Nebraska advertiser., 1866-11-15

theme of Winter evening conversation;
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Rules for the Payment Of BOunties
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 81.
The following are the rules and regu-
laliOns adopted by Genl Canby's Board
for the payment of the bounties author
lied by the act of July %, 1866, 1t is
not probable that the payment of bOun'
ties will commence for some time
yet, owing to the immense labor involved
in the classification and assortment of the
claims.
lsi. All applications shall be filed with
in the period of six months from the lst
day of October, 1866, and before any
payments are made shall be classified BY
regiments, batteries or either separate or
ganizations, and no application filled af-
ter that period shall be settled until the
former shall have been paid.
2d. No application shall be entertained
unless accompanied by the original dis
charge of the soldier, and the affidavit
required by the fourteenth section of the
act, and further affidavit that be has not
received, nor is be entitled to receive
from the United States. under any laws
or regulations, prior to the act of July 28,
1866, more than one hundred dollars
bounty for any and all military services
rendered by him during the late rebel.
lion over and above Ihe amount therein
named.
"a An aPplieation sog additional bOun-
~ authorized by this act from surviving
soldiers shall be in form hereinafter
prescribed, and the evidence of identity
shall be the same as now required, and
applications from the heirs of deceased
soldiers shall be in the form required by
the Treasury Department.
4lh. As soon as the examination of the
claims of any regiment or other indepen-
dent organization shall have been prop,
erly acted upon. the Paymaster Gener-
al shall take the necessary steps for their
prompt payment.
5lh. A register shall be kept in the
paymaster Generals S office. and also in
the Office of the Second Auditor, of all
claims presen'ed. under the law, in which
the claiments will be classified by regl-
ments SC. If the claims be allowed The
amount of bounty paid to each will be no.
ted, and, if rejection will be distinctly
stated.
9th. In the application for bounty as
required by the third of these rules, the
affidavit shall state each and every peri
cd of service rendered by the claiment,
aud also that he never served otherwise
than therein stated.
9TH. Organization irregularly in the
service Cf the United States, or called
ont for special purposes, or State militia
Home Guards, eic., and not included in
the general bounty laws, are not included
within the meaning of the act.
9Th. 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 heir claimants
for bounty under this act must be proven
to have existed at the date of Its passage.
Parents shall receive jointly the bounty
to which they may be entitled as heirs,
unless the father has Abandoned the sup
port of his family; in which case it shall
be paid to the mother. Non-re sidence
in the United States shall not be bar to
the claims of those who would otherwise
legally inherit. e-
The provisions of this act exclude from
Z
its benefits the following classes:
lst. Those who after serving the full
period Of their enlistment, were dishon-
orably discharged al its expiration.
I'd. Those discharged during enlist.
ment by way of favor or punishment.
3d. Those discharged on account of
disability contracted in the service, but
not OccasiOnded by WOUNDS received in
the line of duty, who shall not have pre-
viously served two or three years respee-
lively at the time of discharge. a1I
4th. Those discharged on account of
disability existing at the time Of enlist