The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-31

going assignment thereof.
(OGcer's signatire)
Form of Acknowledgment ,chere the uendor is not
kno,on to The officer, and his identity has to be
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF --..
On this ----- day of --, in the year --,
before me personally came there insert the Of
The ,ca,rdntee) and (hne insert the and resi-
dt,ice Of Ditness,) and the said (here insert the
name Of the toitaess) being well known to me as
credible and DISTINGUISHED person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said (lere insert the name of the
ioarrantee 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
(tere insert the name Of the ,oarantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (OHcer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO-
CATION.--No. 2.
For value received, |, A. b., to whom the within
certificate Of location was issued, do hereby sell
and assign unto G. D., and to his hers 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
Attest: A. b. [sEAL]
E.. F.
G. II.
Form of acknowledgment tphere the uendor is per-
sonaily knoicn to the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -".
On this - day of --, in the year --,
before personally came there insert name of the
person to rhom the certificate Of location issued) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (here insert the of the person to
rhom the certificate Of location issued) is the iden
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation Issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signment thereof.
(OEcer's signat.rs.)
personally knopn 10 the officer. and tohere his
identity has TO be proced.
STATE OF ---, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year
before me personally came (here insert The name
Of the person 10 rhom the certificate Of location as
sued,) and there insert the and residence Of
,oitness,) and the said (aere insert tie Of the
,oitness) being well known to me a credible
and disnterested person, duly sworn by Inc,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (here insert the name OF the person
to ichom The certificate Of location issued and that
he is the same person 10 whom the within certh-
cate of location issued, and who executed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence to me of that fact, the said (here
insert the name Of the person 10 tohom the certificate
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(Oficsr's signat,ve.)
Assignment No and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and
know dgment upon the certificate OF Locations; and
must De uttcsted by Two Witnesses, acknowledged
before a Register or Receiver of Land Office, q
Judge of Court of Record, Justice of the Peace,
or 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 spec-
fed, except the Register Receiver Of Land
Office, it must be accompanied by certf-
cate, under seal OF the proper authority, OF the
official character Of the person before whom the
acknowledgment was made, and also Of the gen.
uincncss of his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September IS, 1850, made be-
fore the date OF this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, "Thst any person
entitled to pre- empton right to any land, shall be
entitled to any such land warrant in payment
of the same, at the rate of 25 per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
ny this provision, all persons entitled to pre- emp
ton, whether on offered or unoered lands can use
n military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre-emptcd, reckoning the said warrant
at dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 30
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 il
should fall short, he is not entitled TO refunding
Of the excess.
lisfurher provided by the same section ''that the
warrants which have been may hereafter be issued
in pursuance Of said laws of this act, may be To-
Gated according to the legal subdivisions OF the
public lands, III one body, upon any lands of the
United States subject to private entry at the time
ofsuch location. at the minimum price: Provided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which subject TO entry at greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator OF said shall pay TO
the United States in cash the difference between
the value OF such warrants at one dollar and twcn-
~ live cents per acre and the tract OF land located
ON
BY these provisions, where the lands arc subject
to private entry at dollar and twenty five cents
n,r hp hold rnfa rio
take any two forty acre los, forming a compact
body OF eighty acres; and the holder of warrant
for one hundred and sixty can take two
cghty-acrc 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 lccated lie than
81 % per acre, the holder of the warrant can To-
cate, in accordance with the instructions contained
in the foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
in the warrant, by paying the difference in cash.
This act does not authorize the holder of an
eighty acre warrant to locate herewith forty
acrc tract Of land at So 80 per acre in full salts.
faction thereof but he must locate, by legal subdi-
visions the compact body Of eighty acres, as near
rs may be- and pay the difference in cash. So also
of l60-acre warrants.
Each warrant is TO be distinctly and separately
located, so that il follows that body of land can
be located by an assignee Of various warrantces,
with number Of warrants; nor can pre-emptor
in any case use more than one warrant in the kca-
ton OF the land pre- cmpted by him. and the ex.
The second section of this act provides "That the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be severaily authorized to charge and
ceive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the 18th day of
February, lS47, the same compensation per
centage to which they arc entitled by law for sales
Of the public lands for cash, at the rate of & %
per acre, the eaid compensation 70 be hereafter
paid by the assignecs or holders Of such war
rants"
The third section OF this act provides THAT Re
gisters and Receivers whether in or out Of Office
at the passage of this act or their legal representa-
lives in case OF death, shall he entitled TO receive
from the Treasury of the United States, for SER
vices heretofore performed In locating military
bounty land warrants. the came rate OF compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter TO be performed, after deducting the
amount already received by such officers under
the aot entitled AN act TO require the holders Of
military land warrants 20 compensate the Land
Officers Of the United States for services in relation
To the location Of those warrants, approved May