Squatter sovereign., 1855-04-03
Old soldiers Bounty Land Bill.


during any of its wars, or, If diseased, to
their widows or minor children, which
passed the House of Representatives on
the 9th ult. was passed, finally in the Sem
ate on the ID inst. 1t will, without doubt,
receive the Presidents signature and be-
come law. II is measure which inter-
ests many of our readers, and by the at
tention OF friend who has earnestly la
bored for its success, we are enabled to pub
lish a correct copy of the bill as it passed
the Senate. 1t is as follows:
AN ACT In addition to certain acts grant
ing bounty land to certain officers and SOL
diers who have been engaged In the mill
tary service of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives. of the United STATES of
.fmerica a. congress assembled, That each
ofthe surviving commissioned and non-com-
missioned-of musicians and priyates,
whether of regulars, volunteers, rangers,
or militia, who regularly mustered into the
service of the United States, and every Off
Ger, commissioned and non-cornmissioned,
seamen ordinary, seaman, marine, clerk,
and landsman in the navy, in any Of the
wars In which this country has been en-
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of the militia, or volunteers, or State troops
of any State or Territory, called into mill
tary service, and regularly mustered there
in, and whose services have been paid by
the United States subsequent to the 18th
day of June, 1912 shall be entitled to re-
eeive certificate or warrant from the De-
partment of the Interior for $50 acres of
land; and where any of those who have so
been mustered into service and paid shall
have received certificate or warrant, he
shall be entitled to certificate or warrant
for such quantity of land as will make, in
the whole, with what he may have hereto
fore received. 160 acres to each person
having served as aforesaid: Procided, The
person so having been IN service shall not
receive said land warrant if it shall appear
by the muster rolls of his regiment or
corpse that he deserted, or was dishonor-
ably discharged from service.
SEC. 6. find be It further enacted. That
in case of the death of any person, who, if
living, would be entitled to a certificate or
warrant as aforesaid under this act: leav-
ing a widow, or if no widow, minor child
or children, such widow, or If no widow,
such minor child or children, shall be en-
titled to receive certificate OF warrant for
the same quantity of land that such deceas-
der the provisions of this act if now living:
Proraded, That subsequent marriage shall
not impair the right Of any such widow TO
such warrant if she be widow at the time
of making her application: find prorided
further, That those shall be considered mi
nors who are so at the time this act shall
take effect.
SEC. 3. find be ii further enacted, That
in no case shall any such certificates or
warrant be issued for any service less than
IA days, except where the person shall ac-
tually have been engaged in battle and un-
less the party claiming such certificate
OF warrant shall establish his or her right
thereto by record evidence Of said ser
vice.
Sec. A. find be it further enacted, That
said certificates or warrants may be assign
ed, transferred, and located by the war
IA antees, or their heirs-at-law, according TO
the provisions of existing laws regulating
the assignment, transfer, and location of
boanty-land warrents.
SEC 5. find BE 1t further 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.
SEC. 6. find be 1T further enacted, That
the registers and receivers of the several
land Offices shall be severally authorized
to charge and receive for their services In
locating all warrants under the provisions
of this act the same compensation for per
centage to which they are entitled by law
for sales of the public lands, for cash, at the
rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents
per acre. The aid compensation to be
paid by the assignees or holders Of such
warrants.
SEC. z. find be it further enacted, That
the provisions of this act, and all the boun-
tysand laws heretofore passed by Congress,
shall be extended to Indians, in the same
manner and to the same extent as II the
said Indians had been white men.
Sec. 8. find be 1T further enacted, That
the widows of officers and soldiers OF the
revolutionary war be entitled TO the bene-
fits of this act.
SEC. 8. find be 1T further enacted, That
the benefits of this act shall be applied 10
and embrace those who served as yolun-
teers at the invasion of Plausburg, IN Sep
tember, 1914.
Sec. 10. find be 1t further enacted, That
the provisions of this act shall apply TO the
chapIains who served with the army In the
several wars of the country.
SEC. II find be 1T further enacted, That
the provisions of this act shall apply to
those who served as volunteers at the at
tack on Lewiston, In Delaware, by the
British fleet, In the war of 1925.
MURDER BY KISG.-A continental
correspondent of the London Morning Ad-
rertiser writes "a very unfortunate event
has Just occurred at the Hague-an event
OF so distressing nature that / should hes