BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
THATfor the services which may be rendered after the passage of this act, by the Registers and Receivers of the several Land Offices of the United States, in carrying out the provisions of the ninth section of the act of eleventh February, one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, entitled “An act to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force, and for other purposes,” they shall each be entitled to require from the holders of warrants issued under that act, for one hundred and sixty acres, the sum of fifty cents for each; and from the holders of warrants, issued under the same law, for forty acres, the sum of twenty=five cents for each, as full compensation for those services: Provided, That in all cases where the warrant is located by, and for the use of the volunteer or soldier to whom such warrant may have issued, for services rendered under the act aforesaid, no compensation shall be charged, either by the Register or Receiver, for making such location.
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04/25/1848
Passed the Senate
April 25th 1848
Attest
Asbury Dickins.
Secretary
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Pub. Lands
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S_100
An act to require the holders of military land warranted to compensate the Land Officers of the United States for services in relation to the location of those warrants.
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05/16/1848
House of Representatives,
May 16th AD 1848.
Resolved, That this Bill do pass–
Attest,
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk.
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HR. Pub L.
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passed
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no Papers
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17 May 1848 exd by Mr. Upham S
"Hampton HR.

Partially Printed Document, 2 page(s), Volume 468, RG 46, Entry 427: Records of the United States Senate, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the Senate, Senate Bills and Resolutions Upon Which Further Action Was Taken, 1847-1849, NAB