The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-04-11

IN case Of the death Of any person who,
If living, would be entitled to a cer,ifi.
cate Or warrant as aforesaid under this
act, leaving widow, or, if no widow,
minor child or children, such widow, or,
limo widow, such minor child OF children,
shall he entitled to receive certificate or
warrant for the same quantity OF land that
such deceased person would be entitled
to receive under the provisions of this act
It now living: PROVIDED, That a suhse.
quent marriage shall not impair the righ,
OF any such widow to such warrant if she
be a widow at the time Of making appli-
cation; -dad- pyoudsd further, That those
shall be considered minors who are SO at
the time this nc, shall take effect.
SEC. 3. find be It further enacted, That
in no case shall any such certificate or
warrant be issued for any service less
than fourteen days, except where the per-
son shall actually have been engaged in
battle, and unless the party claiming such
certificate or warrant shall establish his
or her right thereto by recorded evidence
of said service.
SEC. 4. find be it further enacted, That
said certificates or warrants may be as.
signed, transferred and located by the
warrantees, their assignees, or their heirs
at law, according to the provisions Of ex-
listing laws and regulating the assign
ment, transfer and location Of bounty
land warrants.
SEC. s. ind be it further enacted, That
no warrant issued under 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.
Src. s. ind be il further enact'd, That
the registers and receivers Of the several
land Offices shall he severally authorised
to charge and receive for their services
in locating all warrants under the provis-
ions OF this act the same compensation or
per centage to which they are entitled by
law for sales OF the public lands, for cash,
at the tate of one dollar and twenty five
cents per acre. The said compensation
to be paid by tie asSlsnees or holders Of
such warrants.
SEC. z. .7atbs ii further enacted, That
the provisions Of tins act, and ali The toun-
ty-land laws heretofore passed BY Con-
gress, shall be extended to Indians in the
same manner an 10 tie same extent as
il the said Indians had been white men.
SEC. s. int be 1t further enacted, That
the officers and soldiers OF the revolution
AIRY war, or thelr widows or minor chill
dren shall be entitled to the benefits OF
this act.
SEC. 8 It!js i further eaac,sd, That
the benefits Of this act shall be applied to
and embr &c those who served as volun-
teers at the invasion OF Plarsburg in
September, eighteen hundred and four
teen; also At the battle of Kings noun
tam, IN tla revolutionary war, and the
battle o. Nickejack aga inst the confed.
Grated savages of the South.
SEC. 10. Ind 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. 4. ind belt further enacted, That
the provisions of this act be applied to
fiotillamen and to those who served as
volunteers at the attack on Lewistown,
in Delaware, by the British fleet in the
war OF eighteen hundred and twelve
fifteen