The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-12
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment OF Land Warrants and
Locations.

For the Assignment OF Land Warrants and
Locations.
,. GESE Z; ALL LAND OFFICE. March %, 1852
~ entitled IAN act making Land Warrants as
signabe and for other purposes" approved March
22 1852, II isprovided: oil warrants for mill
tary bounty land, which have been or ma hereafter
be issued under any law ofthe United States. and 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
cording to such form, and pursuant to such regu-
atons as may be prescribed by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, to vest the as
sgnee with all the rights Of the original Of
the warrant or location"
In accordance with the provisions of this section,
the following forms are prescribed for the assign
ment Of the warrants and locations referred to, to
wits
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
WARRANT.-No. /.
For value received, ], A. b., to whom the within
warrant No 80 was issued, do hereby sell and
assign unto c. d., of and to his heirs
and assigns forever, the said warrant, and author
izc him to locate the same, and receive patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day Of ---,
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Attest: A. B. [sEAL.l
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Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the pendor is knoDn
TO the officer taking the acknowledgement
STATE OF ----, COUNTY OF
On this ----- day OF ----. In the year ----,
before me personally came there insert the Of the
tcaTGntee) to me well known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed;
and certify that the said there insert The name OF
,carrantee) is the identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment thereof
(OGic9's signature)
Form Of acknowledgment ,rhae the vendor is not
md hiS dpnf L1s In he
proved.
STATE OF -----, COUNTY OF
On this -- day of - in the wear
before me personally came (ere insert the name Of
TIE toarrantee) and (here insert the name and resi-
dence Of tottness,) and the said (h1e insert the
name Or the tnitness) being well known to me as a
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said there insert the name Of the
icarrantee) and that he is the same person to whom
the within Warrant issued, and who executed the
foregoing assignment, and his testimony being
satisfactory evidence to me of that fact, the said
(here insert the of the icarrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (CDIcer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE 10.
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, l, A. b., to whom the within
cerhhcate OF location was issued, do hereby sell
and assign unto &. D., and to his heirs and assigns
forever, the said certificate Of location, and the
warrant and land therein described, and authorize
Witness my hand and seal, this ---- day of
Atte sss Alb. 1.1A1.1
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Form Of acknowledgment ,chere the uendor is per-
sonaAy kno,Dn 10 the officer taking the
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF
On this day Of 49,, in the year -,
before personally (here insert tie name of the
person 10 tchon the certificate of location issue) to
known. M knO w led rcd hp oipor
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (here insert the Of the person to
sohom the certificate Of location issued) is the iden
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued and who executed the foregoing as.
signment thereof.
(OGcer's signature.)
Form Of acknotoleds ment ,phere the pendor is NOT
personally kno1n TO The officer, and ichere his
identity has TO be prored
STATE OF -------, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert the name
Of Tie person 10 tchom The certificate Of location is
sued,) and (here insert The and residence of |
iciness) and the said (here insert the name Of The
Difness) being well known to as a credible |
and on his oath declared and said that he well |
knows the said (here insert the name of The person
10 iohom the certificate Of location iss,tsd,) and that
he Is the same person TO whom the within certifi-
cate Of location issued and who executed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence to of that fact, the said (here
insert the name Of the person TO ,chom the certificate
Of location issued) thcreupon acknowledged the |
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(Ofcsr's signafws)
Assignment No and acknowledgment must |
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and ac- |
acknowledgement upon the certificate OF locatiop and
before Register or Receiver of Land Office, a /
Judge of Court OF Record, Justice of the Peace
or Commissioner OF Deeds resident in the State
from which nc derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknow led gment is |
made before either of the officers above speci- |
fed, except the Register Receiver OF a Land |
Office, il must be accompanied by a ccrtif- |
cate, under seal Of the proper authority OF the /
official character OF the person before whom the |
was made, and also of the gen. |
uneness of his signature.
All assignments OF bounty land warrants issued /
under the act OF September %, 1850, made be- /
fore the date of this act, invalid and void.
The same section provides, "That any person |
entitled to pre- empton right to any land. shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment |
OF the same, at the rate of 25 per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled to pre-emp.
ton, whether offered or unofered lands, can use
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 80 /
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area OF the tract claimed exceed the.l
amount called for in the warrant the prc crnptor
will have TO pay for the in cash, but IL Il
should fall short, he is not entitled TO refunding
Of the excess
IL Is further provided by the section "that the
warrants which have BEEN may be issued
in pursuance of said laws Of this act may be To-
Gated according 10 the legal subdivisions of the /
public lands, in one body, upon any lands OF the |
United States. subject 70 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 a greater
minimum than one dollar aud 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 Mt one dollar and TWEEN.
~ five cents per acre and the tract OF land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands are subject |
to private entry at dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder Of an egbty-acre warrant can
take any two forty-acre lots, forming n compact |