The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-04-11
SEC. 2. And be It further enacted, Tha

SEC. z. find BE- It further enacted, Thai
in case Of the death of any person who,
If living, would be entitled to certifi-
cate Or warrant as aforesaid under this
act, leaving a widow, or, il no widow, a
minor child or children, such widow, or.
il no widow, such minor child or children,
shall te entitled to receive a certificate or
warrant for the same quantity OF land that
such deceased person would be entitled
to receive under the provisions Of this act
# now living: Pyouided, That a suhse.
quent marriage shall not impair the righ,
of any such widow to such warrant if she |
be widow at the time Of making appli-
cation; .dad pvopdsd further, That those
shall be considered minors who are SO at
the time this act shall take effect.
SEC. 8. find be 1t further enacted, That
in no case shall any such certificate or
warrant be issued for any service less
than fourteen days, except where the per-
son shall actually have been engaged in
battle, and unless the party claiming such
certificate or warrant shall establish his
or her right thereto by recorded evidence
Of said service.
SEC. d. find be ii further enacted, That
said certificates or warrants may be as.
signed. transferred and located by the
warrantees, their assignees, or their heirs
at law, according to the provisions Of ex-
listing laws and regulating the assign
ment, transfer and location Of bounty
land warrants.
SEC. s. find be it further enacted, That
no warrant issued under provisions Of
this &C. shall be located on any public
lands, except such as shall at the time be
subject to sale at either the minimum or
lower graduated prices.
sEc. 6. find be It further enac,'d, That
the registers and receivers of the several
land Offices shall he severally authorised
to charge and receive for their services
in locating all warralts under the provis-
ions oil this act the same compensation or
per centage to which they are entitled by
law for sales of the public lands. for cash,
at the late of one dollar and twenty five
cents per acre. The said compensation
to be paid by tie asslsuees or holders Of
such warrants.
SEC. z. I'm be HJurtter enacted, That
the provisions Of tins act, and all the boun-
ty-land laws heretofore passed by Con-
gress, shall be extended 10 Indians in the
same manner AMI 10 tie same extent as
II the said Indians had been white men.
SEC. 5. lind be II fr'asr enacted, That
the officers and soldiers oil the revolution
ary war; or thc,r widows or minor chill
dren shall be rn:ltleI 10 tie benefits Of
this act.
SEC. 8 IaIbs j. further eaaclsa, That
the benefits Of this act shall be applied to
and embr; ce those who served as volun-
teers at the invasion of Plattsburg in
September. eighteen hundred and four
teen; also at the battle OF King $ noun
tain, In the revolutionary war, and the
battle o, Nickejact aga inst the confed.
Grated saVarps of the Soath
SEC. 10. Ind be II further enacted That
the provisions Of this act shall apply to
the chaplains who served with the army
in the several wars Of the country.
SEC. IL. find belt further enacted, That
the provisions of this act be applied to
llotilla-men and to those who served as
volunteers at the attack on Lewistown,
in Delaware, by the British fleet in the
war OF eighteen hundred and twelve
fifteen.