The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-20
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment OF Land Warrants and
Locations.

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signable and for other purposes" approved March
o. 1884, 1t is provided all warrants for mill
tary bounty land, which have been may hereafter
be issued under any law ofthe United States andal
valid locations Of the same which have been or
may hereafter be made, are hereby declared to be
assignable, by deed or instrument Of writing made
and executed after the taking effect OF this act &C
cording to such form, and pursuant toNsuch regu-
lations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, so as to vest the as.
sgnee with all the rights of the original owners OF
the warrant or location"
In accordance with the provisions OF this section,
the following forms prescribed for the assign
ment of the warrants and locations referred to, to
wit:
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
WARRANT.-No. !.
For value received, I, A. b., to whom the within
warrant No. - was issued, do hereby sell and
assign unto c. D., of and to his heirs
and assigns forever, the said warrant, and author
ize him to locate the same, and receive patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day Of,
1856
Attest: A. B. [sEAL]
e.
Form of acknowledgment ,ohsre the re,adOr is knolcn
to the officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -. in the year -,
before personally came (here insert the name Of the
,oa,rantse) to me well known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed;
and certify that the said (here insert the name Of
tcarrantss) is the Identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the lore
going assignment thereof.
(OGc1's signature
Form of acknowledgment tohere The rendor is not
kno,cn to the officer, and his identity has to be
proved.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert the name Of
tie ,oarantee) and (tere insert the name and resi-
name Of the ,citness) being we'll known to me as a
credible and disnterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and his oath declared and said, that he
we'll knows the said there insert the name Of the
the within Warrant issued, and who executed the
foregoing assignment, and his testimony being
satisfactory evidence to me of that fact, the said
there insert the name Of the oarrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment TO be his act
and deed. (Ofcer's SIGNATURE
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE To-
n CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, /, A. r., to whom the within
certificate of location was issued, do hereby sell
and assign unto G. 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
Atte sss Alb. tsrAl]
E.F.
Form Of acknowledgment ,chere the vendor is per-
sonally kno.on to the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
: On this - day of -, in the year -,
person to iohom he certificate Of location issued to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said there insert the name Of the person to
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signnent thereof.
(O6icer's signature.)
Form of acknowledgment ,chere the uendor is not
personally kno,on to the officer, and ,ohere his
identity has to be proved.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me a ZANE n a aca s
sued } and (here insert the and residence Of
,,itness) and the said there insert the name Of the
tpitness) being well known to me- as credible
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 is the same person to whom the within certlh-
s sesGiy evidence to md hat fact, the sud ee
insert the name Of the PRISON to ,ohom the certificate
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(Oficer's signatwe.)
Assignment No. l and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No and &C
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two Witnesses acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of 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 acknowledgment is
made before either of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver of Land
Office, it must be accompanied BY a certih-
cate, under seal Of the proper authority, OF the
official character Of the person before whom the
acknowledgment 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- empton right to any land, shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
of the same, at the rate of 25 per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified"
BY this provision, all persons entitled to pre- emp
ton whether on offered or unofiered lands can
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 30
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 If 1t
should fall short he is not entitled to refunding
tits further provided by the same section "that the
warrants which have been may hereafter beissued
in pursuance of said laws of this act, may be To-
Gated according 10 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 price: Provided
further. That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which subject to entry at a 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 one dollar and TWEEN
five cents per and the tract Of land located
On"
| BY these provisions, where the lands subject
to private entry at one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder of 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 and sixty acres can take two
eighty acre four forty acre tracta, forming
compact body OF one hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price of the lands, subject
private entry proposed to be located s more than
81 IS per acre, the holder Of the warrant can To-
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 forty
acre tract Of land at 50 so per acre in full salts
faction thereof, but he must locate, by legal subd-
visions, the compact body of eighty acres, as near