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Bounty Land under the Act Of March Sd,
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certain acts granting bounty land to certain
officers and soldiers who have been engaged
in the military service Of the United States, -
approved March 81, 1855, entities each of
the surviving persons in the following classes
| to n certificate or warrant for such quantity .
Of land as shall make. in the whole. with .
what he may have heretofore received, one .
| hundred and sixty acres, provided he shall /
have served period not less than fourteen
days, and shall establish said service by |
record evidence, to wit
|. Commissioned and commissioned /
officers, musicians, and priyatcs. whether Of
the regulars, volunteers. rangers or militia, |
who were regularly mustered into the service !
Of the United States in any Of the wars in
which this country has been engaged since
100
.. Commissioned and non-coinmissioned
officers, scamcn, ordinary seainen, marines,
clerks, and landsmcn in the navy in any Of
| said wars
3. Militia. volunteers, and State troops Of
any State or Territory called into military
service, and regularly mu tered therein. and
whose services have been paid by the United
| States.
4, Wagonmasters and tenmssers who have
been employed, under the direction Of compc-
tent authority, in time of war, in the trans
portation Of military stores aud supplies
.. Officers and soldiers of the revolutionary
war
6. Chaplans who served with the army in
the several wars of this country.
:, Flotlla-inen who served in the war Of
1912.
Each of the surviving persons in the follow
ing classes are entitled to like quantity of
; land, without regard to the length of service.
provided he was regularly mustered into
service, and shall establish the same by record
evidence. to wit
t |. Officers and soldiers who have been
, actually engaged in any battle in any of the
wars in which this country has been engaged.
.. Those volunteers who served at the
invasion of Pattsburgh in September, 1874.
g. The volunteers who served at the battle
!, Of Kings Mountain in the revolutionary war.
4. The volunteers who served at the battle
of Nickojack against the confedcrated sayages
OF the South.
s 5. The volunteers who served at the attack
: on Lcwistown. in Delaware, by the British
, fleet, in the war Of 1912.
T. In addition to these classes, this act also
II extends to all Indians who have served the
e United States in any Of their wars, the provi-
V sions Of this and all tho bounty-land laws
>, heretofore passed, in the Same manner, and
to the same extent, as If said Indians had
" been white men.
Where the service has been rendered by a
l. substitute, he is the person entitled to the
h. benefit of this act, and not his employer.
In the event Of the death Of any person
II who, if living, would be entitled to a ccrtif-
y cate or warrant as aforesaid. leaving a widow
d or, if no widow, minor child or children
, such widow, or, if no widow, such minor
child or children, is entitled to certificate
> or warrant Tor the same quantity OF land sucl
s. deceased persons would be entitled to receive
o. under the provisions of SAID act, if now
70 living
" A subsequent marriage will not impair the
&c right of any such widow to such warrant, i
e''5 be widow at the time Of her application
r. Persons within the age Of twcnty-onc year:
i; on the Sd day of March, lSjj, are deemed
: minors within the intent and meaning Of sale
OF act.
x To obtain the benefits of tins act, the claim
I'd ant must make a declaration under oath, sub
-, stantialy according to the forms hereto an
t. ncxed. The signature of the applicant mus
lie be attestcd, and his or her personal identit,
ly established by the afiidavits Of two witnesses
re whose residences must be given, and who's
, credlhility must lie sustained by the certifi
cate of the magistrate before whom the ap
plicaton is verified
al No certificate will he deemed sufficient il
as any case, unless the facts are certified to y
- within the personal knowledge Of the magi-
trate or other officer who shall ,i-n the Ger
IS tiiicatc, or the names and places Of residcnc
sc of the witnesses by whom the facts are estal
t. lished be given, or their aIiia'it,, properl
- authenticated, be appended to the certificate
W. The official character and signature of til
ne magistrate who may administer the oat
OF must be certified hr the Clerk Of the prope
Nv court of record of lis county, under the scC
Il Of the court. Whenever the certificate Of I'll
officer who authcnticates the signature of tn
tie magistrate is not written on tie same shet
rs OF paper which contains the signature o. /
Of authenticated, the certificate must beattachc
an to sad paper by piece of tape or ribbon
l. the cords of which must pass under tn
"' oittIal seal, SO as to prevent any paper frol
a being improperly attached to the certifcat,
ch Applications in behalf Of minors should
IT, made in their names hv their guardian q
next friend. Where there are several minor
. entitled to the same gratuity, one may max
in the declaration. The warrant will be issue
SIS to all Jointly. In addition to proof Of service
nd as In other cases. tho minor must prove tn
-, death Of his father, that no widow survive
!! him, and that he and those he represents al
al the only minor children Of the deceased.
he II party die before the issue Of warrar
ne to which he would lie entitled. if living tn
-, right to said warrant dies with him In sue
case, the warrant becomes void, and shout
: be cancelled, and the party next entitled
of right of the service claimed should make n
el application and if there be no such part,
a, the grant lapsos under the limitation Of ii
benefciaries to the bounty. II the claimar
n die after the issue of the warrant. the tit
H. thereto vests in his heirs at law in the sam
d. manner as real estate in the place of tn
=. domicie of the deceased. and can only
W assigned or located 10y said heirs
IT, Applications made by Indians must be al
s. thenticated according TO the regulations to |
e. prescribed by the Commissioner of India
Affairs.
l.. P. WALDO,