Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-08-15
The Bounty Bill.


nally amended and passed;
''That instead of any grant of land o.
other bounty, there shall be allowed tC
each and every soldier, sailor, and marine
who faithfully served as such in the ar
my, navy, or marine corps of the United
States, and who has been or may hereaf
ter be honorably discharged from such
service, the sum of So. 33 1-3 per month
or at the rate of 500 per year, as hereaf-
ter provided, for all the time during which
such soldier, sailor, or marine actually
so served between the 18th day of April,
/ 1861, and the 10th day of April, 1865:
and in the case of any soldier, sailor, or
marine discharged from service on &C
count of wounds received in battle, or
while engaged in the line of his duty, the
allowance of bounty computed and paid
up to the end of the term of service for
which the enlistment was made, and in
case of the death of any such soldier,
sailor, or marine, while in the service, or
| IN case Of his death after discharge, and
before the end of his term of enlistment,
if discharged on the account of being
wounded, as provided, the allowance and
payment shall be paid to his widow if she
has not been remarked; OF if there is no
widow, to the minor child or children of
the deceased who may be under sixteen
years of age.
Sec 2. That no bounty under the pro-
visions of this act shall be paid to or on
account of any soldier, sailor. or marine
who served as a substitute IN the army
or navy, or as captured prisoner of war
at the time of his enlistment; and no
bounty shall be paid to any soldier, sail
or, or marine discharged on application
or at the request of parents or guardians,
or on the grounds of minority.
Sec 8. That every petition or applica-
tion for bounty made under the provis-
ions of this act, shall disclose and state
specifically under oath, and on the pains
and penalties of perjury, what amount Of
bounty either from the United States or
from any other source, and what amount
of prize money, if any, has been paid, or is
payable to the soldier, sailor, or marine by
whose representation the claim is made.
Sec 4. That whenever application shall
be made by any claimant through any at
torney or agent, the Post Office address
of the agent shall be furnished, giving
the name of the County and State in
which it is situated, and the amount of
commission or fee which the attorney is to
receive for his services in the settlement
of the claim, which charges in no case
shall exceed the sum of five dollars; and
every such application shall be accompa-
MED by the written affidavit of the attor
ney or agent that he has not charged or
agreed for and will not accept more than
such sum of five dollars for his services
in the case. The Paymaster General, or
proper accounting officer of the Treasury,
shall cause to be transmitted to such
claimant the full amount thereof less the
fee to be paid the attorney or agent,
which fee shall be paid to said attorney
or agent in person or transmitted to such
address as the attorney may direct.
SEC 5. That any attorney or agent who
shall receive from any claimant a sum
greater than FIVE dollars for the prosecu-
ton of any claim under the provisions of
this act, on the conviction thereof, shall
pay fine of 81 900, or imprisonment for
term of not less than one year, or both,
as the court or jury may adjudge, and
shall be forever hereafter excluded from
prosecuting claims of any nature what
ever against the Government of the Uni
ted States.
SEC 6. That in case the payment shall
be made in the form of a check, order or
draft upon any Paymaster, or National
Bank or Government Depository in or near
the district wherein the claimant may re-
side, it shall be necessary for the claim
ant to establish, by the affidavit of two
creditable witnesses, that he is the identic-
al person named therein; but in no case
shall these checks, orders or drafts be
made negotiable until after such identif-
cation.
SEC Z. That it shall not be lawful for
any soldier, sailor or marine to transfer,
barter, or sell his discharge, final state
ment, descriptive list, or other ps pers, for
the purpose of transferring, assigning, bar
tering or selling any interest in any boun-
ty under the provisions of this act, and
all such transfers, assignments, barters, or
sales hereafter made, are hereby declared
null and void as to any rights intended
to be so conveyed by any soldier, sailor or
marine.
SEC s. That no adjustment or payment
of any claim of any soldier, sailor or ma
rine, or of his roperrepresentatives under
the provisions of this act, shall be made
unless the application be filed within two
years from the passage of the act, and
the settlement of accounts of deceased
soldiers, sailors or marines shall be made
in the same manner as now provided by
law.