The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-24


personally knooa 10 the officer, and ,chae ms
identity has 10 be TrOUed
STATE or ----, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of ---, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert The name
Of he person 10 tch1m The cert fcate Of location is
sued and (heye insert The and residence Of
oitness,) and the said there insert The Of the
ritness) being well known TO me credible
aud disintcrested person, was duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said thaa he well
knows the said (hsTe inset The name Of he person
10 lchom he certificate Of location iSsued) ami that
he Is the same person TO whom the within certif-
cate of location Issued and who executed the Fore
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence 10 Of that fact, the said there
insert The name of The person 10 ,ohom tse certificate
u location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment 20 be HE act and deed.
(09icT's signatiVs.)
Assignment No. and acknowledgement must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and &C.
acknowledgement upon the certificate OF location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowl Cd ged
before a Register or Receiver of a Land Office,
Judge of Court OF Record, Justice Of the Peace,
Or Commissioner Of Deeds resident in the State
from which hc derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the owledgmcnt is
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register Receiver Of Land
Otfcc, IL must be accompanied by n certif-
cate, under seal Of the proper authority, of the
Official character Of the person before whom the
acknowledgement was made aud also Of the gen.
uineuess Of his signature.
All assignments Of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September p, 1850, made be-
fore the date OF this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, THAT any pcrson
entitled to pre- emption right To any land, shall be
entitled TO use any such land warrant in payment
ul the same ut the rate of q % pcr acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
BY this provision, all persons entitled 10 prc-cmp.
ton, whether on offered unOfIercJ lands can usc
military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract prc-cmptcd, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar aud twenty five cents per acre. for
the quantity therein specifsd, whether the land 90
claimed IL AZ the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should The area Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called Tor i'm the warrant, the pre- ctnptor
will have Co pay for the excess in ca5h but If il
should fall short he ia not entitled TO rcfundug
Of the excess.
Its further provided by the "a me section "tbnt the
warrants which have beer, ormay hereafter be ssucd
In pursuance Of said laws or Of this act may be To-
Gated according to the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands ia ono body, upon any lands Of the
United Statcs subject b. private entry AZ The time
Of such location, at the minimum price: Provided
ItUf.p, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which suhjcCt 20 entry at n greater
minimum than ono dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, The locator u said warrant shall pay 10
the United states IN cash the dill, renee between
the value Of such warrints at one dollar and tVcn-
" five cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on q"
BY these provisions where tie lands arc subject
To private entry az dollar and twenty Gyc cents
psr acre, the holder Of an cighty-acrc warrant can
take any two iorty-acre tote, forming a compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder ~ n warrant
for ono hundred AID sixty acres can take two
Cighty-acrc or four lOrty-ocfe tracts, forming a.
conpac; body Of one hundred and sixty acres.
where the minimum price Of tie lands subject
to private entry proposed 20 be located s more than
81 % per acre, thc holder Of the warrnutcan TO-
cate IN accordance with tho instructions contained
~ the iOrcgonR paragraph, the quantity specified
IN ihe warrant, by paying The difference in cash.
This act docs not authorize the holder Of m
eighty-acre warrant b. locate thcreWith a forty
acre tract Of lard at 81 50 per acre ia foil salts
l9ctiOn thereof, bot hc must locate by legal subdi-
Visions, tho comp9ct body 81 eighty acrcs ~ near
as may be, aud pay the difference IN cash So also
Of l69.acre warrants.
Each warrant - to be distinctly and separately
located 60 that 10 iolows that body Of land can
be located by nm assignee Of various warrantecs.
with nur'ba Of tClrTarlts; nor can pre-emptor
IN any case use more than one warrant In the oca-
ton Of the land pre-. cmpted by him, and the ex
cess. If any, inaft be paid fer by him IN cash.
The second 1cctiOn Of this act proyidCs "Thnt the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Oliccs shall
hereafter be scveraiiy authorized 10 charge and re-
e i've FOR their services ia locating al military
bounty land warrants, Issued since the nth day Of
February, l5iI, the Same compensation or per /
ccutagc 90 which they entitled BY law for sales
% The public lands for cnsb the rate Of Is |
per acre, the said compensation to be- hereafter 1
paid by The as,ignecs Or holders Of such war
rants
Tho third section ofthis net provides "'That Re.
2iltcr6 and Receivers whether in or out Of Office
lt tho passage 81 this act their legal Representa-
ivca n caac 81 death, shall DC entitled 10 receive
rom tho Irea ury ~ thc United Siatcs for ser
vices heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate OF compen-a
ION provided IN the preceding section for services
hereafter 90 be performed, after dcductine the
mount already received by such officers under
ne net entitled IN net 20 require tho holicrs of
military land warrants 20 compensate tho Land
)hccrl Of the Uuitci States f1r scrviccsin relation
o The location OF those worrluts' approved May