Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-25
The New Bounty Law.

/ The following is the text Of, the
New Bounty Law, or rather the
amendment OF, the. Act of July 20,
1866, with an exposition of the same,
tor the benefit Of those who might
not be able to see its application and
bearing from the text Of the law
/ "Be IL enacted BY the Senate and
House Of REPRESENTATIVES. of the United
| States Of Anserica TN Congress. assem-
bted, That when a soldiers discharge
states that he is discharged by reason
of expiration of terra of service"
he shall be held to have completed
the full term OF his enlistment, and
entitled to bounty accordingly.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted
THAT the widow, minor children, or
parents, in the order named, of any
soldier who shall have died, after
being honorably discharged from the
military service of the United States,
shall be entitled to, receive the add
tional bounty to which such soldier
would be entitled if living, under the
provisions Of the twelfth and thir~
teenth sectlons of an act entitled IAN
act making appropriations for sun
dry civil expenses of the Cover nment
for the year ending July thirtieth
eighteen hundred and sixty~seven,
and for other purposes approved
july twenty eight, eighteen hundred, |
and sixty7sx, and said provisions of
said act shall be SO construed /
"Sec, 3, And be it further enacted, |
That all claims for the additional
bounties granted in sections II and
Ii of the act of July %, 1866 shall,
after the first day Of May next, be
adjusted and settled by the accounting
officers of the Treasury, under the |
provisions of said act and all such
claims as may on the first of May be
remaining in the Office of the Pay
master General unsettled, shall be
transferred to the Second Auditor of
the Treasury for settlement
''Sec. 4. And be 1T further enacted,
That all claims for bounty under the
provisions of the act cited in tho
section shall be void, unless
presented in due form prior to the
first day of December, 1869"
Under the above amendment, all
soldiers whose Observation-Disclosures
show that they were discharged by
reason Of expiration Of term Of service,
but who did not serve the full term,
no matter for what reason, shall be
entitled to receive the bounty pro-.
vided for that term of service.
This applies principally to two
year regiments. ,r,ats.
All soldiers whose, claims have
been refused!by the Pay Department,
by reason Of not having served two
years, whose discharge. papers show
them to have been discharged by |
reason Of expiration of term Of ser>
vice, can now apply for and receive
the bornty due them.
Under the original act of July %, |
1866, if a soldier died previous to its |
passage, his heirs were not entitled /
to the bounty which the soldier
would have been entitled had be been |
living at the date Of its passage, un-
less they can prove that the soldier
died of disease contracted in the
service.
Under the above amendment, the |
heirs, in the order named in the orr
iginal act, are entitled to claim in
cases where the soldier died before |
tho aot nanaolv haforo Jnly. % |
1866, provided the soldier had per,
formed the service which entitled
him to the bounty-namely dis
charged by reason Of expiration of
service, or by close Of the war, or by |
wounds received in the line of his |
duty.
No claim, for additional bounty will |
be received by the Pay Department
after December lst, 1859.