The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-31
Form of ackno,pledsm enf ,chere the rendor Is M
personally knotcn 10 the officer, and tchtre III
IDENTITY mas TO be proved

STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of --, in the year --,
personally came before me (here ins,rf the name
Of the person 10 tphom the csrt Of location is
sued and (hsre insert the and rssidsnce Of a
icifnsss,) and the said there insert the name Of the
pifnsss) being well known 10 me as a credible
and disinterested person. duly sworn 10y Inc,
and on his oath declared and said that he we'll
knows the said there INSET the name Of the person
10 tohom the cut,ticos Of location issusd) and that
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 satis
factory evidence to me Of that fact the snid (here
insert the of The person 10 ichom the certificate
Of location issufd) tbercupon Acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(Otioer's signaftus.)
AssignmAet No. I and acknowledgement must
be endorsed opon the warrant, and No. 2 and &C
knowledg mentypon the certificate OF location; and
must be attestsd by two Witnesses, Acknowledged
before a Register or Receiver of a Land Office, a
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 ackno " ledgment IL made
before any officer other than the Register or Re
ceiver of Land Office, IL must be accompanied
by certificate under seal Of the proper authority.
OF the official character of the person before whom
the acknowledgment was made, and also OF the
genuneness Of bis signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants Issued
under the act of September 2s, 1850, made be-
fore the date OF this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, THAT any persOn
entitled to pre- emption right 10 any land, shall be
entitled 10 use any such land warrant in payment
of the same, at the rate Of Is per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled TO pre-emp
ton whether offered or unoffered lands, use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- omptod, reckoning the said warrant
at ono dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified whether the land 80
claimed IL at the usual enhanced minimum.
Should tho ASA Of the tract claimed exceed the
I cal cd for In Var he preg tor
will have to pay for the in cash. but If IL
should fall short, he IL not entitled to refunding
Of the excess.
is further provided by the same section shat the
warrants which have been may 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 ono body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject TO private entry at the time
/ of such location, at the minimum price: Provided
further. That when said warrant shall be located
on lands which are subject 10 entry at greater
minimum than dollar and twenty five cents
per acre. the locator Of said warrant shall pay "a
/ the United States in cash the difference between
the value Of such warrants at dollar and TWEEN
~ five cents per acre and the tract Of land located
/ on"
/ by these provisions where the lands are subject
to private entry at dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder Of an eighty acre warrant car
take any two iortyocre lots, forming n compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder OF warrant
for one hundred and sixty acrcs can 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, subjec
10 private entry proposed 10 be located IL more thar
81 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, by paying The difference in cash
This act docs not authorize the holder OF ar
eighty acre warrant 10 locate herewith n forty
acre tract Of land at 81 80 per acre ia full salts
faction thereof but he must ocsv, by legal subdi
visions, the compact body Of eighty acres, as nca
may be, aud pay the difference in cash. SO ala,
of lGo-acre warrants, except IN presumption case
az hereipbcfore stated
Each warrant is 10 be distinctly and separately
located, 40 that il follows that body Of land
bc located by any assignee Of various varrantees
with a number Of tcouanis; nor can pre-empto
in any case uso more than one warrantin the loca
ton Of the land pre-empted by him, and the es
cess If any, must be paid FER by him in oash.
The second section Of this act provides THAT the
I Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be soverslly authorized 10 charge and re-
ccive for their services IN locating all military
bounty land warrants, issuod snce the III tn day o
February, 1871, the same compensation or pet
centage 20 which they entitled by law for GALES
Of the public lands for cash. at the rate of y ~
per acre the said compensation to be hereafter
paid by the assgnees or holders Of such war
rants"
The third section Of this act provides THAT Re.
gsters and Receivers, whether in or out Of Office
ut the passage Of this act their legal representa-
\ tivcs ia Of death shall be entitled to receive
from the Urea 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 20 he performed, after deducting To,
| amount already received by such officers undei
the act entitled AN act TO require the holders o
/ military land warrants 10 compensate the Lane
Officers Of the United States for services In relation
| 20 the location Of those warrants, approved May