TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch.69,82. 1842.

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Chap. LXIX. —An Act to provide for satisfying claims for bounty lands, for mili-tary services in the late war with Great Britain , and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases of war-rants for bounty lands for military services in the war of eighteen hun-dred and twelve with Great Britain , which remain unsatisfied at the dateof this act, it shall be lawful for the person in whose name such war-rant shall have issued, his heirs or legal representatives, to enter at theproper land office in any of the States or Territories in which the samemay lie, the quantity of the public lands subject to private entry towhich said person shall be entitled in virtue of such warrant in quartersections: Provided, Such warrants shall be located within five yearsfrom the date of this act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the terms prescribed for theissuing of warrants by the Secretary of the Department of War , underthe act entitled, “ An act to allow further time to complete the issuingand locating of military land warrants during the late war,” and underthe act entitled “ An act to extend the time of issuing military landwarrants to the officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary army,” bothof which acts were approved January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundredand thirty-five, be, and the same are hereby, respectively, renewed andcontinued in force for the term of five years from and after the date ofthis act; and all cases which shall not, within the time aforesaid, befinally disposed of, shall be thereafter for ever barred from the benefitsof all claim to bounty land for services performed within the spirit andmeaning of said acts : Provided, That warrants issued under the pro-visions of this section may be located as is provided for warrants underthe first section of this act: And provided further , That the certificateof location obtained under the provisions of this act, shall not be assign-able, but the patent shall in all cases issue in the name of the personoriginally entitled to the bounty land, or to his heirs or legal represent-RtlVGS

Approved, July 27, 1842.

Chap. LXXXII. —An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the corporation of George-town.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled , That the jurisdiction of thecorporation of Georgetown is hereby extended so as to include thebridge lately constructed by the said corporation across the river Poto-mac , at the Little Falls, and the site of said bridge and premises apper-taining to said site; and that, as often and as long as said bridge shallhereafter, from any cause, be impassable, it shall and may be lawful forthe proprietors of land on both sides of the said river, through which theferry road to connect with the Falls Bridge turnpike must necessarilypass, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to establish andkeep a ferry, at any rate of ferriage not exceeding the tolls wdnch theGeorgetown Bridge Company were heretofore authorized to charge ontheir bridge.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That said Corporation of George-town, in addition to its present chartered powers, shall have full powerand authority to provide for licensing, taxing, and regulating, within itscorporate limits, all traders, retailers, pawnbrokers, and to tax vendersof lottery tickets, money changers, hawkers and pedlers.

Approved, July 27, 1842.

Statute II.

July 27, 1842.

Act of April16,1816, vol. 3,232.

Persons towhom bountyland warrantswere issued,&c, may enterland.

Proviso.

Acts of 27thJan. 1835, ch.6, and 7, con-tinued for fiveyears.

Cases notfinally disposedof within thattime, for everbarred.

Proviso.

Further pro-viso.

Statute II.July 27, 1842.

Jurisdictionextended so asto include theLittle Fallsbridge.

A ferry maybe established.

Powers of thecorporation ofGeorgetownextended.

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