The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-27

ne Is The same person To whom the within certi
cate VI location issued and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence 10 me OF that fact, the said (Asre
insert The name Of The person 10 ,ohoa the ifeais
ef location isssad) thereupon Acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(O6ioer's signaiwt.)
Assignment No. I and acknow led gInent must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and &C.
Acknowledgement upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attested by two Witnesses ackno lied ged
before a Register or Receiver of a Land Office a
Judge Of a 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 acknow led gnent is made
before any officer other than the Register or Re
ceyer Of Land Office. il must be accompanied
by certificate, under zeal of the proper authority.
OF the official character Of the person before whom
the scknov ledg ment was made, and also Of the
gonuincness of his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants Issued
under the act Of September 25, 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 ~ any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, Rt the rate Of 5 % per for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled 10 prc-omp.
ton whether ON offered or unoered lands can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- emptcd. reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar aud twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 90
Should the Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for In the warrant, the pre-. omptor
will have TO pay for the excess in cash. but II IL
should fall short he IL not entitled TO refundipp
Of the excess.
Itis further PROVIDE by the ga me section chat the
warrants which have been or may hereafter be Issued
in pursuance Of said laws or Of this act, may be 10
Gated according 10 the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, in ono body, upon any lands Of the
United Statcs, subject 10 private entry at the time
Of such location, at the minimum price. PROVIDED
(i1fL,r, That when said warrant shall be located
on lands which subject 10 entry at a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty. five cent?
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay 10
the United States in cash the difference between
the value 81 such warrants at one dollar and tven
tyyc cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on d"
BY these provisions, where the lands are subject
90 private entry at one dollar and twenty FIVE cen t.
per acre, the holder Of an eighty warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty scros; and the holder Of a warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty acre four forty acre tracts, forming a
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
to private entry proposed TO be located more than
: % 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 each.
This act dOcs not authorize the holder Of an
81 ghty. acre warrant 10 locate herewith forty.
acre tract Of land at 81 90 per acre ia full salts
faction thereof, but nc must locate by legal subdi-
visions, the compact body Of eighty acres, ne near
a. may be, and pay the difference IN cash So slso
Of l6O-acre warrants, except ~ pre-emption case.
a. hereubefore stated.
Each warrant il TO lie distinctly and separately
heated that u follows that no body Of land can
be located by any assignee Of various varrantees.
with number Of tcayTanfs; nor can prc-emptOr
in any case use more than warrant in the locs
ton Of the land pre-emptcd by bin, and the er-
cess. " any, must be paid hr by him in oash.
The second section of this act provides "Tbat the
Registers and Receivers Of The Land Offices shall
hereafter be severaly authorized TO charge and
ceivo for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the tn day Of
February, 1871, the same compensation or per
ccnthgo 70 which they entitled by law for Gales
Of the public lands Tor cash, nj the rate Of rs
per acre the said compensation 10 be hereafter
paid by the assignces holders Of such var
rants"
The third sociiOn Of this &C, provides "That Re
gisters and Receivers, whether in or out Of Office
AZ the passage Of this act their legal representa-
tives 10 Gaze 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 30 be performed, after deducting the
amount already received by such officers under
the act entitled An act 20 require the holders Of
military land warrants TO compensate the Land
Ohcers Of the United States for services In relation
TO The location Of those warrants approved May