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
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
land grant law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
basedOn prior congressional promises of land bounties for military service ⓘ
beneficiary Revolutionary War enlisted soldiers ⓘ
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 ⓘ
evidence required to prove military service for land entitlement ⓘ
procedures for issuing land warrants ⓘ
documentType Act of Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy United States federal land offices ⓘ
executive branch officers responsible for public lands ⓘ
hasEffect facilitated settlement of western public lands ⓘ
implemented federal promises of land bounties to soldiers ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early national period of the United States ⓘ
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 ⓘ
veterans’ benefits law ⓘ
legalForm statute ⓘ
legalStatus enacted law ⓘ
legalSystem common law–influenced United States federal law ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
mainSubject Revolutionary War veterans ⓘ
military land bounties ⓘ
public land distribution ⓘ
partOf United States veterans’ benefits legislation ⓘ
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 ⓘ
to regulate the granting of public lands promised as compensation for military services ⓘ
regulates distribution of federal public lands to veterans ⓘ
documentation required for veterans’ land claims ⓘ
procedures for claiming military bounty lands ⓘ
relatedTo United States public land survey and distribution system ⓘ
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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4th United States Congress → enactedLaw → Act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services (1796) ⓘ
Act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the territory northwest of the River Ohio → hasShortName → Land Act of 1796 ⓘ
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