446 Trru: xxxr1.—THE PUBLIC LANDS.—Cr1. lu. to the command or direction of the President, or some general officer of the United States, conrmanding an ar·my or department, or the chief executive officer of the Staite or Territory by which such company, battalion, _ _ or regiment was ca e into service.
Sr·:c._ The provisions of all the bounty-land laws shall be extended
O0? ;*;*•;·a38;%§· to Indians, rn the same manner and to the same extent as to white persons. Formereridence Sec. 2435. Where a pension has been granted toany officer or soldier, gi 1'¤shi{);·> 3 96;, the evidence upon whic 1 such pension was granted shall be received to ,;l°;‘B;ai,l:_?·‘;°;'0n establish the service of such officer or soldier rn his application for bounty- ,,,,,,],0,,,,0,, for land; and upon proof of hrs_ identity as such pensioner, a warrant may be bounty-land. issued to hmr for the quantity of land to which he is entitled; and in case _1])!,,,,, I of the death of such pensroned office r or soldier, his widow shall be entitled 26, E_ 3,,-_1;, p_g_ to a warrant for the same quantity of land to which her· husband would have lnepnlr eCntrtnlnd,frf lrvtpng, upon prnpf thnt she is such widow; and in case o e eat 0 suc officer or so ier eavin a min0r· child and no widow, or where_the widow may have deceased be-ifore the issuin of any warrant, such minor child shall be entitled to a warrant for tie same guantrty of land as the father would have been entitled to receive if living, upon proof of the decease of father and mother. But if, upon a review of such evidence, the Commrssioner· of Pensions is not satisfied that the pension was properly ranted, he ma * re uire additional evi- S; 5 (1 dence, as well of the term as of the fact of service. lsa1es,m0ng¤,gr·S, Sec. 2436, All sales, rnorggages, letters of attorney, or· other instru- ¢i*¤¤· ¤f¤¤<•¤‘¤1€y, ments of writing, going to a act the title or claim to an r warrant issued &c made before 3 ’ ips;'} 0, wnmmé or be issued, or any land granted, or to be grante . under the prebc Wm_ cednng provrpronlslnfbthrs nnaptpr, rnlade on executed prior to the issue of — ·_ — — j suc warran , s a e nu an voi to al intents and purposes whatso-
ever; nor shall such war·rant,_or the land obtained thereby, be in an ·-
wrse afected by, or charged wrth, or subject to,_the payment of any deirt or claim incurred by any officer or soldier, rror to the issuin of the patent P g Warrants to be Sec. 2-137. it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the Gen ral l0<‘¤¥¢d im ¤f Qi- Land-Oflice, under such regulations as mav be rescribed b * the Seer - perrse bv Commrs- · — P 5 C G Wm_1_- U, Lum, tary of the Interior, to cause be located, free of ex use, any warrant Umm, &c_ whrclrthe holder may transmit to the General Land-Since for that pur- » 28 NPL 1856-0- pose, rn such.State or land-district as the holder or warrantee may desig- &,,F_ 4, ‘__ 6, pjé,; nate, and rrpon good farming-land, so far as the same can be ascertained from th€·lll8PS, plats, and field-notes of the surveyor, or from any other rnformatron rn the possession of the local office, and, upon the location berng made, tnelgecretary shall cause a patent to be transmitted to such warrantee or 0 er. _ Desertersnoten- Sec. 2-138. No erson wh h s be ° tb , ‘· - · l'
to bounty- 8[ynitgd ima? shailéein {ray Engel? reciilvdna hsddlissngfiftlit
_, _ Pp€&}‘S Y 9 llllls r-ro s 0i- rgt y `· t] _ S - 28 Sept.'1850,(__ was drshonorahly discharged from seiiiiih? 0 cm-pb mt hi) d°‘°"'d 01 85, a. 1,v. 9, p. 520. 3 Mar-., 1855, ·-. 207, s. 1, v. 10, p. 701, Lost warrants, Sec. 2-139. When a soldier of the Re l - · ‘ _.,. _ _ · gu ar Arm wl: h , obta d §’§;‘_}j’f__ military land-warrant, loses the same, or such wairantois ddstroylid by lzgrslpnlérsrgin. agcrgenit, he_shall. upon proof thereof to_the satisfaction of the Secretary , · , · »P· - am; 1pmr&3.·(ré3r, be entitled to a patent rn like manner as if the warrant ' I • WE ..· ~ silgzc Elrgenérémgn- Ubtcgl In all cases of drsclrargngfronr the military service of the pmv,·d(_d for- • thi: et_ ftanes offanly soldier of the gular Army, when it a pears to __;7_i Fi.? _ sa rs ac ron o _ the Secretary of War- that a certificate of faithful serv- ,2;,,,- yv.é,p·3ip agesst as green pnrpted by the neglect of the discharging oliieer, by misgion silpcilronp ht ve law, or byany other neglect or casualty, such Omismses aA an {pew ent the issuing of the warrant and tent as in other 1 t d_n hw en rt rs proved that any soldier of the lggular Army has gsm is argc 8.nd certificate of fa1thf1rl service, the Secretary of WR!' to hiscnaipg suc. papers to be furnished such soldier as will entitle him -war rant an patent, provided such measure is justified by the
