Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-10-03
m. Eou.l,zr don Of Bonasies.

The EQU01iZC toO0 o. ROW0saco.
RULES REGULATING THEIR PAYMENT UNDER
THE LATE ACT OF CONGRESS.
The following rules and regulations for the
payment Of bounties under the act to equaliss
oounties, appsoved July %. 1866, have just
been issued by the War Department:
FTst, All applications shall be filed within
the period of six months from the first day OF
October, 1866, and, be ore any payments are
made, shall be classified by regiments baltal-
lions or other separate organisations, and M
application filed after that period shall be
settled until the former shall have been
paid.
Second, No application shall be entertained
unless accompanied by the original discharge
of the soldier and the affidavit required by the
l4th section of the act, and the further affada-
Wit that he has not received, nor is he entitled,
to receive from the United States, under any
law or regulations prior to the act OF July 20,
1866, more than SlOO for any and all military
service rendered by him during the late rebel
lion over and above the amount therein claim
ed.
Third, All applica ions for the additional
bounty, authorized by this act from surviving
soldiers, shall be in orm herein after prescribed,
as is now req Ired, and 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
organ!z atom shall have been properly acted
upon, tue Paymsster General shall take the
necessary steps for their prompt payment
Fifth, A register shall be kept in the Pay
masler-General's 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
allowed the amount OF bounty paid to each
will be noted, and if rejected, the cause OF re-
lection will be distinctly stated.
SIr'h, In the application tor bounty, as re-
CURED oy the third of these rnles, The athda-
VII shall state each and every period of service
rendered by the Claimant, and also that he
never served otherwise than IS IN rein
stated.
Seventh, Organizations iiregulariy in the
servic- of the United States, CT called GU for
speci4 purposes as Sat Militia, hCme-guards
ETC., ard not included III the several bounty
laws are not included WITHIN The meaning OF
the act.
Lighih, Soldiers enlisted 10 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 en- isl ment, and are eIttied 10
bounty under this act.
Ninth, / he minority OF heirs claimants for
bounty under this acl must be proved 10 have
existed al the date OF its passage. Parents
shall Receive Jointly tie bounty 10 which they
may be entitled heirs, unless the iatner has
abandoned the support Of his mliy, IN which
case it shall be paid to the mother. Non res
ldence 10 the United States shall not be bar
10 he Claims OF heirs who would otherwise
legally inherit. The provs ons Of the act
exclude from its benefit the following class,s
!. Iho-e who, after serving tne tan period
of their enlistment were dishonoraby dis
charged al It's expiration.
2. those discharged during enlistment by
way OF favor or punishment.
;. Those discharged on account of disable
ity contracted in the service, but not OCCASION
co by wounds received the line of duty.
who snail not have previously served TWO or
three years respectively at The time Of dis
ohsrge.
4. Those discharged account of dis
ability exisung at The time OF their enlist
ment.
5. The heirs OF those who have died since
their discharge OF wounds disease not
contracted in the service and in the line oil
duty.
ceased soldiers WHO under previous Jaws
have received or are to receive a bounty Of
more than 500 from the United States.
4 Inc surviving so.dlers well a, elrs
of deceased soldiers when such soldiers have
battered, sold, assigned, loaned, transferred
exchanged, or given away their final discharge
papers, or any interest IN the bounty provided
oy THIS any other Get OF Congress.
s. The act of the 2s-h OF July, 1906
creates right of inheritance beyond those
vested by the law under which these heirs re-
ceived, or emitted TO receive, the ovgina
bounty, and debats certain Classes, brothers and
sisters OF heirs that entitled to receive
the original bounty, from any claim for atdi
tional bounty provided by this act
The Attorney General has decided that these
rules and regulations are in conformity with
the law.