The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-09

Form of acknowledgment ,chee the rendor is MOI
kno'cn to The Officer, and his identity has to b.
proped
On this - day of --, in the year --
before personally came (here insert The name Of
the wGrantee) and (here insert the name and resi-
dtncs Of ,cftness,) and the said there insert the
name Of the ,citress) being we'll known to me as a
credible and disinterested person, was duly sworn
| by me- and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said (.ere insert the name Of The
tDdrrGntee and that he is the 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
(ters insert the name Of the aparra1tee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
| and deed (Oficer signature.) ,
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE Lo.
~ x. CATION.-No. 2. " -
For value received, 1, 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 zeal, this --- day OF
-, lS5 :
Attest: A. b. [sEAL.l-
E. F.
G. II.
Form Of acknowledgment whae the vendor is per-
sonaiiy knoaon to the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY -.
On this --- day of ----, in the year -,
before me personally came here insert of the
person to lcho the certificate of location issue to
me well known, and acknowle lodged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said sre insert the nanac of the person to
Uiom the certificate Of location issued) is the iden
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the regoine as :
slgnment thereof. II
(OGcer's agratns.)
Form Of Acknowledgment tohere The vendor is NOT
personally knotcn TO the officer, and tchrs his
fyAnf a tIxf IN he r1r6d sal
On this day Of -, in the year-,
before me personally came (here insert the name
Of tie person TO tohon, the certificate of location is.
sued and (hers insert The name and residence of
D,tness) and the said (hre insert the name Of the
,oifness) being well known 10 me as n credible
and disinterested person, duly sworn by me,
aud on bis oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (hevs insert the of the person
10 hop, the certificate Of location issued and that
he ia the same person to whom the within certifi-
cate OF location issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment and his testimony being sats-
factory evidence to of that fact the said there
insert The Of the person TO ,chom the certificate
Of location issaed) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(Ofcer's signatws.)
Assignment No. and acknowledgements must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and &C.
know ledgment upon the certificate OF location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before a Register Receiver of Land Office a
Judge Of Court of Record, Justice Of the Peace,
or Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
from which be derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgment is
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver of a Land
Ofhce, II must be accompanied by certa-
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 IS, 1850, made be-
fore tho date of this act, are invalid and void.
The samo section provides, THAT my person
entitled TO pre- emption right 70 any land shall be
entitled TO use any such land warrant in payment
oi the same, at the rate Of 81 rs per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified Co..
by this provision all persons entitled 10 pre- emp.
ton, whether on offered or unoGered lands can use
military bounty land warrant IN psymcnt 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 40
claimed is at the ussal or enhanced minimum
Should the area OF the tract claimed exceed the
amount He'd for in the warrant, tho pre- .cmptor
will have to pay for the excess in cash. bat liz il
should fall short, he s not entitled to reiundinr
Of the erccss.
Lis further provided by the sae section ntbat the
warrants which have been hereafter be issued
ia pursuance of said lave Of THE act may be To-
Gated according 20 the legal subdivisions OF the
public lands, In ono body, upon any lands of the
United States, subject TO private try at the time
OF such location, at the minimum price: Provided
further That when said warrants shall be loca ted
on lands which subject 10 entry at a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty 1--WE cents
per acre, tho locator Of said warrant shall pay 10
the United States in cash the difference between
the value Of such warrants Mt ono dollar and TWEEN
~ five cents per acre and the tract OF nd located
on" ...r.-
by these provisions, where the lands are subject
TO private entry Mt dollar and Eve cents
per acre, the holder OF eighty acre warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming a compact
body OF eighty acres; and the holder of a warrant
Tor one hundred and SIXTY acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty acre tracts forming n
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres
Where the minimum price OF the lands subject
70 private entry proposed TO be located s than
81 % per acre, the holder Of tho warrant can 10.
cate, In accordance with the instr ctons 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 an
eighty acre warrant to locate herewith forty
acre tract OF land at 81 80 per acre in full salts
faction thereof bot he must locate, by legal subd
yisions the compact body Of eighty acres az near
"a may be- and pay the difference in cash So alec
Of l6-ncre warrants.
Each warrant ia to he distinctly and senoratalv |
located, 80 that IL follows that no body of land can
he located by IN assignee Of various warrantees.
with Number Of tcdrrants; nor can q pre-enptor
10 any case use more than one warrant in the bcs
ton OF the land prc-emped by bin. and the CT. |
ccss, II any, must be paid fer by him in cash
The second section of this act provides 'That the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices sbal
hereafter be severaly authorized TO charge and re-
oeive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants issued since tho II tn day Of
February, lssf, tho same compensa ton or per
centage TO which they entitled by law for sales
OF the public lands for cash, at the rate of 4 d
per acre, the said compensation TO be hereafter
paid by the assignces or holders Of such war
rants,b
The third section ofthis act provides ,,Tbat Re.
gls,efs ana Receivers, whether in or out of office
az the passage OF this net, their legal
hves in case OF death. shai1 be entitled 70 receive
from the Tteai6ry of the United States, for ser
tIcos heretofore performed in locating military
on provided IN the preceding section for services
hereafter to be performed, AFTER deductino tho
amount already received by such officers under
VIZ so. ch,,led AN net TO require the bodcrs Of
military land warrants to compensate the Land