Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-10-06

applications fled after that period shall
be seated until the former shalt have 7
been paid.
! I'D. Nc application shall be enter
tanned nrless accompanied by. the orig
inaI discharge of the soldier. and the
affidavit required by the 18th section OF |
the act. and the further affidavit that |
he has not received, nor is he entitled |
To receive from the United States, un-
der any laws or regulations prior to
the act of Jnly 2Sth, 1866, more than
one hundred dollars bounty for any and
all military service rendered by him
during the rebellion, over and above
the amount therein claimed.
Sd. All applications for the addition
al bounty, authorized 10y this act, from
| surviving soldiers, shall be IN the form
hereinafter prescribed, andthe evldehcei
of identity should be the same as Is
now required; and applications from
IT,. leirs of deceased soldiers shall be
Iinthe form now required by the Treas
ury Department. ... = .a,...,,, !.
! 4th. As soon as the examination OF
+ the claim OF amy regiment, or any other
independent organization, shall have
, been properly acted upon, the Paymas-
J | ter General shall take the necessary
steps for their prompt payment.
81 5th. A,register shall be kept IN the
n Paymaster Generals office, and also III
y the office of the Second Auditor, of all
: claims presented under the law, III
. which the claimants will be CLASSIFIED
Y | by regiments, etc III the claims be
i allowed 2the amount OF bounty paid IL
y each will be noted; and ii rejected, th'
= eause of rejection will be distinctly
q stated.
l 9th. In the application for bounty a
e reauired by the 9TH of these rules, tn
4 affidavit shall state each and every pc
riod of service rendered by the clam
- ant. and also that ne never served oth
, erwise than as therein stated.
9TH. ORGANIZATIONS irregulariy IN tn
service Of the United States, or calle'
out for special purposes, as state militia
home guards, aud not included ia th
general bounty laws, are not includes
within the meaning of this act.
81 Sth. Soldiers enlisted for three year
q or during the war, who were discharge
\ NV reason of the termination OF tn
= war. shall be considered as having serN
y al ont the period of their enlistment
y and are entitled to bounty under TIN
n act.
= 9th. The minority of the claimant
!, for bounty under tins act must y
- Droven to have existed at the date OF II
passage. Parents shall receive 1olhti
90 the bounty to which they may be emu
lied as heirs, unless the tathef la
M abandoned the support OF his family
on i'm which case it shall be paid to tn
100 mother. Non-residence in the Unite
O9 States shall not be a bar to the claim
100 of heirs who would otherwise legally II
mo herit. The provisions of the act e
80 clude from its benefits the followln
an classes: IT, .tfr-u,
~ 1st Those who, after serving I'll
a. full period of their enlistment, wei
~ dishonorably discharged at its explr
ad ton.
"a "a ID. Those discharged during enlis
= ment by way of favor or punishment
ms Sd. Those discharged on account
disability contracted in the service, ID
not occasioned by wounds received
the line of duty, who shall not ha
III previously served two or three years T
% spectively at the time OF discharge.
&c, 4th. Those discharged ON account
he disability existing ut. the, time OF the
no enlistment. .s...rssLaa
ne 9Th. The heirs OF those who ha
NV died since their discharge oil woun
1 Ie or disease not contracted IN the servl
'i and in the line of duty. q; fra =.
9th. The surviving soldiers and hel
pc of deceased soldiers who under prevlo
az laws have received or were entitled
III yeceiye a bounty of more than o
-, hundred dollars from the United STATE
VI" y. 9TH. The surviving soldiers as Wei
VI heirs OF deceased soldiers, when sn
81 soldiers have battered, sold, asslgne
'n loaned. transferred, exchanged or CAV
W away the final discharge papers, or u
' 'n interest in the bounty provided by III
," or any other act of Congress.
on on 8th. The act of the 28th OF Jul
se, 1866. creates no right of inheritance
iiS vond these, vested 10y the law und
nus Nls which these heirs received or were {
ees titled to receive the original bouni
and debars certain classes, brothers
!, SISTERS of heirs that were entitled
a +. ceiye the original bounty from a
80 80 claim for additional bounty provided
this act .t.f... ,s .-.ts.t .5r. -
AZ The above having been referred
S sne The Secretary of War to the Attorn
. General for his opinion ON the Poll
"as whether the rules and regulations,
~ within amended, are in conformity WI
eno the law, the latter has given an aihr
ia. alive response. 20 .iiU "e '.e