Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-03-26

LAND WARRANrs MADE AssIGNARLE.

LAND WARRANTS MADE ASSIGNABI.E.
lhe following Is copy Of the act making land warrant
assignoble il has last passed both Houses Of Con
gress:
An AcT making Land Warrants asssnabo, aud for ohe
purposes.
BE enacted by the Senate and House Of Representative
OF the United States of anecn in Congress asselnbco 1hd
oil warrants Tor military bounty land, which have been o
may hereafter be issued under law of the United States
and oil valid locations Of the sane which hare hccn
hereafter DC made hereby declared e asssnabc by
deed or Instrument Of writing made and executed after tn;
taking effect oil this act according such orn and puIsu
ant 10 such regulations as may be prescribed by the Com
missioner OF Tho General Land Office vest The
sRnee with all the rights of the original owncrs OF the war
rant or locaon Provided That any person entitled TO pre-
empon right any land shall te entitled any saci
land warrant In payment of the same the rate of 81 q
acre. for the quantity Of land therein pccihed Provided
That the warrants which have been may hereafter be il.
sued in pursuance Of said laws of this be lucl
ted according 10 Tie legal subdivision of the public land In
body upon any lands of the United States subject 10
private entry ut the time Of such location at the minimum
price: Provided further That vixen said shall he
located lands which subject entry at greater mini
mum an 81 25 per acre. tho locaer of said warrants shall
pay TO The United States in cash the difference between the
value Of such a 81 25 per acre. and the tract of land
located
SEC . And be it further enacted That the registers and
receivers of the land offices shall hereafter be seveaiy
horzed charge ond receive for their services in
all military bounty land warrants issued since the llh day
Of Febnnry S4 the compensation per centagc 10
which they entitled by law for sales of tie public lands
for cash. the of 81 rs per the said compensation
TO be hereafter paid by The assnecs holders Of such var
rants.
SEC. g. And be further enacted That registers and
ceivers whether In OF Office the passage of this
act, their legal representatives in Of DEATH shall DO
entitled 10 receive from the Treasury % the United Stntes,
for services heretofore performed in locating military bonn
ty land warrants The rate of compensation provided
in The preceding section for services hereafter 10 be per
formed after deducting the aeady received by such
officers under tho entitled IAN to require the holders
Of military lard compensate the land officers OF
tho United States for services in relation 10 tho location
those warrants approved May IT, lS48: Pfovdej That
register receiver shall receive any compensation out OF
the treasury for past services who has charged and received
illegal fees for the location Gf such warons And provided
further, That register receiver shall receive for his
services during any year greater compensation thaa the
maximum now allowed by law.
SEC And be further enacted That IN all cases wnec
the militia or volunteers or Stac troops OF any State or
Territory called into military service, and whose
vices have been paid by the United States subsequent to the
eighteenth Of June eighteen hundred and twelve, the oi
and soldiers Of such militia volunteers, or lroops shall
oe entitled all tho benefits of the act entitled "An act
granting bounty land certain officers ard soldiers who
havc been engaged in the military service Of tho United
States" approved September twentyeEh, eighteen hun
ired and v and shall receive lands for their Services
cordng the provisions Of said act upon proof OF length
Of service as therein rcqucd and that tie last proriso OF
the ninth section of The net Of eleventh OF February cish-
hundred und forty scycn be and the same Id hereby
peaed: Proridsd That nothing herein contained shall ai
hozc bounty land 10 those who have heretofore received
or become entitled 10 the
SEC. s. And be it further enacted That where any
paay battalion, egiment in an organized form, march
ed more tnn twenty miles to the places where ncy were
into the service oi the United Stae' dis
charged than weniy miles from the place where snc,
company. ba,iaon regiment organized; in all such
cases. computing the length of service OF lhs officers and
soldiers OF any such company battalion, regiment with
view determine The quantity Of land any officer sol
der entitled to under said act approved 2S OF September
$780, there shall be allowed day Tor every twenty miles
from the place where the company battalion or regiment
ofganiZrd 10 The place where the mustered
into The service Of United States snd also day or
every twenty miles from The place where such company
battalion regiment discharged 10 The place where
orsanized and from whence it marched TO enter the
service.