The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-03

On this - day OF -, in the year -,
before me personally came (hsrs insert the name Of
the toarrantee) and (here insert The name and rexi-
dence Of tDitness,) and the said (here insert the
name Of the ,Dit,ess) being well known to me
credible and disinterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
,parrantes) 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
there insert the Of the tparrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (OGicer's SIGNATURE
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE To-
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, l, A. g., to whom the within
certificate of location issued. do hereby sell
and assign unto C. D., and to his heirs and assigns
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
-, 1856
Attest: A. B tsEAL.1
Eff.
G.. H.
Form Of acknowledgment ,osrs the Uendor is per-
sonaiy knotrn to the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally came (hsrs insert tie name oLhe
person 10 ,Oho the certificate Of location iss,sed) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (here inset the Of the person to
,ohom the certificate Of location iss,e) is the iden
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signment thereof.
0.' (OGcer's signature.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohre the utndor is not
personally kno,on to the officer, and ,oh<re his
identity has TO be proued
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert the name
Of the person to 1hom the certificate Of location IS
sued and there insert the name and residence Of
,pitness,) and the said (here insert lie Of The
,oitness) being well known to me as credible
and disinterested person, was duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert the name Of The person
to ,ohom the certfcat Of location issued and that
he ia the same person to whom the within certifi
cate of loca alton Issued and who Executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence of that fact, the said (here
insert the name Of the person TO 'ohon the certificate
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed
(O6icers signaturs.)
Assignment No. and Acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, md No. and ac
acknowledgement upon the certificate OF locations; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of IA Land Office,
Judge of Court of Record, Justice of the Peace,
Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgment is
made before either of the officers above speci
fed except the Register or Receiver of Land
Office, it must be accompanied by ccrtf-
cate, under seal of the proper authority, o: the
official character Of the person before whom the
acknowledgment was made, and also Of the gen.
uincness 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- emption right to any land. shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same at the rate of 81 rs per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified
By this provision, all persons entitled to Preemp
tion, whether on offered or unoffered lands
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- empted, reckoning the said warrant
at dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area OF the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- emptor
will have to pay for the excess in cash, but if it
should fall short, he is not entitled to elunding
Of the excess
lis further provided by the section that the
warrants which have been, may hereafter beissued
in pursuance of said laws of this act, may be 10
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, at the minimum price: Provided
further That when said warrants shall be located
| on lands which subject to entry at n greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator of said warrant shall pay to
the United States in cash the difference between
the value of such warrants at one 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 Eve cents
per acre, the holder Of an eghty-acre warrant can
| take any two forty acre lots, forming compact
| body Of eighty acres and the holder of a warrant
| for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty acre tracts, forming
compact body of one hundred and sixty acres.
| Where the minimum price OF tho lands, subject
to private entry proposed to be located s than
81 25 per acre, the holder of the warrant can To-
|
in the foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
| in the warrant, by paying the difference in cash.
| This act does not authorize the holder Of
eighty acre warrant to locate Herewith forty
acre tract Of land at So so per acre in full salts
faction thereof but he must locate, by legal subdi
visions, the compact body of eighty acres, as near
as may be, and pay the difference in cash. So also
| of l6O-acre warrants.
| Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, 80 that it follows that body of land can
| be located by an assignee OF various warrantees,
with number Of ,oarTants; nor can pre.emPtor
in any case use more than one warrantin the loca-
ton Of the land pre-empted by him, and the ex
cess, if any, must be paid &c by him in cash.
The second section of this act provides "That the
! Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be severaly authorized to charge and re-
ceive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the 18th day OF
| February, lS47, the same compensation or per
centa &C TO which they entitled by law for sales
of the public lands for cash, at the rate of 25
per acre, the said compensation to be hereafter
paid by the assignces or holders Of such war
rants"
The third section OF this act provides THAT Re.
gisters and Receivers, whether in out Of office
the passage Of this act, their legal representa-
tivcs in case OF death shall be entitled to receive
from the Trea,u 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 to be performed, after deducting the
amount already receittd by such officers under
the act entitled An &C. to require the holders o
military land warrants TO compensate the Land
Officers Of the United States for servicesin relation
70 the location Of those warrants approved May