Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-05-29
The Amended Bounty Land Bill.

Inc TWO houses Oh Congress havlnS1
agreed upen the following bill, amend
atry Of the bounty land acts, it now {
only requires the signature Of the }
President of the United States to
become a law:
AN ACT to amend the act in add.
ton to certain acts granting bounty
land to certain officers and soldiers
who have been engaged in the mil
itary service Of the United States,
approved March 8, 1866.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the Uni
ted 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 exis-
ting 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
OF minor children, for certificate or
warrant for so much land as may be
required to make up the full sum of
one hundred and sixty acres, on proof
of the identity Of such officer or sol
der, or in case of his death, Of the
marriage and identity of his widow,
or in case of her death, ofthe identity
of his minor child or children: Pro
rided, nevertheless, That if, upon a
review Of such evidence, the Commits
sioner Of Pensions shall not be salts
fled that the former certificate or
warrant was properly granted, he may
require additional evidence as well
Of the term as of the fact of service.
! SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,
That in all cases where a pension has
been granted to any officer or soldier
the evidence upon which such PEN
sion was granted shall be received to
established the service of such officer
or soldier in his application for boun-
tty land under existing Laws; and upon
proof Of his identity as such pension
er, a certificate or warrant may be
ISSUED to him for the quantity of land
to which he shall be entitled; and IL
case of the death of such pensioned
officer or soldier, bis widow shall be
entitled to a certificate OF warrant fol
the same quantity of land. to which
her husband would have been entitled
if living, upon proef that she is
such widow; and in case of the dealt
Of such officer OF soldier leaving minor
child or children and no widow
or where the Wild oB may have
, deceased before the issuing Of any
certificate or warrant, such minol
child or children shall be entitled tt
a certificate or warrant for the same
!, quantity Of land as the father woulG
have been entitled to receive if iv
,, ling, upon proof of the decease o
!. father and mother: Provided aeper
! tieless, That il. npon a review o
such evidence, the Commissioner o
Pensions shall lot be satisfied that tht
Ipension was properly granted, he may
Require additional evidence as wei
of the term as Of the fact Of ser
Vice.
SEC. 8. 1ad Be At further enacted
Thatso much ofthethird section OF the
.sAct in addition to certain acts grant.
ling bounty land to certain officers and
soldiers who have been engaged in the
military service Of the United States
Improved March 3, 1855, as requires
the party claiming certificate OIL
warrant under the provision Of said
act to establish his or her right thereto
Iby record evidence Of the service fol-
(which such certificate or warrant has
been or may be claimed, be and the
same is hereby repealed; and parol
Eeyidenee, where no record evidence
exists, my be admitted to prove the
service performed, under such rules
and regulations as the Commission
Ter of Pensions may prescribe.
| SEC. 4, And5e 1t fartbsr enacted,
That the eighth section of the act
above mentioned, approved the Sd
day of March, 1866, shall be con-
strued as embracing officers, mariners,
seamen, and other persons, engaged
in the naval service of the United
States during the revolutionary war,
and the widows and minor children
Of all such officers, marines, seamen
and other persons, engaged as afore-
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