The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-20

Peters, SCI. a"'s
! F) McCulloch vs. the State Of M.,vl.,a
Wheaton, 1885, Gibbons vs.. Ogden. 8 Wh..,n,
l; Weston ct a. vs.. the city council Of Ch. ri.s'
ton; Peters, 449; Massachusetts. Rhode Isi.n,
and New Hampshire, license cases, S Howsrd'
(G) Mclean & Woodbury.. justices in The
| CID License cases, Mclean, Justice.
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Land Warrants Made AssIgnakIe.
The following is copy of the act MAKING
land warrants assgnable, as it passed both
Houses Of Congress, on Thursday:
AN All making land warrants assignable and
for other purposes.
BE ii enacted By The Senate and House or
Representatives Of the United States Of America
in Congress assembled, That all land warrants
for military bounty land which have been or
may hereafter be issued under any law Of tho
w. States, and al valid locations Of the same.
which have been, or may hereafter be mr13.
are hereby declared to be asaignable. bv dead
or instrument of writing, made and executad
after the taking effect of this act according to
such form, and pursuant to such regulations as
may be prescribed by the commissioner of the
General Land Office, so as to vest the assignee
with all the rights of the original owners Of
the warrant or location: Provided, That anv
person entitled to presumption right to any
land, shaln be entitled to use any such landd
warrant, in payment Of the same, at the rate of
81 % per acre. for the quantity of land therein
specified Provided, That the warrants which
have been or may hereafter be issued in pursu-
ance of said laws, or of this act, may be located
according to the legal subdivisions of the public
lands in one body, upon any lands of the Uni
ted States, subject to private entry at the time
Of such location. at the minimum price Pro
pided, further That when said warrants shall
be located on lands which are subject to entry
at greater minimum than 81 as per acre. tho
locator of said warrants shall pay to the United
States in cash the difference between the value
of such warrants at 81 IS per acre, and the
tract of land located on.
SEC. 2. And be ii further snacted, That the
registers and receivers of the land offices shall
hereafter be severally authorized to charge and
receive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the It'll duv
of February, l847, the same compensstion or
ner centage to which they are entitled by law
for sales of the public lands for cash. at the rate
of 81 IS per acre. the said compensation to be
hereafter paid by the assgnees OF holders Of such
warrants
Sec. 3. And be ii further enacted, That regis
tiers and receivers, whether in or out Of Office at
the passage Of this act, or their legal representa-
tives In case of DEATH shall BE- entitled to receive
from the treasury of the United States for ser.
vices heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate Of compen-
sation provided in the preceding section for SER
vices hereafter to be performed, after dcductipg
the amount already received by such Officers
under the act entitled i" An act to require the
holders of military land warrants to compensate
the land officers of the United States for services
in relation to the location of those warrants"
approved May II. l848: Provided, That no reg.
lister or receiver shall receive any compensation
out of the treasury for past services who has
charged and received illegal fees for the location
of such warrants; And provided, further That
no register or receiver shall receive for his ser.
vices during any year greater compensate n
than the maximum now allowed by Inv.
Sec A And be ii further enacted, That in al
cases where the militia or voun GERS or State
troops of any State or Territory were called in
to military service. and whose services have been
paid by the United State subsequent to the
eighteenth Of Jane, eighteen hundred and twelve,
the officers and soldiers of such militia, volun-
teers, or troops, shall be entitled to all the BEN
efts of the act entitled: "An act granting boun-
ty land to certain officers and soldiers who have
been engaged in the military service of the
United States" approved September twenty
eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and shall re-
ceiye lands for their services according to the
provisions of said act, upon proof of length
Of service as therein required; and that
the last proviso Of the ninth section Of the act
of eleventh Of February, eighteen hundred and
forty seven be and the same is hereby repealed:
Provided, That nothing herein contained shall
authorize bounty land to those who have hereto
fore received or become emit led to the same.
SEC, 5. And be ii further enacied That where
any company, battalion, or regiment, in an Or
ganized form, marched more than twenty miles
to the place where they were mustered into the
service Of the United States, or were discharged
more than twenty miles from the place where
such company, battalion, or regiment was or-
ganized in all such cases, in computing the
length of service Of the officers and soldiers of
any such company, brttalion, or regiment with
| a view to determine tho quantity of land any
officer or soldier is entitled to under such act,
| approved 28th Of September, 1850, there shall
be allowed one day for every twenty miles from
the place where the company, battalion, or regi-
ment was organized, to the place where the
same was mustered into the service of the
United States; and also one day for every
twenty miles from the place where such COM
pany, battalion, or regiment was discharged, 10
the place where il was organized, and from
whence II marched, to enter the service. o4
The trade and travel between New York and
Savannah have so greatly increased, Tint sub
scription books have been opened in the latter
city for the construction Of another steamship,
in addition to the Florida and Alabama. now
running.
Mr. ISRAEL E. JAMES, No. 182 South
Tenth street, Philada., is our General Travelling
Agent, assisted by WV. II. WELD, JOHa COR
Inns, JAMES DERRIsG, A. kirk WILLING TON, f.
A. EVANS, PERRIN LOCKE, GEokeR p. BUTTox,
JOSEPH BurroN. D. r.. GooDIr, Wm.tJ. CoxEy,
ISAAC NJ BoDIsE, and WALTER ID. THOMPSON,