The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-23

that the said (here insfrt the name OF the person 10
,ohom the certificate Of location isSued) is the den-
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation Issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signment thereof
(OGcer's sisn0turs)
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the rendor is moi
personally knotcn 10 The officer aud icheTe has
identity mas 10 be proued
STATE or ---, COUNTY or --.
On this -- day of ---, in the year -,
before me personally came there insert the name
Of The person 10 tuhOm The certificate Of location
sued and (here insert The name and residence of a
tDiiess,) and the said (here insert the Of he
uifaess) being well known to me a credible
aud disintercsted person, duly sworn by me,
aud on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert The name Of the person
10 tohom The utfcatc Of location issued) and that
he is the snme person 20 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 there
insert The Of the person 10 ,Dhom the ceTtf cote
Of location issacd) thercupon acknowledged the
said assignment 10 be his act and deed.
(ofcers signatrs.)
Assignment No and acknowledgement must
hn endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and ac-
acknowledgement upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attcsted by two Witnesses, acknow lodged
before Register or Receiver of a Land Office, a
Judge Of Court Of Record, Justice Of the Peace,
or Commissioner Of Deeds resident IN the State
from which he dcriycs his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgment is
h'd, except the Register or Receiver of Land
O.iicc, IL must be accompanied by n ccrif-
cate, under zeal Of the proper authority, OF the
official character of the person before whom the
acknowledgement was made, and also Of the gen
uiucncss Of HE 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 10 pre- ompton right 10 any land, shall be
entitled TO use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, at the rate Of % per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified"
by this provision, III persons entitled TO prc-emp-
ton, whether offered or unoherod lands, use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
at one dollar ADD t~enty FIVE cents per acre, for
the quantity therein spochcd, whether tho land 90
claimed s at the usunl or enhanced minimum.
Should the area Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called FOR In the warrant, tho pre- omptor
will have 20 pay for the excess in cash, but II il
should fall short, be is not entitled 20 rcfunding
Of the excess.
lite further provided By the same section ''thattbe
warrants whic have been may hereafter be Issued
In pursuance 81 sad laws or Of this act may be To-
Gated according 20 the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, ia one body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject 10 private entry az tho time
II such location, al the minimum price: PrOvided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which nrc subject 90 entry at greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre the locator 81 said warrant shall pay TO
the United States in each the difference between
the value Of such warrants NJ one dollar and tven-
. five cents per acre and the tract Of aud located
on i"
BY these provisions, where the lands arc subject
to private entry at dollar and twenty. FIVE cents
per acre, the holder Of an eighty acre warrant
take any twOfOrty-acrc Tote, forming compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder Of n warrant
for ono hundred add sixty acres car take two
eighty acre or four forty acre tracts, forming
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price Of the lands, sublect
TO private entry proposed to be located ia more than
= Is 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 by paying the difference in cash.
This act does not authorize tie holder Of an
cIghty.acre warrant 20 locate thcrcvth a forty
NJ re- tract Of land at 81 so per In full sats
faction thereof, bot be must locate by legal subdi-
visions, the compact body Of eighty ncrcs, near
az may be, and pay The difference IN cash So alec
Of l6ll-oCre warrants.
Each warrant is TO bo distinctly and separately
located, that IL follows that body oj land can
be- located by an osagncc II various warr1ntecs,
with number of tcorrnnts; nor can a pre-cmptor
in any case use more than ono warrant IN the fOca-
ton Of the land prc-emptef by him. and the cy
cess, II any, m st be paid 4 r BY him in each.
The second section Of this act provides "That tho
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be ssvcrally authorized to charge aud
ceive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the llth day Of
February, lS47, the same compensation or per
ttbtaBt 70 Nufu lu'J arc cuiNitu W ~" III rhi'H
Of the public lands for each, at tho rate Of 3 IS
per acre, the said compensation TO be hereafter
paid by the assignees or holders Of such war
rants.p
The third section II this ret provides THAT Re
gistcrs and Receivers. whether in out Of office
nj the passage Of ths act, or their legal representa-
tivcs in case OF death. shall he entitled 10 receive
from the Tfca ury Of the United States, for ser
vices heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate Of compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter 60 be performed, after dcducting tho
amount already received by such officers under
the act entitled An act 90 require The holders Of
military land warrants 10 compensate the Land
Occr5 Of tho United States for services In relation
20 the location Of those worrants,' approved May