The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-25
Negotiations j for theiY Payment

General of the State, with an endorse
ment of B. W. Brice, Paymaster Gen
Ieral, stating that "no application can
"be entertained If not in strict and lit
"eral y conformity herewith. Applica-
"tions of heirs, &c., for all claims OF
4 deceased so1diers, and applications for
4 I'"bounties Of every class, accruing to
"colored soldiers, living or dead, must
"be made direct to the second Auditor
"of the Treasury and not to the Pay
"master Generals Office"
WAR Dept, ADJ. GEMS OFFICE,
|. 81 WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 1866.
RULES AND RRaU1ATIoNs FOR THE
PAYMENT OF BoUNTIEs, UNDER THE
i ACT TO EQUALIzE BoUNTtRs, AP-
PROVED JUEY %, 1856.
First-A1l applications shall be filed
within the period of six months from
the first day of October, 1866, and be-
fore any payments are made shall be
classified by regiments, battalions, or
other separate organizations; and no
application filed after that period shall
be settled until the former shall have
| been paid.
Second-No application shall be en-
tertained- unless accompanied by the
original discharge of the soldier, and
the affidavit required by the fourteenth
section of the act, and the further affi-
davit that he has not received, nor is
he entitled to receive from the. United
States, under any laws or regulations
prior to theact of July %, 1866, more
than S100 bounty for any and all mill
tary service rendered by him, during
1 the late rebellion, over and above the
amount therein claimed.
Third-All applications for the addi-
tional bounty authorized by this act,
from surviving soldiers, shall be in
form. hereinafter prescribed, and the
| evidence of identity shall be the same
as is now required, ana applications
from the heirs of deceased soldiers shall
be in the form now required by the
Treasury Department.
Fourth-As soon as the examination
OF the claims of any regiment or other
independent organization shall have
Deen properly acted upon, the Paymas-
ter-General shall take the necessary
steps for their prompt payment.
Fifth-A register shall be kept into
the Paymaster-General Office and also
In the Office of the Second Auditor, of
all claims presented under the law in
which the claimants will be classified
by regiments, &c. If the claims be al,
lowed, the amount of bounty paid to
each will be noted, and if rejected, tFe
cause of rejection will be distinctly
stated.
Sixth-In the application for bounty
as 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
erwise than therein stated.
Seventh-Organizati irregularly in
the service of the United States or called
out for special purposes, as State militia,
home guards, &C., and not included in
the general bounty laws, are not inclu-
ded within the meaning of the act.
| Eighth-SoldierS enlisted for three
years or during the war, who were dis
charged by reason of the termination
of the war, shall be considered as hav-
ing served out the period of their en-
llstment, and are entitled to bounty un-
der this act.
Ninth-The minority of heirs claim
ants for bounty under this act must be
proved to have existed ut the date of its
passage. Parents shall receive Jointly
the bounty to which they may be entf-
| tied as heirs unless the father has aban-
doned the support of his family, in
which case 1T shall be paid to the moth
shall not be n bar to the claims of heirs
who would otherwise legally inherit.
The provisions of the act exclude from
It's benefits the following classes l.
Those who, after serving the full period
| of their enlistment, were dishOnOrablV
discharged on its expiration; 2. Those
discharged during enlistment by way
of favor or punishment. 3. Those dis
| charged on account of disability con-
tracted in the service, but not OCCASION
ed by wounds received in the line of
duty, who shall not have previously
served two or three years respectively
ut the time of discharge. 4. Those dis
charged on account of disability exist
ing az the time of their enlistment. s.
The heirs of those who have died since
their discharge of wounds or disease
not contracted in the service and in the
line of duty. 6, The surviving soldiers
and heirs of deceased soldiers who, un-
der previous laws, have received or are
entitled to receive bounty of more
than Sl00 from the United States. 7.
| The surviving soldiers, as well as heirs
of deceased soldiers, when such soldiers
have bartered, sold, assigned, loaned
transferred, exchanged, or given away
their final discharge pupers, or any in
terest in the bounty provided by this or
any other act of Congress. 8. The act
of the 2Sth of July, 1865, creates no
rights of Inheritance beyond those vest
ed by the law under which these heirs
received or were entitled to receive the
original bounty, and debars certain
classes, brothers and sisters of heirs
that were entitled to receive the origi-
nal bounty, from any claim for addi.
tionnl bounty provided by this act.
Respectfully referred to the Attorney
General for his opinion on the point
whether the rules and regulations as
within amended are in conformity with
the law. EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary Of Var.
September IA, 1866.
have examined these amended reg
ulntiOns, and am of opinion they are in
conformity with the law.
HENRY STANBERY,
attorney General.
September 10, 1866.
Tho foregoing rules and regulations
are published for the information and
guidance of all concerned.
BY order ofthe SecretaIy of War.
Il. d. TOWNSEND,
assistant AtSWtunt General.
APPLICATION OF DISCHARGED SOLDIER
FOR ADDITIONAL BOUNTY.
State Of County Of, ss.
On this - day of -, 1856, per-
sOnally appeared before me, a. in
and for the county and State aforesaid,
-, of -. in the county ofa -
and State of -, personally known to
me, who being duly sworn according
to law, declares that his age is -
years; that he is resident of -,
County of - State of -, and
that he is the identical - who was