The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-27

70 all the benefits OF the act enutied IAN aoN 'an
ing bounty land certain officers and soldiers VINO
have be en- en- gagged in the military service OF the
United States, (" approved September Is, 1901, ana
shall receive lands for their services according 70
the provisions Of said act upon proof OF length OF
service therein required; and that the last pro
yso of the ninth section of the act OF lth OF Febru
ary, lS47, be, and the same Is hereby, repealed:
PROVIDED, That nothing herein contained shall au
thorizc bounty land to those who have heretofore
received or become entitled to the same
SEC. s. Ind be Il further enacted, That one nun
dred and sixty acres OF land be, and the Same are
hereby granted to every officer and soldier, whe-
Their of regulars, militia, or volunteers, who may
have been actually engaged in any action or en-
counter witb1lhe enemy, in any OF the wars speci-
fed in the act approved September rs 1901, with,
out regard to his length Of service or IN case OF
the death Of any such soldier or oflcer the war
rant to be issued may be granted to such person
or persons would be entitled under tho act oi
1850 above mentioned, any other act, as II this
enactment had constituted part thereof: Provided
That nothing he rein contained shall be construed
to grant more than one hundred and sixty acres
of land to any person who may already be entitied
| to it under the act above mentioned for his SER
vices in any one war.
SEC. 6. And be IL further enacted, That the war
rants of one hundred and sixty acres, 30 as above
to be issued, shall be ASST enable.
SEC. 7. Ind be il further enacted That the act OF
September %, $780, is hereby xtended to all naval
officers, sailors, hOtilla men, and marines serving
with land troops in where they could not be
entitled to prize money.
C. o.
putting the term of service of tho officers and sol
diers OF militia, volunteers, and rangers, for the
purpose Of this act, of the act OF which ths act
is explanatory, such term shall be computed from
the time they mustered into the service OF
and paid by the United States to the time they
| were discharged therefrom: Provided, That this
section shall not extend to the provided for
in the second section, and in the prov'sos to the
first ton of the Of which this act ID explana
The question occurring on ordering the bill to be
engrossed for third reading
Mr.. JONES, OF Tennessee, moved that the bill be
laid upon the table-but the motion not agreed
to.
The bill WAS then ordered to be engrossed for q
third reading-yeas SO, nays SO
And having been read third time, and the
question stated on its passage
MI. SCHERMERHORN moved that the House
do now adjourn; which motion prevailed-ayes 90,
noes SO.
PETITIONS, ETC.
BY MIR. MILLER: The petition of John Chalmers,
deceased, praying compensation for property de-
stroyed by the enemy during the last war.
BY Mr.. FLORENCE The memorial OF Isaac
Weaver, James McCann, Enoch Thorn, and others,
citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia.
monstrating against the extension OF the Wood
worth patent for planning boards, &c.
Also, the memorial OF George Wartman Co.,
E. & A. Kern, George Fite, P. George Warrington,
e. ID. James, Charles S. Close. Daniel Kane, Henry
NJ. Weaver, q. 5. HendrickBon. and more than
eli ght hundred others, cigar maker and residents
OF the city and and county Of Philadelphia, repre-
senting that in consequence of the existing tariff
regulations and the frauds practised under the law,
they are subjected to runous competition with for
eign cigars, especially those made in the German
States and praying for alteration Of the tariff
cigars Of a less valuation than ten dollars per
thousand, 30 as TO afford employment for Amer-
can workmen at fair and rcmunerating prices.
Also, the memorial of Joseph Richie. John C..
Montgomery Benjamin Orne, and others, citizens
OF the State of Pennsylvania, petitioning Congress
to pass law to prohibit absolutely the deportation,
Punishment, or immigration from foreign countries
of all convicts, elons and paupers, publicly recog
Missed such
BY Mr.. WHITE, of Alabama The memorial Of
William l.. Tevry and others, praying for grant
of public lands to the Alabama and Georgia rail
road. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
By Mr.. HIBBARD: The memorial Of w. o. c.
Woodbury., and Others citizens of Sullivan county
New Hampshire, demonstrating against the extern
sion Of Woodworth's patent. Referred to the Com
4 mttee Patents.
BY MIR. CHANDLER: The memorial of Enos B..
Ring. and one hundred and fifty other citizens of
Pennsylvania. asking for legislation by Congress
to give additional protection to the industry and
capital OF the country.
! By Mr.. SCHERMERHORN: A remonstrsnce of
five hundred and fifty citizens of the county Of
Monroe, New York, against any further extension
Of the w God worth patent.
By Mr.. BABCOCK: A rcmonstrancc of citizens of
Oswego, New York, against the renewal of the
Wordsworth patent