The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-29
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Assignment No. | and acknow led ginsnt must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and &C.
acknowledgement upon the certificate of loca ton; nd
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver Of a Land Office
Judge Of Court Of Record, Justice Of the Peace,
a Commissioner Of Deeds resident In the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknow ledgmcnt is
made before either Of the officers above spcci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver Of Land
Once, II must be accompanied by ccrtili-
cate, under seal OF the proper authority, Of the
official character OF the person before whom the
Acknowledgements was made, aud also of the gen.
uineness Of his signature.
All ass. gnments Of bounty land warrants Issued
under the act Of September 25. 1850, made be-
fore the cate OF this net, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled 20 pre- cmption right 10 any land, shall bc
entitled 10 use any such lsnd warrant in payment
Of the same, at the rate OF % per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision all persons entitled to pre-cmp.
ton whether offered or unofiercd lands, can usc
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 so
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant the pre- omptor
will have 10 pay for the excess in each, bot II IL
should fall short, he s not entitled TO rcfundng
Of the excess
Iis further provided by the same section "tbat the
in pursuance Of said laws or Of this act may be To-
Gated according TO the legal subdivisions Of tho
public lands, in one body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject 60 private entry at the time
Of such location, at the minimum price PROVIDED
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which are subject 10 entry at a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cent?
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
yhye cents per acre and the tract OF land located
on"
by these provisions, where the lands arc subject
10 private entry at one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder Of an eighty acre warrant can
take any two forty-scre Tote, forming compact
body OF eighty acre.; and the holder Of a warrant
for one hundred aud sixty acres can take two
eighty four forty acre tracts, fJrming q
compact body Of ono hundred and sixty acres.
where the minimum price Of the lands, subjcc,
TO private entry proposed to be located IL more than
8 Is per acre. the holder Of the warrant can b.
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 #
eighty acre warrant 10 locate thefeVith n forty.
acre tract Of land ut So 80 per acre in foil salts
faction thereof but he must locate by legal subdi
visions, the compact body Of eighty acres.
a. may be, aud pay the difference in cash So also
Of l6o-acro warrants
Each warrant IL TO be distinctly and separately
located, 40 that II follows that body NJ land can
be located by an assignee OF various vsrrantceB,
with a number Of ,oauant,; nor can a pre-cmptor
in any case usc more than ono warrant in the lOca-
ton Of the land re-empted by him. and the
Gees. n any, must be paid fer by him in each.
The second section Of this act provides "1hat the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scverally authorized 20 charge aud re-
ccive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants. Issued since the It'll day Of
February, lsf7, the same compensation or per
ocntsge 60 which they entitled by law for sales
Of the public lands for cash, at the rate Of 3 -
per acre. the said compensation to be hereafter
paid by the essignccs or holder, Of such war
rants.'
Tho third soction Of this act provides THAT Re.
Ristcrs and Receivers, whether in or ont Of office
al the passage Of this act their legal Representa-
ves IN case Of death. shall be entitled TO receive
from the Urea ury Of the United States, for ser
viccs heretofore performed IN locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rite Of cornpepsn
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter 10 be performed, after dcdoctipg the
amount already received by such officers under
The act entitled An act 10 require the holders OF
military land warrants To compensate the Land
Ofhcers OF the United States Tor scryicesin relation
TO the location Of those worrants,' approved May