The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-22


Form of acknowledgment ,chne the rendor as not
knopn TO The officer, aud has identity has 10 be
proved
STATE ---, COUNTY Of
On this - day OF -, in the year -,
before me personally came (hre insert The name o,
the ,carrdntee) and (here insert the name aud ran
dence Of Il Ditnfss,) and the said (hsye insert the
name J the Difness) being well known 10 me a
credible and disintcrestcd person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said there insert The Of the
toarrantee and that he is the same person 10 whom
the within Warrant l5sued, and who executed the
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 sah assignment TO be his act
and deed. (Oticer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE 10.
CATION.-No =.
For value received, ], A. b., to whom the within
certificate Of location issued, do hereby sell
and assign unto c. d.. and to his heirs and ass gns
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 seal, this - day OF
, 1856
Attest: A. h. IsEAL.l
Eff.
q. H.
Form of acknowledgment ,ohee the vendor i, per.
sonaHy knoon 10 The officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally (here insert the name of The
person TO phom the certificate Of location issued) to
me well known, and acknow lodged the ioregon z
assignment to be his act and decd; and certify
that the said (here insert the Of the person to
,chom the certificate Of location issued) is the idcn
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as.
signment thereof.
(OGcey's Mgnafurs.)
Form Of ackno,oled grnent ,Dhsre the rendor is not
personally knoron TO The officer, and tohTe has
identity mas 10 be prored.
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF -
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert The name
Of the person 10 tch3m the cert fcdfe Of location is
sued,) and (tere insert he and residence Of a
DitneSs,) and the said (here insert the name Of the
Difness) being well known 10 me a credible
and disintcrestcd person, was duly sworn by me-
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (here insert the name of The person
10 tohom Me cerhfc Of location issed) and that
he Is the same person to whom the within ccrtifi-
cate Of location issued and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence TO me of that fact, the said there
Insert the name Of The person 10 rohom the cerfcaic
Of location issued) thereupon acknowled the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(0fcer's signdt,1e)
Assignment No. ! and acknowl dgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No 3 and &C.
know edgmcnt upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attestcd by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of Land Office,
or a Commissioner Of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknow cdgment is
made before either of the officers above speci-
ned, except the Register or Receiver Of a Land
Once, IT must be accompanied by certifi-
cate, under zeal of the proper authority, Of the
official character Of the person before whom the
acknowledgement was made, and also of the gen
uincness OF his signature.
All assignments OF bounty land warrants issued
under the act OF September 2S, 1850, made be-
fore the date Of this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, That any person
entitled to pre- omption right to any land shall be
entitled TO use any such land warrant in pa yment
Of the same, at the rate Of 8 25 per acre for the
quantity OF land therein specified"
by this provision, oil pcrsons entitled TO pre-omp-
ton, whether offered or unollered lands, ca use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract prc-empted, reckoning the sand warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specihed, whether the land so
claimed IL at the usual or enhanced mi nmum.
Should tho area OF the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant the pre- enptor
will have 10 pay for the excess in cash, but If il
should fall short he Is not entitled 10 rciunding
Of the excess.
Ills further provided by the same section "thatthe
warrants which have been or may hereafter be issued
in pursuance Of said laws Of this act may be To-
Gated according TO the legal subdivisions Of the
public linds, in one body, upon any lands Of the
United States subject 10 private entry at the time
Of such location, at the minimum price PrOUidsd
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on lands which subject TO entry at n 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 are subject
90 private entry at dollar and twont five cents
per acre, the holder of an eghty-scre warrant can
take any two fOrty-scre lots, forming n compact
body OF eighty acres; and the holder Of n warrant
Tor ono hundred and sixty acres can take two
ciRhty-acrc or four fOrty-aCre tracts, forming o
compact body Of ono hundred aud sixty acres
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
to private entry proposed TO be located more than
Z 25 per acre, the holder Of the warrant can 10
cate, in accordance with the Instructions contained
in the foregoing paragraph, tho quantity specified
in the warrant, by paying tho difference in cash
This act docs not authorize the holder Of an
eighty.acre warrant TO locate herewith n forty
acre tract Of land nj 81 80 per mere in foil salts
faction thereof, but he most locate, by legal subdi
visions, the compact body II eighty ncrcs, rs near
az may be, and pay the difference in cash. So also
Of bO-acre warrants.
Each warrant IL to be distinctly and separately
located, so that IL follows that no body of land can
be located by an assignec Of various warrsntecs,
with nu1nbr Of tonrranf'; nor can n pre-cmptor
in any case use more than warrant in the fOca-
ton OF the ls-. prc-emptod by hun and tic cr
cess, fanny, nrsi be paid T. r by him in cash
Tho second section Of this act provides "That the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be severaiy authorized 60 charge and
crive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants issued sincc the nth day Of
February, 1871, the same compensation or per
ccntaRe to which they entitled by law for sacs
OF the public lands for cash, Mt the rate Of 4 | 25
per acre, the said compensation To be hereafter
paid by the assignees or holders of such war
rants"
The third section ofthis act provides "That Re-
gsters and Receivers, whether in or out of Office
At the passage 81 THE act their legal representa-
tives in case Of death shall be entitled TO receive
from the Urea ury Of the United States for ser.
vices heretofore performed IN locating military
bounty land warrants. tho same rato oil compcnsn
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter 10 be performed, after dcductnr the
amount already received Ivy such officers under
the net entitled An act to require the holders of
military land warrants to compensate the Land
Occrs OF the United States for services in relation
TO the location Of those warrants approved NAV