The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1852-04-06
Land Warrants made AssignabIe.


The following is copy of the act making
land warrants assignable, as passed both Hou-
ses of Congress, March is. B1ca pel q
AN ACT making Land Warrants. assgna-
BILE and for other purposes. 81 nlgl
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of the United States Of .4me-
rica in Congress assembled, That all, for mill
tary bounty land, which hnve been or may here
after be issucd under any law of the United
States and all valid locations of the same, which
have been, OF may hereafter be made, are hero
by declared 10 be assignablc, by deed or instru-
ment Of writing made and executed after TAX
ing the effect of this act according to such form,
aud pursuant to such regulations as may DO
prescribed by the Commissioner of the Gener-
al Land Office, so as to vest the assignee with
all the rights of the original owners of the
warrant or locations: Provided, That any per-
son entitled to pre-empiiony right to any land,
shall be entitled to use any suclllan warrant,
in payment OF the same, at the rate Of s. 20 per
acre, for tho the quantity therein specihed:-
PROVIDED, That the warrants which have been
or may hereafter be issued in pursuance of said
laws, or of this act. may be located, according
TO the legal subdivisions of the public lands, in
one body, upon any. lands of the United States,
subject TO private entry at tho time of such To-
cation. at the minimum price: PrOvided fur
on la nds which are subject to entry at great
er minimum than sel 25 per acre. tho locator of
said warrants shall pay to the United States
in cash the difference botweenthe value of'such
warrants at 81 %, per acre, and the tract OF
land located on. a.rs
Sec q find be IL. further enacted, That the
registers and receivers of the land offices shall
hereafter be severally authorized to charge and
receive for their services in locating all militia
ry bounty land warrants. issued since the llth
day ofFebruary l947. the same compensation
or per centoge TO which they arc entitled by
law for sales of tho public lands for cash. at
the rate of 81 25 per acre tho same compensa-
ton to be hereafter paid by the signees or hold
ers of such warrant m
Sec. 3. find be further enacted, That reg
listers and receivers, whether liz or out of Office
at the passage of this act, or their legal repre-
Septqttyes in case of death. shall be entitled to
for services heretofore peripffied niiied States
military bounty land warrants, the same rate OF
compensation provided in the preceding Soc
tion for services hereafter to be performed. nf-
ter dedncting the amount already received by
such officers under tho act entitled. "An act to
require the holders of military land warrants
to compensate the land ofofiicers of the United
States for services in relation to the location Of
those warrants" approved May II, l84s: Pro
| rfded, That no register or receiver shall receive
any compensation out of the treasury for past
services who has charged and received illegal
for such land warrants: find provided further
That no register or receiver shall receive for
| his services during any year greater COM
| pensation than the maximum now allowed by
| law.
| SEQ. 4. .4ad be IL further enacted, That IN
all cases where the militia or volunt, ,ers or
State troops Of any State or Territory were
called into military services have been paid by
the United States subsequent to the 18th day
of June, eighteen hundred and twelve. the Off.
GERS and soldiers Of such militia, volunteers, OF
troops, shall be entitled to all the benefits OF the
act entitled "An act granting bounty lands to
certain officers and soldiers who have been en-.
| gagged in the military service of the United
States" approved September twenty-eight.
eighteen hundred and fifty, and shall receive
according to the provisions of said act, upon
proof of length of service as herein required
and that the last proviso Of the ninth section OF
the act of eleventh of February, eighteen hun
dred aud forty seven. be and the same is here
by repealed: PROVIDED. that nothing herein
contained shall authorize Bounty Land to those
who have heretofore received or become enti-
tied TO the same. g..
Sec s. That where any company, battalion
or regiment, in an organized form, marched
more than twenty miles to the place where they
were mustered into the service OF the United
States or were discharged more than twenty
miles from tho place whero such company, bat
talon, or regiment was organized; in all such
cases, in computing the length of service OF
tho officers aud soldiers of any such company,
battalion or regiment, with n view to determine
the quantity of land any officer or soldier is en-
titled to under said act approved 2sth Septem.
Der, 1910. there shall bc allowed one day for
overy twenty miles from the where the .compa.
ny, battalion or regiment was organized, to tho
place where the same was mustered into the
serve of the United States; and also one day
for every twenty miles, from the place where
such company, battalion, or regiment was dis
charged, to the place where it was organized,
and from whence it marched, to enter the SER
service.