The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-02-24

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diers and Sailors,
The following is the text of the
bill reported in Congress a few days
since by General Stoughton, and
passed with only two dissenting
votes:
A bill to enable honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors, their widows and orphan chil-
dren, to acquire homesteads on the public
lands Of the United States
Be it enacted, etc. That every
private soldier and officer who has
served in the army Of the United
States during the recent rebellion,
for nieety days, and who was honor
ably discharged and has remained
loyal to the Government, including
the troops mustered into the service
of the United States by virtue of the
third section of an '.Act entitled an
act making appropriations for com.
pleting the defenses of Washington
and for other purposes" approved
February 13, 1862; and every sea
man and marine and Office or other
person who has served in tue navy
Of the United States, or in the ma
rine corps during the rebellion for
ninety days, and who was honor
ably discharged, and has remained
loyal to the Government, shall on
compliance with the provisions of an
act entitled "An act to secure home
steads TO actual settlers on the pub
lie domain" ," and the acts amendatory
thereof as hereafter modified, be en-
titled to enter upon and receive pat
ents for quantity of public lands,
not mineral, not exceeding $50 acres
or one quarter section, to be taken
in compact from according to legal
subdivision, including the alternate
reserved sections of pnblic lands
along the line of any railroad or 9TH
public work, or other lands subject
to entry under the Homestead law
in the United States, wherever pub
lie lands have been or may be grant
ed by acts Of Congress: Provided,
that said homestead settler shall be
allowed twelve months after locating
his homestead within which to com
menee his settlement and improve
ments, and provided also, that the
time which the homestead settler
shall have served in the army, navy,
or marine corps aforesaid, or if dis
charged on account of wounds re-
ceived or disability incurred in the
line of duty, then the term of enlist
ment shall be deducted from the
time heretofore required to perfect
title; and provided further, that any
hom mestead settler as Aforesaid may
assign his homestead certificate
within twelve months from the date
thereof to any citizen Of the United
States over tWenty-One years of age,
or person who has declared his in
tention to become such, who has not
previously availed himself of the
benefits of the homestead or pre-
temption laws and said assigned
shall succeed to all the rights of the
said homestead settler but no such
assigner of a homestead certificate
shall thereafter have the right to
avail himself Of the benefits of this
act, or the acts heretofore passed
granting homesteads to actual set
tiers, nor shall such assigned have
the right to acquire any other home
stead under said acts; provided, how
ever, that no parent shall issue to
homestead settler or his assignee
who has not resided upon improved,
and cultivated his said homestead
for a period of at least two years ex-
cept as provided in section four Of
this act.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted.
That any person entitled, under the
provisions of the foregoing section
to enter the homestead, who may
have heretofore entered under the
homestead laws a quantity of land
less than one hundred and sixty
acres, shall be permitted to enter un-
der the provisions of this act so
much land as when addad to the
quantity previously entered, shall
not exceed one hundred and sixty
acres.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted.
That in case of the death of any per
son who would be entitled to home
stead under the provisions of the
first section of this act, his widow,
if unmarried, or in case of her death
or marriage, then his minor orphan
children shall be entitled to all the
benefits enumerated in this act; pro-
vided that if such person died dur
ing his term of enlistment the whole
term Of his enlistment shall be de-
Quoted from the time heretofore re-
quired to perfect the title.
SEC. 4. And be it fu ther enacted,
That every soldier and every seaman,
marine, and officer, who served IN
the army and navy for the said per-
iod of ninety days, and is now in
scribed on the pension rolls of the
United States, or is entitled to be so
inscribed, on account of the wounds
received or disabilities incurred in
the line of duty, may, in lieu of the
rights privileges and benefits here
inbefore conferred, enter upon by
an agent or attorney, and receive Of
patent for, one quarter section Of
land, as for provided for in section
one OF this act, and shall ne entitled
to all the benefits of said first see
ton, or liable to all the provisions
thereof except as to the actual resi-
denoe; and that all acts and things