The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-17
Form of acknoroieds ,nenf phee The uendor is not
personally knoion 10 ne officer. and ,ohere has
ifcnfify has TO be DToped

identity has 10 be proceed
STATE OF -, COUNTY or -.
On this - day of ---, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert the name
Gt The person 10 chJII fbe certificate Of location is
sufd,) and (hsre insert The and residence Of
toiiness,) and the said (here insert The Of The
Urifness) being well known To me credible
and disinercsted person, was duly sworn 10y me,
and on bis oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert The Of he person
10 ,chom ne certificate Of location issued and that
he is the same pciron 20 whom the within certili-
of location issued, ard who executed the FORE
going ASST Segment; and his testimony being sstis.
factory evidence TO me of that fact, the said there
insert ne Of The person 10 rohom Le certificate
If location issUod) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment 10 be his act and deed.
(O0iccrs signatUe.)
Assignment No. and acknowledgement must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and M. and
know iedgment upon the certdca Of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, Acknowledged
before Register or Receiver Of Land Office,
Judge Of Court of Record, Justice Of the Peace.
or Commissioner Of Deeds resident IN the State
from which he derives his appointment, and IN
every instance where the acknowledgment is
made before either of the officers above spcci-
ned, except the Register or Receiver OF n Land
Office, 1t must be accompanied by ccrtih-
cate, under seal Of the proper authority, OF the
official character of the pcrson before whom the
acknowledgement was made, aud also Of the gen
uincness of his signature
All assignments Of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September p, 1850, made be-
fore the date OF this act, arc invalid and void.
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled TO pre- emption right 10 any land, shall be
entitled 10 use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, at the rate Of 8 IS per acre for the
qutntity of land therein specified"
ny this provison, all pcrsOns entitled 10 pre-emp.
tiun, whether on offered or unOiIcrcd lands,
a military bounty land warrant in payment Tor
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
tho quantity therein specified, whether the land 20
claimed IL at the usual or enhanced minimum
Should tho area Of the tract claimed exceed The
amount called for In the warrant the pre- emptor
will have 10 pay for the in cash. bot VI u
should fall short, be s not entitled 10 rcfunding
Of tho excess
tisfurther provided by the same section "that the
warrants which have been or may hereafter issucd
in pursuance 81 said laws or Of this act may be To-
Gated according 20 the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, ia ono body, upon any lands OF the
United States, subject tO private entry at Inc time
Of such location, at the minimum price: PrOyided
IUrihsr, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which arc subject 10 entry AZ a greater
minimum than ono dollar and twenty five cents
per ncro, the locator Of said warrant shall pay 10
the United States in each the difference between
the value Of such warrants At ono dollar and twcn-
y five cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on -
ny these provisions, where the lands are subject
Co private entry Mt one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder Of an eighty warrant can
take any two forty acre lOts, forming compact
n
for ono hundred and si1ty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty acre tracts, forming a
compact body Of one hundred aud sixty acres.
where the minimum price Of the lauds, subjcct
10 private entry proposed TO he located more than
: Is per acre, the holder Of the varran 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 q IN
eighty acre warrant 90 locate herewith forty
acre tract Of land at 81 30 per acre in full salts.
faction thereof bot he must locate by legal subdi-
Visions, the compact body # eighty ceres az near
may be, and pay the difference in cash. So alec
Of l6p-ncre warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located that il ioows that no body Of land caf,
be- located by signcc Of various warrautccs
With nunber Of traranfs; nor can n prc-cmptor
in any case use more than one warrant in the l5ca-
ton Of the land prc-empted by him and the *
Gees, " any, m 4st be paid By him In cash.
The second section Of this act provides That fhc
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be sevcray authorized to charge aud re-
ccive for their services in locating al military
bounty land warrants iRsued since the 18th day Of
February, 1871. the same compensation or per
centsge to which they arc entitled by law for sales
Of the public lands for caeh at the rate Of : 25
per acre, the said compensation 60 be hereafter
paid by the nssigneea or holdcrs Of such war
rsnts."
The third section Of this act provides THAT Re.
gisters and Receivers, whether in or Out Of Office
at the passage Of this act or their legal representa-
tives in casc Of death, shal be entitled TO receive
from the Trca ury Of the United States for ser
vices heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate OF compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter 20 be performed, after deductinr tho
amount already received by such officers under
the act entitled AN act 10 require the holders Of
military land warrants 20 compensate the Land
Officers Of the United States for seryice e. in relation
to the location OF those warrants approved May