The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-18

STATE OF ---, COUNTY OF
On this - day of -, in the year --,
before me personally came (here Insert the name
" The person TO Dhom The certificate of location rs
sued and there insert the and residence Of a
wifness,) and the said (here insert The name of the
Uuness) being we'll known TO me 60 a credible
and disir, teres,ed person, was duly sworn by me.
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (here insert the name Of the person
TO ,ohom the certificate Of location issusd,) and that
he Is the same person to whom the within certif-
cate OF location Issued, and who executed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence to me of that fact the said (ssrs
in'erf NE name q oe person 10 .ssoD tns eert,fcate
Of ioectioa issusd) thereupon acknowledged the
said Assignment to be his act and deed.
(Odicer's signaiws.)
Assignment No. and acknowlcdg ment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and &C
knowledg ment upon the certificate OF location;
must be attested by two witnesses acknow led ged
before a Register or Receiver Of a Land Office, a
Judge of Court of Record, Justice of the Peace
or Commissioned OF Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and, in
every instance where the acknowledgment is
made. before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver Of n Land
ONCE 1t must be accompanied by certif-
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.
uineness of his signature.
All assignments OF bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September %, 1850, made be-
fore the date OF this act, are invalid and void
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled TO pre- emption right TO any land, shall be
entitled TO use any such land warrant In payment
Of the same, at the rate Of s Is per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled to pra-enp.
ion whether on offered or unofered lands, can Use
a military bounty land warrant In payment for
the tract pre-empted, reckoning the SAID warrant
at one dollar and twenty-five csnt- Dor acre for
the quantity thorein specified, whether the land go
claimed IL at the usual or enhanced minimum.
of he ella AZ.
amount called for in the warrant the prc emptor
will have 20 pay for the excess in cash but If il
should fall short, he Is not entitled to reiunding
Of the excess.
ltslurtbcr provided by the same section "thst the
warrants which have been or may be Issued
in pursuance Of sad laws OF Of h.s ACT may be To-
Gated according TO the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, in ono body, upon any lands of the
United States, subject to private entry at the time
OF such location, at the minimum price: Provided
Jl0thsr. That when ssid warrants shall be located
on lands which are subject TO entry at a greater
minimum than one dollar aud twenty. five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall paw 10
the United States in cash the difference between
the value OF such warrants at one dollar and TWEEN
~ five cents per acre and the tract of land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands arc subject
TO private entry at ono dollar and twenty. five nts
per acre, the holder of eighty acre warrant can
take any two iorty-acre lots, forming compaei
body OF eighty acres; and tie holder Of a warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty .scrc tracts, forming a
compact body of one hundred and sixty acres
Where the minimum price of the lands, subject
TO private entry proposed 10 be located more than
: % per acre. the holder Of the warrant can .o-
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 docs not authorize the holder of nm
eighty acre warrant TO locate Herewith forty.
acre tract Of land at 81 50 per acre in full salts
faction thereof but he must locate, by legal sutsd
visons, the compact body Of eighty scrpe, "a near
as may be. and pay the difference IN cash. So also
Of it~A-scrs warrants,
Zach warrant IL TO be distinctly and sepa ratelv
located 40 that II follows that body of land can
he located by an assignee Of various warrsntees
With number Of odrranfs; nor can a pre-emptor
In any casc use more than warrant in the hoca-
ton OF the land pre- tempted by him. and the r.
cess, fauy, must be paid 6r ~ him 10 cash.
The second section OF tnia act provides THAT the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scveraly authorized 90 charge and re-
ceiYe Tor their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, Issued since the 18th day Of
February, l547, the same compensation or per
centage to which they entitled by law for sales
of the public lands for cash. ut the rate of 4 rs
per acre, the said compensation 20 b he. oauer
paid by the assigHeea az holders Of such war
ran,s,V
lli,c third section Of this act provides "That Re.
aistcrs and Receivers, whether in or out of office
at the passage of this act, their legal representa-
tiyes in case Of death. shall be entitled To receive
from the Urea .ury of the United States, for ser
vices heretofore performed In locating military
bounty land warrants. the same rnte Of compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter 10 be performed, after dcdocting the
Anount already received by such officers under
the act entitled AN act to require the bolders Of
military land warrants To compensate the Land
Officers OF the United States for services In relation
to the location of those warrants approved May