The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-07

FORMS AND REGULATIONS
FOR tho Assignment OF Land Warrants and
| Locations.
GENERAL LAND OrvIcr. March %, 1852.
DYTHE FIRST SECTION the act Of Congress,
d entitled "An act making Land Warrants AZ
| signable and for other purposes" approved March
% 1882 it il provided: That all warrants for mill
tary bounty land, which have been or ina hereaiter
be issued under any law ofhe United States and all
| valid locations of the same which have been or
| may hereafter be made, are hereby declared to he
assignabie, by deed or instrument Of writing made
and executed after the taking effect OF this ath &C
cordng to such form, and pursuant 10 such regu
lations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, to vest the as
signee with all the rights of the original owners OF
| the warrant or location"
In accordance with the provisions OF this section,
the following forms are prescribed for the assign
men Of the warrants and locations referred to- 10
| wit:
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
| WARRANT.-No. /.
| For value received, ], A. B., to whom the within
warrant No, - was issued, do hereby 81 and
! assign unto c. D.. Of and to his heirs
and assg ns forever, the said warrant, and author
| ize him to locate the same, and receiv" patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day of -,
Attest: Al. [ssALl
e. EE:
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohsre The oendor kno,D'.
to the officer taking the Grkn0tDleG gment.
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF -.
On tits - day Of -. In the year -,
before personally came there insertHs hume Of the
| ,cu,rantee) to me well known, and acknowledged
| the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed;
and certify that the said there insert he OF
| tcayrantee) is the Identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the fore
| going assignment thereof
(OEcer's signature
Form of acknowledgment tuheye tie psndor is not
kno,on to the officer, and his identity has to be
STATE OF -, COUNTY or
before me personally came there insert the Of
the tcarrdntee) and there insert the and resi-
dence Of tcitness,) and the said (here insert the
credible and disinterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
we'll knows the said (hsrs insert the name Of the
,oarrantee) and that he is the person to whom
the within Warrant issued, and who executed the
foregoing assignment, and his testimony being
satisfac tory evidence to of that fact the said
there insert the name Of the toarrantec) thereupon
| acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (Ofcer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE To-
CATlON.-No. 2.
For value received, l, A. B., to whom the within
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 zeal, this --- day Of
-, 1856
Attest: A.B (sEAL.l
e. e.
Form Of acknowledgment tDhere the oe,,dor is per
sonaAy knoscn to the officer taking tie same.
STATE or -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day Of -. in the year -.
person to toho the certificate Of location issuedl to
me we'll known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said there insert the Of the person to
,ohom the certificate Of location issued) is the den
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
signment thereof.
(O6icer's signatue.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,Ohere the uendor Is not
personally kno.cn to the officer. and ,phere his
identity has to be proved.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
before me personally came (here in.rrt the name
of the person to sohom the certificate Of location is
sued and there insert the and residencs Of a
,Ditness,) and the said (here insert the Of the
tpitness) being we'll known to me 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 name Of the person
to ,ohom tie certificate Of location issued) and that
he ia the came person to whom the within certifi
cate Of location issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
insert tie Of the person to 'ohom the certificate
| of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
| said assignment to be his act and deed
(O6icer's signat,re.)
Assignment No. and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested BY two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver OF Land Office,
v.tl. oofo tnf sNf thA ponra
or a 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 speci-
fed, except the Register Receiver Of u Land
Office, it must be accompanied by a certii-
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.
uineness Of his signature.
All assignments Of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September D, 1885, made be-
fore the date of this act, are invalid and void
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled to pre- empton right to any land, shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, at the rate of Is per acre for the
| quantity of land therein specified"
BY this provision, all persons entitled to pre- emp
ton whether offered or unofFered lands,
| a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- empted, reckoning the said warrant
| at dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
| the quantity therein specified, whether the land so
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
amount called for in,the warrant, the pre- enptor
will have to pay for the excess in cash. but if it
should fall short he is not entitled to refundng
of the excess.
II further provided by the same section "that the
warrants which have been, may hereafter be issued
in pursuance of said laws of this act, may be To-
Gated according to the legal subdivisions of the
public lands, in one 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 are subject to entry at a greater
minimum than one 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 ut one dollar and t~en
ty.fve cents per acre and the tract fand located
| on"
BY these provisions, where the lands are subject
| to private entry at dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder of an eighty warrant
| take any two forty-acre lots, forming a 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 tracts, forming
} compact body of one hundred and sixty acres.