Act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services (1796)
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The Act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services (1796) was an early U.S. federal statute that organized and governed the distribution of public lands promised as compensation to Revolutionary War veterans.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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land grant law ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| basedOn | prior congressional promises of land bounties for military service ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
Revolutionary War enlisted soldiers
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Revolutionary War officers ⓘ heirs and assigns of Revolutionary War veterans ⓘ |
| compensationFor | military service in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| defines |
conditions under which land claims could be located and surveyed
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evidence required to prove military service for land entitlement ⓘ procedures for issuing land warrants ⓘ |
| documentType | Act of Congress ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
United States federal land offices
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executive branch officers responsible for public lands ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
facilitated settlement of western public lands
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implemented federal promises of land bounties to soldiers ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early national period of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the early federal statutes organizing veterans’ land compensation ⓘ |
| implementsPolicy | federal policy of rewarding military service with land ⓘ |
| inception | 1796 ⓘ |
| influenced | later U.S. military bounty land legislation ⓘ |
| influencedBy | need to fulfill federal obligations to Revolutionary War soldiers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
public land law
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veterans’ benefits law ⓘ |
| legalForm | statute ⓘ |
| legalStatus | enacted law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law–influenced United States federal law ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Revolutionary War veterans
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military land bounties ⓘ public land distribution ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States veterans’ benefits legislation
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early United States public land law ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1796 ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Revolutionary War bounty resolutions of the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| purpose |
to organize procedures for issuing land grants to eligible veterans
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to regulate the granting of public lands promised as compensation for military services ⓘ |
| regulates |
distribution of federal public lands to veterans
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documentation required for veterans’ land claims ⓘ procedures for claiming military bounty lands ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
United States public land survey and distribution system
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settlement of western territories of the United States ⓘ |
| scope | federal public lands reserved for military bounties ⓘ |
| temporalContext | post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ |
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Act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services (1796)
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