The republic., 1852-06-28

Knoion to te officer, and his identity has to 64
STATE OF -. COUNTY OF -
On this --- day of --, in the year ---
before me personally (here insert the name O,
the ,carrdntee) and (here insert the and rest
dence Of a ,citness,) and the said (here insert The
name Of the aoitness) being well known to me as q
credible and disinterested person, duly sworn
| by me, and on his oath declared and said that be
well knows the said (here insert the name of The
iDaTrantee) 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
(here insert the Of the ,oarrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (O6icers signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO
| CATION.--No. 2.
For value received, l, A. b., to whom the within
certificate of location was 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
| -, lS5
| Attest: A. b. IsEAL.]
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Form of acknowledgment tDhsrs the vendor is per-
sonaHy kno,cn TO the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF
On this -- day of ---, in the year -,
beforeme personally (here insert the name of the
person to ,oho the certificate Of location issue) to
assignmentto to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (hsre insert the of the person to
,ohom the certificate Of location issued) ia the den
tical person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signment thereof.
(OFeey's signatws.)
Form of Acknowledgment ,chere the ve,,dor is not
personally kaocn TO the officer. and sohsvs has
identity has to be proceed.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day Of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (heye insert the name
Of the person TO tcho the certificate of location is-
sued and (here insert the name and residence of a
toifness,) and the said (tere insert the of the
,oitness) being we'll known to me credible
and disinterested person, was duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (here insert the name of the person
10 tohom the certificate Of location issled) and that
he is the same person TO whom the within certf-
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 hs name Of he person 10 schom the certificate
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed
(OGcer's signatuve.)
Assignment No. and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and ac.
Acknowledgement upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknow led ged
before a Register or Receiver of Land Office, a
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 acknow gment is
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register Receiver Of Land
Office, it must be accompanied by ccrtif-
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
uineness OF his signature.
All assignments 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 provides, That any person
entitled TO pre- empton right to any land shall be
N m " lapd In
OF the same Mt the rate OF 3 25 per acre for the
quantity OF land therein specified
By this provision, all persons entitled to prc-emp-
tion, whether on offered unotfered lands can use
military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre-empted, eckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty -hve 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- emptor
will have TO pay for the excess in cash. but If IL
should fall short, be is not entitled 10 rcundng
Of the excess.
isfurher provided by the same section ''that the
warrants hch have been may hereafter be Issued
in pursuance Of said laws Of this sct may be To-
Gated according to the loyal 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 tho minimum prices PROVIDED
furihoT, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which nre subject TO entry at a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty. FIVE cents
per acre, the locator Of said shall pay TO
tbc Dnlteo states IN CaBn the difference between
the value Of such warrants at one dollar and twen
~ five cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on"
BY these provisions where the lands are subject
to private entry at one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder Of an eight y warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming compact
body OF eighty acrcs; and the holder Of warrant
for hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty-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 located s than
8 rs 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-acr warrant to locate herewith n forty
tract Of land at 81 so per acre in full satis
faction thereof, but he must locate, by legal subd
visions, the compact body Of eighty acres as near
may be, and pay the difference in cash SO alec
Of I60Lscrc warrants.
Each warrant is 60 be distinctly and separately
located, that it follows that body Of land can
be located by assignee OF various warraptees
with n number Of ,ruyranis; nor can a pre-emptor
in any more than one uarran, in the ioca-
ton OF the land pre-empted by him, and the ex.
cess. IL any, must be paid fer by him in ossh.
The second section Of this &C provides THAT the
Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be sevcraly authorized to charge and re-
ceive Tor their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the lth day of
February, ls47, the same compensation or per
centage 90 which they entitled by law for sales
/ of the public lands for cash, at the rate of q rs
| per acre, the said compensation to be hereafter
| paid by the assignccs holders of such war
rants"
The third section Of THE act provides oThat Re-
gisters nd Receivers, whether in or out of office
at the passage Of this ect their legal representa-
tves in Of death, shall be 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.
tion provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter TO be performed, after doducting the
amount already received by svch officers under
the act entitled AN act TO require the holders Of
| military land warrants TO compensate the Land
Officers OF the United States for services in relation
to the location OF those warrants, approved May