520 THTRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. S5. 1850. Provisions of Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act this *3* 6**;:*;:2 be extended to, and their benefits be conferred upon, each of the other °:,s;°es§Qg such States of the Union in which such swamp and overllowed lands, known Ends- as designated as aforesaid, may be situated. Approved, September 28, 1850. Sept. 28, 1860. CHA!. LXXXV.—An Act grajzting Beauty Land to certain Officers and Soldier:
who have been engaged m the Mzlitary Service of the United State:.
’' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqaresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That each of the cumin mms survwing, or elle widow or minor children of deceased commissioned Ojzpersong in the and non-commxssxoned officers, ra1rslcians, or privates, whether of reg-
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d in the wm. any re 1mcn , company, or e ac men , m the servrce 0 the mte oF18d, tlae war States? in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on
- Qla§If;;;’· 3; the eighteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and twelve, or in any of
their wmv; M the Indian wars since seventeen hundred and ninety, and each of the miqvf d $\;ldf£¤ eommnssioned officers who was engaged in the military service of the f;g:0°p°m:: tg United States in the late war with Mexico, shall be entitled to lands, g;¤:;; J>e:i¤d¤ as follovgsz ;I`hose who sengaged toéervehévvelve rncnths og dmgrinf th: · war, an ac ually serve mne mon s, s receive one un re an sixty acres, and those who engaged to serve six mouths, and actually served four months, shall receive eighty acres, and those who engaged
to serve for any or an indefinite period, and actually served one mouth,
P*’°“*°· shall receive forty acres: Provided, That wherever any officer or soldier was honorably discharged in consequence of disability in the service, before the expiration of his period of service, he shall receive the amount to whlch he would have been entitled if he had served the dgtlfther Pf<>· full period for whlch he had engaged to serve: 1?rovided, The person sg havPn% lzeesdn servxce shsll not reeerve :1:d land, or any part ereo , 1 1 s a appear, y 1 e muster ro s 0 ns re iment or corps, that he deserted, or was dishonorably discharged from gervice, or if he baséeceivedkor is entitled tm? any military land bounty under any act 0 congress ereto ore passe .
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- ·- Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted! That the period during which
agen or mw; any officer er soldier may have remained m captivity wrth the enemy mu P,-ismmw shall be €SUlD3t€d 8.Dd added to the period of his actual service, and
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- &¤a¤*1¥ the person so detained 1u captivity shall receive land under the provis-
°facm, 1sm.ice 10ns of tbxs act m the same manner that he would be entitled in case he had entered the service for the whole term made up by the addition
0féhe tgmezfériz capwtyi and had served during such time.
<>S¢ <·>¤ it B EC. . n c it rt cr enacted, hat each commission all {gh 1;;*3 tguigf non-commissioned oflieer, musician, or private, for whom provision is ceiveacertidcate made by the first section hereof, shall receive a certificate or warrant gggittgg g;??; from the Department of the Interior for the quantity of land to which mi,,, {-0, had he may be entitled, and which may be located by the warrantee or his Egzd rg? Ji; lsu3a; Lavzbaz land glice of the Un?;;; States, is oéxe body and Mh 1 n 0 m e leg su ivisions 0 the u ic an s, u on any ggggsfszslgcs, c of the public lands in such district then subjed; to private entgy ; and upon the retum of such certificate or warrant, with evidence of the location thereof having been legally made to the general land office, a The www of paternt shall be issued therefor. In the event of the deatlm of any com- ¤m$g%:ér&:g,: mrssroned or non-commxssnoned eiHeer, musreran, or pnvate, pnor 01* m i mé su sequent to the passage of thus aet, who shall have served as aforemmnt of this sard, and who shall not have reserved bounty land for said servxces, ¤ lxke certxticate or warrant shall be issued in favor, and enure to the
