The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-24

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kro,cn to tie Officer, and his identity has IL Ii
proceed
| STATE OF ---, COUNTY OF -
! On this - day of -, in the year ----.
before me personally came (lsre insert the of
the ,oa,rcntee) and there insert tie name and resi-
dence Of ioitntss,) and the said (here insert the
name Of the ,oitness) being well known TO me
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 nan,s,Of the
,carrantee) and that he is the same person towhoin
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 ioarrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. Oticer's signature }
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE 10
CATION.-No 2.
For value received, !, A. H., TO whom the within
certificate of location issued do hereby sell
and as.ign 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.
G.. IL.
Form Of ackno,cledg ment ,chre the pendor is per.
sonaiy knoicn to the officer taking the same.
STATE -, COUNTY OF
On this - day of -, in the year -
before personally (here insert name of the
person to iDhon the cr fcdts Of location issued) to
me well known, and acknow lodged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (hsrs insert the of the person to
ichom the certificate Of location issusd) 10 the den
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
signment thereof
(Oticer's signafus.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,c6ere the vendor is not
personally knotDn 10 the officer. and tchus has
identity has TO be prorsd.
!
On this - day OF --, in the year -,
| before personally came (here ins,rf the name
Of the person 10 iohom the certificate Of location rs
sued and (ifrs insert the and residence of a
,oineSs,) and the said (aere insert the name of the
| irifness) being well known TO a credible
and dislnterested person, was duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (here insert The name Of the person
TO Ichom tie certificate Of location iss,sd and that
/ he is the same person TO whom the within certh-
cate of location issued, and who executed the fore
| going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence to of that fact, the said there
insert the Of the person 10 tchom the fcate
| Of location ,ssusd) thereupon Acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed
| (ODscer's signdius.)
Assignment No. | and acknowledg ment must
1 be endorsed upon the warrant, md No. 2 and ac
acknowledgement upon the certificate Of location; and
IN Jst be attesied by two witnesses, acknow lodged
before Register Receiver of a Land Office, a
Judge Of Court Of Record, Justice Of the Peace
/ Commissioner Of Deeds resident in the State
every instance where the acknowledgment is
made before either OF the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register Receiver of Land
Office, II must be accompanied by ccrtii-
cate, under seal Of the proper authority, OF the
official character Of the person before whom the
I acknos ledgmcnt was made, and also Of the gen
uinepess OF hIs signature.
All assignments Of bounty land warrants issDsd
under the act Of September p, 1850, made be q.
fore the date Of this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, That any person
entitled TO pre- empuon 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 Tor the
quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled to pre-emp
ton, whether on offered or unoflercd lands
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- ernpted, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre. for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land
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 in cash, but IL IL
should fall short, be is not entitled to refundng
Of the ercess.
lite further provided by the same section 'that the
warrants which have been may hereafter be ssued
\ in pursuance Of said laws Of this act may be To-
Gated according 20 the legal subdivisions OF the
public lands, ia one body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject to private entry the time
Of such location, at the minimum price; Provided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which ore subject 10 entry at a greater
minimum than 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
y five cents per and the tract OF land located
on.
BY these provisions, where the lands are subject
TO private entry at one dollar and TWEEN y five cents
pr acre, the holder Of an eighty warrant can
/ take any two forty-scre 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
l 90, a~t hady ul nur hpp hred and al, 10
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
10 private entry proposed to be located ia than
81 % per acre, the holder Of the warrant To-
cate in accOrdanc with the instructions contained
in the foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
in the warrant, by paying the difference in cash.
This act docs not authorize the holder Of
eighty acre warrant to locate herewith forty
acre tract Of land at 81 80 per in full salts
faction thereof, bot he must locate, by legal subdi-
visions, the comprct body Of eighty acres, near
may be, and pay the difference IN each. so slso
/ Of l6O-acre warrants.
Each warrant is TO be distinctly and separately
located, 40 that it follows that body Of land
be located by an assignee Of various vsrrantees,
with numbu Of icorTdnts; nor can a pre-emptor
in any use more than one warrant in the loca-
ton Of the land rc-empted by him, and the
ctss if any, mosi be paid tr by bin in cash.
The second secton of THE act provides THAT the
Registers nd Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be severaily authorized TO charge and
ceve for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, Issued since the llth day Of
February, ls47, the same compensation or per
centsge TO which they are entitled by law for saes
Of the public lands for cash. at the rate Of 81 rs
per acre, the said compensation 10 be hereafter
paid by the assignecs holders Of such war
rantsp
The third section Of this act provides THAT Re.
gistcrs and Receivers, whether in or out Of office
at the passage Of this act their legal representa-
tives in case Of death shall be entitled to receive
from the Trca ury Of the United States, for ser
vices heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate OF conpensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter TO be performed, after deducting the
amount already received by such officers under
tic act entitled An act TO require the holders Of
military land warrants 10 compensate the Land
Officers Of the United ststes for services In relation
20 the location Of those warrants approved May