Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-02-28

The question was then taken by yeas and nays on til
motion TO lay the bill the table, and il decided
the negative: Yeas so, nays 92.
\ The question next taken ON the various amend
ments reported by the Committee of the Whole, and,
der the operation of the previous question: they
specvey agreed TO, several Of them by yeas and nays
/ The bill as thus amended is as follows:
Sec /. BE enacted de- That from and after the passag
Of this act the registers and receivers Of the United
land Offices shall each be entitled to receive fifty for hi
services in locating each bounty land warrant by him located
10 be paid by the person persons locating the
this act shall not be construed to allow any register
receiver receive fee
than by law he is entitled.
Sec And be further enacted That if any officer sol
der who would if living have been entitled to the benefit
act OF Congress passed September 2S 1885, shall have died
leaving no widow surviving him. the child children Of such
officer soldier shall be entitled the benefit said
and If there children living then the father and mother
OF such officer soldier shall be entitled in default Of
her or mother the right shall descend to the brothers and
ters OF such officer soldier in full though
said soldier or officer had himself received the bounty
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Sec g. And be Il further enacted That in the Of the
death OF commissioned commissioned officer must
cian or private who shall have made application for bounty
land under the provisions of said during the tendency
such application any issued in the any such
deceased applicant such issued shall become
void but shall nure and for the benefit of those entitled
thereto the if such officer soldier had been deceas-
ed ut the passage of said act.
Sec And Be further enacted That in all where the
militia or volunteers State troops Of any State Territory
were called into military service, and whose services have
been paid by the United States the officers and soldiers
such militia volunteers troops shall be entitled all the
certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged
tay service of the United States approved September 2
$780, and shall receive lands for their according
the provisions Of said act proof length Of service
therein requred and that the last proviso Of the ninth
ton Of the act Of the 18th Of February s47 be and the
is hereby repealed Proried That nothing
shall authorize bounty land those who have heretofore
ceiyed or become entitled to the
Sec g. Aud be further enacted That hundred and sixty
acres of land be and the hereby granted every Off
and soldier and whether of regulars militia volunteers
who have been actually engaged any action
ter with the of the specified in the
proved September 2S 1850 without regard his length Of
services of the death Of such soldier officer
persons would be entitled under the 1850 above
toned other act if this enactment had constituted
part thereof Prorided That nothing herein contained shall
be construed grant than hundred and sixty
of land who may already be entitled to it
under the above mentioned for his services in
Sec. g. And be further enacted, That the warrants
hundred and sixty above to be issued shall be
signable
Sec. Z. And be further enacted That the act Of September
49, 1885, hereby extended to all naval officers Sailors flo
and marines serving with land troops in where
they could not be entitled to prize money.
See. s. nd be II further enacted That in computing the
term of service of the officers and soldiers of militia voun-
teers and for the this of the act Of
which this act is explanatory such term shall be computed
from the time they mustered into the service of and paid
by the United States the time they discharged there
from Porded That this section shall not extend to the
provided for in the second section and the proos the
first section of the act Of which this act is explanatory
The question then stated to be ordering the bill
as amended to be engrossed and read third time.
Mr. JONES, of Tennessee moved that the bill be laid
on the table. Negatived-Yeas 49, nays SO.
The bill then ordered to be engrossed and read
third time: Yeas SO, nays S3; and
The question being the passage of the BILL the House
adjourned