J L. EDWARDS, CommisaOner cf Pensions,
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 J L. EDWARDS,

 Commissioner of Pensions. Copy of 9,h section of 1e .4ci of Fe6rMarv

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 SEc. 9. fad be u .fariker caacted, Tha, each non commissioned officer. musician, or private, enlisted or Ia be enlisted in the regular army, or regularly mustered hl any voluateet company, for period Of mol less than twelve mouths. who has served or may serve during the present war with Mexico, and who sl,all receive sn honorable dis charge; or who shall have been killed or died of wounds received or sickness incur red in the course of such service, or who shall have been discharged before the expi. ration of hts term ot service in consequence of wounds received or sickness incurred in the course of such service, shall be entitled to receive a certificate of warrant fiom the War Deparimentlor the qusnt,ty of one hun dred and sixty acres, and which may be To- caled by the warraniee, or his heirs al law, at any land office of the United States, m one body, and in conformity ,o the legal sobdi- visions of the public lands, upon any of lhe public lands In such district then subject to private entry; and upon the return Of such certificate or warrant, with evidence of Ihe location thereof having been legally made, to the General Land Office, patent shali be issued therefor. That in the event of the .ta musician or private, during service. or after his discharge, and before the issuing of certificate or warrant as aforesaid, the said certificate or warrant shall be issued m favor and inure to the benefit of his family or relatives. according to the following rules . first, to the widow and to his children; sec- ond, his father; third. his mother And in ihe event ot his elildrsn being minors, then the legally constituted guardian of such minor children shall, in conjunction with such of the children, if any. as may be of full age. upon being duly authorized by the orphans or other rouri having probate juris- dictiuli, have power 70 sell. and dispose oG such certificate or warrant for the benefit of those interested And all sales, mortgages, powers, or other instruments of writing. going to affect the title or claim to any such bounty right, made or executed prior to ihe issue of such warrant or certificate, shall be null and void to all mients and purposes whatsoever. nor shall such claim to bounty righ: be in auywise affected by, or charged with. or subject io, the payment of any debt or claim incurred by the soldier prior to the issuing of such certificate or warrant Pro rided, That no land warrant issued under the provisions of this act shall be laid upon any lands of the United States 10 which there shall be pre-emption right, or upon which there shall be an actual settlement and culli- va,ion: Prorided, further, That every such non- n-commissioned officer, musician, and private who may be eniitled, under the pro- visions of this act, ,o receive certificate or warrant for one hundred and sixty acres of land, shall be allowed the option to receive such certificate, or warrant, or Treasury scIip for one hundred dollars, and such scrip, whenever il is preferred, shall be is- sued by the Secretary of the Treasury to such person or persons as would be author lzed 10 receive such certificates or warrants for lands; said scrip 10 bear an interest of SIX per cent. per annum. payable seml-an- nuaily, redeemable al the pleasure of the Government. And that each private, non commissioned officer, and musician, who shall have been received into the service of the United States since the commencement of the war with Mexico, for less than twelve months, and shall have served for such term, or until honorably discharged, shaif be en- titled 10 receive a warrant for forty acres of land, which may he subject to private entry, or twenty-five dollars in scrip if preferred !; and in the event ol the death of such volun- ieer during his term of service, or after an honorable discharge, but before the passage of this aci, then the warrant for such land, or scrip, shall issue 10 the wife, child, or children. if there be any, and If none, then to the father, and If ihers be no father. then to the mother of such deceased volunteer : Prorided, That nothing contained In this section shall be so construed as to give bounty lands 10 such volunteers as were ac- eepted into service. and discharged without being marched to the seal of war

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