The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-10-16
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and was signed by the President;
Be il enacted by the Senate and House Of
Of Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress, That each of the sur
yiying, or the widow OF minor children Of de-
ceased commissioned and non-commissioned
officers, musicians or priVstes, whether OF
regulars, volunteers, rangers, or militia. who
performed military service Of the United
States, in the war with Great Britain, de-
cIured 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 set,
vice of the United States in the late wat 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 months, shall
receive eighty aeres; and those who engaged
to serve for any, or an indIlinie period, and
actually served one month, shall receive for
ty ncres: Provided, That wherever any of
fcer or soldier was honoraby discharged in
consequence of disability in the service be.
fore the expiration of.his period Of serI leo,
he receives 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 sers
vice shall receive said lands, or any part there.
of, il it shall appear by the muster rolls OF
his regiment or corps that he deserted, or
was dshonorably discharged fom service, OF
if he has received, or is entitled 10 any militia
ry land bounty under any act Of CongIes
heretofore passed.
SEC. 2. And be il further enacted, ETC.
That the period during which any officer
or soldier may have remained in captivity
with the enemy shall be estimated and add
ed 10 the period of his actual service, and the
person so detained in captuvily 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 for the whole
term made up by the addition Of the time o.
his captivity, and had served during such
term.
SEC. 3. And be il further enacted, etc.
That each commissioned and non~comnsS
stoned officer, musician and private, 70:
NHOlII pIuFIoIOlI Ia ulluo w VIC htbl sSCStoi
hereof, shall receive certificate or warrant
from the Department of The Interior fol
the quantity Of land to which he may be
entitled, and which may be located by :he
warrantee, or his heirs al Jaw, at any land
Office Of the United States, in one body, and
in conformity 10 the legal subdivisions Of
the public lands in such district then SUBJ
fO nrtiE M aVi
dcnce of the location thereof having been le'
gaIly made to the General Land Office, Il
patent shall he issued therefor. In the event
Of the death Of any commissioned or nom
commissioned officer, musician or private
prior or subsequent to tbs passage oftbe act
who shall have served as aforesaid, and who
shall have received bounty land for said SER
| vices, alike certificate or warrant shall be
issued in favor and eaure TO the benefit Of
bis widow, who shall receive one hundred
and sixty acres OF land, in case her husband
was killed in battle, but not TO her heirs. Pro-
vided, She is unmarried at the date Of her
application. Provided further, That no land
warrants issued under The provisions Of this
act shall be laid upon any land of the United
States 10 which there shall be prescription
right, or upon which there shall be an actual
settlement and cultivation, except with the
consent Of Ruch settler, 10 be satisfactorily
proven to the proper land officer,
SEC. A. And be it further enacted, etc
That all sales, mortgages, letters ofattorney
or other instruments of writing, going 10 eff
ect The Ille or claim any warrant or certi
cate issued, or to be issued, or any land
granted, or to be granted under the provisions
Of this act, made or executed prior to the is
sue, shall be null void, 10 all ihents ant
purposes whatsoever; nor shall such certfi
cate or warrant, or The land obtained thereby
be in any wise affected by, or charged with
or subjecl to,the payment Of any debt or claim
incurred by such officer or soldier prior 10 the
issuing Of The patent. Provided, That the
benefits Of this act shall not accrue to any
peraon who is a member Of the present Com
gress: Provided, further, That il shall be The
duty of the Commissioner of the Genera
Land Office, uudcr such regulations as may
be prescribed by the Secretary OF the lneIi,
or, to cause TO be located free Of expense, any
warrant which The holder may transmit TO the
General Land Office for that purpose, in sncl
State and land district as the said holder OF
warantee may designate, and upon goot
farming land, so far as the snme can be as
certaned from the maps, plates, and fclt
notes of the surveyor, or from any other in
formation in the possession of the local Office
and upon the location being made, as aiorc
said, the Secretary shall cause patent TO b.
transmitted to such whrrantoe: and provided
fuuher, That no patient issued under this ac
shall be delivered upon any power of attorney
or agreement dated before the passage o
this act; and that all such powers Of attorne,
or agreements be considered and treated al
null and void.