The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-28
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment Of Land Warrants and
Locations.

Locations.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, March %, 1852.
DY THE FIRST SECTION of the act of Congress.
ID entitled "An act making Land Warrants as
signable and for other purposes" approved March
Do 1882 il ia provided: That all warrants for mill
tary bounty land, which have been or may 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
assignablc, by deed or instrument Of writing made
and executed after the taking effect Of this act &C
cording to such form, and pursuant to such regu'
lations as may be prescribed by the Commissions
of the General Land Office, as to vest the as
sgnee with all the rights of the original owners 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 referIe to, to
wit!
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
WARRANT-No. l.
For value received, /, A. b., to whom the within
warrant No - was issued, do hereby sell and
assign unto C.. D., of and to his heirs
and assigns forever, the said warrant, and author
ze him to locate the came, and receive patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day -,
1856
Attest: A. B. [sEAL.I
E. G: f.
Form of acknowledgment tDhere the uendor knoron
to the officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE COUNTY OF
On this - day of -. in the year -,
before personally came (here insert tie hume Of the
ioarrdntse) to me well known, and no@ledged
the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed;
and certify that the said (here insert the name Of
,Darra,ltes) is the identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the fore
going ssignment thereof.
......, (Oficer's signature
Form of. acknowledgment tohere the vendor is not
knotcn to the officer, and has identity has to be
proceed
On this day of -, in the year --.
before me personally came there insert the of
the toayrantee) and (heve insert the name and resi-
dsnce Of toitness,) and the said (here insert the
name Of the ,oitress) being we'll known to me as a
credible and dsinterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
we'll knows the said (here insert the Of the
toarrantee 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
there insert the name Of the ,oarrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed (OGcer's SIGNATURE
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE To-
CATION.-No. 2,
For value received, !, A. b., to whom the within
certificate of location was issued, do hereby sell
and assign unto c. 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: A. b. lsEAL]
EFF.
G. H.
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the uendor is per.
sonaAy knoson to the officer taking the same.
sT on 'b Gs @as s9o of OF in til: year,
before me personally (hers insert Of the
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
hat he an
,Dho the certificate Of location issued) is the den
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signment thereof.
(OGcer's signature)
Form of acknowledgment ,ohere the uendor Is not
personally knoson to the officer. and ,chere his
identity has to be proceed.
On this = day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert the name
Of the person to sohom the certificate Of location -
,oitnsss,) and the said (here insert the name Of the
,oitness) being we'll known to me as a credible
| and disinterested person, was duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he we'll
knows the said (here insert the name of the person
to tDho the certificate Of location issued,) and that
| he is the same person to whom the within certif
cate OF acation 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) thereupon acknowledged the
|
(O6icer's signature.)
| Assignment No. l and acknowledgment must
| be endorsed upon the warrant, and NJ. and &C
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before a Register or Receiver of Land Office, a
Judge of a Court of Record Justice of the Peace
| or Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
| from which he derives Ills appointment; and in
| made before either of the officers above speci-
| fed, except the Register or Receiver OF a Land
| Office, it must be accompanied by certih-
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
entitled to pre- emption right to any land, shall be
of the same at the rate of 81 % per acre for the
| quantity of land therein specified"
BY this provision, all persons entitled to preemp.
ton whether on offered or unoffered lands can use
| a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre-empted, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty Ave cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land SO
| claimed ia at the usual or enhanced minimum
| Should the area of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- emptor
will have to pay for the excess in cash. but if it
should fall short, he is not entitled to retunding
| Of the excess
tits further provided by the section "that the
warrants which have BEEN may hereafter beissued
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, 1t the IaipimpW price; Provided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
| on lands which 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
five cents per acre and the tract Of land located
o."
BY these provisions, where the lands subject
to private entry at dollar and twenty five cen Ia
per acre, the holder of eighty warrant can
take any two forty-acrc lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder Of warran,
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty mere tracts, 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 more than
al Is per acre, the holder Of the warrant can To-
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 does not authorize the holder OF IN
eighty acre warrant to locate Herewith forty.
acre tract Of land at 81 80 per acre in full salts
faction thereof but he must locate, by legal subdi
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