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bounty Lands to the soldiers I'm amy Va
the Wars since I79O.

Of Congress, whichgraltss bonnty ianos vi
the soldiers of the war Of 1919 with Great
Britain. the Indian wars since 1890, and those
Of the late war with Mexico. Many per-
sons are doubtless interested, and we pub
lisb the act entire for the information OF our
readers.
Be it, enacted BIZ the Senate and House q
REPRESENTATIVES Of the United STATES q
y9naerica, in Congress assenofed' iha'l
each Of the surviving, or the widow OF MT
nor children of deceased commissioned ano
non-commissioned officers, musicians .or Pri-
Yates, whether of regulars, volunteers, ran
gers, or militia, who performed military ser.
vice in any regm't., company, or Detachment
in the service of the United States, IN the
war with Great Britain, declared by the
United States on the 18th day ofJune, 1879,
Ior in any of the Indian wars since l79O, and
each of the commissioned officers who was
engaged in the military service OF the I'M,
tied States in the late war with Mexico, shall
lbe entitled to lands, as follows:
Those who engaged to serve twelve
months, or during the war, and actually
served nine months, shall receive one hun
Idred and sixty acres; and those VINO en-
gagged to serve six months, and actually
Served four months, shall receive eighty
acres; and those who engaged to serve for
any, or an indefinite periodic actually serv-
ed one month, shall receive, forty acres
Proyided, That wherever an officer or SOL
Jdier was honorably discharged in conse.
~uuence of disability in the service before
1.-The expiration Of his period Of service, ne
shall receive the amount to which he would
have been entitled had he served the full
period for which he had engaged to serve:
IPrOciided, the person so having been in SER
vice shall not receive said lands, or any
part thereof, If it shall appear by the muster
TOLLS of his regiment or corps that lie DESERT
led, or was dishonorably discharged for ser
lvice. or If he has received, or is entitled to
any military land bounty under any act Of
congress heretofore passed.
SEC. 3. find be ii further enacted, &c,
That the period during which any officer
Tor soldier may have remained in captivity
with the enemy shall be estimated aud add
ed to the period Of his actual service, and
1.-THE person so detsined 10 captivity shall re-
ceive land under the provisions of this act
lin the same manner that he would be enti-
tiled, in case he had entered the service for
the whole term made up by the addition Of
the time Of his captivity, and had served
during such term.
Sec. 8. find be IL further enacted, &C.,
That each commissioned and n~on-commis-
Isioned officer, musician, and private. for
whom provisions is made BY the first sec
|tion hereof, shall receive q certificate, or
warrant, from the Department Of the lnte-
lrior for the quantity Of land to which he
may be entitled, and which may be located
10y the wsrranty, or his heirs at law, at any
land Office in the United States, in one
body, and in conformity to the legal subdi-
visions Of the public lands, upon any Of the
public land 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,
Ito the General Land Office, a patent shall
lbe issued therefor. In the event of the
death Of any commissioned or non-commis-
STONED officer, musician, or private, prior
or subsequent to the passage of this act,
who she'll have served as aforesaid, and whe
shall not have received bounty land for said
services, a 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 her heirs.
Provided, She is unmarried at the date of
her application. Provided, further, That
no land warrant issued under the provisions
of this act shall be laid upon any land of the
United States to which there shall be q pre-
emtion right, or upon which there shall bel
an actual settlement and cultivation, except
with the consent Of such settler, to be salts
factorily proven to the proper land Offices.
Sec. 4. find be it further enacted &c.,|
That all sales, mortgages, letters of attor-
|ney, or other instruments of writing goingl
to affect the title or claim to any warrant orl
certificate issued, or any land granted, orI
to be granted, under the provisions of this
act, made or executed prior to the issue,
shall be null and void, to all intents andI
purposes whatsoever; nor shall such oertif-
icate or warrant, or the land obtained there.I
by, be in anywiss affected by, or charged
with, or subject to, the payment of anv debit,