The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-22

| STATE OF ----, COUNTY OF -.
On this --- day of ----, in the year
| before me personally came there insert The Of
lie ,owraniee) and (hne insert the name and resi-
dence Of toitness,) and the said (here insert The
name Of the uoitness) being well known TO me a
credible and disinterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and his oath declared and said, that he
| well knows the said (aere insert The name Of The
,oarrantee 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 Tue toarrantee) thereupon
| acknowledged the said assignment TO be his act
| and deed. (OBicer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIG NMENT OF THE 10.
| CATION.-No. 2.
For value received !, A. b., to whom the within
certificate Of location was issued. do. hereby sell
and assign unto {. d.. and to his heirs and assgus
| 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
-, 1855
Attest: A. b. fsEAL.l
E.E,
| Form Of acknowledgment ,chere the pendor is per-
sonaiiy kno,rn 10 the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF
| On this -- day of , in the year ----,
before personally came (here insert The Of the
person 10 ohom the certificate Of location issted) to
inc well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
|
that the sad (here insert the name of the person TO
soiom the certificate IF location issued) ia the iden
teal person TO whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signment thereof
(Ofcer's signafwe.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohre the pendor is not
| personally kno,on 10 The officer. and ,ohne his
| identity has to be proceed.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -
On this - day of -, in the year
before me personally came (here insert the
Of he person 10 iDhom the certificate Of location is
sued and (here insert The and residence Of
,oitneSs,) and the said there insert The name Of The
| ,cttncsS) being well known TO me as credible
| and disntercsted person, duly sworn by me,
and on HE oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (here isse,t the name Of the person
10 ,ohon the certificate Of location issued md that
lie is the same person 10 whom the within certifi-
cate of location Issued, and who executed the FORE
! going assignment; and his testimony being sats-
factory evidence to Of that fact, the said there
insert The name Of che person 10 ,ohom The certificate
| Of location issued) thcreupon acknowledged the
| said assignment TO be his act and deed.
| (OGieer's signaturs.)
Assignment No. | and acknow edgIncnt must
| hc endorsed upon tho warrant, and No 2 and ac.
acknowledgement upon the certificate OF location; and
must be attcstcd by two Witnesses, acknowledged
| before Register Receiver of a Land Office,
Judge Of Court OF Record, Justice OF the Peace,
| or Commissioner OF Deeds resident in the State
| from which he derives his appointments and in
| every instance where the acknowledgment 10
| made before either OF the officers above spoci-
| fed, except the Register Receiver of a Land
| Office, it must be accompanied by ccrtih-
cate, under zeal Of the proper authority, of the
official character Of the person before whom the
acknowledgment wac made, and also Of the gen
uneness OF his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
| under the act OF September d, 1850 made be-
fore the date OF this act, arc invalid and void.
The section provides, That any person
entitled to pre- cmption right 10 ANY land, shall be
! entitled TO any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, at the rate OF % per acre for the
| quantity OF land therein specified"
by this provision, al persons entitled to pre- emp
ton, whether on offered or unofIcrcd lands,
n military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- cnptcd, reckoning the said warrant
at ono dollar aud twonty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land so
claimed IL at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- cmptor
will have To pay for the in cash, but if il
should fall short, he Is not entitled to rclunding
of the excess.
II is further provided by the same section "that the
warrants which have been may hereafter be issued
in pursuance VI said laws Of this act may he To-
Gated according to the legal subdivisions Of tho
public lands, in one body, upon any lands OF the
United States subject to private entry Mt 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 "A greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre. the locator Of said warrant shall pay 10
the United States in cash the difference between
the value OF such warrants Mt one dollar and TWEEN
ty five cents per and the tract OF land located
on"
by these provisions, where the lands are subject
to private entry at one dollar aud twenty. five cents
per acre the holder of an eighty warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder of warrant
for one hundred and sixty take two
cighty-acre four forty acre tracts, forming n
compact body Of one hundred aud sixty acres
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
60 private entry proposed 60 be located more than
4 % per acre, the holder Of the warrant 10.
cate in accordance with the instructions contained
in tho foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
ia the warrant, by paying tho difference in cash.
This act docs not authorize the holder Of an
cighty.acro warrant to locate herewith forty.
acre tract of land at 81 90 per acre in full salts
faction thereof, but he must locate by legal sul,d
visions the compact body Of eighty acres, as near
may be. and pay the difference in cash So also
OF l6U-acre warrants.
Each warrant ia to be distinctly and separately
located, go that il follows that no body of land can
be located by assignee Of various warrantccs,
with Number 81 tc1rrdnts; nor can pre-emptor
in any case more than warrant in the loCa-
ton Of The land prc-empted by him. and the es
cess, IL any, must bc paid & ~ him in cash
The second section Of this act provides "rhat the
Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scveraly authorized 90 charge aud
ceive for their services IN locating oil military
bounty land warrants, issued since the lth day OF
February, 1871, the same compensation or per
CcMABc 10 Wntb tbey arc cnlltlcd by law Tor safes
oi the public lands for cash, ut the rate of z %
per acre, the said compensation 70 bc hereafter
paid 10y the assignces Or holders Of such war
rans.v
The third section Of this act provides "That Re
gislers and Receivers, whether in or out of office
~ the passage OF hs act their lcga representa-
lives in Of death, shall be entitled TO receive
from the Urea ury Of the United States, for scr
vice. heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants. the anme rate Of componsa
ton provided ~ the preceding accton for services
hereafter to bc performed, after dcducting tic
amount alrcady received Ivy such officers under
the act entitled 'Sn act tu require the boldcrs or
lmitary lnnd warrants to CUInponsate the Land
Oiiccr5 OF the United States for scryccsin relation
~ the location Of those warrants approved May