The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-20
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE 10
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Form Of acknowledgment 1Diere the uendor is per
sonaHy kno~n 10 the officer taking The some.
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF -
On this -- day of ---, in the year --,
before personally there insert The of The
person to tohota the cttf cafe Of location issued) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
ASST gnmentto be his act and deed; and | certify
that the said (teye insert The of the person TO
rchom the certificate Of location issusd) is the iden
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
signment thereof
(OGcer's sgnaftrs.)
Form Of acknowledgment tohere the pendor is not
personally knoUn TO The officer. and iohere has
identity has 10 be proued
STATE OF ---, COUNTY OF ---.
On this -- day of --, in the year -,
before personally came (here insert The name
ot the person 10 tohom The cert fcdte Of location is
sued } and there insert the and residence Of Il
,oitnsss,) and the said (.ere insert The name Of The
ucliness) being well known to me credible
and disinterested person. duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert The Of the person
to oo1 he certificate Of location ISSUED and that
cate Of location Issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence 10 me of that fact, the said there
Hscrt- The name gf The person 10 ichOH The certificate
/ Of location issued) thercupOn acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
/ (Ofcer's signafpe)
Assignment No and acknowlcd gnent must
/ &c endorsed upon the warrant, and No. = aud &c.
knOwied gment upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attcstcd by two witnesses, acknow led gcd
before a Register or Receiver Of a Land Office
Judge Of Court Of Record, Justice Of the Peace
or Commissioner Of Deeds resident in tho State
/ from which he derives his appointment; and 10
every instance where the acknovledg ment IL
made before either of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver of a Land
! Office, 1t must be accompanied by certih-
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
/ uincnoss Of his signature.
/ All assignments OF bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September D, 1850, made be-
/ tore tho date Of ths act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled to pre- cmpton right u any land, shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same. ut the rate Of 5 IS per acre for the
quantity OF land therein specified"
by this provision, all pcrsOns entitled TO pre.cmp-
lion, neither on offered or unofIercd lands can use
. military bounty land warrant in payment for
The tract prc-cmptcd, reckoning the said warrant
at ono dollar aud twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land %
claimed IL NJ the usual or enhanced minimum
Should the ARIA Of the tract claimed exceed the
. amount called for in the warrant the pre- cupptor
Will have 20 pay f0r the IN cash. but II IL
'hould fall short be u not entitled TO rcfunding
. Of the excess.
isfurther provided By the same section 'that the
warrants which have been oruay hereafter beissued
in pursuance ~ said 10 Of The act may be 10.
Gated according to tho legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, ~ one body, upon any lands Of the
United Sstes suijcct 20 private entry at the time
% such location, at the minimum price: Provided
fDiter, That when said warrants shall be located
/ on lauIs which arc subject 90 entry at greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty. five cents
per acre the locator Il said warrant shall pay 10
the Cnitcd States IN cash tho difference between
the value % such warrants al ono dollar and tvcn-
] al Ia "A "a
by these provisions, where tbc lands are subject
g. private entry ~ one dollar and twenty. i've cents
pr acre, tho holder u an eighty warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty acrcs; and the holder II a warrant
Tor ono hundred aud sixty acres can take two
eighty acre Or four forty acre tracts, forming a
compact body Of one hundred aud sixty acres.
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
10 private entry propOscd Co BE- located s more than
. - per acre, The holder Of the warrant can 10
cate, 10 accordance with the instructions contained
ia The yrcgOng paragraph, the quantity specified
in the warrant ~ paying The difference in cash.
This act docs not authorize The holder Of an
eighty acre warrant 10 locate herewith "A forty
acre tract Of land at 81 30 per acre IN full sstis
faction thereof bot be must locate by legal su bdi
visions, the compact body a eighty acrcs a. ncaI
a. may be, and pa y the difference In cash. So alsc
Oi lOj-a &c warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located 20 that IL follDws that no body of land
bc located by an assiguCc Of various warrantees
WIN III NhhhOfT " W0yTdHiAs nor can a pre-cuIptOl
~ any case use more than one warrant in the lOca
ton OF the land pfc-cmpted by him, and the cx
Gees, II any, met be paid r by him in cash.
Idc SECOND section of this net provides THAT III,
Registers md Receivers Of the Land Office shat
hereafter be scveraily authorized g. charge and re-
ceiye TOR their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants iBsucd since the 18th day o
g cbrusry, 1871, TIC same Compensation or pei
ccmage 10 which they are entitled by law for sale
OF the public lands for each. ut the rate Of = q
. per acre, thc said compensation 81 bc hcreanc
. paid by The assgnces Or boldcrs Of such var
r rants
I The third section Of THE act provides "Tbat Re
gistcrs and Receivers, whether iu or out Of ofIir
AZ the passage Of this act or their legal re- prcsoptn
tivcs ~ case Of death shall be entitled 10 rccciy
from The Trca ury Of the United Statcs, for Ger
vices heretofore performed in locating militar
bounty land warrants, the same rnte Of compensa
ton provided in The preceding section for service
? hereafter 20 be performed, after dcducUng N
amount already received by such officers und,
! ! the net entitled An act to require the holders
military land warrants 10 compensate the Ian
Odiccr5 oi the United States for services IN rcatio
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