service before the expiration
Of his period of service, he shall receive the o.
mount TO which he would have been entitled u
he had served the full period for which he Ind
engaged to serve: Provided, The person 30 hav-
ing been in service shall not receive sa,d innds,
or any part thereof, lift shall appear oy the mus
ter rolls OF his regiment corps that no deserted,
or was dishonorably discharged from service, or
il he has received, or is entitled to any military
land bount, under any act Of Congress heretofore
passed.
Sac. 2. And be il further enacted, &c, 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 case he had entered the service tor
the whole term made up by the addition Of the
time oil his captivity, and had served during such
term.
SEC g. And be il further enacted, 4 That
each commissioned and non-comnlssioncd obi
Ger, musician, and private, for whom, provision
is made by the first section hereof, shall receive
certificate, OF 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 SUBJ division Of the public
lands, upon any Of the public lands in such dis
trct then subject to private entr, and upon the
return OF such certificate or warrant, with evil
dencc Of the location thereof having been legally
made, 10 the General Land Office, patent shall
be issued therefor. In the event Of the death OF
any commissioned officer, musician OF private,
prior or subsequent 10 the passage OF this act,
who shall have served as aforesaid, and who shall
not have received bounty land for said services,
like certificate OF warrant shall be issued in IA
vor md .nure IN his widow. who shall receive
one hundred and six,y acres Of land. in case her
husband was Killed IL battle. but no, 10 her
heirs. Provided. she is unmarried a, the time
Of her application. Provided further. Taat nc
land warrant i.sued under The provisions Of this
ACT hall he laid mon any land Of the United
States 10 which there shall be an actual settle
ment and cultivation. except with The consent Of
.uch settler. or he sa,isfactoiiy proven TO The
nroper land officer.
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instruments of wiring poinr to effect The title