The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-10-02
The Equalization OF nounties.
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/ for the payment Of bountics under tbs
act to cqualiee bounties, approved Jul,
Is. 1866, have just been issued by th,
War Department;
/ Fira, All applications shall be file,
within the period Of six months iron
the lst day Of October, 1866, and, be
fore any payments are made, shall b,
classified by regiments, battalhons, oi
other separate organizations. and no ap
phcation filed after that period shall b,
settled until the former shall have beer
paid.
S,coad, No application shall be enter,
tanned unless accompanied by the orig
inal discharge Of the soldier aud tho
affidavit required lay the l4th section
Of the act, and the further affidavit
that he has not received, nor is he ON.
titled to receive from The United States
under any laws or regulations prior
TO the net Of July Is, 1866, more than
800 for any and all military service
rendered by him during the late rebel
lion over and above the amount therein
claimed.
| Third, All applications for the addi-
tional bounty, authorized by this aci
from surviving soldiers, shall be i'll form
hereinafter prescribed and the evidence
of indemnity shall be the same as is now
required, and apphcationsfro from the heia
of deceased soldiers shall be in the form
now required by the Treasury Depart
ment.
| Fourth, AS soon as the examination
of the claims Of any regiment OF Other
independent organization shall have
been properly acted upon, the Paymas
ter General shall take the necessar,
steps for their prompt payment. sl'a
fYth, A register shall be kept In thu
Paymaster- Generals Office and alst
in the Office of the Second Auditor, o
all claims presented under the law
Iin which tho claimants will be classified
by regiments, &c II the claims be
allowed the amount of bounty paid
to each will be noted and if rejected, thu
cause Of rejection will be distinctly stat
cd.
,Snth, In the application for bounty
rs required by the third of these rules
the affidavit shall state each and every
period Of service rendered by the claim
ant, and also that he never served 9th
orwise than us therein stated.
Seuenth, Organizations irregularly IN
the service of the United States, oi
called out for special purposes rs STATE
Militia, home-guards, &c, and not in.
cluded in the several bounty laws arC
not included within the meaning of the
act.
| Eglih, Soldiers enlisted for three
lyears or during the war, who were dis
charged by reason Of the termination d
the war, shall be considered us having
served out the period Of their enlist
ment, and are entitled to bounty under
this act
| Ninth, The minority of heirs claimants
for bounty under this act must be PROV.
cd to have existed at the date Of its pas
sage. Parents shall receive jointly tho
bounty to which they may be entitled
as heirs, unless the father has aban-
doned the SUPPORT of his family, il
which case it shall be paid to the moth
er. Non-residencein in the United States
shall not be bar to the claims oi
heirs who would otherwise legally
inherit. The provisions Of the act
exclude from its benefit the following
classes
i /. Those who, aftor serving the
full period of their enlistment were
dishonorably discharged at it's expira
ton.
2. Those discharged during enlist
ment by way Of favor or punishment.
3. Those discharged on account o.
disability contracted in the service, but
not occasioned by wounds received
in the line of duty, who shall not have
previously served two or three years
respectively at the time Of discharge.
4 Those discharged on account Of
disability existing at the time Of their
enlistment
5. The heirs of those who have died
since their discharge Of wounds or dis
ease not contracted in the service and
in the line Of duty.
g. The surviving soldiers and heirs
of deceased soldiers who under previous
laws have received or are to receive as
bounty of more than 500 from the
United States.
T. The surviving soldiers rs well a.
heirs of deceased soldiers when such
soldiers have bartcred, sold, assigned,
loaned, transferred, exchanged, or given
away their final discharge papers, or any
Interest in the bounty provided by this
OF any other act Of Congress.
8. The act Of the 28th Of July, 1866,
createf no right Of Inheritance beyond
those vested by tile law under which
these heirs received or were entitled
10 receive, the Original bounty, and de-
bars certain CLASSES, brothers and gis.
ters Of heirs that were entitled 70 re-
ceiye the original bounty from any claim
for additional bounty provided by this
act
The Attorney-Gcneral has decided
that these rules and regulations arc u
conformity with the law.