The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-03
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment OF Land Warrants and
Locations.

Locations.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, March %, 1852.
DY THE FIRST SECTION Of the act of Congress, |
ID entitled "An act making Land Warrants as |
81 enable and for other purposes, approved March |
% 1852, it provided: That all warrants Tor 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
assgnabie, 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-
lations may be prescribed by the Commissioner |
of the General Land Office, to vest the as
sgnee with all the rights of the original owners OF
the warrant or location"
In accordance with the provisions of this section,
the following forms prescribed for the assign
ment of the warrants and locations referred to, to
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FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
WARRANT.-No. l.
For value received, !, "a. b., to whom the within
warrant No ------ issued, do hereby sell and
assign unto C. D., of and to his heirs
and assigns forever, the said warrant, and author
ize him to locate the same, and receive patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and SEAL this - day of -,
1855.
Attest: b. GsEAL.l
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G. II.
Form of Acknowledgment ,ohers the Uendor is k,oon
10 the officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE OF -------, coUSry OF -.
On this - day of ----. in the year ---,
before personally came there insert the name Of the
icurrdntee) TO me well known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed;
and certify that the said (here insert the name Of
toarantce) ia the Identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the lore
going assignment thereof
(OGca's signatre)
Form of acknowledgment lrhere The vendor not
kno,vn to the officer, and his identity has to be
proceed
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF -
On this - day of ---, in the year
before me personally came there insert the name Of
the ,oarrantee) and (here inser, the name and resi-
dence Of q Ditness,) and the said (heTe insert the
name Of the ,oitness) being well known to me as a
credible and dslntcrested 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
,Darrdntee and that he ls the same person to whom
the within Warrant issued and who executed the
fore going assi gnment, and his testimony being
satisfactory evidence to me of that fact, the said
there insert the Of the ,odrrantee) thereupon
acknow lodged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (Otice's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE 10
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received |, A. b., to whom the within
certificate of location issued, do hereby sell
and assign unto {. d., and to his heirs and signs
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: A. b. IsEAL]
E.
Form of acknowledgment ,olere the pendor is per-
sonaHy knoton 10 the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally came (here insrtt name Of The
person TO iohom the certificate Of ocdon isstied) to
oIlI, lode 4 hoH
assignment to be his act and deed; and l certify
that the said (here insert The name Of the person TO
lohom the certificate Of location issued) Is the iden-
teal person To whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
sgnment thereof.
(Oficer's signatWe.)
Form of acknowledgment lohre the vendor i, not
personally knoion TO the officer and tchere his
identity mas 10 be prored
STATE or -, COUNTY OF --.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (iere Insert the name
IF The person 10 ichom The certificate Of location is
sued and (here insert he name and residence of a
,oitness,) aud the said there insert Tie Of the
! tcitness) being well known to me a credible
and disintercsted person, was duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (hers insert The Of The person
10 ,chom the certificate Of location issued and that
he s the same person 10 Sh9m the within me seT I
going assignment; and his testimony being satis.
factory evidence to of that fact, the sad there
insert the Of he person 10 rcho The certificate
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment 10 be his act and deed
(O6ieers signatrs.)
Assignment No. and Acknowledgements must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and &C.
knovledgment upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver Of Land Office, a
Judge Of Court of Record, a Justice of the Peace
or Commissioner Of Deeds resident in The State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowl edgment is
made before either of the officers above speci
ned, except the Register or Receiver Of a Land
Office, IL must be accompanied by n 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.
uineness of his signature.
All assignments OF bounty land warrants issued
under the act OF September 2s, 1850, made be-
fore the date OF this set, are invalid and void
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled TO pre- empuon right to any land, shall be
entitled 10 use any such land warrant in payment
OF the same, at the rate OF 5 rs per acre for the
quantity OF land therein specified"
By this provision, MI pcrsons nttled TO prc-emp.
ton, whether offered or unoncrcd lands can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre-cmptcd reckoning the SAID warrant
az one dollar aud twenty FIVE cents per acre for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 81
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum
Should the area Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called Tor in the warrant the pre- emptor
should tall short, bc is not entitled TO reiunding
II the
lie further provided by tho same section thattbc
warrants which have been, may hereafter be issued
In pursuance Of said laws or Of ths act may be To-
Gated according to the legal subdivisions Of the
public hnds, in ono body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject TO private entry at the time
Of such location, at the minimum price: PROVIDED
JtptLO, That when said warrants shali be located
on lanes which are subject TO entry at a greater
minimum than ono dollar aud 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 ~ dollar and TWEEN
~ i've cents per acre and the tract Of land located
90"
by these provisions, where the lands are subject
To- private entry nj dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder Of an eghty-acre warrant can
take any two forty-acre Tote, forming n compact |
body Of eighty acres; and the holder Of a warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two |
eighty-acre or four iOrtyacre tracts, forming a
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres
Where the minimum price of the lands, subject |
to private entry proposed to be located more than
81 % per acre, the holder Of the warrant can 10.