Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-03-27
INSTRUCTIONS AND FORMS.

| 10 De observer Oy persons applying TO the
Pension office for Bounty Land under
the act Of Dlarch }. 1853, entitled san act
ia addition to certain acts granting boun-
ty land to certain officers and soldiers uho
hare been engaged IN the military service
| ofthe United States"
| PE SION OFFICE, March 5, lS55.
The act entitled can act in ldtion to crr-
tain acts g anting bounty land to certain Of
ficers and soldiers who hive ben engaged in
the military rvice of the United States"
approved March 3, 1855, en:,tles each of the
surviving persons in tn, following classes TO
Il certificate or warrant for such quantity of
land as shall make, in the who'll, with what
he may have he e. ofore received, one hun
bred and sixty acres, provided he SHALL have
sew d a period not less than fourteen, ,ys,
and shall establi Ssh said service by record
evidence, to- wit:
| l. Commissioned and non commissioned
officers, mus clans and privates, whether of
thu regulars, volunteers, rangers, OF militia,
who were regularly mustered mo the service
of the United States in any of the wars in
which this countr, has been eng ,ged since
1890.
:. Commissioned and non commissioned
othcers, seamen, ordinary seamen, IN ,rnes,
clerks and landsmen in the navy in any of
said wars.
). M,itia, volunteers, and State troops of
any State or Territory called into military
service, ana regu arly must red therein, and
whose services have been paid by the United
States.
4. Wagonmastnrs and Transfers who have
been emp owed under the direction of compe-
tent au horlty, III time OF war, il transporta-
tlon OF milistry stores and supplies.
). Othc RS and soldiers Of the revolution
AIRY war.
6. Chaplains who served with the army in
the several was of this country.
Z. Fl0tlia- men who served in the war of
1912.
Each of the surviving persons in the fol-
lowing Classes are entitled to Ike c.rtif-
cate for a like quantity Of land, without re-
gard to the length of service, provided h.
was regularly mustered in o service, and
shall establish the same by record evidence,
to wit:
/. Officers and soldiers who have been &C.
tualiy engaged n any title in any of the
was in which this country has been en.a
ged.
2. Those volunteers who served ut the in
yas'on OF Pittsburgh, in S ptember, 1914.
". , uc SOIuAtocIo WHO SefVtu III Jn9 Dat
tie Of Kings Mountain in the revolution iry
war.
4. The volunteers who served at the ba--
tie OF n ckoj1ck aga INST the confederated saw
age, of the South.
5. The volunteers who served at the attack
On Lewistown, in Delaware, by the British
dset, In the war Of 1872.
La addition 10 these classes, this act also |
ends In all Indians uhn ~.
United States IN any of their wars the pro-
visions of this and all t,e bounty-land laws
heretofore passed, IN the same mann r, and /
% the same extent, as if the Indians had been
White men.
Where the service has been rendered BY a
substitute, he is the rson entitled 10 the
benefit of his act, AMI not MS emp oyer
la the event Of the "a h of any efson
Who, If living, would be nti.led 10 !, certyi
at. or war; mt ns afor sail, leaving Wild
w, or, il no wild wv, a IN nor child or Gil l.
lren, such widow, or, If no W dow, such
MINOR child or chi dr.. u, is ntitled 20 err
iAcase or warrant for the same quantity of
and such deceased persons would lie entitled
Q I. ceive under the provisions Of SAID act,
now lIvn II
A subsequent marriage will not impair the
light Of any such widow to any suc.l warrant,
she be a W dow at the time of her appi-
alton. Prisons within the age of twenty
ne years on the Sd d y Of March, 1855 IRE
G m i minors within the intent and mean
* OF "a act.
To obtain the benefits Of this act. the .
lai'nant must make declaration, under
ith, substantially according to the forms 2
eretofore annexed. The signature of the |
pplicant must be attested, AMI his or her :
etsonal identity established by the aft la
It's of two witnesses, who's rpsidenc q must
: given, and whose cred bility must be sus- b
inei by the certificate Of the mag istratc be- '
re whom tho application 10 verified. c