Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-05-21
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.

We have received from friend in Washing
ton, copy of the act to amend the act in add-
ton to certain acts granting bounty lardS TO
certain officers and soldiers who have been en-
gagged in the military service OF the United
States, approved March 8, 1855.
We invite special attention TO the 5lh and 9th
sections of this act:
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resen' atires of the United States Of America in
Congress assembled, That in all cases where
certificate or warrant for bounty land for any
less quantity than one hundred and sixty acres
shall have been issued to any officer or soldier,
or to the widow or minor child or children OF
any officer or soldier, under existing laws, the
evidence upon which such certificate or warrant
was issued shall be received to establish the SER
vice of such officer or soldier in the application
of himself or of his widow or minor child or
children, for certificate or warrant for so much
land as NAV be required 10 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 identity
Of his widow, or in case of her death, OF the
identity of his minor child or children: Prorid-
ed nevertheless, That if upon review OF such
evidence the Commissioner of Pensions shall
not be satisfied that the former certificate or
warrant was properly granted, lie may require
additional evidence, as we'll of the term as OF
the fact of service.
Sec. 2. And be ii further enacted, That in all
cases where pension has been granted 10 any
officer or soldier, the evidence upon which such
pension was granted shall be received to estab-
lish the service of such officer or soldier in his
application for bounty land under existing laws |;
and upon proof of his identity as such pensioner,
certificate or warrant may be issued TO him for
the quantity of land TO which he shall be enti-
tied; and in case of the death Of such pensioned
officer or soldier, his widow shall be entitled to
certificate or warrant for the same quantity of
land to which her husband would have been en-
titled, if living, upon proof that she is such
widow, and in case Of the death of such officer
or soldier, leaving n minor child or children and
no widow, or where the widow may have de-
ceased 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
decease of father or mother: Provided nererthe-
less, That if upon review of such evidence,
the Commissioners of Pensions shall not be sat.
is6ed that the pension was properly granted, he
NAV require additional evidence rs we'll as of
the term as of the fact of service.
SEC. Sand be ii further enacted, That SO
much of tEthird section of the 4" act in addi.
tion to certain acts granting bounty land to Ger.
tain officers and soldiers who have been engaged
in the military service of the United States, ap-
proved March the third, eighteen hundred and
fifty-ive, as requires the party claiming certf-
cate or warrant under the provisions of said act,
TO establish his or her Eight thereto, by record
evidence of the service for which such certificate
or warrant has been or may be claimed, be, and
tie same is hereby, repealed, and parol evidence,
where no record evidence exists, may be admit
ted to prove the service performed, under such
rules and regulations as the Commissioner OF
Pensions may prescribe.
Sec. A. And be ii further enacted, That the
eighth section Of the act above mentioned, aP-