Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-03-21
THE NEW BOUNTY LAND LAW.

The Commissioner of Pensions has issued the
following instructions for carrying into effect
the Bounty Land law:
Where The service has been rendered by a
substitute, he is the person entitled to the ben
eft of this act, and not his employer.
I" In the event of the death of any person who,
if living, would be entitled 10 n certificate or
warrant as aforesaid leaving widow, or it no
widow, I minor child or children, such widow,
or if no widow, such minor child or children is
entitled to certificate or warrant for the same
quantity of land such deceased persons would
be entitled to receive under the provisions of
said act, if now living
"a subsequent marriage will not impair the
right of any such widow to such warrant if she
be widow ut the lime Of her application. Per-
sons within the age OF twenty-one years on the
Sd day of March, 1855, are deemed minors with
in the intent and meaning of said act.
"To obtain the benefits of this act, the claim
ant must make declaration, under oath, sub.
slaniay, according TO the forms hereto annex
ed. The signature of the applicant must be at
tested, and his or her personal identity establish
cd by the affidavits of two witnesses, whose
residences must be given, and whose credibility
must be sustained by the certificate of the mag.
istratc before whom the application Is verified.
"No certificates will be deemed sufficient in
any ease unless the facts are certified to be
within the personal knowledge of the magistrate
or other officer who shall sign the certificate, or
the names and residence of the witnesses by
whom the facts are established be given, or their
affdavits, properly authenticated, be appended
TO the certificate.
1.-THE official character and signature of the
magistrate who may administer tho oath must
be certified by the clerk of the proper court Of
record of his county, under the seal of his court
Whenever the certificate of the officer who
authenticates the signature Of the magistrate is
not written on the same sheet of paper which
certificate must be attached To said paper by q
piece of tape or ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the official seal, so as to prevent any
paper from being improperly attached to the
certificate.
"Applications in behalf Of minors should be
made in their names by their guardian or next
friend. Where there are several minors entitled
to the same gratuiy, one may make the decla,
ration. The warrant will be issued to all joint.
ly. In addition to proof of service, rs in other
cases, the minor must prove the death OF his
father, that no widows survives him and that he
and those he represents are the only minor chill
dren of the deceased.
If 4 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 becomes void and should be cancelled
and The party next entitled in right of The service
claimed should make an application; and if there
be no such party, the grant lapses under the
limitation of the benefciaries TO the bounty. II
the claimant die after the Issue of the warrant
the title thereto vests in his heirs at law in the
SAME manner us real estate in the place of the
domicie of the deceased, and car only b, as
signed or located By said heirs
"AppIications made by Indians must be au
thenlicated according 10 the, regulations 10 be
prescribed by the commissioner Of Indian affairs
accompanying the above instructions are
the necessary forms Of declaration, together
with an official copy Of the law.