The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-30
Form of acknowledged ,chsre the vendor is not
personally knotcn 10 The officer. and tohers his
identity hos to be prored.


Form of Acknowledgement tchsre the vendor is not
personally kno,cn 10 The officer, and tckers his
identity hos to be prored.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year
personally came before me (here insuf the name
Of the person TO tphom the certificate of location
sued and (hsrs inssrf he name and yesidencs Of a
IUitness,) and tho said (here insert the Of the
tcitnsss) being well known 10 me as q credible
and disintercstcd person, duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (here insot TIE name Of the person
TO tobom the certificate Of location issued,) and that
he lie the same person 10 whom the within certifi
Of location Issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence TO me Of that fact the said (hsye
inseri the Of The person 10 tchom The cufifeat
Of location issusd) thereupon Acknowledged the
said assignment 20 be his act and deed.
(OGicer's signature
Assignment No. ] and ack now led gment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and nc
acknowledgement upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before a Register or Receiver Of a Land Office
Judge Of a Court Of Record, Justice of the Peace,
Commissioner Of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the scknow Iedgment is made
before any officer other than the Register or Re-
ceivcr Of a Land Office, II must be accompanied
by a certificate, under seal OF the proper authority
OF the official character Of the pcrson before whom
the acknow ledgmcnt was made, aud also Of the
gcnuinencss of his signature.
All assignments Of bounty land warrants issued
under the act OF September %, 1850, made be-
fore the date OF this act, arc invalid and void.
The same section provides, "That any person
entitled to pre- empton right 10 any land. shall be
entitled TO any such land warrant In payment
Of the same at the rate OF . Is per acre Tor the
quantity Of land therein specified"
BY this provision, all persons entitled 10 pre-emp
ton, whether on offered or unohered lands,
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- empted, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cen,s per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land so
clsirned il at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area Of tho tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- emptor
will have TO pay for the in cash, but If IL
should fall short he is not entitled 10 refundin q
of the egcsss.
Jts further provided by the same section chat the
warrants which have bee or ma he be issued
in pursuance Of said lave Of this act may be To-
Gated according 10 the legal subdivisions OF the
public lsnds, in one body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject 10 private entry at the time
of such location, at the minimum price: Proridsd
fufso. That when said warrant shall be located
on lands which subject 10 entry at a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five ceuts
per acre. the locator Of said warrant shall pay TO
tho United Statos in cash the difference between
the value Of ouch warrants at one dollar and TWEEN
~ five cents per and the tract Of land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands are subject
90 private entry at dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder Of an cightyacre warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming n compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder Of warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty tracs, forming a
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
10 private entry proposed to be located Is more than
8 25 per acre, the holder Of the warrant To-
cate In accordance with the instructions contained
IN the foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
in the warrant, by paying the difference in cash
The act dooa autIofl the holder of IN
eighty acre warrant TO locate therewith forty
tract Of land at 81 80 per acre in full setis-
faction thereof, but he must locate, by legal subdi-
Visions, the compact body Of eighty acrcs, near
as may be, and pay the difference in cssh. SO also
of iOD-acre warrants, except In presumption csscs
az hereinbefore stated.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located go that it foilows that body of io,d ca
be located by any assignee Of Various vsrrsntees,
With a number Of ,oarapis; nor can a pro-emptor
in any case use more than one warrant In the loca-
ton Of the land pre- emptcd by him, and the ex-
cess, II any, must be paid for by him In oash
The second section Of this act provides THAT the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scveraly authorized 10 charge and
ceiye for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the 18th day 81
February, l5f7, the same compensation or per
ccntage 90 which they entitled by law for sales
OF the public lands for cash, Mt the rate OF 3 25
par acre, the said compensation TO be hereafter
paid by the assignces or holders Of such war
rants."
The third section Of this act provides "rbat Re
gisters and Receivers, whether in or out Of Office
at the passage Of this sot their legal representa-
tivos in case of death. shs 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 rate OF conpeDss
ton provided in the preceding sccton for services
hereafter TO be performed, after deducting the
amount already received by such officers under
the act entitled AN act TO require the holders OF
military land warrants 10 compensate the Land
Officers Of the United States for services in relation
TO the location Of those warrants approved May