The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-29
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the Ue,dor is krotv,
to the officer taking the acknowledgment.

On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (tere insert the name Of
dence Of toitness,) and the said there insert the
name Of the ,oituess) being we'll known to me q
credible and disinterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said there insert the name Of the
,oarrantee 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 Of the tDarrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed (Otcsrs signatTe.)
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE 10.
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, /, 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
-, 1856.
Attest: A. b. (sEAL.]
E.. F.
Form of acknowledgment ,Dhere the vendor is per-
sonally kno,on to the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
before personally came (here insert of the
person to toho the certificate Of location issned) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
tchom the certificate Of location issued) ia the den
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signmcnt thereof.
(OGcer's sisnat.re.)
Form of acknowledgment ,ohere the vendor is not
personally knoton 10 the officer. and tohsre his
identity has TO be proved.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF --
before me personally came (here insert the name
of the person TO totom the certificate Of location is
sued } and (here insert the and residence Of a
,oitness,) and the said (here insert The name Of the
and dsinterested person. was duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert the name Of the person
to ,ohom the certificate Of location issusd,) and that
he ia the same person to whom the within certifi
cate of location issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence to of that fact, the said there
insert the name Of the person 10 ,ohom the certificate
Of location tsstIed) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(OGcsr's signature.)
Assignment No. l and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and &C
knowed gment upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of Land Office, a
Judge of Court of Record, Justice of the Peace,
or a missioner of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgment lie
made before either of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver of a Land
Office, it must be accompanied by a certifi-
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.
uincness 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, are invalid and void
The same section provides, That any person
entitled to pre- empon right to any land, shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
of the same, at the rate of 25 per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified"
BY this provision, all persons entitled to pre-emp-
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- empted reckoning the said warrant
at 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 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 it
should fall short he ia not entitled to refundng
of the excess.
tie further provided by the 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, 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
ty five cents per acre and the tract land located
on"
By these provisions, where the lands are subject
to private entry at one dollar andtwen,y 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 warrant
| for one hundred and sixty acres Gun take two
eighty-acrc four forty acre tracts, forming a
| compact body of one hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
private entry proposed to be located s more than
81 25 per acre, the holder of the warrant 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
tract Of land at 50 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 l60-acre warrants.
| Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located 80 that it follows that body of land
| be located by an assignee Of various warrantees,
with number of ,carrants; nor can pre-emptor
| in any case more than warrant in the oca-
! ton Of the land pre-empted by him, and the <.
cess, if any, must be paid for by him in cash.
The second section of this act provides "That the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scveraly authorized to charge and
ccive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warran.s, Issued since the 18th day OF
| February, lS47, the same compensation per
centage TO which they entitled by law for sales
of the public lands for cash. at the rate of g 25
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 and Receivers, whether in out of office
at the passage of this act 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 same rate of compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter TO be performed, after deducting thu
the act entitled AN nc, to require the holders o
military land warrants 20 comptnsate the Lane
officers of the United States for servcesin relation
to the location of those warrants approved MAY