The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-13
AN ACT to make Land Warrants assignable and
for other purposes.

AN ACT to make Land Warrants assignable and
for other purposes.
BE IL enacted BY The Senate aud House Of Rsprf
s,nfoipss Of The Uniisd States Of Iin6r,ca m C0a-
grfss assembled, That all warrants for military
bounty land which have been or may hereafter hc
issued under any law Of the United States, aud all
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 ac
coTdipg to such form, and pursuant to such regu-
lations may be prescribed by the Commissioner
Of the General Land Office, go to vest the as
sgnce with all the rights oil the original owner oil
the warrant or location: Prov,ded, That any per-
entitled TO presumption right TO any land shall
be entitled to use any such land warrant. In pay
ment for the same, at the rate of one dollar and
twenty five cents per acre, for the quantity of land
therein .pecfed: Provided, That the warrants
which have been or may hereafter be issued IN
pursuance of said laws OF this act may DO 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 cation, at the minimum price: Provided,
further, That when said warrant 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 snail pay to
the United States in cash the difference between
the value OF such warrants nj one dollar and TWEEN
y Ave cent? per and the tract of land located
on.
SIC g. And be- IL further enacted. That the re-.
gisers nd receivers of the md offices shall here
after be sevcraliy authorized to charge and receive
for their services in locating all military bounty
land warrants issued since the eleventh day of
February, eighteen hundred and forty -scven, the
same compensation or per ccntage 10 which they
are entitled by law for sales oi the public lands for
cash. at the rate Of one dollar nd twenty five cents
per acre the said compensation ~ be hereafter paid
BY the as.ienees or holders Of such warrants.
SEC. & Ind BIZ f,~ihsr enacted, That registers
and receivers W neither in out OF office at the pas
sage OF this act or their legal representatives. in
ALL tl.N ~g<.,r ~.
treasury Of the United States, for services hereto
fore performed in locating military bounty land
warrants, the same rate Of compensation provided
in the preceding section for services hereafter TO
be performed after deduoting 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 officers OF the
| United States for services in relation TO the loca
ton OF those warrants" approved May seventeenth,
eighteen hundred and forty eight: Prop,d,d, That
/ no register receiver shall receive any compcnsa
ton out Of the treasury for past services who has
charged and received illegal fccs for the loo ton
/ Of such warrants; Ind prouided, fDnser, That no
register receiver snail receive ,or bis services
/ during any year greater compensation than The
ma 4 mum now allowed by law.
/ SEC. 4. Apd be u (wthv enocf,d That in all
/ cases where the militia volunteers, or State
troops OF any State or Territory were called into
military service, and whose services have been
paid by the United States subsequent to the cigb-
teenth Of June, eighteen hundred and twelve, the
troops shall be entitled to all the benefits Of the
act entitled IAN act granting bounty land to GER
tain officers and soldiers Who have been engaged
in the military service Of the United Ststee," ap
proved September twenty eighth, eighteen hun
bred and fifty, and sbali receive lands for their
| rervices according TO the provisions OF said act
upon proof OF length Of service therein required,
and thatthc last provso Of the ninth section of the
act OF the eleventh Of February, eighteen hundred
and forty seven, be, and the same is hereby re-
pcscd: Providsd, That nothing herein contained
shall authorize bounty land to those who have here
tolore received or become entitled to tho same.
Sac. o. And be further enacted, That where an Y
company, battalion, or regiment, in an organized
form, marched more than twenty miles 10 the place
where they were mustered into the service of the
United States, or were discharged more than tven
~ miles from the place where such company. bat.
talon regiment wac organized in all such csses,
in computing the length Of service Of the officers
and soldiers OF any such company, battalion or
regiment With a view 70 determine the quantity OF
land any officer soldier lie entitled to under said
act, approved twenty eighth Of September, eigh
teen hundred and fifty, there shall be allowed one
day for every twenty miles from the place where
the company, battalion or regiment was organ.
ized to the place where the same was mustered In.
20 the service Of the United States; and Alec ono
day for every twenty miles from the place where
such company, battalion or regiment die
charged, TO the place where 1t was organized, and
from whence IL marched TO enter the service.
Approved, March %, 1852.
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