The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-07

(OBicG's signdtTe)
Form Of acknowledgment ,rhere the vendm is not
kno,on to Tie officer, and his identity has to be
STATE OF ----, COUNTY OF -
On this --- day Of ---, in the year --,
before me personally came (hee insert The name of
The tDarrantee) and (here insert The and resi-
Gence Of a ,otness,) and the said (hee insert the
| name Of the toitness) being well 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 there insert the of the
,oarrdntee) 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 tie ica,TGntee) thereupon
| acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (OGcer'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 sell
and assign unto e. d., and to his heirs and assigns
forever, the eaid 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
-, 1855.
Attest: A. b. [sEAL.l
Eff.
G.. ii.
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the uendor is per-
sonaly knotcn to the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year
before personally there insert name of the
person TO Dhom the certificate Of location issue) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the eaid (hers insnt The Of the person TO
tchom the certificate Of location issued) Is the den-
teal person TO whom the within certificate of To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
alignment thereof.
(Ofeer's signatue.)
Form Of acknowledgment where the uendor is not
mill kpnr In 9TH hrs
identity has 10 be proved.
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF --.
On this - day Of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (Rere insert the name
Of The person 10 sDh1m the certificate of location is
sued and there insert The and residence of
,citness,) and the said there insert The Of the
,Diiness) being well known 10 me credible
and disinterested person, duly sworn by me,
knows the said (heTe insert The Of The person
to ,ohom tae certificate Of location issued) and that
he ID the same person 10 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 the said (here
insert the Of Its person 10 ,ohom the cert fcate
gf location ,ssued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(Ofoer's signatDe)
Assignment No. | and acknowledgement must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No and
acknowledgement upon the certificate OF location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before a Register or Receiver Of IA Land Office
Judge Of Court Of Record, Justice of the Peace
Commissioner Of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgement is
! made before either Of the officers above spcci-
fed, except the Register Receiver Of Land
Office, il must be accompanied by n certif-
cate, under seal Of the proper authority, of the
official character of the person before whom the
acknowledgment was made, and also of tho gen.
uincncss OF his signature.
All ssignmcns of bounty land warrants issued
under the act of September 2s, 1850, made be-
lore the date OF this act, are invalid aud void.
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled pre- empton right to any land, shall be
entitled to any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, at the rate Of rs per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled to pro-emp
tion, vhcther offered or unohered lands, use
military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre-cmptcd, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar aud twenty-five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 90
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should tho area Of tho tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- omptor
will have 10 pay for the in cash, but If IL
should fall short be is not entitled TO n rcfunding
Of the excess.
Iisfurher provided by the same section "thatthc
warrants bcb have been may her aer be Issued
in pursuance of said laws or Of this act may be To-
Gated according TO the legal subdivisions Of tho
public lands, in ono body, upon any lands of the
United States subject TO 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 10 entry at a greater
minimum than ono 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 dollar and TWEEN
ty five cents per and the tract OF land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands arc subjcct
TO private entry at dollar and twenty. five cents
per acre. the holder Of an eighty acre warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming n compact
body OF eighty acres; and the holder Of a warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty acre tracta forming
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acrcs.
Where the minimum price Of the lsnds subject
to private entry proposed TO be located more than
81 Is per acre, the holder Of the warrant can 10.
ca tie, in accordance with the instructions contained
in The foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
in the warrant, by paying the difference in each.
This act docs not authorize the holder of an
O. ghty acre warrant TO locate herewith forty.
ncrc tract Of land at 50 80 per acre in full salts.
faction thereof but he must locate, by legal subdi.
visions the compact body Of eighty acres, near
a5 may be- and pay The difference in each. SO also
of l6O-acre warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, that it follows that body Of land can
be located by an assignee Of various wnrrantees
with number Of t1arTdnfs; nor can n pre-eIhptor
in any case use moro than warrant In the ioca-
ton Of the land re-empted by him. and the cx.
cess, II any, nust be paid fer by him in cash.
The second section Of this eet provides THAT the
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hereafter be scverally authorized 10 charge and
ceivo for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the llth day Of
February, lSi7 the same compensation or pcr
centago 10 which they arc entitled by law for sales
of the public lands for cash. nj tho rate of 4 Is
per acre, the said compensation 10 be hereafter
paid ~ the ossignccs or holders Of such war
rants.b
The third section Of this act provides THAT Re.
gisters and Receivers, whether i'm or out Of Office
at the passage Of this act their legal representa-.
tivcs in casc Of death, shall be entitled TO receive
from tho 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 TO be performed. after dcductng the
amount already received by such officers under
| the net entitled An act to require the holders Of
mihnry land warrants 20 compensate the Land
Oihccrs OF The United States for serviccsin relation
| 20 tho location Of those warrants approved May