The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-12
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For tho Assignment OF Land Warrants ana
Locations.


Locations.
GssEaAL LAND OFFICE, March %, 1852.
DY THE FIRST SECTION the act OF Congress-
signable and for other purposes approved March
% 1852, il ia provided That all warrants Tor null
tary bounty land which have been or may hereafter
be Issued under any law othe United States and all
valid locations of the same which have been or
may hereafter be made, are hereby declared 10 be
assgnabie, by deed or instrument OF wiring made
and executed after the taking effect OF this act &C
cording to such form, and pursuant to such rfgu
lstions as may be prescribed by the Commissioner
Of the General Land Office, so as To vest the as
signee with all the rights of the original owners OF
the warrant or location.
In accordance with the provisions al this section,
the following forms are prescribed tr til" 4''gn
ment Of the warrants and locations r"'''''" 10
wit:
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
WARRANT.-No /.
For value received, ], 4. b., to WHOM the within
warrant No was issued, do w 81 and
ASST gn unto c. d., OF and I" h's hcirs
and assigns forever, the said warrant Az" author
ice him To locate the same. and receive II S''ent
therefor
Witness my hand and seal. this - day OF -,
Attest: B. t9EAL.l
e. Ell:
Form of acknowledgment ,rjsre The pendor is kno,rn
to the officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE Or COUNTY or -.
On this - day Of -. In the year -,
before me personally came (hcre insert the a"me Of the
,currantee) to me we'll known, and urk""" lodged
the foregoing assignment TO be his act and deed;
ami certify that the said (here insert t!r name Of
ruyrantee) is the identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment thereof
(ONcg's signnture)
Form of acknowledgment ,chere the vendor is not
kno,on to the officer, and his identity has to be
prOped
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -
before me personally came (here insert the name Of
the ,purrantee) and (here insert the name and resi-
dence Of a ,oitnecs,) aud the sad (here insert the
name Of the toitness) being well known to Inc as
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
we'll knows the said (hers insert the name Of the
oarrantes and that he is the same person to whom
the within Warrant issued, and who executed tho
foregoing assignment, and his testimony being
satisfactory evidence to me OF that fact the said
(here insert the name Of the ,carrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed (Oficer's sisnatttre)
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE 10.
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, |, A. H., to whom the within
certificate Of location was issued, do hereby sell
and assign unto c. D. and to his heirs and assigns
forever, the said certificate Of location, and the
warrant and land therein described, and authorize
him to receive the patent therefor.
Witness my hand and zeal, this --- day Of
Attest: A. u tsEAL.]
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Oh.
Form of acknowledgment ,ohere The vendor is per
sonaHy kno,rn TO the officer taking the same
STATE or -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
be fore NE personally came (here insert name ohe
person to ,ohon the certificate Of location issued) to
me we'll known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assign ment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (trre inset the name Of tie person to
,ohom the certf cats Of location ssued) IL the iden
tica person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing AS
signmen mt thereof
(OGcer's sgnat4re.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the vendor is not
personally knoton to the officer. and ,ohsre his
identity has TO be proved.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
before me personally came (here insert the name
Of the person TO Uhom the certificate Of lOcuti0n is
sued } and (here insert the and residence Of
,oit,.ess,) and the said here insert the name Of the
and disipterested person, duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (hsre insert the name Of the person
to ,ohom the certificate Of location issued and that
he ia tn" IAN" person to whom the within certlh-
cate nl uGntion issued and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence to me OF init fact the .aad eherr
of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(Ofcer's signature)
Assignment No. | and Acknowledge Mt must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and &C
knowIed glncnt upon the certificate Of ocatiun and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledge
before Register or Receiver OF Land Once,
Judge of Court Of Record, Justice of the Peace,
or Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
Troo w he Icriv and n
every instance where the acknow lcdgmeut is
made before either of the officers above spcci.
fed, except the Register or Receiver OF Land
Office it must be accompanied by "ertifi-
cate, under seal of the proper author ity, n' the
official character Of the person before "'om the.
acknow gment 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- empon 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 'reemp
ton, whether on offered or unoered 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 cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 80
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- emptor
will have to pay for the excess in cash. but # it
should fall short, he is not entitled to rcundn
of the excess.
1t is further provided by the same section "thattht
warrants which have been, may hereafter bess"ed
in pursuance of said laws of this act may be To-
Gated according to the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, in one body, upon any lands of the
United States, subject to private entry at the time
of such location, at the minimum prices Provided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which are subject to entry at greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty. five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay TO
| the United States in cash the difference between
the value of such warrants at dollar and TWEEN
ty five cents per and the tract OF land loca r
| on"
| BY these provisions, where the lands ar ;'bjcc,
to private entry at dollar and twenty tive cents
per acre. the holder of an eight acre warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming compact
| body Of eighty acres; and the holder of a warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take tive
eighty acre or four forty acre tracts, forming
: compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres.
| Where the minimum price of the lands, snbjec
to private entry proposed be located is thar
| 81 25 per acre. the holder Of the warrant can To-
cate in accordance with the instructions contained
in the foregoing paragraph, the quantity speciicc
| in the warrant, by pay ing the difference in cash
| This act does not authorize the holder of ar
| eighty acre warrant to locate Herewith a forty
| of land at 30 per acre in full ia