The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-01


that the said (here insert the name Of the person to
,ohom The certificate Of location issued) is the iden
teal person to whom the within certificate oil To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signment thereof.
(OGcsr's signat're.)
Form Of acknowledgment 1chere the uendor is not
personally knoion 10 The officer, and tohere his
identity has 10 be proued
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert uie name
Of the person 10 ,ohom The certificate Of location is
sued and (Lere insert the and residence Of
toitness) and the said (hers insert the Of the
,cuneSs) being well known TO me a credible
aud disinterested person, duly sworn by Inc,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (Lers insert fhe Of the person
10 tohom Ms certificate Of location issued and 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 satis-
factory evidence to of that fact, the said (here
insert The Of the person 10 toho The certificate
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed
(OGicers signaftyt.)
Assignment No. | md acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and ac-
knUwled gment upon the certificate OF location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of Land Office,
Judge Of Court Of Record, Justice of the Peace,
or n 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 il must be accompanied by n certh-
cate, under seal of the proper authoHty>o OF the
official character Of the person before whom the
acknowledgement was made, and also OF the gem
uncness of his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act of September %, 1850, made be-
fore the date of this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, "That any person
entitled TO pre- empton right to any land, shall be
la..
Of The same, at the rate Of 8 rs per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified
by this provision, all persons entitled to pre-emp-
ion whether on offered or unoilered lands, can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- emptcd, reckoning the sad 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- omptor
will have TO pay for the in cash, but If it
should fall short, be is not entitled to refundng
of the excess.
lis further provided by the samc section "thattbo
warrants which have been, ormay hereafter be issued
in pursuance Of said laws 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 tho time
of such location, at the minimum price: Provided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which arc subject TO entry at a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay 10
the United States in cash the difference between
the value Of such warrants at dollar and TWEEN
y five cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on q"
by these provisions. where the lands are subject
TO private entry at ono 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 acres; and the holder of n warrant
for one hundred aud sixty take two
eighty acre four forty acre tracts, forming O
compact body of one hundred and sixty acre.
Where the minimum price of the lands, subject
to private entry proposed TO be located s more than
4 25 per acre, the holder of the warrant can 10.
cate, in accordance with the instructions contained
in the foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
in the warrant, 10y paying the difference in cash.
This act does not authorize the holder Of
eighty acre warrant to locate herewith forty
tract Of land at 81 30 per acre in full salts.
faction thereof, but nc must locate, by legal subd
visions, the compact body Of eighty hcrcs, near
az may be, and pay the difference in cash So also
OF 6O-acre warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, so that it follows that no body of land can
be located by an assignee Of various warronteos,
with number Of tcGrTants; nor can a pre-cmptor
in any case use more than one warrant in the toca-
ton Of the land pre-emptc1 by him, and the ex-
Gees, If any, must be paid e by him in cash.
The second section Of this net provides "That the
Registers md Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be sevcrally authorized to charge and
ccive Tor their services in locating NIL military
bounty land warrants, issued since the llth day Of
February, ls47, the same compensation or per
cen.age to which they entitled by law for sales
q the public lands FOR cash, az tho rate Of 4 25
per acre, the said compensation 10 be hereafter
paid by the assignees or holders of such
rants"
The third section Of this act provides "That Re-
gistcrs and Receivcra whether in or out Of office
at the passage Of this act, their legal representa-.
tivcs in case OF death, shall be entitled to receive
from the Urea Jury Of the United States, for ser
vices heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rnte Of compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for
hereafter 70 be performed, after dcductng the
the act entitled 'An act TO require the holders of
military land warrants to compensate the Land
OlBccrs Of the United States for servicosi in relation
TO the location OF those warrants approved May