The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-12-15

No s-in let 10 make Land Uarran,s oi-
Heaa6lc, ami for ether purposes.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in Congress assembled, That all warrants
for military bounty lands which have been or
may hereafter be issued under any law of tho
United States, and all valid locations Of the
same which have been or may hereafter ho
made, are hereby declared TO be assisuable
by deed or instrument OF writing made and
executed after the taking effect Of this act ac-
cording to such form, and pursuant to such
regulations rs may be prescribed by the Tom
missioner of the General Land Office, 50 as to
vest the assignee with all the rights Of the
original owner Of the warrant or location
Proridod, That any person entitled TO pre-
cmptiou right to any land shall he entitled 10
use any such land warrant in payment FOR Tho
same AT the rate of one dollar and twenty five
cents per acre, for the quantity OF land there
in specified Proridc6, That the warrants
which have been. or may hereafter be issued
in pursuance of said laws or Of this act may
be located according to the legal subdivis-
ions of the public lands in one body upon any
lands of the Uuited States, subject 10 private
entry AT the time of such location, nj tho
minimum priee Pr0rided fTthcr That when
said warrant shah be- located on lands which
are subject to entry At a greater minimum ihan
one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the
locator of said warrants shall pay to the Uni
ted States in cash the difference between tho
value Of such warrants At one dollar and
twenty five cents per acre and the tract of
land located on
Ssc. ,. And he il further enacted, That
the registers and receivers Of the land -o.iccs
shall hereafter be severally authorized 10
charge aud receive fOr their service N luca
ting all military bounty land Warrants issued
since the eleventh day Of February, eighteen
hundred and forty seven, tho same COinp,nsa-
tion OF percentage to which they are entitled
by law for sales Of the public lands for cash,
at the rate Of one dollar and twenty-five cents
per acre, the said compensation 10 hc hcrcai-
ter paid by the assgnoes or holders Of such
warrants.
Sec. g. And be il further crscted. Tint
registers aad receivers, whether IN or ont Of
office at the passage Of this act, OF their legal
representatives in case Of death, shall he cu-
titled 10 receive ff,im the treasury Of the tui-
tod States, for services heretofore perioi mrd
in Locating military bounty lind warrants, the
same rate Of compensation provided in the
preceding section of scrvices hereafter 10 lie
performed after deduetins the amount a.
ready received by such officers under the act'
entitled "An set 10 reAnise the holders ef
military land warrants 10 compensate the
land-offcers Of the United States for services
in relation 10 the location Of those variants,
approved May seventeenth. eighisen hundred
and forty eight Prorided, That no register
or receiver shall receive cay compensation
| out OF the treasury for past services, who has
charged and received Illegal fset for the loca-
ton of such warraRts And FEerIdea frrfhor,
That no register or receiver shall r'ceiNr for
bis ser ices aurI5s any year greater c'mp o.