Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-09-21
BULLS AND REGULATIONS FOR THE PAY.
MENT 0F BOUNflEs. UNDER TIE AOT To

IS, 1876.
The following rules and regulations have
been published by the War Department, for the
information and guidance of all interested i'm
the act equaliZng bounties:
All application shall be filed within the
period of SIX months, from the LIST day of DC.
tober, 1866, and before any pay mepts are made,
shall be classified by regiments, battalions. or
other separate organization S, and no apphca
ton filed after that period shall be settled until
the former shall have been paid No appuca.
ton shall be entertained unless accompanied
by the original discharge OF the sol der, and
the affidavit required by the 18th Section of
the Act, and the further affidavit that he has
not received. nor is he en- title to receive from
.he 7 nl,eu States, under any laws or Ieguia.
uCns prior to the Act Of July 2eth, 1866, more
than SlC0 bounty tor any and all military ser.
vice rendered by him ering the late rebellion
over and above the amount therein claimed
AL applications for the additional bounty au-
thoI lzed by thus act, from surviving soldiers
shall be IN the form hereinafter prsscrIbe1
and the evidence OF identity shall be the same
rs rs now required, and applications from the
heirs of deceased soldiers shall be m the fnrm
now required by the Treasury Department.
As soon as the examination of the claims of
any regiment, or other independent organiza-
uOn. shall have been properly acted upon The
Paynaster General shall take the necessary
steps Tor their prompt payment A register
shall be Kept in the Paymaster Generals
Office and also in the Off OF the Second An
dItor, of all claims presented under the law in
which the claimants viii be classified by regi
ments, &c. II the claims be allowed thu
amount OF bounty pad to each will be noted,
and II rejected, the canse of rejection will be
distinctly stated. In the application for bonn
ty, as rec ured by the Sd of these rules the a iii
oayIt shall state each and every period of ser.
wee rendered by the claimant, and al so tina q ha
never served otherwise than as therein stated
ORGANIZATIONS Irreg ularly in the service of the
United stat. s,or called ont for special purposes
as Stale Militia, Home q yards, &c and nor in
Guided III the general bounty laws are nor in
cluded with N meaning of the Act. Soldiers en-.
listed for ''three years or during the war; who
were discouraged by reason OF the termination
OF the war, snail be considered as having
served out the period of their enlistment
and are entitled TO bounty under this Act The
minority of heirs, claimants for bounty under
ihls Act, mus be proven TO have existed at the
date OF its passage. Parentss hall receive mint.
u the bounty TO which they may be entitled as
heirs, unless The father has Abandoned the
support OF his family, in VIII CD case II shall be
paid 10 the mother. Non r. Sid, g. in tba
United States shall not be a oar to- the claims
" heirs. no would otherwise legally inherit p
me pIoSsions OF the act exclude from it's
benefits the following classes Those who.
after serving the full period Of their enlist
ment, were dishonorably discharged at its ey
piration; those discharged during enlistment
by way OF favor or punishmeut: those dis.
charged on account OF disability contracted in
the service, but not occasioned by wounds re.
ceived 'in the line OF duty" who shall not
have previously served two or three wears
respectively at the time of discharce: those
discharged on account Of disability existing ar
the'time OF their enlistment; the heirs of those
who have died since their discharge of wounds
or disease not contracted in the service and in
he line of duty; the surviving soldiers and
heirs Of deceased soldiers who under nrey,ons
laws, have received or are entitled to receive
bounty OF more than si0ofrom the United States:
The surviving soldiers, as well as the
heirs of deceased soldiers, when such sol
diers have battered, sold, assigned, loaned.
transferred, exchanged or gwen away their
final discharge papers, or any interest in the
bounty provided by this or any other Act of
Congress The Act of the 18th Of July 1866 Gre
ates no right of Inheritance beyond those vest.
ed by the law under W hich these heirs received
or were entitled to receive the original bountv
and debars certain ella ,ses, brothers and sisters
OF heirs That were entitled to receive the origi.
nal bounty. from any claim for the additional
bounty provided bv this Act.