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trhon the certificate Of location iSsued is the den
tcal person 10 whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
signment thereof.
(O6icers signature.)
Form Of acknowledgment tohee The vendor is mo-
personally kno,on TO the officer aud tphere Ia,
identity has 10 be proceed
| STATE OF ----, COUNTY OF -.
On this -- day of -, in the year -
before me personally came (Lere insert the nam,
Of The person 10 lrhJn The certificate Of location as
sUsd,) and (ttTe insert the and residence Of
cifneSs,) and the said (hee insert the Of th'
citDtss) being well known 10 me credible
and disnterested person, duly sworn by me
aud on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert The name Of the person
10 iohom The certificate Of location issued) and that
he is the same person TO whom the within certih.
cate Of location issued and who executed the fore.
! going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence 20 me Of that fact, the said (hert
insert the Of The person 10 tchon the cert fcats
( Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment 10 be his act and deed.
(0fcer's signafure)
Assignment No. l and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No and ac-
Acknowledgement upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, Acknowledged
before a Register Receiver OF a Land Office, o
! 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 il
made before either Of the officers above spcci-
fed, except the Register Receiver Of Land
I Oihcc, II must be accompanied by certih-
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.
uincncss OF his signature
All assignments OF bounty land warrants Issued
under the act Of September p, 1850, made be-
fore the date of this act, arc invalid and void.
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled TO pre- cmrtion right 20 any land shall be
entitled 10 use any such land warrant in payment
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quantity of land therein spec fed"
By this provision all persOns entitled 20 prc-cmp.
ton, whether offered or unofierod ands. can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- cmptcd, reckoning the said warrant
At one dollar and trenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified whether the land 90
claimed Il At the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for In the warrant, the pre- emptor
wall have 20 pay Tor the excess in cash, but II II
should fall short, be IL not entitled TO rclunding
II the excess.
His further provided by the "a rnc section batthe
warrants which have been may hereafter be issued
IN pursuance Of said Laws Of this act may he TO-.
Gated according 10 the legal subdivisions Of the
public l1nds, IN ono body, upon any lands Of the
United States subject 10 private entry At the time
Of such location, az the minimum price: Provided
CWfbfT, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which nre subject 10 entry at n greater
minimum than ono dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay 10
the United States IN cash the difference between
the value Of such warrants az one dollar and twcn-
on - ''''' -'''''
BY these provisions. where the lands arc subject
~ private entry ~ dollar and twenty FIVE cents
per acre, tho holder 0f an cghty.acrc warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty ncres; and the holder ol warrant
for ono hundred aud sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty acre tracts. forming
compact body Of ono hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
20 private entry proposed to be located s more than
: - per acre, tlC holder Of the warrant can To-
cate. in accordance with the instructions contained
iu the foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
in the warrant, by paying the difference in cash.
This act docs not authorize the bodcr Of an
cfgbfy acre warrant 90 locate herewith forty
acre tract Of land 90 So 80 per acre in foil salts
faction thereof bot be must locate. by legal subdi-
visions, The compact body e eighty sores az near
may be, and pay the difference ia cash. So also
Of l60-arrc warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, 20 that il follows that body of land can
De located by m atsignec 81 various warrantees,
with nunbT Of warrants; nor can n pre-cmptor
in any case use more than one warrant in The Uca-
ton Of the land prc-emptc1 by him. and the cr
ccss, II any, niast be paid + by him in cash.
The second section Of this act provides That the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scverally authorized o. charge and
GIVE for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants issued since the 18th day %
February, lS47, the same compensation or per
centage 20 when they arc entitled by law Tor sales
Of the public lands for cash, nt the rate Of \ rs
per acre, the said compensation ~ be hereafter
paid by the assignees or holders Of such war
rants"
Tho third section ofths act provides THAT Re
gisters and ReCcvers, whether in or OusOf Office
AZ the passage Of this act or their legal representa-
tivcs in cssc OF death, shall be entitled 20 receive
from the Trea ury Of the United States, for ser
vices heretofore performed In locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate OF compensa
uVfHcd in the progpdfug aocfipD for
hereafter to be performed, after deducting the
amount already received by such officers under
the act entitled An act 10 require the holders Of
military land warrants TO compensate the Land
Ocers Of the United States for services In relation
70 The location Of those warronts,' approved May