New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-25
Especial Disps,ch to the Missouri Democratl

d. Especial Dispatch to tie Missouri Democrat.l
WASHINGTON Sept 2l.-The following are the1
rules and regulations adopted by Gen. Canby's /
hoard forthe payment Of the ,bOunties authorized /
by the act of July %, 1866. 1t is not probable |
that the pay ment of the bounties will commence |
for some time yet, owing to the immense labor in
Rolved in the classification and assortment Of the
claims 's el0..t=t8 -5s tst I
1st All applications shall be filed within the |
period of six months fr0m-the first day Of De. |
1ober, 1866 aud before any payments are made
shall be classified byregiments battaions, or other
separate organizations; and no application filed |
after that period shall be settled until the former
shah have been paid. $3.50 sesatsst# y"gSAsaf
I'd. No application shall be entertained unless
accompanied by the original application Of the
soldier and the affidavit required by the l4th sec
tion Of the act, and the further affidavit that he
mas not received, nor is he entitled to receigetrom
the United States under any laws or regulations
prior to the receipt Of July e. 1866, more than
500 bounty for any and all military services rem,
dered by him during the late rebellion over and
above the amount therein claimed.
Sd. All applications for additional BOUNTY
authorized BY this act, from surviving. soldiers
shall be III the form hereinafter presented, and the
evidence Of identity shall be the same as pow re.
CURED and applications from heirs OF deceased
soldiefssadllbe in thetforIn required by thetreas
4it As soon as'the examination Of the claims of
any regiment or other independent organization
shall have been properly. acted upon, the pay
master general shall take the necessary steps for
their prompt payment.
9TH. a register shall be kept in the paymaster
general Office and asofh the office Of the second
auditor, of all claims presented under the law, in
which the claimants will be classified by regi-'
1nents aud if the claims be allowed the amouna
of bounty paid each will be noted, and If regis
tered, the OF each registration will be dis
4inctly stated, 4s,, ..
6tll. ID the applications for bounty, as required
by the the Sd Of these rules, the AFFIDAVIT sAa4
state each and every period Of service rendered
BY tile claimant, and also that he never served
otherwise than as therein stated KY si.
It'll. Organizations rreguary in the service OF
the United States or SO called out for special pur
poses a. State militia home guards ETC., and not
Included in the general bounty laws are not IN
cluded within the meaning Of this act.
8th. Soldiers enlisted for three years or during
the war who were discharged by reason Of the
termination Of the war, shall be considered as
having served out the period of their enlistment,
and are entitled to bounty under this act
9Th The minority Of heirs claimants for bounty
nnder this act must be proven to have existed at
the date of its passages parents shall receive
Jointly the amount of the bounty to which they
may be entitled as heirs, unless the father has
abandoned the support OF his family, in which
case it shall be paid to the mother; non-resdence
III the United States shall not be bar to the
claims of heirswho would otherwise legally in
hert. The provisions Of the act exclude from its
benefits the following classes: Those who after
serving the full period of their enlistment were
dishonorably discharged at It's expiration; those
discharged during enlistment by way of favor Of
punishment: those discharged on account OF dlsa.
bity contracted in the service, bat not occas0ned
by wounds received ID the line OF duty, who shall
not have previously served two or three year:
respectively at the time of the discharge; those
discharged on account of disability existing
at the time OF their enlistment; the heirs
of those who have died since their discharge 0
wounds or disease not contracted in the service
and in the line of duty the surviving soldiers ans
heirs of deceased soldiers who, under preYlou
laws, have received or are entitled to receive
bounty of more than one hundred dollars from tn
United States the surviving soldiers as well as tn
Rnirc nf1 dor "
bartered, sold, assigned loaned, transferred, e2
changed given away their final discharge papers
OF any interest in the bounty provided by this 0
any other act Of Congress. The act OF 18th {
July 1866, creates rights of inheritance bevon
those vested by the law under which these heii
received, or were entitled to receive the origint
bounty-from any claim for the additional honnt
provided by this act. Especially referred to I'll
attorney general for his opinion on the poil
whether the rules and regulations are IN col
t0rmity with law. EDWIN NJ STANTON;
Secretary of War.
have examined the annexed regulations, al
am Of opinion that they are in conformity With LAY
September Is, 1866 Attorney General
The applicant will be required to swear that
is entitled to the additional bounty, due him at Il
tune under the act of July 1866, and that he h
not bartered sold, assigned, transferred, loane
exchanged given away his final dischar
papers, or any interest in the bounty provided
This or any other act of Congress; that he has n
already received or is entitled to receive Al
other bounty than one hundred dollars, and tn
4 this statement of service is correct and tr
statement of any and all service rendered by h
during the rebellion, aud that he has never serT
II otherwise than as stated.
The receipts of customs at the ports OF Nc
York Boston and Baltimore from the Sth 10 I
18th, inclusive, amounted in the aggregate TO )
Another considerable reduction of the cleric
II force Of the quartermaster' department Is looh
n for on the lst of next month.
II The applications at the treasury department
cerkships, etc, average nearly two hundred /
IN day.
assemble at Chicago on October lst to exam
applicants f3r apPontmentin the new regimen
Il will consist as follows: Brevet Brigadigr Gene
Sidney Burbank, Lieutenant Colonel |. l.. Al
i ander, .BreYet Colonel VIM. Chapman, Captain
II w. Patterson, 4th T. S. infantry. The board '
VI examine applicants from Ohio and States Was
a that ,.=-.- :.
A England for three millions OF 70 bonds.
The receipts from internal revenue since j
lst amounted TO nearly ninety three millions.
A heavy rain haS been falling throughout
I'LL afternoon causing change in the temperature
LII the extent Of about so degrees.
IN The internal revenue bureau has just issued
structions to the United States assessors conc
I'D ing the exemption of articles and products Il
I'm taxation under the 10th section of the act OF !
lit last, from which it appears that packing be
ia understood and taken in the mechanical aud I
Nh camille Specification, are exempt, put PACE
boxes made Of paper, or other material
wood, except those made for friction mate
cigar lighters and wax tapers, are taxable.
All dry barrels and casks made water.ught
taxable though not used or intended to hold fl
alone. The exemption of building stone apl
only to ordinary stone, and not to articles m
featured from stone, marble OF slate. The
emption of holdings for looking glasses and
ture frames applies only to holdings used for
purposes enumerated. The law does not exc
other holdings, looking glass or pic
frames made from holdings. They subje
a tax of five per cent. ad valorem, however n
The exemptions under the head of printing
per of all descriptions, tarred paper for ro
and other purposes, are confined strictly to t
descriptions paper, technically known as I
ing paper, is exempted; all other kinds, whe
writing paper, wrapping paper, drawing, blot
altering, hanging, and the like, are liable, ant
per made for tarring, if sold dry, is liable
The exemption of flax and the manufa,
thereof includes and covers all exemptions Of
prepared for textile, or betting purposes,
but a manufacturer who makes articles Of
for the wear of men, women and children,
cloth or fabrics purchased in the market, or
chased from the manufacturer thereof, is nc
titled to exemption from tax. A manutac
who makes clothes, fabrics or articles part
fax and partly of other materials, is not to b