The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-21

k''o,rn to The officer, and his identity has to be
proceed
STATE OF ---, COUNTY OF
| On this -- day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert The name of
the tcayTantee) and there insert the and n.
dsnce Of oitness,) and the said (hre insert the
name Of the toif,ess) being we'll known to me as a
! credible and disnterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows The said (here insert the Of the
,cnrrantee) and that he is the 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 name of the ipayrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said ASST gnment to be his act
and deed. (Otlcer's signature
| FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO.
CATION.-No. ..
| For value received, ], A. H., to HON the within
| certificate of location issued, do hereby cell
and assign {. 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.
G.. II.
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohre the pendor is per.
sonaHy knoton TO the officer taking the
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally came there insert the name of the
me well known, and ackno " led ged the foregoing
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
(O6icsr's sgnafurs.)
Form Of acknowledgment tohsre the pendor is not
personally knorn TO the officer, and tphere has
identity has TO be proped.
| STATE or -, COUNTY or -.
! On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally came (hsre insert the name
Of the person TO trh1m The certificate Of location
stid and there insert the and residence of q
,citness,) and the said there insert The Of the
tcit.ess) being well known 10 me as a credible
| and disintercsted person, duly sworn by me-
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (hsre insert the Of the person
10 ,chon The Certificate Of location issued and that
| he 10 the same person TO whom the within certh-
cate OF location Issued, and who executed the fore
/ going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence to of that fact, the said there
insert the Of the person 10 tohon The cert fcate
| Of location issIssd) thercupon acknowledged the
said assignment 70 be his act and deed.
| (0Gcsr's signaiue.)
| Assignment No. ! and acknowledgement must
| be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and ac
! know Judgment upon the certificate Of locatiOni and
/ must be attested by two witnesses acknowlcdR ed
! 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 he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknow led gtnent is
made before either Of the of5oers above speci.
/ hcd, except the Register or Receiver Of Land
Ofcc, IL must be accompanied by a 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
uinencss Of his signature.
All assignments Of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of september ,, 1850. made be-
/ fore the date Of this act, arc invalid and void
! The same section provides, THAT any person
To- .s..I.N
entitled TO use any such land warrant in payment
a the same, at the rate Of 5 25 per acre Tor the
/ quantity Of land therein specified"
By this provision all persOns entitled 10 pre.emp.
ton whether on offered unOfierc5 lands can use
! a military bounty land warrant ia payment for
the tract pre- emptcd. reckoning the sand warrant
at one dollar and twenty FIVE oents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 40
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for ia the warrant, the pre- cmptor
Sill have Go pay Tor the excess in cash bat II il
should fall short he 10 not entitled to refunding
Of the excess.
isfurhcr provided by the same section 'that the
warrants which have been or may heren be issued
IN pursuance Of said laws Of this act, may be 10.
Gated according 20 the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, in one body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject 10 private entry al the time
Of sUch location, at the minimum price Provided
ftUfssr, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which are subject to entry at greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty FIVE cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant fhall pay 10
the United States in cash the difference between
the value u such warrants at dollar and TWEEN
yhyc cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on d"
BY these provisions, where the lands are subject
O. private entry At dollar and went y FIVE cents
pr acre, the holder Of eighty warrant can
take any two forty acre Tote, forming a compact
body of eighty acres; and the holder Of warrant
for one hundred aud sixty acres can take two
eirbty-acrc or four forty acre tracts, forming a
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres.
where the minimum price Of the lands subiec,
70 private entry proposed 20 be located il than
: 25 per acre, the holder Of the warrant can To-
cate iu accordance with the distractions 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 20 locate herewith a forty.
acre tract Of land ht 81 90 per acre in foil salts
faction thereof bot he must locate BY legal subd-
visions, the compact body n eighty sores az near
a. may be, and psy the difference in cash. SO ALEC
Each warrant is 70 he distinctly and separately
located, that il follows that no body Of land can
be located by an assignee Of various varrantees,
With number Of warrants; nor can pre.emptOr
10 any case more than one warrant in the loca-
ton Of the land pre-empted by him. and the ex
Gees, if any, must be paid & r by bin in cash.
The second section Of this act provides That the
Registers aud Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scveraly authorized 90 charge and re-
five for their services in boating all military
bounty land varrauts issued since the Ilth day u
fclruafy, lS4i, the same compensation or per
ccntage 20 which they entitled by law for sales
Of the public lands for each, ~ the rate Of s u Is
per acre, the said compensation 10 be hereafter
paid by the assignees or holders Of such war
rants"
The third section Of this act provides "That Re.
gistcrs and Receivers, whether in or out Of Office
the passaee Of this oc or their legal representa-.
tivcs in Of death, shall be entitled 70 receive
from the Trca ury Of the United States, for ser
vices heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate 81 cOupensa.
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter 10 be performed, after deducting the
snnount already received by such officers under
The act entitled An act 20 require the holders Of
military land warrants 90 compensate the Land
Occrs u the United States for services IN relation
~ the l9~aiiOn Il tbOsc wsrrants,' approved May