The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-05

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| STATE OF ---, COUNTY OF -.
On this -- day of -, in the year --,
before me personally came (here insert the name Of
the lparrantee) and (hae insert the name and resi-
dence Of ioitness,) and the said (here insert the
name Of the iot1esS) being well known TO me as a
credible and disinterestcd person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said (here insert tie name Of the
,cIrrGntee) and that he is the same 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
| (t1e insert The name Of tie pa,rantee) thereupon
| acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
| and deed. (ODiceT's sig nature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO-
CATION.-No 2.
For value received, l. A. b., to whom the within
! certificate Of location was issued, do hereby sell
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 seal, this - day of
| -, lS5
Attest: A. b. [sEAL.l
EF
O.. IL.
Form of acknowledgment ,ohere The vendor is per-
so,iaHy knooa TO the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY or -.
On this - day of - in the year --,
before me personally (here insert the of the
person to lpholn the certificate of location isSed) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
| assignmentto be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (hers insert The Of the person to
,chom the certificate Of location issued) is the den-
teal person TO whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
| slgnment thereof.
(ONcer's signaf,Te)
Form of acknowledged tchre he uendor is not
personally knoion 10 ue officer. and tohers ms
identity has 10 be proued.
STATE Of ---, COUNTY or -
On this -- day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert The name
of The person to lotoin The certificate of location is.
sued and (hsre insert The and residence Of
ioitness,) and the said (kere insert The name of the
toitnsss) being well known TO me credible
aud disinterested person, was duly sworn by me,
aud on bis oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert The Of The person
10 ohom he certificate Of location issued) and that
he Is the same person to whom the within certih-
cate OF location Issued, and who executed tho FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence 10 of that fact, the said there
insert the name Of The person 10 ,oho,n s certificate
/ Of location iSSued) thereupon acknowledged the
s1id assignment 10 be his act and deed
(01cer's signdttue.)
Assignment No. and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and ac-
nowledgment upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, Acknowledged
before Register Receiver of Land Office,
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
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT !
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register Receiver of Land
Olce, IL must be accompanied by ccrtih-
cate, under seal Of the proper authority, of the
Official character Of the person before whom the
acknowledgement was made, and also Of the gen
uinCncss 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 pcrsUn
entitled to pre- einpton right n any land shall be
entitled TO any such land warrant in payment
Of the same at the rate of < 25 per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled to pro-emp-
ton, whether offered or unofiered lands, can use
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 90
ciimed is at the usual or enhanced mil num-
Should the Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called FOR in the warrant the pre- cmptor
will have 10 pay for the excess in cash, but If il
should fall short, be is not entitled to rciunding
Of tho excess.
Its further provided by the same section "thatthc
warrants which have been, ormay hereafter be issued
in pursuance Of said laws or Of this act may be 10.
Gated according TO the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, ia 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 20 entry at n greater
minimum than ono dollar and twenty. five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay TO
tho United Stetos in cash tho difference between
the value Of such warrants at ono dollar and tWcn
~ five cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on"
by these provisions where the lands arc subject
10 private entry at dollar and twenty five cents
per acre. the holder Of an eighty acre warrant can
take any two forty-acrc ots, forming compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder of n warrant
for hundred and sixty acres can take two
cighty-acrc or four forty acre tracts, forming a
compact body Of ono hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
10 private entry proposed 20 be located ia more than
Z Is per acre, the holder Of the warrant can To-
cate, in accordance with tho instructions 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
clrhiy-ucrc warrant to locate herewith forty
acre tract Of land az 81 80 per acre in full
faction thereof, lot he must locate, by legal subd-
visions the compact body Of eighty acres, ma near
az may be-, and pay the difference in cash 81 also
of ib0-acrC warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
locatcd, 50 that IL follows Chat body o( land can
be located by on assignee Of various wsrraptccs,
with aunibG ~ i3arrnHts; nor can a prc-ctnptor
IN any case use moro than ono warrant in the hcs-
ton Of the land prc-cmptcd by him. and the cx
coss If any, ct be paid f. r by him in cash.
The second section Of this act provides "That the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scvUray authorized to charge and re-
ceivo for their services in locating oil military
bounty land warrants Issued since tho | Tn day of
February, ls47, the same compensation or per
centagc TO which they entitled by law for salcs
Of the public lands for cash, NJ the rate Of 25
per acre, the said compcn 7ation to be hereafter
paid by tho assignccs or holders Of such war
rants y
The third section Of this act provides THAT Re
gistcr5 md Rcccivcrs whether in or out OF Office
ut tho passage " th7 act their legal representa-
tivc5 in of death shall be entitled 10 receive
from the Urea ury Of the United St,tes, for ser
WIGS heretofore performed iu locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate Of compCnsa
ton provided IN thc preceding section for services
hereafter TO be performed, after dcdncting the
/ amount already received by such officers under
military land warrants TO c0mponfatc the Land
OlHccrs Of the United States for services in relation
20 the location Of thosc worrnnts,' approved May