The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-17

knows the said (here iNserf The name OF The person
10 trhom the certificate Of location issued) and that
he s the same person 10 whom the within certih-
cdlc of location issued. and who executed tho fore
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence to of that fact, the said there
insert the Of The person 10 ichom the CERT cafe
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be HE act and deed.
(OGosr's signattus.)
Assignment No. aud acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and ac-
acknowledgement upon the certificate OF location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver OF Land Office, n
Judge Of Court OF Record, Justice of the Peace,
or Commissioner OF Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgement is
made before either of the officers above spec-
fed except the Register or Receiver Of a Land
Othce, il must be accompanied by ccrth-
cate, under seal Of the proper authority, Of tho
official character OF the person before whom the
acknowledgement was made, and also Of the gen.
uinenoss 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- cmption right to any land, shall be
entitled TO use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, at the rate Of 25 per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled TO pre-emp-
tion, whether offered or unoticrcd lands,
n military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract Exempted, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified whether the land 30
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in tho warrant the pre- .emptor
will have to pay for the in cash, but If IL
should fall short, he is not entitled 10 reiunding
of the excess
Iis further provided by tho came section "that 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 one body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject TO private entry at the time
of such location, nj the minimum price: Provided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which subject TO entry at greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator OF said warrant shall pay 10
tac United States in cash the difference between
the value of such warrants mt ono dollar and TWEEN
ty FIVE cents per acre and the tract OF land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands are subject
TO private entry nj dollar and TWEEN five ccn
per acre, the holder Of an cightyacrc warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming n compact
body OF eighty acres; and the holder of warrant
for one hundred md sixty acres can take two
cighty-acrc or four forty acre tracts, forming n
| compact body Of ono hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price OF the lands subject
TO private entry proposed 10 b. located is more than
s % 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 tho difference in cash.
This act docs not authorize the holder Of nm
| eighty acre warrant To locate herewith forty.
acre tract OF land at 81 80 per acre in full salts
faction thereof, but he must lucatc, by legal subdi.
Visions, the comppct body of eighty ncrcs, as near
may be, and pay the difference in cash. So nl5o
| of lbl-aGre warrants.
Each warrant is TO be distinctly and scparatcly
located, 80 that IT follows that body of land car
| be located Ivy assignee of various warrantees
with number Of tcoranis; can n pre-emptor
in any case more than one warrant in the loca-
| ton Ut the land prc-emptod by him. and the cr.
cess, If any, must be paid f T by him in cash.
The second section of this act provides THAT the
| Registers aud Receivers of the Land Oiccs shall
hereafter bc scvcraly authorized to charge and
| cciyc for their scrvccs ia locating all military
| bounty land warrants, issued since the lth day
| February, 1871, tic same compensation or pei
ccutagc 20 which they entitled by law for snlc'
Of the public landB for cash nj the rate Of n =,
| per acre, the said compensation 10 bo hereafter
| paid by the Gssignecs or holders Of such var
| rants"
Tic thrd section Of this net provides ''Thnt Re
Gistcrs and Receivers, whether in or out of ofc,
t the pnssagc Of this act, or their legal representa-
| tiycs in case of death, shall be entitled 10 rccciy,
from the Urea .ury of the United States for ser
/ vices heretofore pcrformcd in locating militnr,
bounty land warrants, tho same rate Of compensn
lion provided in the preceding section for service,
hereafter TO be performed, after dcductinr tn,
amount already received by such officers undo,
| the net entitled An act 10 require the boldern {,
| military land warrants TO comrens ate the Lane
Oiccrs OF tho United States for services in rcatio,
to the location Of those Warrants approved Ma,