Year: 1877

IHdlans
as such in the military service Of the United States whe
have been honoraby discharged from such service the sum
OF eight and onethird dollars month for all the time
which such non-comnissoned officer musician artifcer
WAGNER and private soldier sailor and marine actually SO
served between the twelfth day of April eighteen hundred
and sxtyQnc, and the ninth day Of May eighteen hun
dred and sixyfve And the provisions of this act shall
extend to all soldiers who mustered into the
of the United States and subsisted clothed and
paid by the Government of the United States


SEC q That in DEATH either before or after
Ce passage OF this act OF any such non-commssioned
olncer musician articer, WAGNER, private soldier
sailor or marine the allowance and payment be made
to his widow, she has not remarked if there be no
WIDOW, or she has remarked then to the minor child or
children Of such deceased officer usi-
cia arlcer WAGNER, or private soldier sailor ma
rine sIE


SEC. g. That in computing and aseertainpo the ,ontv
to be paid to any noncommissoned officer musician 4
artcer WAGNER or private soldier sailor, marine,
TO his proper representatives under the provisions this
act there shall be deducted therefrom any and all boun-
ties already paid under the provisions of any United States
laws


SEC 4. Thatno bounty under the provisions of this act
shall be paid to account of any soldier who served
substitute in ie Army or who was a captured nris-
of at the time of his enlistment nor to any one
who was discharged his application requests,
for other cause than disability incurred in the service
prior TO the nineteenth day Of April eighteen hundred and
sixty-fye unless such discharge obtained with view
TO reensment OF to accept promotion in the military
from branch of the military service to another and
such person did actually re-enst accept promotion
or was so transferred and bounty shall be paid any
soldier discharged the application at the request of
parents guardians or other persons the grounds of
mlnOrlIy.


Sec 5. That every petition application for bounty
made under the provisions of this shall disclose and
state specifically under oath and under the pains and pen
alties OF perjury what of bounty been paid
under the provisions of any United States to the non
commissioned officer musician, articer WAGNER pri-
yate soldier sailor marne by whom or by whose rep
Tesentatiye the claim is made


SEC 3. That any attorney agent who shall receive
from any claimant greater than ten dollars for the
prosecution of any claim under the provisions this act
upon conviction thereof shall pay fine to exceed one
thousand dollars imprisonment for less than
year. both, the the jury may adiudge
and shall forever thereafter be excluded from prosecuting
claims OF any nature whatsoever against the Government
of the United States.


SEC T. That it shall not be lawful for any soldier to
transfer assign, barter sell his discharge final state
men descriptivest other paper for the purpose Of
transferring assigning bartegngs selling any
IN any bounty under the provisions OF this act And all
such transfers. assignments baTters, heretofore
made hereby declared null and void any rights
intended to be SO conveyed by any such soldier.


SEC g. That in any where person entitled to
ceve payment of bounty under the provisions OF this
Shall make application therefor where such application
shall be made by the proper of person.
being deceased and the discharge of such has been
lost il shall be competent for the accounting
ceve in lieu of the actual production such discharge
of its issue and contents together with proof of the en-


ty of the claimant person deceased under such rules
defining the character and form of the evidence the
Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe.


SEC. g. That adjustment payment of any claim of
any non-commissoned officer musician artifcer wagon
private soldier sailor marine, his proper rep
unless the application be filed within five years of the pas
sage of the


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