The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-09-22
THE DEPARTM ENTS.
loFFICIAI..

BOUNTIES, APPROVED JULY IS, 1866,
l. All applications shall be fled within the period Of
six months from the LIST day Of October 1885, and be-
fore any payments are made, shall be classified by
regiments battslion or other separate orsau'rssion
and application fsd after that period shall be set
tied until / he former shall have been paid.
No application shall be entertained unless accom-
paaied BY the original disehage Of the soldier and the
asvt required the l4th section Of the act and the
further adavit that has received, Is he
titled TO receive the United States under any laws
or regulations prior to the act Jay 2sth, 1866, more
than siOo bounty for any aud military service rem
dsrsd by him during the late rebellion, and above
the amount therein claimed.
s. All applications for the additional bounty, author
Ied by this ae from surviving soldiers shall be in the
form hereinafter prescribed and the evidence Of iden
ty shall be the as Is required, and sPplea
tons from the heirs Of deceased soldiers shall be in the
form now required BY the Treasury Department
4. As the examination Of the claims OF any
regiment or other Independent organization, shall have
been properly acted upon the P.ymsster General shall
take the necessary steps for their prompt payment
g. A register shall be kept In the Pay master Gem
erals ohce aud also In the Office Of the Second Audi
tor OF ali claims presented under tho law In which
the claimants will be classified BY regiments, Ac II
the claims be allowed, the amount Of bounty paid to
each will be noted and rejected the Of reJee.
tion will be distinctly stated.
g. In the applications for bounty required by the
Sd OF these tne
period Of service rendered by the claimant, and also
that no never served otherwise than as therein stated
T. Organizations irreg ulArly in the service Of the
United States, called out for special purposes as
State Militia, Home Guards, &c aud not included In
the general bounty laws are not included within the
meaning Of the act.
s Soldiers enlisted for 'three years during the
war; who discharged by reason Of the ter nina
OF the war shall be considered as having served
opt pefiod of their stmept to
bounty under this act.
The minority Of heirs, claimants Tor bounty under
this aet must be proven 70 nave existed al the dae Of
Its passage Parents shall receive jointly the bonnty
to which they may be entitled as heirs. unless the
father has abandoned the support Of his family, In
which case 1t shan Dc paid TO the mother. Non-res'-
denee In the United eu'ss shal not De bar 10 'ns
The provisions Of the act exclude from Its benefits the
following classes.
l. Tho.s who after serving the ful. period Of their
sulistmsu were di.honosbiy discharged at its expi
ration.
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At the time Of their enlistment.
g. The heirs Of those who have died since thsr dis
charge Of wouud. or disease no, eoaras,sl in the ser
vice. and In the line Of duty.
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