The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-27
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY. February 96, 1852.
SUPPLEMENTARY BOUNTY LAND ACT.

SUPPLEMENTARY BOUNTY LAND ACT.
The SPEAKER announced that the first business
in order would be the consideration Of the bill sup
Elementary to the bounty land act, passed Sept.
%, 1850, the question being on motion made
yesterday by Mr.. GoopENow, of Maine, to lay the
bill on the table.
The following ia a copy Of the bill as reported
Yesterday from the Committee Of the Whole on
the state Of the Union:
SEC. /. Be il enacted, &C., That from and after
the passage Of this act, the registers and receivers
of the United States land offices shall each he
titled to receive fifty cents for his services in To-
eating each bounty land warrant by him located,
to be paid by the person or persons locating the
same but this net shall not be no construed as to
allow any register or receiver to receive any
greater maximum Of salary and fees than by law
he is now entitled.
SEC. 2. find be it Nsrfher enacted, That If any
officer soldier who would, if living, have been
entitled to the benefit of the act of Congress,
passed September %, 1850, shall have died leaving
no widow surviving him, the child or children Of
such officer or soldier shall be entitled to the oene
fit of said act and if there no children living,
then the father and mother Of such officer or SOL
der shall be entitled, or in default Of father or
mother, the right shall descend to the brothers
and sisters Of such officer soldier in as fuIla
manner as though said officer or soldier had him.
self received the bounty. any act to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
SEC. g. find be il further enacted, That in the
event of the death of commissioned or non-com-
missioned officer, musician, or private, who shall
have made application for bounty land under the
provisions Of said act, during the tendency OF
such application, any warrant issued IN the name
Of any such deceased applicant, such warrant so
issued shall not become void, but shall inure to
arvl for the benefit Of those entitled thereto the
same as if such officer soldier had been deceased
at the passage OF said act.
SEC A. find be IL further enacted, That IN all
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troops of any State or territory were called into
military service, and whose services have been
paid by the United States, the officers and soldiers
Of such militia, volunteers, or troops, shall be en-
titled to all the benefits of the act entitled " An
act granting bounty land to certain officers and
service of the United States, approved September
%, 1850, and shall receive lands for their services
according to the provisions of said act upon proof
of length Of service therein required; and tina,
the last proviso of the ninth section of the act Of
li,h of February, lS47, be and the same Is here
by repealed Provided, That nothing herein con-
tanned shall authorize bounty land to those who
have heretofore received or become entitled to the
same.
SEC s. .qnd be it further enacted, That one hun
dred and sixty acres Of land be, and the same are
hereby, granted to every officer and soldier.
whether of regulars, militia, or volunteers, who
may have been actually eng' ged in any action or
encounter with the enemy, IN any OF the wars spe-
cited in the act approved September %, 1850,
without regard to his length of service; or IN case
of the death Of any such soldier or officer, the
warrant to be issued may be granted to such per-
son or persons as would he entitled under the act
OF 1850, above mentioned, any Other act, as II
this enactment had constituted part thereon
Propided, That nothing herein contained shall be
so construed to grant more than one hundred
and sixty acres land to any person who may
already be entitled to it under the act above men
toned for his services in any one war.
SEC. g.. find be ii further enacted, That the war
rants Of one hundred and sixty acres, so az above
to be issued, shall be assgnable.
SEC. I. find be further enacted, That the act
of September 90, 1850, is hereby extended to all
naval officers, sailors, AotilIa men, and marines
serving with land troops in cases where they could
not be entitled to prize money,
SEC g. find be il further ennced, That in COM
putine the term of service of the officers and SOL
diers or militia, volunteers, and rangers, for the
purpose of this act, Of the act Of which this is
explanatory, such term shall be computed from
the time thew were mustered into the service OF
and paid by the United States, to the time they
were discharged therefrom Prcdidcd, That this
section shall net extend the cases provided for
in the second section, and in the provisos to the
first section Of the of which this act is expana.
tory ~
On the question Of laying the bill and amend
ments on the table, the yeas and nays Ncaied Tor
Yesterday by Mr.. MARsHALL, OF Kentucky, were
ordered, and resultsd--yeas 80, nays ".