March 24, 1848.
(No. 4)—Joint Resolution relative to the Evidence which shall be considered satisfactory in
Applications for Bounty Land.
In applications for bounty land warrants, the honorable discharge of the applicant
predicated on a surgeon’s certificate to be deemed sufficient evidence.
1847, ch. 8.
1847, ch. 8.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That in all cases of application for bounty land warrants under the act approved
February eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, the honorable discharge of the
applicant, showing the same was predicated on a surgeon’s certificate of disability,
shall be considered as satisfactory evidence to the Commissioner of Pensions that
the disability was incurred in the course of service.
Approved, March 24, 1848.
Printed Document. 1 pages; Public Acts, IX, 30th Cong., 1st sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 334