The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-07
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment or Land Warrants and
Locations.

|
~ entitled sAn act making Land Warrants as
| signabe and for other purposes" approved March
p 1852, 1t Ia provided That all warrants for mill
ary bounty land, which have been or may hereafter
be issued under any law the United States aud all
| valid locations of the same which have been or
may hereafter be made, are hereby declared to be
assignabie, by deed or instrument Of writing made
and executed after the taking effect of this act
cording to such form, and pursuant to such regu-
lations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner
| of the General Land Oflce, 80 as to vest the
signec with all the rights Of the original owners OF
the warrant or location"
In accordance with the proyi of this section,
the following forms prescribed for the assign.
ment OF the warrants and locations referred to- TO
wit:
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
WARRAST.-No. /.
For value received, ], A. b., to whom the within
warrant No. ---- was issued, do hereby sell and
| assign unto c. 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 ---,
Attest: A. d. [sEALI
Form Of Acknowledgment srhere the pendor is kno,on
to The. officer taking the acknowledgment.
| STATE or -----, COUNTY --.
before me personally came there insert tie of The
,vayrantee) TO me well known, and acknowledged
! the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed;
and certify that the said (here insert the name Of
Ioarrantes) is the Identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the FORE
! going assignment thereof.
, (0Gcer's signature
Form of acknowledgment ,chere the uendor is not
| knOion to The officer, and his identity has TO be
proved.
! STATE OF ---, COUNTY OF -----.
On this - day Of - -, in the year !.
before me personally came (here insert the name Of
md (bpro fbs -
dtyce 81 tottness,) and the said there insert TIE
name Of the ,citness) being well known TO me as
credible and disnterested person, was duly sworn
| by me, and on his oath declared and said that he
| we'll knows the said (kee insert the name Of The
oeranfee,) and that ne 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
(iere insert the name Of the tc0rranee) thereupon
acknowledged the said Assignment to be his act
and deed. t0ficsr's signature
| FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE To-
CATION.-No. ..
| For value received, !, A. b., to whom the within
certificate OF location issued. do hereby sell
snd assign unto e. n, and to hs heirs and assgns
forever, the said certificate If location and the
warrant and land therein described, and authorize
him to receive the patent therefor.
Witness my hand and zeal, this -- day OF
---, 1855
Attest: A. b. [sEAL,l
G. H.
Form Of acknowledgment ,rhers the vendor is per.
| sonaity knoicn TO the officer taking the same.
| STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -
! On this - day of --, in the year -
befrem personally fhere inse tie name offhe
person 10 'ohom the certificate Of ocation issped) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
| assignment TO be his act and deed and certify
,hltthe said (here insert the name of the person to
tohom the certificate of location issued il the iden
| teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
| signmcnt thereof.
iO6icer's signatuvf.)
! Form Of acknowledgment ,ph9s the Usndor is not
| personally knotcn 10 The officer, and phsrs his
identity has TO be proceed.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this -- day of -, in the year ---,
| before me personally came there insert tie name
IF the person TO tchom the certificate Of location is
s,td,) and (hsre insert The and residence ofa
,riess,) aud the said (kere insert the If the
| cifness) being well known TO me as a credible
and disnterested person, duly sworn by me,
| and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (here insert he Of the person
TO tchom the certificate Of location issued and that
| lie 10 the same peTson to whom the within certii-
cate of location issued, and who executed the fpre
| going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence 70 me Of that fact, the said there
insert the Of the person 10 ,chon The certificate
| If location isslsd) thercupon Acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(O6icn's signatrs.)
|
| be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and
acknowledgement upon the certificate OF location; and
must be .attestcd by two witnesses, acknowledged
| before Register or Receiver of Land Office, n
Judge Of Court Of Record Justice of the Peace,
| a Commissioner OF Deeds rcsident 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 Land
| Office, IL must be accompanied by certh-
| cate, under zeal OF the proper authority, OF the
| official character OF the person before whom the
! acknowledgment wac made, aud also of the gen.
| uineness 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- cmption right to any land, shall be
| entitled TO any such land warrant in payment
of the same, at the rate Of 81 % per acre for the
| quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled TO prc-emp.
ton, whether offered or unofIered lands, can
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- empted rec koning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land
! claimed is al the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area Of the tract claimed exceed the
| amount called for in the warrant, the pre- ompor
will have TO pay for the exces5 in cash. but IL il
should fall short, he is not entitled TO reiunding
Of the excess
Itis further pro- - dby the same scction "thatihc
warrants which ba ieen, Diay hereafter be issucd
in pursuance II o. laws Of this act, may be To-
Gated according 80 the legal subdivisions Of The
public lands, in ono body, upon any lands OF the
United States, subject 20 private entry at the time
Of such location, at the minimum prices PROVIDED
| further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which nrc subject 20 entry at greater
minimum than dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator OF said thal pay 10
the United States in cash the difference between
tho value Of such warrants ut dollar and TWEEN
~ Eve cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on"
by these provisions, where the lands arc subject
to private entry OF one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder Of an eighty warrant
take any two forty-acre lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder Of a warrant
for one hundred ard sixty acres can take two
cigbty-acrc four forty acre tracts, forming
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price OF the lands, suhject
TO private entry proposed 20 be located, 10 titan
81 % 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 Sarrsnt, by paying tho difference in cash.
This act does not authorize the holder uf an