The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-23


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Form of acknowledgment ,ptere The vendor is knopn
to the officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE OF ---, COUNTY OF
On this ------ day OF ---. in the year -----,
before personally came (here insert the name Of the
tcayrdntee) to me well known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed;
and certify that the said there insert the Of
,pa,rantee) is the identical person to whom the
within warrant Issued, and who executed the fore
going ASST gnment thereof
(OGica's signature
Form, of acknowledgment tchre the rendor is not
kno,vn to the officer, and his identity has 10 be
proved
STATE OF ---, COUNTY OF -
On this day of ---, in the year --,
before me personally came there insert the name Of
the ,oayrariee) and (herc insert the name and resi-
dence of tDitnsss,) and the said (here insert the
name Of the ioitness) being well known to me as
credible and disnterested person, was duly sworn
by me- and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said (tere insert the name of the
,oorrantee) and that he is The person to whom
the within Warrant Issued, and who executed the
foregoing assignment, and his testimony being
satisfactory evidence to me OF that fact, the said
(here insert The name of the ,oarranfee) thercupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (0tcer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO-
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, i, A. H., to whom the within
certificate Of location was issued. do hereby sell
and assign unto Z. d., and to his heirs and gins
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
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Attest A. b. lsEAL.l
Eff.
G.. IL.
Form of acknowledgement rohre the uendor is per
sonaHy kno,on to the officer taking the same.
STATE Of -, COUNTY or -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally came (here insert ne name Of the
person TO iehom the certificate Of location issued) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
ass gnnentt to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (here insert the name Of the person to
,chom the certificate Of location issued is the iden
teal person TO whom the within certificate o! To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing az
signment thereof
(OGcer's agndfurs.)
Form of acknotcledg ment tohere the rendor ia not
personally kno,on 10 the officer and ,ohere has
identity has TO be prored.
STATE -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year --,
before me personally came (here insert the name
Of the person 10 lrhOm ~ certificate Of location is
sued, and (hsre insert one name and residence Of a
tcitnsss, and the said (here insert the Of the
,Difnsss) being well known TO me credible
and disinercsted person, was duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (ere insert The name Of the person
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 saus-
factory evidence to me Of that fact, the said (here
insert the Of the person 10 ,ohom The eerif feat,
Of location issued) thereuPon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed
| (OIicer's signaitue.)
Assiy nment No. | and acknowledgment must
/ be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and nc.
know gment upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, Acknowledged
! before a Register Receiver of Land Office, n
Judge Of Court of Record Justice Of the Peace,
or a Commissioner Of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgment lie
made before either Of the officers above spcci-
fed, except the Register Receiver Of Land
Office, IL must be accompanied by certih-
cate, under seal OF the proper authority, oil the
official character OF the person before whom the
acknowledgement VIVA made, aud also oil the gen
uincness OF his signature.
All assignments OF bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September Is, 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 10 any land shall be
| entitled 10 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, all persons entitled to pre-emp
ton, whether offered or unoffercd lands can usc
/ a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- emptcd, rec koning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land %
claimed IL at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area Of the tract claimed exceed tho
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- cmptor
will have to pay for the excess in cash, but If il
should fall short, he 10 not entitled 10 reundnp
! Of the excess
warrants which have been may hereafter be ISSUED
in pursuance Of ssid laws OF this act, may be To-
/ Gated according TO the legal subdivisions Of thu
public lands, in ono body, upon any lands Of th'
United States, sUbjectto private entry at the tim
/ -. no min prtr dr.
further. That when said warrants shall be located
| on lands which are subject 10 entry at grcate
I minimum than dollar and twenty. five cent
per acre, the locator of said warrant shall pay 4
the United States in cash the difference between
the value OF such warrants at one dollar and twcn
" Eve cents per acre and the tract Of land located
l on"
BY these provisions where the lands are subjec
90 private entry At dollar and twenty five cent
per acre, the holder Of an eighty acre warrant car
take any two forty acre lots, forming compac
body Of eighty acre.; and the holder Of a warran
for one hundred and sixty acres can take tv
eighty-sc four forty acre tracts, forming
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres.
where the minimum price Of the iands, subjec
70 private entry proposed to be located IL more thai
81 % per acre, the holder Of the warrant can 10
cate IN accordance with the Instructions coutainc
in the iOrcgoing paragraph, the quantity specific
In the warrant, BY paying the difference in cash.
This act does not authorize the holder Of Al
eighty acre warrant Ia locate herewith a forty
acre tract Of land At 81 80 per acre in full salts
faction thereof bot he must locac, by legal subd
visions, the compact body of eighty scres, ss nea
a. may be, and pay the difference in cash. SO als
. / Of l6O-a-re warrants.
Each warrant il TO be distinctly and separated
located, % that II follows that no body Of land ca
be located by an assignee Of various warranted
with number Of tcarronfs; nor can pre-emptC
in any case more than one warrant in the locf
ton Of the land pre-empted by him. and the e,
4 cess. II any, met be paid fr by him in cash
j. The second section Of this act provides "That u
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices sha
hereafter be sevorslly authorized TO charge and n
d ceive for their services in locating all mi!itar
e bounty land warrants, Issued snce the llth day
re February, l547, the same compensation p
centage TO which they entitled by Law for sal
4 OF the public lands for cash. at the rate of 4
=, per acre, the said compensation TO be hercalt
~ paid ny the nssignecs holders Of such wa
or rants'
OF The third section Of tbis act provides THAT r
ID gsters and Receivers, whether In or out Of oil
the passage Of this act, their legal represent
tives in case Of death shall be entitled TO recei
re from the Urea ury Of the United States, for q,
n vices heretofore performed IN locating militia
n bounty land warrants. the same rate Of compen
ton provided in the preceding section for serv
re hereafter to be performed, after deducting