The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-14

assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (here insert the Of The person to
,ohom the certificate Of location ssued) is the den-
teal person 10 whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
signment thereof
(Ofcer's signafure)
Form Of acknowledgment tchere the rsndor is not
personally knolcn 10 the officer, and tchere his
identity mas 10 be proceed,
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came there insert the
Of the person 10 ,otom the certificate of location is
sued and (here insert the and residence Of a
,ciiness,) and the said (tere insert the Of the
Difness) being well known TO me credible
and disinterested person, duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
kuows the said (here insert he Of Ute person
10 nhom the certificate Of location issued and that
he is the same person TO whom the within certif-
cate of location Issued, and who executed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence 20 me of that fact, the said (here
insert The name Of be person 10 ,cho,a he certificate
Of location tSsued) thcreupon acknowledged the
said assignment To be his act and deed
(OGcsr's signat1e.)
Assignment No. ! and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and &C.
acknowledgement upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attestcd by two witnesses, acknowledged
before "A Register or Receiver of Land Office,
Judge Of Court OF Record, Justice Of the Peace,
or Commissioner Nof Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowle gtnent is
made before either of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register Receiver of Land
ONCE, II 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 2s, 1850, made be-
fore the date Of this act invalid and void.
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled to pre- ernption right to my land shall be
flaIf
Of the same at the rate OF 81 rs per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled 10 pre- emp
ton, " neither 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 aud 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- cmptor
will have 10 pay for the excess in cash, but If it
should fall short he is not entitled to relunding
II the excess.
tits further provided by the same section that the
warrants which have been or may herea be Issued
in pursuance of said laws Of this act may be To-
Gated according 20 the legal subdivisions of the
public lands, in ono 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 subject 20 entry at a greater
minimum than ono dollar and twenty. five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay 10
the United States in cash the difference between
the value of such warrants at one dollar and twen-
ty five cents per and the tract of land located
or 4"
by these provisions, where the lands are subject
tO private entry at one dollar and twenty FIVE cents
per acre. the holder Of eighty acre warrant can
take any two forty-ocre los, forming q compact
body OF eighty acres; and the holder Of warrant
for orc hundred aud sirty acres can take two
eigbty-aore or four iorty acre tracts, forming
compact body Of oDehundrcd and sisty acres
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
10 private entry proposed TO be located s more than
81 25 per acre, the holder Of The warrant can 10.
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 docs not authorize the holder of an
eighty acre warrant to locate Herewith forty
acre tract Of land at 81 90 per acre in full satis.
faction thereof, but he must locate by legal subd-
Visions the compact body Of eighty acres, az near
as may be, and pay the difference in cash So also
of l60.acre warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, 80 that it foows that body Of land can
be located by an assignee Of various warrantees,
with number Of ,oarrGnts; nor can pre- emptor
in any case more than ono warrant in tho loca-
ton of the land pte-empted by him. and the cx
ccss, If any, must be paid & by him in cash.
The second section of this act provides "Tbat the
Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be severaly authorized To- charge and re.
cciVc for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants Issued since tho lth day of
February, 1871, the same compensation or per
centagc TO which they are entitled by law for sales
OF The public lands for cash, at the rate of \ rs
per acre, the said compensation to be hereafter
paid by the assignecs or holders Of such war
rants"
The third section Of this net provides "That Re.
gisters and Reccivcrs whether in or out Of Office
tho passage Of this act or the legal representa-
tives IN case OF death shall be entitled 60 receive
from tho Tfca ury Of the United States, for scr.
vices heretofore performed IN locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rnte OF cornpcnsa
provided the for
hereafter to be performed after dcducline tho
amount already received by such officers under
The act entitled 'An act TO require the holders of
military land warrants 60 compensate tho Land
Officers Of the United States for serviccsn relation
to the location Of those warrants approved May