, 1855-05-26
The Bounty land Bill.

for the benefit of al, ll,conccraed
/ re caoctal, DC, That each OF the sur
viying commissioned aud nop-comms,.oncd
officers, musicians and privateS, whether q!
regulars, volunteers, rangers or militia,
who were regularly mustered into the SER
vice of the United States, and every officer,
commissioned and noI-commi,Sioned, seamen,
ordinary sCamen, marine clerk or land'man
in the navy, in any of the wars in which
this country has been engaged since 1890,
and each Of the survivors Of the militia, or
: volunteers, or State troops Of any State or
Territory, called into military service, and
regularly mustered therein, and whose ser
vices have been paid by the United States,
; shall be entitled TO receive certificate or
warrant from the Department Of the Into
rior for one hundred and sixty acres Of
land, and where any Of those who have
been so mustered i!to service and paid
shall have received Il certificate or warrant.
he shall he entitled 10 certificate or war
rant for such quantity Of land as will make.
in the whole, with what he may heretofore
received, enc hundred aud sixty acres to
each such person having served as aforesaid:
/ Iycrt8cd, the pcr,0 so having been in ser
vice shall not receive said land warrant if
it shall appear by the muster rolls of his
regiment or corps that he deserted or was
dishonorably discharged from service.
ProriGed, furiher That the benefits of
this section shall he extended TO wagon
masters and tcamSters who may have trecn
employed, under the direction of competent
authority in the time of war, in the
transportation Of military stores and sup
plies.
See. 3 ind Jeu further enacted, That
in case Of the death Of any person, who
il living, would be entitled to II certificate
or warrant Gs aforesaid Under this act lcay.
/ ing u widow,or, f no widUw, minor child,
or children, such widow, or, if no widow,
such minor child or children, shall be en-.
/ titled to receive a certificate or warrant
! for the same quantity Of land that such dc.
ceased persons wonld be entitled to receive
under the provisions Of this act, if now
living Prorided, That a subsequent mar
riage shall not impair the right Of any such
widow to such warrant, if she be widow
at the time Of making the application ::
And prorided further, That those shall be
considered minors who arc so at the time
this act shall take effect
Sec. 3. And hH GHrt6er enacted, That
in no case shall any such certificate or war
rant be issued for any service less than
fourteen days, except where the person
shall actually have been engaged in battle
and unless the party claiming such certiG-
cate or warrant shall establish his or her
right thereto by recorded evidence of said
service.
Sec. 4. And be IL Cnrther enacted, That
said certificates or warrants may be assign
ed, transferred and located by the warrun-
tees, their assignees, or their heirs at law,
according TO the provisions Of existing laws
regulating the assignment, transfer and To-
r cation Of bounty land warrants
Sec. 5. And belt furiher enacted, That
no warrant issued under the provisions Of
this act 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.
See. G. And be IL furiher enacted, That
the registers and receivers of the several
5 land Offices shall be scverally authorized to
, to charge and receive for their services in
locating all warrants under the provisions
Of this act, the same compensation or per
centagc to which they are entitled by law
for sales Of public lands for cash, at the
7 rate OF one dollar and twenty-five cents
per acre, the said compensation to be paid
by the assiguees or holders of such war
rants.
Sec. I. And be IL FURTHER eaaeied, That
the provisions Of this act, and all the
bounty land laws heretofore passed by Co..
gress, shall be extended TO Indians in the
same manner and to the same extent as if
the said Indians had been white men.
Sec. s. And be IL further enacted, That
the officers and soldiers of the Revolntion-
/ ary war, or their widows or minor children,
shall be entitled to the benefits Of this
act.
Sec. o. And be IL FURTHER enacted, That
: the benefits of this act shall be applied to
: and embrace those whoserved aS,voiuntccrs
$ at the invasion Of Plattsburg, in September,
eighteen hundred and fourteen; also at the
battle Of Kings Mountain, in the Reyo-
lutionary war, and the battle of Nickoiack
against the confederated savages of the
! ! South.
Sec. 10. And be Il further enacted, That
, the provisions of this act shall apply to the
y chaplains who served with the army in the
, several wars Of the country.
Sec. IL. And bell Jurthtr enacted, That
! the provisions of this act be applied TO
hotilla men and TO those who served as vol
, unteerS at the attack on Lewiston. in Del.
aware, by the British feet, in the war ol
; eighteen hundred and twelve, fifteen.
v pa VIM. Lloyd Garrison, at a recent
r anti-slavery lecture in New York, displayed