The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-05-28

The Amended Bounty Land Bill.

tory of the bounty land acts, it now only
requires the signature of the President
of the United States to become law.
AN ACT to amend the act in addition
to certain acts granting bounty land
10 certain officers and soldiers who
havo been engaged in the military
service of the United States, approv-
cd March 8, 1866.
BE IL enacted bY tie Senate and
House Representatives of the United
States of America IN Congress assem-
bicd That in all cases where n certificate
or warrant for bounty land for any less
quantity than one hundred and sixty
acres shall have been issued to any Off
Ger or soldier, or to the widow or minor
child or children of 'any officer or soldier,
uuder existing laws, the evidence upon
which such certificate or warrant was is
sued shall be received TO establish the
service of such officers or soldier in the
application of himself or Of his widow or
minor child or children, for certificate
or warrant for co much land as may be re-
qnired to make up the full sum Of one
hundred and sixty acres, on proof of the
identity Of such officer or soldier, or, in
case of his death Of the marriage and j.
IDENTIFY of his widow, or in case of her
death. Of the identity of his minor child
or children Irorided, ncrcrtheIeSs,
That if, upon review of such evidence,
she Commissioner of Pensions shall not
be satisfied that the former certificate or
warrant was properly granted he may
require additional evidence as we'll OF the
term as the fact or service
SEC . and be ii further enacted,
That in all cases where pension has
been granted to any officer or soldier,
the evidence upon which such pension
was granted shall be received to cstab
fish the service of such officer or soldier
in his application for bounty land under
existing laws; and upon proof of his iden-
tity as such pensioners certificate or war
rant may be issued to him for the qran.
tity Of land to which ho shall be zen.
.itled and in case of the death of such
pensioned officer or soldier, his widow
shall be entitled to a certificate or war
rant for the same quantity Of land to
which her husband would have been en-
titled if living, upon proof that she is
such widow ana in case Of the death of
such officer or soldier leaving minor
child or children and no widow, or where
the widow may have deceased before the
issuing of any certificate or warrant, such
minor child or children shall be entitled
to certificate or warrant for the same
quantity OF land as the father would have
been entitled to receive if living upon
proof of the dccease of father aud moth
err PrOriacQ nevertheless. That if, upon
review Of such evidence. the Commits
sioncr Of Pensions shall not be satisfied
that the pension WAS properly granted,
he may require additional evidence as
well as the term as of the fact of service
SEC. 8. And be 20 further enacted,
That so much of the third section Of the
Act 10 addition to certain acts granting
bounty land to certain officers and sol
diers who have been engaged in the mill.
tary service of tho United States APP
proved March 8. 1855, as requires the
party claiming certificate or warrant
under the provisions Of said act to cstab-
fish his or her right thereto by record
evidence of the service for which such
certificate or warrant has been or mey
be claimed, be and the same is hereby
repealed and parol evidence, where no
record evidence exists may be admitted
to prove the service performed, under
such rules and regulations as the Com
missioner of Pensions may prescribe.
SEC. 4. AnM be ii further enacted,
That the eighth section of the act above
mentioned approved the Sd day of March,
1855, shall be construed as embracing
officers, marines, scamcn, and other per.
sons engaged in the naval service Of the
United States during the revolutionary
war, and the widows and m:uor children
Of all such officers, marines, seameN, and
other persons, engaged as aforesaid
SEC. 5. AMI be II farther enacted,
That the provisions of the said act shah
extend to all persons who have served
as volunteers with the armed forces of
tho United States subject to military
orders for tho space Of fourteen days, in
any Of the wars specified in the FIRST sec
tion of the said act, whether such per-
sons were or were nat mustered into the
service Of the United Statcs
SEC 6. AMI be ii further cnactcd
That the widows and minor children of
all such persons as are specified in the
last preceding section of this act and are
now dead, shall be entitled to the same
privileges sa the widows and minor chill
dren Of the bonefcarcs named in the
act to which this is an amendment
SEC. and be IL further cnacteR,
That where any company. battalion. or
regiment, in an organized form marched
more than twenty miles to the place
where they were mustered into the service
of the United States, or were discharged
more than twenty miles from the place
where such company, battalion, or rcgi-
ment was organized. in al such cases in
computing the length of service Of the
officers and soldiers of any such company,
battalion, or regiment. there shall be al
lowed one day for every twenty miles
from tie place whoro the company, bat
TALON, or regiment was organized to
tho place whero the same was must cred
into the service of the United States;
and also one day for every twenty miles