The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-17
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment OF Land Warrants and
Locations.


Of the General Land Office, 30 as to vest the as.
signee with all the rights of the original Of
the warrant or location"
In accordance with the provisions of this section,
the following forms are prescribed for the assign.
ment of the warrants and locations referred to, to
wit:
FORM FOR THE AssIG NMENT OF THE
WARRANT.-No. l.
For value received, ], A. b. to whom the within
warrant No. - was issued, do hereby sell and
assign unto &. D., of and to his heirs
and assigns forever, the said warrant, and author
ize him to locate the same, and receive patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day Of,
1856
Attest: Alb. [sEAL.l
E. 81 +:
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the vendor is knoDn
to the officer taking the Acknowledgements
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -. in the year -,
before personally came (he,e insert the Of the
ioa,rantee) to me well known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment 10 be his act and deed;
and certify that the said (hsre insert the Of
lparrantee) is the Identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the FORE
going assignment thereof
(O6icers signature
Form of acknowledgment ,chere the pendor is not
kno,on to the officer, and his identity has to be
proved
STATE OF -, COUNTY -
On this - day Of -, in the year -.
before personally came there insert the name Of
the t,arrantee) and (here insert the name and resi-
dence Of tDitness,) and the said there insert the
name Of the ,citness) 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 there insert the name Of the
tpGTrantee, and that he is the person 10 whom
the within Warrant issued, and who executed the
foregoing assignment, and his testimony being
satisfactory evidence 10 me OF that fact, The said
there insert the name Of the toarrantee) thereupon
ac w ed oed IN act
and deed. (OGcer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE To-
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, !, A. r., to whom the within
certificate Of location was issued, do hereby sell
and assign 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
-, 1855.
Attest: A. b. sEAL.1
EFF.
Form of acknowledgment ,ohere the vendor is per-
sonaly knoton to the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF "
before me personally there insert tie ofe
person to trhom the certificate Of location issued) to
me we'll known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignmentto be his act and deed; and l certify
that the said there insert the Of the person to
,ohom 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
sgnment thereof
(06icer's signature.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,Dhere the uendor is not
personally knoton TO the officer. and tohsre his
identity has to be proved.
ST on this Gs = s s0o of ~ OF in the year
before me personally came ltere insert the name
of the person to ,ohom the certificate Of location IS
sued,) and (hers insert the and residence ofa
ss,aa liz af fha
,citsess) being well known to me as a credible
aud disnterested person, was duly sworn by Inc,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert the name Of the person
he is the same person to whom the within certifi
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 Of the person to aohom the certificate
| Of location issusd) thereupon acknowledged the
| said assignment to be his act and deed.
(O6icer's signature.)
Assignment No. l and acknowledgment must
| be endorsed upon the warrant and No. and &C.
knowIed gment upon the certificate OF locations and
must be attesed 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 Receiver of 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
| acknowledgement was made, and also Of the gen.
uneness 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 pre-emption 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
By this provision all persona entitled to pre- emp
ton whether on offered or unoffered lands use
a 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 is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area of the tract claimed exceed the
will have to pay for the in cash, but if it
should fall short, he is not entitled to refundng
of the excess.
Its further provided by the same section sthat the
warrants which have been may 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 one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder of an eighty acre warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder Of a warrant
| for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty acre 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 ia 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 a forty
acre tract of land at So so per in full
faction thereof, but he must locate, by legal subd-
visions, the compact body of eighty acres,
may be, and pay the difference in cash. So also
of l60-acre warrants.
| Each warrant ia to be distinctly and separately
located, SO that it follows that body Of land
be located by assignee Of various warranteee,
| with a number of ,oarrants; nor can a pre-emptor
in any case use more than warrant in the loca-
ton Of the land pre-empted by him. and the K
cess, if any, must be paid fer by him in cash.
The second section of this act provides "That the
Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices shall