The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-07

of the General Land Ottce, SO as to vest the as.
sgnce with all the rights OF the original owners OF
the warrant or location"
In accordance with the provisions OF this section,
the following forms prescribed for the assign
ment OF the warrants and locations referred to- 10
wit:
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
WARRANT--No. /.
For value received |, A. Is to whom the within
warrant No. - was issued, do hereby sell and
assign unto G. d., Of and 10 his heirs
aud assigns forever the said warrant and author
ize him to locate the same, and receive patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day of -,
ISIS
Attest A. b. [sEAL.]
EFF.
G. H.
Form of Acknowledgment irhere the pendor is knOcn
10 the officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE ------, COUNTY OF
On this ---- day of --. in the year --,
before personally here insert the Of the
naTdntee) TO me well known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed;
and certify that the said (here insert The Of
icarrantee) is the identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment thereof
(Odic1's signature
Form of acknowledgment urlere the rendor is not
kno,rn to the officer, and has identity has TO be
proved
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF
On this -- day of -, in the year ---,
before personally came (here insert the name of
the tcarrantee) and (here insert the and resi-,
dence Of a tctnsss,) and the said (hTe insert the
name Of the tritaess) being well known TO me as a
credible and disinterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said there insert the of the
carrantee, 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 ilssrt the of the ,parrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment TO be his act
aud decd. (O1icer,s signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE 10
CATION.-No 2.
For value received, ], A. b., to whom the within
certificate of location was issued do hereby sci!
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. [sEAL.l
EFF
Form Of Acknowledgment rrhee the pendor y per-
sonaiiy kn0,cn TO the officer taking the same
STATE OF -, COUNTY
On this - day of -, in the year
before personally (hsrs insert of the
person TO tchom the certificate Of location issued) to
well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (hsrs insert the Of the person TO
oom the certificate Of location issued) ia the iden
teal person TO whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issucd, and who executed the foregoing
signment thereof
(OGcer's sgnaf,rt.)
Form Of Acknowledgment trhre The pendor is NOT
personally knorn 10 The officer and ,chere has
identity has TO be proceed.
STATE or -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of - in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert the name
Of the person 10 iohom the certificate Of location is
sued, and there insert The and residence Of a
ioifn<ss,) and the said (here insert the Of the
,cifaes) beng well known TO me credible
and disnterested person, duly sworp by me-
aud on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert the Of the person
10 tchom the certificate Of location issued, and that
nc 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 To of that fact tho said (sere
insert The name q he person 10 'com The certificate
Of location tssued) thercupon acknowledged the
said assignment 10 be his act and deed.
(Oficer's signotue)
Assignment No. | and Acknowledgements must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and ac-
know dgment upon the certificate OF location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before a Register or Receiver of a Land Office,
Judge of a Court OF Record, Justice Of the Peace
a Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the owedgment lie
made before either Of the officers above apeci-
hed, except the Register Receiver of a Land
Once, 1t must be accompanied by certih-
cate, under seal OF the proper authority, OF the
official character OF the pcrson before whom the
uineness OF his signature.
All assignments OF bounty land warrants Issued
under the act Of September Is, 1850, made be-
fore the date of this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, That any person
entitled pre- cmption right 70 any land, shall be
entitled TO use any such land warrant in payment
of the same at the rate Of 3 % per for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled TO pre-emp
ton, whether offered or unoffered lands, can
military bounty land warrant in payment for
he traC Dr(- reel aatd
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land so
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- cmptor
will have TO pay for the in cash, but If il
should fall short, he s not entitled 10 refunding
OF the excess.
Its further provided by the same section "that the
warrants which have been may hereafter be issucd
in pursuance Of said laws Of this act, may be 10
Gated according TO the legal subdivisions Of the
public lsnds, in one body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject private entry at the time
Of such location, at the minimum price: PROVIDED
f,vt.er, That when ssid warrants shall be located
on lands which nre subject 10 entry at greater
minimum than dollar and twenty FIVE ccnts
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay 20
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
60 private entry at dollar and TWEEN ~. five cents
per acre, the holder Of an eighty warrant can
take any two forty-acre lots, forming compact
body of eighty acres; and the holder Of n warrant
for one hundred and sixty take two
eighty acre or four forty acre tracts, forming a
compact body of one hundred and sixty acres
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
TO private entry proposed to be located than
81 rs per acre, the holder Of the warrant can lo-
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 an
eighty acre warrant TO locate herewith forty
acre tract Of land at s. 80 per acre in foil salts
faction thereof but he must locate by legal subdi-
visions, tho compact body Of eighty acres, near
ne may be, and pay the difference in each. So sso
Of l6p-acre warrants.
Each warrant IA TO be distinctly and separately
located, so that follows that bodu of land can
be located by an assignee of various warrsntees
with number Of warrants; nor can pre.emptor
in any Gaze use more than warrant in the loca-
ton Of the land pre-ompted by him, and the er
cess, 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 Oficcs shall
hereafter be scvcrally authorized 70 charge and re-
in lora all ,,afftt