The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-11

On ths -- day of -, in the year
before me personally came (here inssrt the name
Of The person TO ,ohon The cert fcdn Of location is
sued and (here insert the name and residence of a
tctess) and the said (here insert the name of The
,oitntss) being well known 20 me credible
and dIsinterested person, was duly sworn by me-
aud on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert The name of Tie person
TO ,chom The cuiLf Of location issued and that
he is the same person TO whom the within certifi-
cate OF location issucd, and who executed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence to of that fact the said there
insert the name Of s person 10 ickola the certificate
~ location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said Assignment 10 be his act and deed.
(otcu's ,ignatrTe)
Assignment No. / and acknowledgements must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and &C.
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register Receiver of a Land Office a
Judge Of a Court OF Record, Justice Of the Peace
or Commissioner Of Deeds resident IN the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknow edg ment 10
made before either Of the officers above spcci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver Of a Land
Office, il must be accompanied by a certif-
cate, under sear Of the proper authority, OF the
official character OF the person before whom the
acknowledgement was made, and also of the gen
uinencss OF his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September 2S, 1850, made be-
fore the date of this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, That any person
cnuued 10 pre- emption right to any land, shall be
entitled TO use any such land warrant ia payment
Of the same, at the rate Of s 25 per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled to pre-omp-
ton whether on offered or unoffered lands, ca use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre-. cmpted, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land
claimed u 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 it
should fall short, he lie not entitled To refundinp
Of the excess.
Lis further provided by tho same section "that the
warrants which have been may hereafter be Issued
la pursuance ui said laws Of this act may be To-
Gated according 90 the legal subdivisions Of the
public lsnds, in one body, upon any lands of the
United States, subject 10 private entry at the time
Of such location, at the minimum price: Prouided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which are subject 90 entry at a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay 10
the United States in each the difference between
the value Of such warrants nj one dollar and twcn-
ty five cent? per acre and the tract Of land located
on 4"
BY thcso provisions, where the lands arc subject
60 private entry az one dollar md 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 scres; and the holder OF warrant
for one hundred and sixty scres can take two
eighty-scrc or four forty.scre tracts, forming a
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
20 private entry proposed 60 be located more than
~ 20 per acre, the holder Of the warrant can 10.
cate, in accordance with the instr ucOns 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 \ n
eighty acre warrant to locate herewith forty.
acre tract Of land Of 3 80 per acre in foil sats
faction thereof, but he must locate by legal subdi-
yi,ions, the compact body Of eighty acres az near
as may be, and pay the difference in cash. So also
Of bo-acre warrants.
Each warrant IL 70 be distinctly and sepnrateIv
located, so that it foovs that no body of land ca,
be located by an assignee Of various varrantees
with number Of warrants; nor can a pre.emptor
IN any case use more than warrant in the loca-
ton Of the land pre-emptcd by him and the or
cess. u any, muat 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 re-
ceiyo Tor their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the lh day Of
February, 1871, tho same compensation or per
centage 10 which they entitled by law for sales
Of the public ands for cash, nj the rate Of y 25
per acre, the said compensation TO be hereafter
paid by the assignees or holders Of such war
rants"
The third section Of this act provides THAT Re |
gsters 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 10 receive
from the Treasury Of the United States, for ser.
vices heretofore performed in locating military |
bounty land warrants, the same rate Of comnensa /
ton provided in the preceding section for seryices
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 |
Ohoers OF the United States for services In relation
70 the location Of those vsrrants, approved May |