The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-05

! FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment Of Lard w.rr~nss srsd
| Looaxtons.
II GsNERAL LAND Ovrics, March -, 1861.
DY THE FIRST SECTION the act Of Con ress
ID. entitled can act making Land Warrants as
sigpsse and for other approved March
tary bounty land, which have been may hereafter
be issued under any law ofthe United States and all
valid locations of the same which have been or
may hereafter be made, are hereby declared to be
| assignabe, bydeed instrument of writing made
and executed after the taking effect OF this act &C
cording to such form, and pursuant to such regu
lations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner
| of the General Land Office, SO as to vest the
sgnee with all the rights of the original owners OF
| the warrant Or location"
In accordance with the provisions al this section.
the following forms are prescribed for the assign
nent Of the warrants and locations referred 10, to
| wit:
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT or The
WARRANT-No. l.
For value received, !, A. b., To whom the within
warran, No. ~ was issued do hereby stIl and
and assigns forever, the said warrant Ii anthor-
ize him to locate the came, and receive patent
| therefor.
| Witness my hand a nd seal, this day il,
| lS5.
| Attest: A b. [sEAL.l
E.E.
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the oeador is hno,on
10 the officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF =.
Gu this - day Of -. in the year -,
before personally came there insert he of Tie
| uoarruntee) to me well known, and acknowledged
h, Il
and certify that the said there insert The OF
| tparrantes) is the Identical person to whom the
within warrant ssued, and who executed the fore
going assignment thereof
(OGcer's signature
Form Of acknowledgment ,chers the oe'.dor is not
kno,On to tie officer, a"d his identity has 10 be
s1 ar TO-; =, Go Sov y; or - r.. r..,
before me personally came (here insert the Of
the ,carrantee) and (heye insert The and resi-
dence Of toitness,) and the said (tere insert the
Of the toifness) being we'll known to me as u
credible and disinterested person, was duly sworn
by and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said (here insert the name Of the
lourrantse) 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 of that TACT, the said
(heye insert the Of tie tpdrrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (OGicer's signatsTe.)
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO.
CATlON.-No. 2.
For value received, l, A. h., to whom the within
certificate Of location 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 10 receive the patent therefor
Witness my hand and seal, this - day of
Atte esS AB. [...41
E.F.
Form Of acknowledgment ,oherx The oendor Is per.
sondiiy knosDn to the officer taking the some.
STATE or -, COUNTY OF .i '
On thisv- day of -, in the year 49,,
before me personally came (hse insert name
person 70 tohom the certificate Of location issaed) 70
me well known, and Acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be bis act and deed; and certify
thatthe said there insert the name Of The person to
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as.
signme Mt thereof.
(0Gcsr's signasssrs.)
Form Of Acknowledgment tohsys the vendor il not
personally knoson to the officer. and ,nhcre his
identity has to Be proned.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year. -,
If tie person to ,ohon tie certificate Of location 10.
sued, and (here insert The and residence Of
tcitness) and the said there insert the name Of the
,oitness) being we'll known to me as a credible
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert the Of the person
to toho NE certificate Of location issued,) and that
he is the same person to whom the within certif
cate OF alton issued and who executed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence to me of that fact the said (hsre
insert the Of Tue person 10 ,ohom the certificate
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(OGcer's signaturc.)
Assignment No. / and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and
knowDed gment upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of a 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 acknowledgment is
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver Of Land
Office, 1t nust 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 %, 1850, made be-
fore the date of this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, That any person
entitled to pre- emption right to any land, shali be
Of the same, at the rate Of s. % per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified
BY this provision, all persons entitled to presmp
tion whether offered or unoffered lands can use
military bounty land warrant in payment for |
the tract pre- empted reckoning the SAID warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 80
claimed ia at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for IN the warrant, the pre- euDptor
will have to pay for the excess in cash. but If il
should fall short, he is not entitled to returning
Of the excess.
tits further provided by the same section "thalhe
warrants which have been, may hereafter be issucd
in pursuance of said laws Of this act, may be
Gated according to the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, in one body, upon any lands of the
United States, subject to private entry the
ofsuch location, at the minimum prices Provided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which are subject 10 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 one dollar and t~ en-
ty five cents per and the tract OF land located
On"
BY these provisions, where the lands ar, subject
to private entry at one dollar and twenty ave cents
per acre, the holder OF on egh.y-acre wnrran, can
take any two forty acre iots forming a compact
body Of cighty acres; and the holder Of warrant