Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-04-11
Ronmtx lind WArrRnts:


We understand that the Commissioner
OF Pensions will not be prepared to issue
land warrants under the new bill for at
least three months to come. The plates
are vet to bo engraved. the blank war
rants printed, the clerical force increased
and the other necessary preparations to
be made. The act giving land to those
who servrl in the Mexican war, passed
Sept. 90, 1850, the first land warrant un-
der this act was not issued until January
II, 1851, more than three months after
the LAYS was passed. We presume it will
take al lens! AS long to get the new war.
rants ready. This will give applicants
ample time to preppre their papers. and
that no delay will occur when each case
is presented. The commissioner has IS.
sued his instructions showing how new
applications shall be made for bounty land
under tho late acf, and who are entitled -
The instructions say that where the
service has been rendered by a substitute
he is the person entitled TO the bounty
A widow. or-if no widow. a minor child,
or minor Children. may claim the benefit
Of the act. Persons within the age Of
twenty-onc years. on tho 81 of March
1888, are deemed miners.
To obtain tie benefits Of this act. the
claimant must make "A declaration. under
oath, substantially according to the form
hereto annexed. The signature ot the
applicant must be HtleSted, and his or her
personal identity established by the afli-
davis of two witnesses, whose residence
mus! be given. and whose credibility must
be sustained by the certificate of the ma
gistrate before whom he application is
verified.
No certificate will be deemed sufficient
10 any case, unless the facts ara certified
to be within the personal knowledge Of
the magistrate or other officer who shall
sign the certificate. or the names and pla-
ces of residence Of the witnesses by whom
the facts arc established be given. or their
nffidavits. properly authenticated. be ap.
pended to the certificate.
The official character AMI Signature of
the magistrate who may administer the
oath must he certified by the clerk OF the
proper court of record of his county, un-
der the seal of the court. Whenever the
certificate of The officer who autheEticatGS
the signature OF the magistrate is not
written on the same sheet Of paper which
contains the signature to be authentica-
ted, the certificate must be attached to
said paper by piece Of tHpe or ribbon.
the ends Of which must pass under the OF
lcia! seal. SO as to prevent any paper from
being improperly attached TO the certiG-
lte.
Applications in behalf Of min ors should
be made in their names by their guardian
or next friend. Where there are several
minors entitled to the same gratuity. one
may make the declaration. The warrant
will be issued to all jointly. lu addition
to proof of service. as in other cases, the
minor must prove the death Of his father,
that no widow survives him, and that he
and those he represents are the only mi
nor children of the deceased.
II party die before the issue of
warrant TO which he would be entitled, If
living, the right. to said warrant dies
with him. In such case the warrant be.
comes void, and should be cancelled. and
the party next entitled in right Of the ser
vice claimed should make an application:
and if there be no such party. the grant
lapses under the limitations Of the bene6
Charles in the bounty. If the claimant dio
after the issue OF the warrant. the title
thereto vests in his heirs.at-law in the
same manner as real estate in the place
of the domicile of the deceased, and can
only be assigned or located by said heirs.
agRobert v. Gooeh. late ticket
apefns of the Petersburg and Richmond
is S;l.osds recertlv died at Richmond.