Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-22

make, IN the whole, with what they may have
heretofore received, one hundred and sixty acres,
provided he shall have served IA period no, less
than iourteeneaays, and shall establish such SER
vice by record.evidence, to wit - =
.. l. Commissioned and non-commissioned Off
GERS, musicians and privates, whether of the
regulars, volunteers, rangers Of militia, who
were regularly mustered into the service Of tho
United States-in any Of the wars in which this
country has been engaged since 1890.
! 2. Commissioned and non commissioned Off
c,rs, soamen, ordinary seamen, mariners, clerks,
and landsmef in the navy in any of the said
wars.
| 3. Militia, volunteers. and 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.
4. Wagon,nasters and teamsters WHO have
been employed under the direction of competent
authority, in time of war, in the transportation
of military stores and supplies.
| 5. Officers and soldiers of the revolutionary
war.
g. Chapains who served with the army in the
several wars of this country.
Z Flotilla men who served in the war Of
1912. .,..e t5
Each of the sdrviving persons in the following
classes are entitled to u like certificate for like
quantity Of land, without regard to the length
of service, provided he was regularly mustered
iuto service, and shall establish the same by re-
cord evidence, to wit -
|. Officers and soldiers who have been actual
ly engaged in any battle in any of the wars in
which this country has been engaged.
2. Those volunteers who served at the invasion
of plattsburg, in September, 1914.
g. The volunteers who served at the battle of
Kings Mountain, in the revolutionary war.
4. The volunteers who served at the battle of
Nckoack against the coniederated savages of
the Sou tn.
5. The volunteers who served at the attack on
Lewiston, in Delaware, by the British fleet, in
the war of 1872.
In addition to these classes this act also ex.
tends to all Indians who have served the United
States III any Of their wars the provisions of this
and all the bounty land laws heretofore passed,
in the same manner and to the same extent, as
if said Indians had been white men.
Wherethe service has been rendered by SUBJ
stitute, he is tho person entitled to the benefit of
this act, and not his employer.
In the event of the death of any person who,
if living, would be entitled to u certificate or
warrant as aiore said, leaving widow, orif no
widow, u 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, ii she
be widow ut the time Of her application. Per-
sons within the age of twenty-one years on tn
Sd day of March 1855, are deemed minors with
in the intent and meaning of said act.
70 obtain the benefits of this act the claimant
must make declaration, under oath, substan-
TALLY according to the forms heretofore annexed.
The signature of tho applicant must be attested,
and his or her personal identity established by
the affdavits OF two witnesses, whose residences
must be given, aud whose crcdibiity must be
sustained BY the certificate of the magistrate be-
fore whom the application is verified.
! No certificate will be deemed sufficient in any
case unless the facts are certified to be within
the personal knowledge otthe magistrate or other
officer who shall sign the certificate, or the names
and places of residence Of the witnesses by
whom the facts are established be given, or their
af6davits, properly authenticated, be appended
to the certificate.
The official character and signature of the
magistrate who may administer the oath must be
certified by the clerk OF the proper court Of re-
cord of his country, under the seal of the court.
Whenever the ceicate of the officer who anthem
ticates the signature of the magistrate is not
written on the same sheet Of paper which con-
tans the signature to be authenticated, the Ger
tifcate must be attached to said paper by
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 guardians or next
friend. Where there are several minors entitled
| to tho s,me sratuity, one may make the declara-
ton The warrant will be issued to all jointly.
In addition to proofof service us in other cases,
the minor must prove the death Of his father,
that no widow survives him, and that be and
those no represents ore the only minor children
of the deceased.
| If 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 bo cam
celled and the party next entitled in right of the
service claimed should make an application and
IL there DO no such party, the grant lapses un
der the limitation Of the beniGearies to the boun-
ty. Ii the claimant die after the issue of the
warrant, the title thereto vests in his heirs Mt