The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-03
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment OF Land Warrants and
Locations.


DY THE FIRST SECTION of the act of Congress,
ID entitled can act making Land Warrants as
signable and for other purposes" approved March
% 1852 it is provded: THAT all warrants for mill
tary bounty land which have been or may hereafter
be Issued under any law ofthe United States and all
valid locations Of the same which have been or
may hereafter be made, are hereby declared TO be
assignable, by deed or instrument of writing made
and executed after the taking effect OF this act ac-
cording TO such form, and pursuant to such regu'
laions as may be prescribed by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, TO vest the as
siguee with all the rights of the original owners Of
the warrant or location"
In accordance with the provisions of this section,
the following forms are prescribed for the assign
mcnt VI the warrants and locations referred to, TO
VIII
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
WARRANT.-No. |.
For value received, ], A. B., to whom the within
warrant No. - was issued, do hereby sell and
assign unto c. D., of and to his heirs
aud assigns forever, the said warrant, and author
izc him to locate the same, and receive a patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day of -,
lS5
Attest: A. B. [sEAL.l
T.. F.
c.. H.
Form of acknowledgment uhere the uendor is kno,on
10 the officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE OF - coUSTy OF -:
before me personally came (here insert tie name of the
tsnrantee) TO me well known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment 10 be his act and deed;
and certify that the said there insert the Of
1caiTGntee) ID the Identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment thereof
(OGicer's signature
Form of acknowledgment cheye the pe,:dor is not
Enotoa to the officer, and his identity has TO be
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came there insert the name of
the and there inseTf the and
dence Of tDitnsss,) and the said (hsre insert the
Of The VuitHess) being well 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 there insert the name Of the
toaTrGntee and that he Is the same person to whom
the within Warrant issued, and who executed the
foregoing assignment, aud his testimony being
satisfactory evidence to me OF that fact, the said
(kere insert the of The trayrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (OHcers signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO-
CATION.-No ..
For value received, /, A. r., to whom the within
certificate OF location was issued, do hereby sell
and ASST n 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 AB. [sEAL.l
G.H.
Form of acknowledgment ,chere the vcndor is per-
sonaiiy knotcn to the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this -- day of -, in the year
before me personally came here insert name of the
person to ,nhO the certificate Of location issued)
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignments be his act and deed; and | certify
that the said (tere insert the name of the person to
,chon the certificate of location ssued) is the iden
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation Issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signmcnt thereof.
(OGcer's signature.)
Form Of acknowledgment lohere the uendor is not
personally kno,cn to the officer. and ,rhere his
identity has TO be proued
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day Of -, in the year -,
before personally came there insert the name
IF The person to l,hom The certificate of location is
sued and (here insert ue name and residence Of
wiess,) and the said (Aere insert the name Of the
tDiiness) being we'll known to credible
and disinterested person, was duly sworn by Inc,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (here insert the name Of The person
to tUhom the certificate Of location issed) and that
he is the same person to whom the within certih-
cate of location issued and who executed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence TO me OF that fact, the saad (hre
insert the Of The person 10 ich0m The certificate
of location ssued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(OGicer's SIGNATURE
Assignment No. l and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver Of q Land Office,
Judge of Court of Record, Justice of the Peace,
a Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgment is
made before either of the officers above spec-
fed, except the Register or Receiver of Land
Office, it must be accompanied by certif-
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 %, 1885, made be-
fore the date OF this act, arc invalid and void.
The same section provides, "That any person
entitled TO pre- emption right to any land, shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same at the rate of s % per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified"
BY this provision all persona entitled to pre- emp
tion, vi neither offered unofiered lands.
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
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 excess in cash, but if it
should fall short, he is not entitled to refunding
of the excess.
tits further provided by the section "that the
warrants which have been, hereafter be issued
in pursuance Of said laws or OF this act, may be To-
Gated according to the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands in one 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 are subject to entry at greater
minimum than one 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 one dollar and TWEEN
ty five cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands subject
to private entry at dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder Of an eighty warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming compact
body of eighty acrcs and the holder of warrant
for one hundred aud sixty take two
cighty-acre four forty acre tracts, forming
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres.
Where The minimum price OF the lands, subject
private entry proposed to be located is than
8 20 per acre, the holder Of the warrant can To-
cate in accordance with the instructions contained
in the foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
in tho warrant, by paying tho difference in cash.
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