Demoine courier., 1855-03-22
IKE BOUNTY LAND Law.

Of sfmaica IN Congress assembled,
That esch Of the surviving commission
ed and non.c0mmissioned officers, mus.
iciaps. and privates, whether II regul.
ass, volunssers. rangers. or militia, who
wss regularly mustered into the service
Of the United States, and every officer,
commissioned and non. commissioned,
seamau, ordinary seaman, marine, clerk,
and laEdsmen IN the navy. In any Of The
wars in which this country has heea en-.
gagged since seventeen hundred and nine.
~, and Sachso of the survivors Of the mil.
i,ia, OF volunteers, or State troops of any
State or Territory, called into military
seryice. and regularly mas,e red therein,
and whose services have been paid by
the United States, shall be entitled to re-
ceive a certificate or warrant from the
Department, Of ihe Interior for one hund.
red and sixty acres o. land ; and where
any Of those who have been so mustered
into service and paid shall have received
a certificate or warrant, he shaR be en-.
iiled 10 a'eertiicate or warrant for such
Quantity of land 40 will make, in the
whole. with what he may have Eeretof.
ore received, one hundred and sixty &C.
res 10 each such person having served as
Aforesaid Prorided. The person so
having been in service shall not receive
said land warrant if j, shall appear by
the muster rolls Of his regiment or corps
tha, he deserted or was dishonorsbly
discharged from service.
Provided. further, That the benefits
Ofthss section shall be held To- extend TO
wagon masters and teans,ers who may
have been employed under The direction
OF comp,cnt authority in time Of war, IN
the transror,ion Of military stores and
supplies.
sro. 2. find be IL further Enacted,
That in case of the death of any person
who. if living. would be entitled to a Ger.
t~ificate or warrant as aforesaid under
this ac,. leaving q widow. or, ii no widow
a minor child or children, such widow,
or ifno widow, such miEor child or child.
rem. shall be entitled to receive a %rer,ii-
cate or warrant for The SAME quantity of
land that such deceased person would be
entitled TO receive under the provisions
Of this act. II now living: Provided.
That a s%ubsequeni marriage shall no.,
impair The right Of any ouch widow to
such warrant VI .she be a widow al the
time OF making her application /: find,
PROVIDED. further, Tia, those hail be
considsrsd minors who are so a, The time
This &C, shall take effect.
SEC 3. find be 1t further enacted,
That in ne Gaze shall any snch-cerliica,e
ar warrant be issued for any service less
than fourteen days, excep, where the
person shall actually have been engaged
IN ba,ls, aud unless the party claiming
such certificate or var a shall esta 5lish
his or her right .hereto by recorded evid.
ence Of said service.
SIC. 4. find be IL further enacted,
Tha. said certificates or warrants may
be ass,gned, transferred, and located by
the w~arraniess. their assignees, or their
} eirs atlaw, according to the provisions
OF existing laws regulating the assignm-
emf, transfer, and location Of boun,y-land
warrants.
SEC. s.. fad be il further enacted.
That no warrant Issued under the pro.
Visions Of shia act shall be located on any
public lands, except such shall At that
time be subjec, 10 sale a, either the min
imum or lower graduated prices.
SIC. 8. find be II further enacted,
That the Registers and Receivers Of the
several land Offices shall be seserally
authorized to charge and receive tor their
services in locating all warrants under
the provisions OF this act, the same, COM.
p~snsetion or per cen.age to which they
are entitled by Law for sales Of the public
lands. for cash, al the rate of one dollar
and twenty Ave cents per acre. The
said compensation TO 5e paid by the Is.
s~ignees or holders of such warrants.
SIC. Z. find b it further enacted,
That the provisions Of This eel. and all
The bounty land laws heretofore passed
by Congress, shall be extended |, lGdi,
ans. in The came manner and to the same
extent a. if shs ssid Indians has been
white NEE.
SEC. o. find be Il further enacted.
That the officers and soldiers VI the re.
evolutionary war, or their widows or min
or children. shall be entitled to tho benc.
fits Of this act.
SIC. O.. find he It further enacted.
That the benefits Of this act shall be1pp.
lied to and embrace those who served
as volunteers al abe invasion of Plai.s-
burg, in September. eighteen hundred
and fourteen; also. ai The battle Of
Kings' Mountain, in the revolutionary
war, and the battle Of Nickojsck sgains,
tho confedera,ed ssvages Of ihs Sou,h.
SEC. 10. find be i/urther enacted.
That the provisions Of this ACT shall app.
iy 10 he .chaplains who served with the
army in the several wars of the country.
SEC. IL. fad be II further enacted,
Tha. the provisions Of this ac. DO app.
lied to lo,illa-m men and to those who
AZ volunteers n ihs attack on