Washington telegraph., 1855-05-02
New Bounty-Land Law,

fin act IN addition to cert0in -7cts granting Rov,.t
Land to certain oJfoers and soldiers tcho haze been
engaged IN the military service of the United
Sfdfes-
BE IT enaetsd By the Senate and House of RsDre-
seafires Of the Cuted States Of -4merica IL. Con-
gress assembled. That each of the surviving COM
mls>lone0 and non-commlssloned officers. mus
clans and privates. whether OF regulars volunteers
rangers or militia who were regularly mustered
into the service OF the United States and every
officer commissioned OF non-commissioned. sea-
man, ordinary seaman, marine, clerk and lands
man in he navy. in any OF the wars in which this
country has been engaged since 1870. and each of
the survivors of the militia volunteers or State
troops OF any state or territory called into militia
~ service. and regularly mustered thereil and
whose services have been paid by the United
States. stail be entitled to receive certificate or
warrant from the Department of the Interior for
one hundred and sixty acres of land:- and where
any of those who have been so mustered into ser
vice and paid, shall have received certificate or
warrant, he shall De entitled 10 a certificate or
warrant for such quantity of land as will make, in
the whole. with wnat he may have heretofore re-
ceIved, one hundred and sixty acres TO each such
person having served as aforesaid; Provided, the
person so having been III service shall not receive
said land warrant if it shall appear by the mus
teT-rOlls of his regiment corps that he deserted
was dishonorably discharged from service:-
Provided further that the benefits of this section
shall be held to extend to wagonmasters and
teamsters who NAV have been employed under
the direction of competent authority in time of
waf. IN the transportation OF military stores and
supplies
Sec p find be If further eHaoted. That in case
of the death of any person who, if living. would
be entitled 10 certificate warrant as aforesaid
under tins act. leaving widow. or. II no widow
a minor child OF children, such widow or if no
widow such minor child or children shall be en-
titled TO receive certificate oT warrant for the
same quantity of land that such deceased person
would De entitled to receive under the provisions
OF this act, ii now living; Provided that subse-
quent marriage shall not impair the right OF any
such widow to such warrant, If she be a widow
at the time OF making her application; and pro-
vIded, further. that those shall be considered MI
rOrs who are So at the time this act shall take eff
iect.
Sec B. find be it further e.,cted, That in no case
shall any such certificate OF warrant be Issued for
any service less :han fourteen DAYS except where
the person shall actually have been engaged in
battle. and unless the party claiming such certif-
cate or warrant shall establish his or her right
thereto by recorded evidence of said service
Sec 4 find be ii further crracfeH That said cer-
tfcates or warrants may be assigned. transferred
anG located by the waIrantees. their assignees OF
their heirs at law according to the provisions OF
existing laws regulating the assignments, transfer
and location OF bounty land warrants.
Sec D. find be 1t further eHacfed. That no war
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 g. lind be further eHGc;ea, That the regis
tiers and receivers oil the several land Offices shall
be severally authorized 10 charge and receive lcr
their services in locating all warrants under the
provisions of this act. the compensation or
per centase to which they entitled by law ioT
sales of the public lands for cash. at the rate OF
one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; the said
compensation TO be paid By the assignees or hold
eTs OF such warrants.
Sec l. -3Id BE- ii further eslacied That the pro-
visions OF this act and all the bounty land laws
heretofore passed by Congress shall be extended
TO Indians in the same manner and TO the sane
extent as If the said Indians had been white men,
Sec 5 lind 5c Il further essGcfed, That the Off
GERS and soldiers OF the revolutionary war or their
widows minor children. shall be entitled TO the
benefits OF this act
Sec O. Ind be further eHC1ed, That the bene-
fits OF this act shall be applied TO and embrace
those who sers ed as volunteers at the invasion oE
Pattsburs. in September. 1914, also at the battle
OF Kings Mountain. in the revolutionary war and
the battle OF Nicko ack against the confederated
savages OF the south.
Sec TO- find Be ii further c11dcted That the pro-
visions of this act shall apply TO the chaplains
tho served with the army III the several wars of
the country
Sec H. .7ud be 1t further euacscd That the pro-
visions of this act be applied to fotilla-men and
10 those who served as volunteers at the attack on
Lewistown. n. in Delaware, by the British feet. in
the war of lSI2-'I!.
Approved March 3, 1855