Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-05-01
Bounty Land.


We publish below The late act stantne bounty
land 10 tile soldietS VI 1919, and also Tie letter Of
L,P, Waldo, Commissioner Of Pensions, IN tea.
lion 10 lis Construction. THIS construction may
be tsht, but II seems 10 US simply dicuIOUS. We
think lie construction much teater what the law
ought 10 10 than what il Is, aud have no dohbt but
that Congtes intended the act to cover oil sorts Of
nominal cases, IN order 10 accommodate The Out.
side pressure - sitonsy and unusually apPlied on
The Sth Of January last. The words ate, "who
were tegulntly mustered into The service Of lie
Unhel States In any Of the wars In which this
county hos been Engaged since $780," These
words The Commissioner CONSTITUTES 10 mean actual
service al the seat Of wat; while the Act says,
i'tSsulatly mUsIetel into lie service lie United
StaIes.h Now this construction Will cutlail the
Slh Of J1aut4y Convention amazingly. We can.
uOi think tile construction light. We should con.
slider soldier as regularly mustered into the SET.
vice The moment he ha slGUed the toll, submitted
to The military rules. aud stlouIdeled his lnusEet
under military otiet and matched away ftom home
with bis company, ready lot whatever military
service he might be detailed for, whether at the
".eaiot war OF elsewhere.
as Aer-ln addition 10 certain acts etanllng
bounty land 10 certain officers aud SOditiS, whO
have been engaged IN the mitpty service Of the
United States,
lle II eHaied by The Senate and House Of Rerte.
sentallyes otths United States OF Ameticn In
ConStesS assembled, That eAcll Of the surviving
Commissioned aud non. commissioned Officers, mu.
seianS and ptiyates, whether Of EesulatsOt volun.
tetts, tAhgets OF militia " Ito wele regularly mus.
tered into The service OF The United STATES, and
every officer, commissioned OF lion commissioned,
seaHen, ordinary seatien, marine, cletk and lands.
man Id the navy, IN any Of The wars In which this
county has Betn ebgagei since seventeen hun.
dtel and ninety, aud each Of the survivors, OF tile
militia OF yollntetEs, or Slate Hoops Of any state
. OF tetQY called into military setSce, and tegu.
latly m1sIeted theteir, and whose services haze
been paid BY the United States, shall Ia entitled
to'leeelye eettifeote OF warrant, from The De.
patiment OF the Interior, fot one bundled aud six
~ acIes OF lanlj and where any CT those, who
have been so mustered into service and paid, shall
have received tettifcale OF variant, he shall
be entitled 10 a certificate OF wbItaet lot such
quantity Of land, as will make In the whole, with
what he may have heretofore received, one hun.
died anu sIly acres 10 tGeh such person having
seifeS as aloesa!a rtS'laeo, Ihe person 50 nav
lpl ssP y sstElss sls ny 'eseaSs :sll ,sI wet.
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