The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-28

the General Land Once 40 a to vest the assignee with I'll
tne rights OF the original owners Of the warrant or ocs
right to any land shall entitled to any such land
warrant in payment Of the at the rate OF 81 Is
ssre Tor the quantity Of land therein specified Provided
issued in pursuance Of said laws or Of this act may be
located according to the legal subdivisions Of the public
lands in body upon lands Of the United States
subject private entry ut the time Of such location
the minimum price: Provided. further That when said
warrants shall he located lands which subject 10
entry greater minimum than 81 % acre the oca-
Of sad shall pay the United States in cash
the difference between the value of such at n D,
per acre, and the tract of land located on
sec 2-And be it further enacted That the registers
and receivers of tho land offices shall hereafter be
locating all military bounty land issued since
the 18th day of February 1S47. the
or per centage to which they entitled by law for
OF the public lands for cash At the of 81 5 per
the said compensation to be hereafter paid by the as
sgnees or holders of such warrants
Sec 3And be it further enacted That registers and
receivers whether in out Of office the passage of this
act or their legal representatives in q death shall
be entitled to receive from the treasury of the United
states Tor services heretofore performed In locating mill
tsry bounty land warrants the rate of compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services here
after TO be performed, after deductng the amount al
ready received by such officers under the act entitled
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 IL 1S48 Provided That register or re-
cciver shall receive of the treasury
for past services who has charged received illegal
fees for the location Of such warrants and provided
further that register receiver sha receive for his
services during greater than the
maxi mum now allowed by law.
Sec. And bc it further enacted That in all cascs
where the militia volunteers troops OF state
or territory called into military service and whose
services have been paid 10y the United States subsea
10 the eighteenth Of June eighteen hundred tweye
the officers and soldiers of such militia volunteers
troops, rhsil be entitled to all the benefits Of
the act entitled An act granting bounty land to GER
tain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in
the military service Of the United States approved Sept
cord
ing to the provisions Of raid act upon proof of length
service a. therein required and that tho provso OF
the ninth section OF the act of 18th of February S4 be-
and the same Is hereby repealed That no
thing herein contained shall authorize bounty land to
thos who have heretofore received become entitled te
the
Sec 5.--And be II furt her enacted That where any
company battalion, or regiment in organized form
marched more than twenty miles TO the place where they
were mustered into the service the United Saos
were discharged more than twenty miles from the place
where such company battalion regiment organ
izd III all such in computing the length service
Of the officers and soldiers of any such company bata
lieu regiment with view determine the quantity
of lard any officer soldier entitled under said act
approved 18th OF September 1850 there shall allowed
one day for every twenty miles from the place whors
the company, battalion regiment organized. to
the place where the same mustered into the service
Of the United States and also day for every twenty
miles fiom the place where such company. battalion or
regiment discharged TO the place where it organ
lied and from whence il marched to the service