The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-09-29
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OF B0UNTIRS UNDER THE ACT TO EQUALIZE
B0UNrIES, APPROVED JULY 49, 1866.
l. All applications shall be n,ed within the period Of
sig months from the st day Of October 1885, and be.
fore any payments are made shall be classified by
resmsnts bsttslions or other separate organizations,
and no application nled after that period shall be sst
tied until The former shall have been paid.
No applicatiou shall be entertaioed upIs., aeoom
paoied by the original Of thu sodsr and tbe
reour I'D by thu IAN ssco, Of tbe act and tbs
furtber AIDA that be bs. M, ysee,ved M, "a Ia
titled to receive rom the United States. under apy laws
or regulations prior to the act Of july asb 1885 more
than tloo bounty for any and . military serviee ram
dersd By him during the late rebellion over and above
| the amount therein claimed.
g. All applications for the additional bountv .utbor
lied BY this act from surviving soldier. shall be in the
form hereinafter prescribed and the evidence Of iden.
ty shall DO the same as /. now required and appca
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erals Once and also In the oce OF the Second Audi
'or' Of all claims presented under the law In which
the claimants Will be classified BY regiments, &C. II
the claims Do allowed the amount OF bounty paid to
each will be noted and II rejected the cause Of rsjse.
In The spDiicstiops for boun,v a. ,sou,,sd Nv IN.
Sd Of these rules the shall state each and sverv
period Of service rendered by the claimant, and Also
H., y. $500 o,hs,;. ,Ss as ,n.r,,,
o,g.n,,.,,ons ,,r.gr,s,I, in m. ..,,,c. a, An.
united s.'es,or called OUT ior spee'ai purposes as
the genera. bounty laws, are no. included within the
meaning Of the act
s. Soldiers enlisted for 'fhree years or during the
war who were discharged BY reason Of the termpa.
ton Of the war; shall be considered as having served
ont q period Of their enlistment and are entitled to
bounty under this act
o. The minority Of heirs claimants for bounty under
this act, must be proven to have existed at the date Of
Its passage Parents shall receive jointiy the bounty
to which they may be entitled as heirs unless the
father has abandoned the support Of his family in
which case It shall be paid to the mother Non. resi-.
dence In the United States shall not be bar 10 the
claims Of heirs who would other wise legally inherit
The provisions Of the act exclude from It's the
following classes:
l. Thoss who after serving the full period Of their
enlistment were dishouoably discharged at its exp,
| ration
q Those DISCHARGED during enlistment by vay of
favor or punishment.
g. Those DISCHARGED on account of disability con.
traetsd in Tn. ssrvics lint mt occ..o,sd nv .orna
received ain the line Of duty ), who shall no, b.vs
.erved two mr. thrss vs.rs ,sunactvs,v al
ths tina Of di,ebarps
L. Those discharged on account Of disability existIua
At the time Of their enlistment.
g. The heirs Of those who have died snoe their dis.
charge of wounds or disease not In the ser
vice. and In the line Of duty.
O. The surviving soldiers and heirs Of deceased sol
ders who under previous laws have received or are
entitled to receive bounty Of more than slVO from the
United States.
7. The surviving soldiers we'll the heirs Of de.
ceased soldiers, hen such soldiers have barsred Sold
assigned loaned Transferred exchanged or given away
their Anal discharge papers, or any interest In the
bounty provided BY this or any other Act Of Congress-
The Act of the 2sth of july 1866 creates no right
of inheritance beyond those vested by the law under
which these heirs received or were entitled to receive
bs ouin. bounty and dsbsrs certain classe brothers
and sistsrs of bsirs that were enttied To tho
orisin., bountv from snx claim for ths additional
bountv providsd nv This Act
Respectfully referred to the Attorney General for his
opinion on the point whether the Rules aud ReguiA-
lions as within amended are In conformity with law
Secretary Of War.
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haye xamIped these amended Rag nj atiops and nm