Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-10-08
Bounty Land Bill.

llcstioii. as follows:
BE IL enacted Gy tie Stsaatsand House
Of Representatives. offhe United STAKES
IF .4merica in Congress assembled, Tina,
each of the surviving, or the widow or
minor children of deceased commissioned
and non-commissioned officers, musicians,
or privates, whether of regulars, rolun-
.teers, rangers, or militia, WHO performed
military service in any regiment, compa-
ny. or detachment IN The service of the
United 'SiStes, IL sthe war with Great
Britain, declared by the'U nited States on
ahe 18th day ofJnne, 1912, or in any of
Ahe Indian wars since l7Se, and each Of
she commissioned officers who was en-
gagged 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 indeii:ite period and actually served
one month, shall receive forty acres !;
Provided, That wherever any officer or
soldier was honorably discharged in con-
sequence of disability in the service be-
fore the expiration Of his period of SER
vice, he shall receive the amount TO which
he would have been entided 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, if it shall
appear by the muster rolls ofhis regiment
or corps that he deserted, or was dishon
orably discharged from service. or if he
has received, or is entitled to any military
land bounty under any act of Congress
heretofore passed.
Sec. 2. .andbe It 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 for the whole term made up by
the addition Of the time of his captivity,
and had served during such term.
Sec. 3. find be IL further enacted, &c.,
That each commissioned and non-com-
missioned officer, musician, and private,
for whom provision is made by the first
section hereof, shall receive certificate,
or 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 subdivisions of the public lands.
upon any Of the public lands in such dis
trict then subject to private entry and
upon the return Of such certificate or wal
rant, with evidence of the location thereof
having been legally made, TO the General
Land Office, patent shall be issued there
for. In the event of the death OF any
commissioned or non-commissloned OH
Ger, musician, or private, prior or subse-
quent 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 husband was killed in battle, but
not TO her heirs Provided, She is I'M
married 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 pre-emp-
ton right, or upon which there shall be
an actual settlement and cultivation, ex-
cent with the consent Of such settler, to
be satisfactorily proven to the proper land
officer.
Sec. 4. find be IL fariher enacted, Sc.'
That all sales, mortgages, letters oil a'tor'
rev, or other instruments OF writing gong
10 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 exc
cuted prior to the issue, shall be null ana
void. TO all inten,s and purposes whatso-
ever !; nor shall such certificate or warrant
or the land obtained thereby, be III any
wise affected by, or charged with, or sub
ice, to, the payment Of any debt or claim
incurred by such officer or soldier prior ,9
TO the issuing Of the patent: Prortaea'
That the benefits of this act shall not &C
crue to any person who is member OF
the presen, Congress Provided further
Thai it shall be the duty OF the Commis-
sioner of abe General Land Office, under
such regulations as may be prescribed by y:
the Secretary OF she Interior, TO cause to
be located, free Of expense, any warrant