Chapter CXIV. in Relation to Bounties
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CHAP. CXIV.— An Act in Relation to Bounties.April 22, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatBounty to persons who en listed in the military service prior to July 2, 1861, &c.Vol. xii. p. 1260. every volunteer, noncommissioned officer, private, musician, and artificer who enlisted into the military service of the United States prior to July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, under the proclamation of the President of the United States of May third, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the orders of the War Department issued in pursuance thereof, and was actually mustered before August sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, into any regiment, company, or battery, which was accepted by the War Department under such proclamation and orders, shall be paid the full bounty of one hundred dollars, under and by virtue of the said proclamation and orders of the War Department, in force at the time of such enlistment and prior to July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one:Proviso. *Provided,* That the same has not already been paid.
Approved, April 22, 1872.