Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-10-31
From the Washington Republic
BOUNTY LAND LAW-CIR-
CULAR OF THE INTERIOR.

There has been some uncertainty
about this important law, occasioned
by the attempt TO pass supplemental
bill, and the supposition that its opera
lion would depend upon the interpre.
talion TO be given it by the Executive
Department The circular of the Sec
retarv Of the Interior removes all doubt
upon the subject. The meaning of the
Bounty Land law is now established
by an authoritative exposition. There
is now no doubt whatever that no trans.
fer of bounty land is valid before the
issuing of the patent. We rejoice at
the truly palernal precautions which
the President has taken to secure to the
veteran soldiers of the Republic, the
Just rewards of their valor. Not only
does that officer declare, 10 the most
emphatic manner, that all transfer are
void before the issuing Of the patent;
but he provides that the simple forms of
proceeding necessary to obtain the land
shall be published and furnished to the
Clerk of every County court in the
United States. He moreover recon-.
mends that every county and township
in the United States shall provide means
for having the rights of the soldier veri.
fed without expense. These precau.
tions will secure the bounty of the
country directly to those for whom il
was intended, and not TO SPECTATORS
and agents. We have been informed
that system Of buying up these claims
has been extensively praciised in antci.
patton Of the passage of this law. Very
smart persons have persuaded the un.
suspecting soldier that his claim can
only be established with trouble and
expense. These persons have magni.
fed the difficulties of proving the SER
vice of the soldier; and having bewil.
dered the honest claimant, or the con.
fiding widow, with the imaginary
obstacles, have in many cases, obtained
large interest in the claim for service
which any dry goods clerk can render
as efficiently under the plain ins,ruc.
lions of the President, as the Attorney
General of the United States. In
this way we understand. thousands of
claims have been brought up.
Persons interested will. however
take notice that 10 transfer is binding
until after the patent for the land shall
be granted: that all such transfers are
contrary TO law and void. They will
however, take notice
|. That their military service and
discharge will appear upon the com.
pany and rcgimen,al rolls, now in the
Auditors office.
2. That these rolls will be, By order
Of the President, published. and the clai
menl will find them, with the forms ne
cessary 10 establish his rights, in every
ciearks's Office in the United States.
8. That the soldier need only prove
his idenlity--lhe widow her marriage
the heir his right TO inherit.
We therefore advise the soldier tc
wait for short time until the rolls anC
forms ofproceeding shall be distributed
lie will then 60 TO the clerks Office o.
the county court, and examine the roll,
for his name, his term of service, anc
date of discharge. Upon filing up I
proper form which the clerk will fur
nish, he will obtain witho out fee or re
ward, the patent for land to which b'
is entitled under the law, and this with
out The Intervention of any agent oil
= Spectator whatever.
Should it be inconvenient 10 tn,
claimant to locate the land in person. h
may transmit his warrant to the Com
missioner of the General Land Office
whose duty il is TO cause to be located
, free Of expense, "any warrant whicI
the holder may transmit to the Genera
Land Office for that purpose, in sucI
State and land district as The said hold
er or warrantee may designate. anc
upon good farming land, so far as tn,
same can be ascertained."