The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-26
Form of acknowledgment trhere the Uend0r knOo,,
to the officer taking the acknowledgment.

Form of acknowledgment ,ohsrs the pendor is not
k"oton to the officer, and has identity has to be
prooed
| STATE OF -, COUNTY OF
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (hsre insert the name of
the toarrantee) and (here insert the name and resi-
dence Of q tDitness,) and the said (here insert the
name Of the tritness) being well known to a
credible and disinterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said there insert the name of the
odrrantee,) and that he is the person to whom
| the within Warrant Issued, and who executed the
| foregoing assignment, and hs' testimony being
satisfactory evidence to me of that fact, the said
there insert the name Of the tDarrGEtee) hercupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
| and deed. (Ofcer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE 10.
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, !, A. r., to whom the within
certificate Of location was issued. do hereby sell
and assign Z. 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 seal, this - day of
-, 1856.
Attest: B. [sEAL.l
EFF.
Form Of acknowledgment where the ue,dor is per-
sonahy kno,Dn to the officer taking the same.
STATE or -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
person to tOhom the certificate Of location issued) to
| me we'll known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (hersinssrt the name Of the person to
tohom the certificate Of location issusd) ia the iden
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
| cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
eignmcnt thereof.
(Ofcer's signatue.)
Form of acknowledgment tohere the ue1,dor is not
personally .knoon to the officer. and ,,hre his
identity has 10 be prOued.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
Of the person. to .ohom the certificate Of location is
sued, and there insert the name and residence of
,Diiness,) aud the said there insert the Of the
pitness) being we'll known to me a credible
and dsinterested person, was duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert the name Of the person
TO uhom he certificate Of location issucd) and that
he is the same person whom the within certifi.
cate of location Issued, and who executed the FORE
| going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence to me of that fact the said there
insert the name Of the person TO ,ohom the certificate
| Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act aud decd.
| (OGcer's signaturs.)
Assignment No. and acknowledgment must
! be endorsed upon the warrant, and No and
acknowledgement upon the certificate Of ocation and
must be attested by two Witnesses acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of La nd Office,
! Judge Of Court Of Record, Justice of the Peace,
or a Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
| from which he derives his appointments and in
| every instance where the arknowed gment is
made before either of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver of Land
Office, it must be accompanied by certif-
| 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
entitledto pre- emption right to any land, shall be
Of the same at the rate of 81 rs per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified
by this provision, all persons entitled to pre-emp-
tion, whether on offered or unofiered lands, use
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
claiInsd 10 at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area of tho tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- emptoT
will have to pay for the in cash, but if it
should fall Short he is not entitled to reiunding
of the excess.
II is further provided by the same section that the
warrants which been, may hereafter be issed
in pursuance Of said laws of this act, may be To-
Gated according to 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 are subject to entry at 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
ty five cents per acre and the tract Of land located
On"
| By these provisions, where the lands are subject
to private entry at one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder of an eighty warrant
take any two forty 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 or four forty acre tracta, forming
| compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres.
| Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
to private entry proposed to be located 10 than
| Si 25 per acre, tho holder Of the warrant can To-
cate 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 80 so per acre in full salts
faction thereof, but ne must locate by legal suodi
visions, the compact body of eighty ncrcs, near
as may be, and pay the difference in cash. 30 also
of l6Q-acre warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, 30 that IL foiovs that no body Of land
be located by an assignee of various warrantees,
| with number Of toayrdnts; nor can pre-emptor
in any case more than warrant in the oca-
ton Of the land pre-empted by him, and the ex.
ceso II any, must be paid fer by him in cash.
The second section Of this act provides THAT the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be severally authorized to charge and
ceive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the 18th day OF
February, IS47, the same compensation or per
centage to which they are entitled by law for sace
Of the public lands for cash, at the rate Of s %
per acre. the said compensation to be hereafter
paid by the assignees or holders Of such war
rants
The third section OF this act provides THAT Re.
gisters and Receivers, whether in out Of office
the passage of this act, their legal representa-
lives In cage Of DEATH shall be entitled to receive
from the Trea Jury Of the United States, for ser
vices heretofore performed IN locating military
bounty land warrants. the same rate ofcotnpensa
ton provided In the preceding section for services
hereafter TO be. performed, alter dedncting thu
amount already receittA BY such officers undeI
military land warrants 70 compensate the Lane
Officers Of the United States for servicesin relation
10 the location of those warrants approved MAJ