Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-10-17

The following rules and regulations /
for the payment Of bounties, the act
to equalize bounties, approved July |
2sth 1866 have just been issued by
the War Department
First. All applications shall be filed !
within the period of six months from
The first day of October, 1866, and be-
fore any payments are made shall be
classified by regiments, battalions or
other separate organizations, and mol
Applications filed after that period
shall be settled until the former shall
have been paid
Second. No application shall be en-
tertained unless accompanied by the
original discharge of the soldier and
the affidavit required by the l4th sec
ton of the act, and the further aflida-
! Wit, that he has not received nor isl
entitled to receive from the United
States. under any laws or regulations,
prior to the act of July 2Sth, 1866,
more than 500 bounty for any and all
military service rendered by him dur
ling the late rebellion over and above
4 the amount therein claimed.
Third. All applications for the ad-
ditionaI bounty authorzedby this act,
from surviving soldiers, shall bein the
form hereinafter prescribed, and the
evidence Of identity shall be the same
:a.,;; ;;s now required. and applications
) from the heirs of deceased soldiers
shall be in the form required by the
! Treasury Department..
: Fourth. As soon as the examination
. of the claims of any regimentorothcI
A independent organization shall have
j been properly acted upon, the Pay
0 masters General shall take the neces
# sary steps for their prompt payment
5 fyfth. A register shall be kept II
J. the Paymastcr Generals Office, anC
Y also in the office of the Second Audi
i tor, ofall claims presented under th'
Il law. in which the claimants will b
classified by regiments, &c If th'
Il claims be allowed the amount 0
d bounty paid to each will be noted, an'
> if rejected the cause Of rejection will
IS be distinctly stated
k .Sirth In the application for bountie
gl as required by the third Of these rules
h the affidavit shall state each and ever,
$ period of service rendered by th
claimant, and also that he never serv
N cd otherwise than as therein stated.
n SeUenth Organizations irregnlarl
u in the service of the United States O
rt called out for special purposes, a
k State militia, home guards, ETC., an
of not included in the government bou'
" ty laws, arc not included within th
ne meaning ofthe act
as Eiqhth. Soldiers enlisted for thr'
ed years or during the war, who we
N discharged by reason of the termln
ton of the war shall be construed
he having served out the period of the
he enlistment and are entitled to boun
nd under this act.
lp- Ninth. The minority of heirs, clair
he ants for bounty under this act, mu
mt be proven to have existed at the da
,us of It's passage. Parents shall rece
Ter Jointly the bounty to which the mi
on be entitled rs heirs, unless the faith
las has abandoned the support of his ia
nv, ilv, in which case il shall be paid
he the mother. residence in &
on United States shall not be bar 10 {
vas claims OF heirs who should otherw
Die. legally inherit The provisions oft
eek act excludes from its benefits the
ms, lowing classes
the |. These who, after serving the {
the period Of their enlistment, were q
Mr. honorably discharge at ! S sexpirati'
Mr.. 2. Those discharged during enli
Wy, mcnt by way of favor or rpunishme
the 3. Those discharged on account
and disability contracted in the servi
but not occasioned by wounds recc
'ith ed ain the line of duty" who shall
,er- have previously served two OF th
om- ye ars respectively, at the discharg
no 4. Those discharged on account
| at disability existing at the time of Il
4 enlistment.
lom s. The heirs of those who have d
re- since their discharge of wounds
) of disease not contracted in the serS
the and in the line of duty.
six 6. The surviving soldiers and heir
he'd deceased soldiers, who, under provi
tied laws, have received and are entitled
receive bounty of more than s
and from the United States.
,ted Z. The surviving soldiers as wei
c he the heirs of deceased soldiers, W
boil such soldiers have bartered, sold,
S5S, signed, loaned, transferred, ,cxchanl
and or given away their first .discha
papers, or any interest in the bou
part provided by this or any other act
ing Congress.