The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-10-10
EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTIEs.

tor the payment OF bountles, under the
act to equalize boun'les, approved July
28th 1866, have just been issued by the
War Department
ftrSt. All applications shall be filed
within the period OF six months from the
lst day Of October, 1866, and before
any payments are made shall be classiti
ed by regiments, battallions or other
separate organizations, and no applica.
tons filed after that period shall be set
tied until the former shall have been
paid
iSecond, No application shall be en-
teltancd unless accompanied by the
original discharge Of the soldier, and the
ati''avlt required by the l4,h section of
the act, and the further affidavit, that he
has not received nor is entitled to re-
ceive trom the United States, under any
laws or regulations, prior to the act ct
July 2Sth, 1866, more than Sl00 boun>
ty for any and all military service rem
dered by him during the late rebellion
over aud above the amount therein
! claimed.
I 7Him. All applications for the addi-
tional bounty authorized by this act,
from surviving soldiers, shall be in the
form hereinafter prescribed and the
evidence of identity shall be the same as
is now required. and applications from
the heirs OF deceased soldiers shall be in
the form required by the Treasury De,
partmenJ
Fomth. AS soon as the examination
of the claims Of any regiment or other
independent organization shall have
been properly acted upon, the Paymasler
General shall take the necessary steps
for their prompt payment
rim a register shall be kept in the
PaymasIer Genelal's Office, aud also in
the Office of the Second Auditor, of all
claims presented under the law, in which
the claimants will be classified by regi
ments etc Ii the claims be allowed the
amount Of bounty paid to each will be
noted, and if rejected the cause ofrejec-
ton will b distinctly stated.
SirM. In the application tor bountics
as required by the third of these rules,
the affidavit shall state each aud every
period of service rendered by the claim.
ant, and also that he never served olhcr-
wise than as therein stated.
ScCc III. Organizations irrcgularly in
the SCI wee of the United States or call
ed ont for special purposes as State mi>
litia, home guards, etc, and not includ.
ed in the general bounty laws, are not
included within the meaning of the act.
Ei9Mh. Soldiers enlisted for three
years or during the war, who were dis
charged by reason of the termination of
the war shall be construed as having
served ont the period of their enlist
mcnt aud are entitled to bounty under
this act
Ninth. The minority OF heirs, cIai.
mants for bounty under this act, must
he proven to have existed at the date OF
its passage, Parents shall receive join
tly the bounty to which they may be
entitled as heirs unless the father ha,
abandoned the support of his family, il
which case it shall be paid to the mother
Nonresidence in the United States shal
not be "A bar to the claims of heirs wht
would otherwise legally inherit, Th,
provisions of the act excludes from III
benefits tie following classes:
]. Those who, after serving the full
periodof their enlistment, were dshonor
ably discharged at its expiration
2. Eho,e discharged during enlistment
by way ftWor or punishment.
3. Those discharged ON account o.
disability contracted in the service, bu
not occasloncd by wounds received IN
the line Of duty, who shall not have
previously served two or three year,
respectively, at the time OF discharge.
4. Those discharged on account o
disability existing at the time Of thci
enlistment.
s. The'bcirs of those who have dleG
since their discharge OF woundso Or dseas,
not contracted in tae service and III tn;
liue ut duty.
G. The surviving soldiers and heirs o
deceased soldiers, who, under previous
laws, have eceved and are entitled to
received a bounty Of more than $lOt
from the United States.
7. The surviving soldiers as well a
the heirs OF deceased soldiers, when sucl
soldiers have bartered, sold, assigned
loaned, transfer ed, exchanged, or give,
away their first discharge papers, or any
intcres, in the bounty provided by thi,
or any other act OF Congress.
The act of the 2Sth Of July, 1866
creates no right of inheritance beyonC
those vested by the laws under whlcl
those heirs received or were entitled t
receive the original bounty, and debar,
certain classes, brothers and sisters o
heirs that were entitled to receive III,
original bounty, from any clam for tn,
additional bounty provided by this act
The above having been referred b,
the Secretary of War to the Altorne,
General tor his opinion on the point
whether the rules aud regulations abov,
written are in conformity with law, tn,
after has given an affirmative response.
A St. Louis dispatch says Th'
; steamer Jennie Brown, from Montana
: arrived at st Joseph on Tuesday, will
about million of dollars in gold dust, i,
freight and in the hands of passengers