The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-10-06
RULES AND REGULAiTiF1ItoNTsi = PoP .
= PAYMENT OF B0UTTff1Ess =

fAXMEhF' OF B0UNTTES, ~
4 -H Z. eA t3lo --79 LssbgU III ne
I - The following are the rules and regn-
!auons adopted bY. Gen. Canby's board
for tie payment of The' boanticsi auiboTi.
led by The act OEJdlS .26. 1856: .6oil11'
# i1sta AllisppliealioDs shall he fled
within the period of ak mo ntbs from ths
ktrst day, OF, October, 1866, and, before
any pay ments are made, shall be classiS .
ed by regiments, battalions, or other sep
sFate aOrganizsFioHsT snd no application
1 hled after that period shall be settled IN.
| III the former shall, have, been paid. =,
J. "a. No application ehall be entertain.
ed unless accompanied BY lie ORIGINAL
discharge Of the soldier and the sfidsvit
1FequEedl By the 18th section of the sc,.
and the further AfidaVit that ehss has not
received, nor IS be enlitled to receive,
from the United States under any laws or
Regulations prior 10 che receipt of July
f2o. 1866, more than sfoo bounty for
hsGy andtAll military sereics rendered by
hin during the late FebeIlieas over and
bsbove the amount therein claimed.
Sd. All applications for additional
bounty, authorized by this act, from sur.
4 *iVingsOldieFs,s shall Be insthe form here
fjnsftegnpresentedE aadO they evidence sof
identity shall be the, same as!4ow rsqniE7,
ed, and applications from heirs of deceas-
ed soldiers shall be in the form required
Fby the Treasury apartment. ssssf SONS
t's ,hm7Asa soen' az abe examination of
| the claims ofany regiment or other iade-
Pepdent, organization = shall have been
i properly acted upon, the Paymaster Gen
eral shah take the necessary steps for
their prompt payment. 9. z"i 'di Isl '''ei
rs 5th.II "A register shall be- kept sins the
Pyamaster Gs9eIafs cfice, and also in.
the office Of the Second Auditor, of all,
claims presented under the law, in which
the claimants will be classified by regi-
ments, and it the claims be allowed, the
amount Of,bounty paid to each gWill be
noted, and if registered, the. cause of each,
registration will be distinctly stated,
9th. In the applications for bounty
as required by the Sd Of these rules, the
affidavit shall state each andseveFy period
of,serYics rendered by the claimant. and
also that be neyer served otherwise. than.
as therein stated.
7th. Organizations irregularly In the
service of the United States, or So called
out, forospeciat purposes as State militia, 4
home guards. dc, and mot includedt in
10 The general bounty laws are, MOI, 10
clqdsd within the meaning of this act.
8;h: Soldiers enlisted for tbres years
or during the var, who were discharged
By reason of;Lhs,dermination of the war,
shall be considered as having served out
the. period of their enlistment, and are en-
titled to bounty under this act.
9th. The minority of heirs, claimants
for bounty under this act, must be prov
en- TO have existsd'atrthei date of lits pass >
age; parents shall receive Jointly the
bounty to which they may be entitled as
heirs unless the father has abandoned the
support of his familys in whichdcase it
shall bePaid TO them other ;inon- residence
in the United States shall not be bar 20
The claims Of beirssWho2 would otherwise
legally Fhe provisions of lhe
act exclude from its benefits the follow
ing classes: & Those nWho after serving
4he fun period OF their enlistment were
dishonorably discharged during enlist
ment by way of. favor or punishInent;
those dischafgsd on accounted disability
contracted in the service, but not COCA,
81 5ued by wounds received insthe3line of
duty, Eh0 shalhnot have previously sefV-u
ed ,tWoL or khree1 years respectively at the
time of7the ischaTges1 those discharged
on accoaHt of disability xissing'4a at the
time Of their enlistment; the heirs Of those
who have died -sincs their discharge of
wounds or disease not contracted IN, the
serYicsandsin the line Of dnty;s 1he. sures
viving soldiers and heirs of diseased sob
-fffare vvfn lonN H.
ISceiVed or are entitlcditb reeeiYe q bounty
Ofsi more than one hundred dollars from
the United States; che sur wing soldiers
as we'll as the heirs of deceased soldiers
where such soldiers have bartered, sold, ;.
assigned loaned, transferreds exchanged
tor7 given away their Gnal discharge pa
pers, or any interest iny the bounty pro
vided by gtnjsy or any other act 7of Con-
Fgress. The act of 28ihs of July, 1885,
creates po9 rights of inheTitauce beyond
those vested By the slaws uader which
| these hsiEs7 received, or we're entitled to
receive the original bouptymand debars
certain classes-brotbers5 and sisteEsu Of
Heirs thai Wersfentitled corrective the
original bounty=-from any claim for the
additional sb0uRty provided by this act
Especially referred to the Attorney Gen.
eral for his opinion on the point whether
the rules and regulations are IN confoTmi-
Ify izith-ISW. sg&J 1Iss Z e4 TEHsao7azI
E'ao1 s i-,, EDu1E N. Srlxroxt.. -'l :
/ 'ai Secretary. Of War ?
! L have examined lhs,4npexsd. regula-
tons, aud am of the. opinion that they
are in conformity With law. ii bsflossr
.4.s. .as8 u HENRT STAEsBURY,
Sept: rs. 1866! nsiu Attorney Gen.
| The applicaaI will be required to swear
that Essis entitled to the additional boun-
i ~ due him at The time; under the act of
July, 1866, and that be has not bartersd,
sold, assigned; transferred, 1oaned, ex'
changed OF given away his final discharge
papers, or any interest in the bounty,
I provided by this or any other act Of Con
\ grsss; that he has not already received or
4 is epIiiIsd to reCeivss7sny .Otber bounty
than one hundEed dollarss and that this
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