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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · Dec. 24, 1811 · Chapter X

Chapter X. *far completing the existing Military Establishment.* Dec. 24, 1811.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the military establishment,Act of March 3, 1815, ch.78

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Chap. X.— An Act *far completing the existing Military Establishment.* Dec. 24, 1811.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the military establishment,Act of March 3, 1815, ch.78.The military establishment to be completed.Pay and bounty to officers and men. as now authorized by law, be immediately completed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be allowed and paid to each effective, able bodied man, recruited or reenlisted for that service, for the term of five years, unless sooner discharged, the sum of sixteen dollars; but the payment of one half of the said bounty shall be deferred until he shall be mustered and have joined the corps in which he is to serve; and whenever any noncommissioned officer or soldier shall be discharged from the service, who shall have obtained from the commanding officer of his company, battalion or regiment a certificate thatNoncommissioned officers and soldiers when discharged to have one hundred and sixty acres of land and additional bounty. he had faithfully performed his duty whilst in service, he shall moreover be allowed and paid, in addition to the aforesaid bounty, three months pay, and one hundred and sixty acres of land; and the heirs and representatives of those noncommissioned officers or soldiers, who may be killed in action, or die in the service of the United States, shall likewise be paid and allowed the said additional bounty of three months’ pay, and one hundred and sixty acres of land, to be designated, surveyed and laid off 670TWELFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 11, 12. 1812.1812, ch. 77.at the public expense, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions, as may be provided by law. Approved, December 24, 1811. Chapter XI: authorizing the President of the United States to raise certain companies of Rangers for the protection of the frontier of the United States. 2 Stat. 670 1812-01-02 Chapter XI Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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Chapter X
*far completing the existing Military Establishment.* Dec. 24, 1811.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the military establishment,Act of March 3, 1815, ch.78
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