Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-04-06
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An Act in addition to certain Acts granting
Bounty Land 70 certain officers and soldisr5
who have been engaged in the Military serT-
ice Of tho United States. Fa ga
Be Il enacted By The Senate and House
| Of Representatives ofHe United STATES of
thaseriea IN Congress assembled, That each
lof the surviving commissioned ard non
/ commissioned officers, musicians and pri-
Yates whether Of regulars, volunteers, ran
gers or militia, who were regularly muster
! ed therein, and whose sevices have been
paid by the United States, shall be entitled
70 receive certificate or warrant from tho
Department Of the Interior, for one hun
i'ed and sixiv acres Of land and where any
If those V bo have so been mustered into
The service and raid, shall have received
ceFugcate or warrant be shall be entitled
TO a certificate or warrant for such quanti-
| y OF lands IS will make, in the whole, with
lnghat be may have heretofore received, one
hundred and sixty acres 70 each such per.
son having served as aforesaid; Provided
Ihe person so having been in service shall
not receive said land warrant If it shall sp-
pear BY the muster.rolls of bis regiment or
corps that be deserted, or was dishonorsbly
discharged from service; Provided, fur
ther that the benefits Of this section shall
be held to extend TO Wsgonmssters and
Ieamsters who msy have been employed
under the direction Of competent authority,
IN the time Of war in the transportation Of
military stores and supplies.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. that
IN case Of the death OF any person who, if
living would be entitled to eerti6eats or
wsrran; as aforesaid, under this act, leaving
widow, or, If no widow. minor child or
children such widow, or if nc widow, such
minor child or children shall be entitled to
receive a certificate or warrant for The
same qusn.ity of land that such deceased
person would be entitled to receive under
the provisions of this act, if now living;
Provided, that a subsequent marriage shall
not impair the right of any such widow to
such warrant. If she be widow at the time
Of making her application; and provided,
further, that those shall be considered mi
nors who are SO at the time this act shall
take effect. ~
SEC g. And be it further enacted, that
in no case shall any such certificate or war
rant be issued for any service lees than
fourteen days, except where The person
shall actually have been engaged in battle,
and unless the party claiming such certif-
cats or warrant shall establish his or her
right thereto by recorded evidence of said
service.
SEC. 4 and be it further enacted, that
iaid certificates or warrants may be assign
ID, transferred and located by the warraa-
ees, their assignees, or their heirs at law,
10 the provisions Of existing laws
regulating the assignment, transfer and 10.
,ation Of bounty land warrants
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, that
10 warrant issued under the provisions Of
his act shall be located on any public lands,
except such as shall at the time be subject
o sale at either the minium or lover grad
iated prices
Sec. 6. And be il further enacted. that
be registers and receivers Of the several
and Offices shall be severally authorized to
harge and receive for their services in To-
asing all warrants under the provisions Of
his act, the same compensation or percent
ge to which they are entitled BY law for
ales OF the public lands. for cash, at the
ate of one dollar twenty-five cents per acre:
be said compensation to be paid by the as
ignees or holders of such warrants.
SEC. 7. And be il further enacted, that
he provisions Of this act, and all the boun-
y land Jaws heretofore passed by Congress,
hall be extended to Indians, in the same
manner and to the same extent as if the
aid Indians had been white men. ~
SEC 8. And be il further enacted, that
be officers and soldiers of the reYolutiona-
= war, or their widows or minor children,
hall be entitled to the benefits Of the this
ct.
SEC 9. And be il further enacted, thas
10 benefits Of this act shall be applied to
nd embrace those who served as volun-
,ers at the invasion OF Plattsburgh, in Sep
,mber, eighteen hundred and fourteen;
SO at the battle of Kings Mountain. in
le revolutionary war, and the battle Of
,iekojsck against the confederated savsges
the south.
SEC. 10. And be It further enacted, that
le provisions of this act shall apply to the
lsplains who served with the army in tbs
,yeral wars of the country.
SEC. l /. And be it further enacted, that
le provisions Of this act be applied to fo-
la men, and to those who served as vol
nteers at the attack of Lewistown, IN Del
ware, by the British feet in the war Of
ghteen hundred and twelye-Gft