Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-04-08
STATE Of


On this-lay Of, IN the year, personally
before Chere insert the Of the person to
vhOm the certificate Of location ssued) and (hers insert
the name and residence Of l5itaesS,) and the said
(heTe insert the Of the 1HHes) being well known
to me as credible and disinterested person. duly
well knows the said (he insert the Of the person to
sworn by me- and his OATH declared and said that he
l0o The certificate Of location issued sd that he is the
same person whom the within certificate of location
issued, and who executed the foregoing assignment
and his testimony being satisfactory evidence OF
that fact said (hsre insert the Of the person
10hom the certificate Of location issued) thereupon ac-
knowledged the said assignment to be his act and deed
(OHcer's sigRature)
ASSIGNMENT No. / ard acknowledgment must be en-
dorsed upon the warrant and No 2and acknowledgment
upon the certificate OF location and must be attesed by
two witnesses, acknowledged before Register Re-
cever Of Land Office, Judge Of a Court Of Record,
a Justice Of the Peace, a Commissioner Of deeds
resident from which he derives his appoint
ment and in every instance where the acknowledgment
is made before any officer other than the Register or
Receiver of Land Office it must be accompanied by a
certificate under seal Of the proper authority of the
official character Of the person before whom the &C.
acknowledgement made and also Of the genuineness OF
his signature.
All assignments Of bounty land warrants Issued under
the act Of September 23h 1850 made before the date
this act, invalid and void.
The same section provides, ''That any person enti-
tied presumption right to any land, shall be entitled
use any such land in payment of the same,
the of 81 p per for the quantity Of land there
in specified"
By this provision all persons entitled 10 pre-emption
whether on offered unofered lands militia
~ bounty land warrant in payment for the tract pre-.
empted reckoning the said at 81 % per acre
for the quantity therein specified, whether the land
claimed is at the usual OF enhanced minimum.
Should the Of the tract claimed exceed the
called for in the warrant the pre-emptor will
have to pay for the in cash, but if should fall
Short he IS not entitled a renndng of the excess
II is farther provided by the section ''that the
warrants which have been, may hereafter be issued
in pursuance Of said laws Of this act may be located
10 the Olf
body upon any lands Of the United States subject
private entry the time Of such location at the min
imum price: Prorided, further, That when said war
rants shall be located on lands which subject
try at greater minimum than 81 % per acre the loca
tor Of said shall pay to the United States, in
cash. the difference between the value of such
81 % per acre, and the Of land located on"
By these provisions, where the lands are subject to
private entry 81 % per acre. the holder of an eighty
take any two forty lots forming
compact body Of eighty acres; and the holder of
for hundred and sixty acres take eigh
ty-acre four forty acre tracts, forming compact
body Of one hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price OF the lands. subject pri-
vae entry proposed be located is than 81 % per
the holder Of the warrant locate in accord
with the Instructions contained in the foregoing
paragraph, the quantity specified in the warrant, DY
paying the difference IN cash.
This act does authorize the holder Of an eighty
acre warrant locate Herewith lorty-acre o.
and 50 80 per in fall satisfaction thereof but he
must locate BY legal subdivisions the compact body
eighty acres as may be, and pay the difference
il cash So also Of 100 warrants, except pre-
enption eases as herein before stated.
Each warrant is be distinctly and separately loca-
ted that follows that body Of land be loca-
ted by an assignee Of various warranees, with num-
Der of scaTraats; a pre-emptor in any
than in the location OF the land pre-
empted by him, and the excess, any, be paid for
by him in cash.
The second section Of this act provides, s'That the
Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices shall here
after be seyeray authorized charge and receive for
their services in locating all military bounty land
rants issued since the 1ih day Of February 1S47 the
compensation per centage TO which they
titled by law for sales Of the public lands for cash.
the rate Of % per acre. the said compensation be
hereafter paid by the assgnees holders of such
rants"
The third section Of this act provides, "That Regis
ters and Receivers whether in out OF Office at the
passage Of this act the legal representatives in
Of DEATH shall be entitled to receive from the Treasury
Of the United States for services heretofore performed
in locating military bounty land warrants the same rate
OF compensation provided in the preceding section for
services hereafter to be performed after deductnQ the
amount already received By such officers under the act
entitled An require the holders Of military land
warrants 70 compensate the Land Officers Of the United
States for services Ia relation the location Of those
warrants approved May, 17th 1913: Provided, That
no Register Receiver shall receive any compensation
out Of the Treasury for past services who has charged