The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-05

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before me personally came (here insert The name
Of Me person 10 ohom the certificate Of location is
sufd, and, (sers insert The and residence Of u
aoiiness,) and the said (here insert the name Of the
| ,ciiaess) being we'll known to me as a credible
and disntercsted person, was duly sworn by me-
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (tere insert The name Of the person
10 ioh0n The certificate Of location iSsufd) and that
he Is the same person TO whom the within certii-
cate Of location issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence TO me of that fact, the said (hge
insert The name Of nie person 10 clom the certificate
! ejr location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(oGeo's signafHe)
Assignment No. | and acknowledgement must
be endorsed upon the warrant, aud No 2 and &c
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location; and
must be attcsted by two witnesses, acknow led ged
before Register or Receiver Of a Land Office
Judge Of Court OF Record, Justice Of the Peace
or Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgement is
made before either of the officers above spcci-
| he'd, except tho Register Receiver of a Land
Office, it must be accompanied by a ccrtiii-
cate under seal Of the proper authority of the
official character of the person before whom the
acknowledgement was made, and also Of the gen.
uncncss of his signature.
All assignments Of bounty land warrants Issued
| under the act Of September %, 1850, made be-
fore the date Of this act, invalid and void
The same section provides THAT any pers1n
entitled to pre- empuOn right to any land, shall be-
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same. at the rate Of s % per acre for the
quantity OF land therein specified"
By tins provision, all pcrsons entitled Co pre.emp.
ton, whether offered or unofered lands car use
a military bounty land warrant In payment for
the tract pre- empted reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
The quantity therein specified, whether the h,ud 80
clarncd IL at the usual or enhanced mnimum.
Should the area Of the tract claimed exceed tho
amount called ior IN the warrant. the pre- ernptor
will have to pay for the in each. bot II 10
should fall short, hc Ia not entitled n rounding
OF the excess
Iisfurther provided by the same section 'that the
warrants which have been, may hereafter be
In pursuance oi said aws Of this act may be 10.
Gated according to the legal subdivisions OF the
public lands, in one body, upon any lands of the
United States, subject TO private entry Mt the time
oi such lUcaton, at the minimum price: PROVIDED
further. That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which subject 10 entry at a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre. the locator OF said warrant shall pay 20
the United States IN cash the difference between
the value OF such warrants at dollar and twcn-
ty five cents per acre and the tract OF land located
on.
by these provisions, where the lands arc subject
60 private entry at dollar and twenty FIVE cents
per acre, the holder Of an eighty acre warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder Of a warrant
for one hundred aud sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty acre trncts, forming n
compact body OF one hundred and sixty acres
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subcc,
to private entry proposed to be located is more than
. % per acre, the holder Of the warrant can 10.
cate IN accordance with the instructions contained
IN the foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
IN the warrant, by paying the difference in cash.
This act does not authorize the holder Of an
eighty acre warrant TO locate herewith n FORTY.
acre tract OF land ut 81 80 per acre in foil salts
faction thereof bot he must locate, by legal subdi
visions, the compact body OF eighty acrcs, az near
az may be, and pay the difference in cash So also
| Of lGj-ocre warrants.
Each warrant is TO be distinctly and separately
located, that il follows that body of land can
be located by assignee Of various warrantees,
with number Of warrants; nor can pro-emptor
in any case more than one warrant in the oca-
ton Of the land prc-cmpted by him, and the ex.
cess, II any, must be paid fCr by him in cash.
The second section Of this nc provides " That the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scvcraly authorized 10 charge and re-
ceive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, Issued since the ! lh day of
February, IS41 the same Compeu sation or per
ccntagc ~ which they ores ntitcd by law for sales
OF the public lands for cash, at the rate Of 9 25
per acre, the said compensation 10 be hereafter
paid by the assignees or holders Of such war
rants"
The third section Of this act provides THAT Re.
gstcrs and Receivers, whether iu or out of Office
at the passage Of this act their legal representa-.
tvcs in Of death. shall be entitled Ca receive
from the Troa Jury Of the United States for ser
vice. heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate Of compensa.
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter 20 DC performed, after deductnP the
amount already received by such officers under
the act entitled AN net 20 require the holders of
military land warrants 70 compensate the Land
Officers Of the United States for services in relation
to the location Of those warrants approved May