The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-23

STATE OF -, COUNTY OF.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert the name Of
the ,oarrantee) and (hsre insert the name and resi-
dence Of ,oitness,) and the said (here insert the
name Of the ,uitness) being well known to the a
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 IF the
guarantee and that he is The same 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
there insert the name of the toarrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment TO be his act
and deed (Ofcer's signature.)
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE To-
CATION.-No. Z.
For value received, /, A. B., ID whom the within
certificate OF location was issued, do hereby sell
and assign Unto G. 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
Attest: A. B. [sRALl
= E'E.
Form of acknowledgment tDhefe the 6erdor is per-
sonauy knoton h the officer tdking The same
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
person to iohom the certificate Of location issusd) to
me we'll known, and acknowledged the foregoing
ass gnment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the sad (hsre insert the Of the person to
,ohon the certificate Of location issed) is the iden
ticaI person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signment thereof.
(OFicer's sgnat,.re.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the u.ndor is not
personally kno'o" 70 Ms officer. and there his
On this = day Of 49,, in the year r.,
before me personally came (here insrrt the name
Of the person to ,ohom the certificate Of location is
sued and (here insert the name and residence cfa
,uitness) and the said (here insert the name Of the
,oitness) being well known to me as 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
to ,chom the certificate Of location issued and that
he is the same person to whom the within certif.
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 ,ohom the certificate
of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed:
(Oficer's signature.)
Assignment No. l and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and &C.
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before a Register or Receiver of Land Office,
Judge of Court Of Record, Justice of the Peace,
or a Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
from which he de rives 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, it must be accompanied by certi6-
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 Sc tember %, 1850, made be-
fore the date Of this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, That any person
entitled TO pre- enption right to any land, shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
of the same, at the rate Of Is per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified
BY this provision III persons ntitled to pre-emp-
ton, whether offered or uuofered lands can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre-. empted, reckoning the said warrant
the quantity therein specified, whether the land SO
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the 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 1t
should fall short, he is not entitled to refunding
of the excess
Ills further provided by the same section "thatt 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, in one body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject to private entry at the time
of such location, at the minimum price: Provided
further That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which subject to entry at a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay to
the United States in cash the difference between
the value of such warrants at one dollar and TWEEN
ty five cents per and the tract Of land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands subject
to private entry at dollar and twenty i've cents
per acre, the holder of eighty acre warrant can
take any two forty-acre lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder OF warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres 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 proposed to be located 10 more than
S 25 per acre, the holder OF the warrant can 10.
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.
acre tract Of land at 80 so per acre in full salts
faction thereof, but he must locate, by legal subdi-
visions, the compact body Of eighty acres, as near
as may be, and pay the difference IN cash. So also
of l6O-acre warrants.
Each warrant ia to be distinctly and separately
located, that II follows that no body Of land ca
be located by an assignee OF various warrantecs,
with number Of warrants; nor can pre-emptor
in any more than one warrant in the loca-
ton Of the land pre-empted by him. and the
cess, if any, m4st be paid fer by him in cash.
The second section Of this act provides "rhnt the
| Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be severaily authorized to charge and re-
ceve for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants Issued since the 18th day OF
| February, lS47, the same compensation or per
centage TO which they entitled by law for sales
of the public lands for cash, Mt the rate Of 5 rs
| per acre, the said compensation to be hereafter
| paid by the assignees or holders Of such war
| rants
| The third section of this act provides "That Re.
gisters md Receivers, whether in or out OF office
at the passage Of this act their legal representa-
tives in of death. shall be entitled to receive
| from the Urea Jury of the United States, for ser
vices heretofore performed In locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate OF conpensa
ton provided in the preceding section for servioe
hereafter to be performed, after deducting th'
amount already recei'ta by such officers unde
the act entitled AN &C. to require the holders o
military land warrants 30 compensate the Lane
Officers Of the United States for servicesin relation