The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-06

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On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally came (here insert the name Of
the ,oarrantee) and (here insert the and resi-
dence Of toitness,) and the said (here insert the
| name Of the ioitness) being we'll known to Inc
credible and disnterested 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
| 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 todTantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
| and deed. (OEcT's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE 10.
CATlON.-No 2.
| For value received, !, A. T., 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. h SEAL
EFF.
G. H.
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohers Le condor is per-
| sonaLy kno,on 10 the officer taking the same.
| STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
| On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally came (here insert Of the
person tchom the certificate Of location issued) to
| me we'll known, and acknowl lodged the foregoing
that the said there insert the Of the person to
,ohom 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
signment thereof.
(OGcer's signature.)
Form Of Acknowledgment sohers the uendor is NOT
personally knoton TO the officer. and ,Dhere his
identity has to be proved.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
| before me personally came there insert the name
Of the person to ohom the certificate Of location is
sued,) and (herc insert the name and residence Of
,oitness) being we'll known to me as a credible
| and disnterested person. was duly sworn by me,
| and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (tere insert the name Of the person
to ,Dhom the certificate Of location issued,) and tina
| he is the same person to whom the within ccrtif
cate Of location issued, and who executed the FORE
factory evidence to of that fact the said (here
insert the name Of the person 10 ,ohon the fe
| Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
(OEcer's sisnature.)
| Assignment No. and acknow gmcnt must
| be endorsed upon the warrant, and No and
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location md
| 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 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 spcci
fed. except the Register or Receiver OF a Land
Office, it must be accompanied by certit-
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.
uncness 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 shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
Y1rk . has IN 10 1T a E1-S H..
quantity Of land therein specified"
ny this provision, all persons entitled to prc-emp
ton whether on offered or unofered lands,
| a military bounty land warrant in payment for
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 area 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 is not entitled to reiundrg
Of the excess.
II further provided by the same section .that the
which have been, may be ucd
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 dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator Of said shall pay to
| the United States in cash the difference between
the valuc OF 5oCn warrants AT one dollar and TWEEN
ty five cents per acre and the tract Of an loo cd
| on"
BY these provisions, where the lands ar subject
to private entry at one dollar and twenty five
per acre. the holder Of an eighty acre warrant
| 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 tracta, forming a
compact body OF one hundred and sixty acres.
| Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
to private entry proposed to be located s more than
81 25 per acre, the holder of the warrant can To-
cate in accordance with the instructions cona ined
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 81 o,per acre in full sas-
faction thereof but he must locate, by legal subd
visions, the compact body Of eighty acres, near
as may be- and pay the difference in cash So also
of l6O-acre warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, that it follows that body Of land
be located by an assignee OF various warm tccs,
| with a number Of tcn'rGnts; nor can pre-emptor
in any case more than one warrant in the loca-
ton Of the land pre-cmpted 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 md Receivers Of the Land Offices shai
hereafter be sev.rally authorizcdto charge and
ceive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the llth day OF
February, ls47, the same compensation or per
centage TO which they entitled by law for sales
of the public lands for cash, at the rate of s 2t
, 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 Iega representa-
tives in Of death. shall be entitled to receive
from the Trea ury Of the United States, for
= vices heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rnte of compc nsa
ton provided in the preceding section for service
hereafter TO be perform after deductng thu
| alr Au - ~ off md
the act entitled An nc, to require the holders o
military land warrants to compensate the Lane
officers Of the United States for servicesin relation
to the location Of those waTrants.' approved Nay