The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-26

going assignment to be his act and deed; and
certify, that the said (hers insert Tie name of the
Perso" 70 ohom The certificate Of location issusd)
Is the Identical person to whom the within Ger.
sinca'e OF location issued, and who executed the
foregoing assignment thereof.
(Ofcer's signaluye.)
Form Of acknowledgement ,oheye the BENDER is mol
| personally knoaon to the officer, und phere his
identity has to be proved
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -
| On this - day Of -, in the wear -
personally came before me (here insert Me name
Of The person TO ,chom the certificate Of location is
suedO and (here insert The name and residence of
q witness) and the said (here insert The name of
me 'o'fness) being we'll known to me NJ credi-
BILE and disinterested person, was duly sworn bv
me, and on his oath declared and said TINT he
we'll knows the said (hers insert the name Of The
person 10 chom The certificate of location iss,4ed
and that he is the same person to whom the
within certificate of location issued, and who
executed the foregoing assignment; and his tes-
tlmony being satisfactory evidence to me of that
fact, the said (here insert the name of the per son
to whom The certificate of location issueo) there.
upon acknowledged the said assignment to be
his act and deed
(O0icers signalure)
Assignment No. and acknowledgment mist
be endorsed upon the warrant and No. 9 and
acknowledgment upon the certificate of loca-
ton; and must be attested by two witnesses.
acknowledged before Register or Receiver Of
a Land Office, Judge of Court of Record. a
Justice OF the Peace, or Commissioner of
Deeds resident in the State from which he de-
rives his appointment; and in every Instance
where the acknowledgment is made before anv
officer other than the Register or Receiver of n
Land office, it must be accompanied by certiG.
cate, under seal of the proper authority. of the
Official character OF the person befor whom the
acknowledgment was made, and also of the gen.
uineness of his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants 10
sued under the act of September 28, 1850. made
before the date Of this act are invalid and void
Inc same section provides, "That any person
entitled to presumption right to any land, shall
be entitled to use any such land warrant in paw.
ment OF the same, at the rate Of 81 IS per acre
for the quantity of land therein specified"
By this provision, all persons entitled to pre-.
empton, whether on offered or unoffered lands
can use military bounty land warrant in paw.
ment for the tract pre-empted, reckoning the
SAID warrant 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
emptor will have to pay for the excess in cash.
but II 1t should fall short, he is not entitled TO
refunding of the excess.
1t is further provided by the same section
that the warrants which have been. or NAV
hereafter be issued in pursuance of said laws or
OF this act, may be located according to the le.
gal subdivisions of the public lands. in one bodv
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 warrant shall be located on lands which arc
subject to entry ut greater minimum than one
dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the To-
Gator OF said warrant shall pay to the United
States in cash the difference between the value
OF such warrants at one dollar and twenty five
cents per acre and the tract of land located on"
By these provisions, where the lands are sub.
Ject to private entry at one dollar and twenty.
nve cents per acre, the holder Of an eighty-acre
warrant can take any two forty-acre lots. form.
ing a compact body of eighty acres !; and the
holder of a warrant for one hundred and sixtv
acres can take two eighty or four forty. aero
tracts forming compact body of one hundred
and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price of the lands. sub.
Ject to private entry proposed to be located. is
more than y 20 per acre, the holder Of the
warrant can locate. in accordance with the in
structlons contained in the foregoing paragraph.
the Quantity specified in the warrant, by paving
the difference in cash.
ms act does not authorize the holder of an
eighty acre warrant to locate Herewith forty
acre tract OF land at 80 so per acre in full salts
Iactlon thereon, but he must locate by legal
subdivisions, the compact body of eighty acres.
as near as may be- and pay the difference in cash.
So also, of 100 acre warrants, except in emn.
ton cases as hereinbefore stated,
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, so that it follows that no body of land
can be located by any assignee of various. war
rantees, with number Of warrants nor can a
pre- emptor in any case use more that one war
rant In the location of the land pre-. empted by
nun, ana the excess, If any, must be paid for
by him in cash.
The second section of this act provides "That
the registers and receivers of the land offices
shall hereafter be severaly authorized to CHARGE
and receive for their services in locating all mill
tary bounty land warrants, issued since the 18th
day OF February, l847, the same compensation
or per centage to which they are entitled by law
tor sales OF the public lands for cash, at the rate
OF y 20 per acre, the said compensation to be
hereafter paid by the assignees or holders of
such warrants"
The third section of this act provides That
registers and receivers, whether in or out Of
office at the passage of this act, or their legal
representatives in case of death, shall be emit.
tied to receive from the Treasury of the United
States, for services heretofore performed in To-
eating. military bounty land warrants, the same
rate OF compensation provided in the preceding
section for services hereafter TO be performed,
after deducting the amount already received by
such officers under the act entitled an act to
require the holders of military land warrants to
compensate the land officers of the United
States for services in relation to the location of
those warrants approved May II, lS48: Pro.
uided, That no register or receiver shall receive
any compensation out of the Treasury for past
services who has charged and received illegal
fees for the location of such warrants And p,e.
p'dsd, further That no register or receiver shall
receive for MS services during any year greater
compensation than the maximum now allowed
by law"