The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-22
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment az land Warrants and
Locations.

For the Assignment or land Warrants and
Locations.
GghEaAL LAND OFFIcE, March %, 1852.
nY THEFIRST SECTION of the act of Congress,
ID entitled San act making Land Warrants as
! signable and for other purposes, approved March
- 1882, il sprovided: That all warrants for mill
tary bounty land which have been ma y hereafter
be issued under any law of the United states, and all
valid locations OF the same which have been
| may hereafter be made, are hereby declared to be
assignabr, by decd or instrument of writing made
and executed after the taking effect Of this act
/ cording to such FORM and pursuant TO such regu-
! ations as may be prescribed by the Commissioners
OF the General Land Office, SO as to vest the as,
signec with all the rights of the original owners Of
! the warrant or location"
In accordance with the prov isions of this section,
the following forms are prescribed for the assign.
ment of the warrants and locations referred to- to
! wits
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
WARRANT.-No. 4.
For value received, |, A. II. to whom the within
warrant No ------ was Issued, do hereby sell and
| assign unto &. d., of and to his heirs
and assigns forever. the said warrant and author
izc him To locate the same, and receive n patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day of -,
ASS
Attest. A. b. [sEAL.l
E.F.
G. H.
Form of acknowledgment irhere the rendor k,lopn
to the officer taxing The acknowledgment.
! STATE OF ----, COUNTY or -
| Ga this -- day of --. in the year ---,
before rnepersonally came (hf,e insert the of the
,DsIyantee) 10 me well known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment to bc his and deed;
AMI certify that the said there insert he Of
tDd'rantee) Is the Identical person to whom the
within warrant Issued, and who executed the fore
! going assignment thereof.
{OEices signature
! Form of acknowledgment ,chre The renaor is not
kno,on 10 The officer, aud has identity has to Le
| STATE OF --, COUNTY ---
On this -- day of --, in the year ---,
before personally came (here insert the name Of
the icd,rantce) and (tere insert the and resi-
dance Of tcitntss,) and the said (herc insert the
tane Of the tpitness) being well known to me q
credible and dsintcrested person, was duly sworn
by me, md on his oath declared and said that he
well knows the said (iere insert the name Of the
,oarantee,) and that he is The person to whom
the within Warrant Issued, and who executed the
foreg going assignment, and his testimony being
satisfactory evidence to of that fact the said
(here insert the name of the ,carTontee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment TO be his act
and deed (Otlcr's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE 10
CATION.-No 3.
For value received, ], A. H., to whom the within
certificate OF location WAS Issued do hereby sell
and assign unto &. 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 zeal, this - day OF
-, 1856.
: Attest: A. b [.EAL.l
E. E Fl. Fl
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohers the re,dor is per
sonnLy kno,on 10 The officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY
On this - day of --, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert he Of the
person TO tchorn the certificate Of location issed) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
ASST gnmcnt TO be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (tere insert The name of the person to
nhOm The certificate Of location issusd) is the iden.
teal person TO whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
slgnnient thereof
(O6csr's signaiurr.)
Form Of aekno,oleds ment wh1e the pendor is not
personally kno,on 10 the officer, and ,cherf his
identify mas TO be proued.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before INC personally came there insert The name
Qf The person 10 ioh5H, the certificate Of location is
sud and (here insert The name and residence of a
,citnsss,) and the said (here insert The of the
Juitness) being well known TO as a credible
and dsinterested person. duly sworn by me,
add on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (hers insert the name Of he person
TO ichom us certificate Of location issued and that
he Il the same person TO whom the within certif-
cate Of location issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence to of that fact, the said (here
insert The name Of The person 10 ,chom the ifcah
| Of location issusd) thcrcupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(O6icu's signafne)
| Assignment No. I and acknowledgements must
| be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. . and nc
acknowledgement upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attested by t~o witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of Land Office O
Judge Of Court OF Record, Justice Of the Peace
ia Commissioner Of Deeds resident in the State
nom which he derives his appointments; and in
every instance where the acknowledgement is
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver OF Land,
Office, 1t must be accompanied by ccrtih-
cate, under seal Of the proper authority, OF the
official character OF the person before whom the
Acknowledgements was made, and also Of the gen.
uineuess OF his signature.
All ASA gnments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act OF September 2S, 1850, made be-
fore the date Of this act, invalid and void
The same section providcs, That any person
entitled TO pre- cInpuOn right to any land, shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, at the rate of ) % per for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
By this provision, all persons entitled TO prccmp
ton, whether on offered or unofiered lands, use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre-. cmpted, reckoning the said warrant
al one dollar and twenty FIVE cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified whether the land so
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- cmptor
will have to pay for the excess in each, but If il
should fall short he Is not entitled to rounding
Of the excess.
It's further provided by the snnc section ''thatthe
warrants which havebecn, ornay hereafter be Issued
in pursuance Of sad laws or of this act, may be To-
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: PTov,ded
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which nre subject TO entry AT greater
minimum than ooc dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator Of said thall pay 10
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 subject
70 private entry at one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre. the holder Of an eighty warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder OF n warrant
for hundred and sixty can take two
eighty acre or 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 is than
: Is per acre, the holder Of the warrant can 10.
cate in accordance with the instr uctons contained
IN TIE foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
ia the warrant, by paying the difference in cash