Washington telegraph., 1850-11-27
VOL. 10.
THE BOUNTY LAND BILL.


cessary. under the Bounty Land law
| These forms will, with the military rolls
| be deposited in the clerks office OF every
county. The evidence of service and
discharge being thus accessible. together
with the forms necessary to verify the
claims. the simplest business knowledge,
says the Republic. will he sufficient to
| fill up and forward al application for a
warrant. and to direct. If necessary, the
location t,y the Commissioner OF the Gen.
erai Laud t)ire. The following are The
..Ims,rr,c, IONS aud Forms To be observed
hy perso,S applying to the Pension Oihce
for bounty land. under the late law oi
Congress:
In every application for the heneft of
| the act aforesaid, whether made 10y the
surviving officer or soldier himself, or by
lus widow or minor child or children, a
declaration, under oath, must be made as
nearly according to the following form as
the nature of the case will admit.
Such declaration, and all attidavits,
must he sworn to before some justice OF
the peace or other officer authorized to
administer oaths for general purposes,
who must certify the same.
The official character and signature OF
the magistrate who may administer the
oath must be certified by the clerk of the
proper court of record Of his county. un-
Ger The seal Of the court. Such certt1t.
cute must accompany esery case.
In every Instance where the certlhcate
OF the certifying officer who authenu-
Gates the paper, is not written Oh the
same sheet Of paper which contains the
affidavit or other papers authenticated,
the certificate must be attached thereto
hv piece of tape. or narrow ribbon, the
ends of which must pass under the Oil
cial seal, so as TO prevent any paper from
being Improperly attached to the certlh-
cate.
The Sd section, in express terms. only
provides for the location of warrant
under the law. Thus, the right TO TO-
cute not being given to an assignee, the
Department may well say that no assign
ments made prior to location will be re-
cognised.
The 4th section declares all sales, &c,
going to affect the title OF any land,
granted or to be granted "prior TO the Is
sue" shall be null and void, aud express
" declares that the land located shall
not be charged with or subject TO debt
or claim "incurred prior to the issuing oil
the pateut 1t thus appears clear that
il was the in,eu,iou of Congress that the
claim of the soldier or his bers should
continue free from every KIND OF lhcnin-
herauce uutil atIer the issue " me par
eut, and thus relieve tue Department nt
from all the evils growing out OF conIilct-
lug claims under alleged assignment
The object of .he law is to coulter the
riuht to the land itself on the warrantee
or his heirs. After that purpose Is effect
ed. it is OF course competent tor the
grantee TO dispose Of il as he may think
proper.
Form ofa declaration to be made by
the SURVIVING offer or Soldier.
c COUNTY OF S.
On this - day of @, A. d., one
thousand eight hundred and -, person.
ally appeared before me. Justice OF the
Peace Tor other officer aut/tortzed TO ts1-
minister oathS .fr general purposes
within and for the county and State
aforesaid, -, aged - years, a resi-
deut OF III the State OF -, VINO.
being duly sworn according to law, de-
clares that he is the Identical -- VINO
was - in the company* command
ed by Captain - III the regiment "'
commanded bv - in the war
witt, Great Britain, declared 10y the Uhl-
ted States on The 1S'h day ot June.
1912, TOR ollie, acar enl6raced a~ S"'d
uct, describing 1Ojtctt acar,) that he enlist
ed tor volunteered. or acUS drdfted.' al
- OH or about the - day OF
A. D., for the term OF ". ana coutli'-
ued il, actual service in said war Tor the
term of -, and was honorahly DIS
CHARGED at - OH the - day OF --
A. d.. -, as s0iU appear by his 0ftS
inal certlfc1te Of dssasarge Aere'0'th
preseuted,f or by the muster rolls OF said
company.
He makes this declaration for the pur'
rose of obtaining the bounty land 10
which he may be entitled under the "act
granting bounty land 10 certain ohice's
aud soldiers who have been engaged III
The military service OF the United States
Passed September %, 1901.
(Signature of the claimant)
Sworn to and subscribed before NE the
day aud year above written. Anc
hereby certify that l believe the saio
- 10 be the identical man who served
as aforesaid, and that he is OF the age
above stated.
(Signature of the magistrate or o'he'
otficer.)
Form Of Declaration to be n'0ae oy ."'
| Wadnau of o. decreased Officer or SOI0eef