566 THIRTY—SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 165, 166. 1862. July 14-, 1862. Can. CLXV.—An Act for the Relief of Preemptars on the Home Reservaiirm of the ti Winndvngucs, in the Blue-earth Region, m the State of Minnesota. P*°*¤l>l°· Whereas certain individuals have memorialized Congress, setting forth that they were bona Bde actual settlers, under the preemption laws of the United States, in the tract. of country known as the eighteen~mi1e- square home reservation oi' the Winnebagoes, in the Blue-earth region, Minnesota, at a period of time when the Indian title had been extinguished, and prior to the setting apart by legal divisions of the said Indian- home reservation, under the second article of the treaty of the twenty-seventh of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and that by reason of the setting apart of said home reservation they were forced from their settlements and subjected to loss and damage by the destruction of their improvements; thereforec,,.u;n Bmw., Be it enacted by the Smale and House of Representatives of the United in the Blue- States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful §;l:3£3‘°:.y for each of such settlers, within three months from and after the passage perrm their of this act, to file his declaratory statement with the proper register and
- 'iG*1*·¤ ¤¤ receiver, descriptive of the tract so settled upon and improved; and under
°r°°mPt°r°` such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, said settler shall be permitted to establish his claim by the production of testimony showing compliance with all the requirements of the preemption law up to the period when said settler was ousted by reason of the prem— ises falling within the aforesaid Indian home reservation; that the testimony required under this act shall be the aiiidavit of the claimant himself; taken before the register and receiver, and shall show the date of the commencement and the period of continuance of his improvements, the extent of the same, size of his habitation, the time and labor required in its construction, extent of other improvements, and the cost to him and value of the ame, and value of crop derived from the same. The affidavit to be corroborated by disinterested testimony. Sammy of Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon the return of such testi- Interior to mony to the department, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the $:§f;f;“:f:f“m Interior finally to adjudge the validity or invalidity of each claim ; and in ° regard to those shown to be bona fide under the preemption law, to report e. list of the same, with all the testimony, to Congress, stipulating such award as should be paid as damages growing out of the loss and destruction of such improvements, by reason of the appropriation of such settle— ments to the Indian reservation, as aforesaid: Provided, That the land Land omcers_ officers of the local land office herein mentioned shall not receive any
- 9 l"“’° “° "d°"' additional pay or fees for the services hereby required of them.
mm MS' Approved, July 14, 1862. hfluly 14, 1862. Cin?. CLXVI. —-An Act to grant Pensions. _ Be it enacted Q1; the Senate and House M Representatives of the United h_;;hI;’G:;fg’m_ States of America in Congress assembled, That if any officer, non— Pm p_ 6% commissioned officer, musician, or private of the army, including regulars, ’ volunteers, and militia, or any oHcer, warrant, or petty officer, musician, seaman, ordinary seaman, ilotilla-man, marine, clerk, landsman, pilot, or other person in the navy or marine corps, has been, since the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty~0ne, or shall hereafter be, disabled by reason of any wound received or disease contracted while in the service of the United States, and in the line of duty, he shall, upon making due proof of the fact according to such forms and regulations as are or may be provided by or in pursuance of law, be placed upon the list of invalid pensions of the United States, and be entitled to receive, for the highest rate of disability, such pension as is hereinafter provided in such cases, and for an inferior disability an amount proportionate to the highest
