The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-09

On this % day Of. in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert the name Of
the ,oarrantee) and (here insert the name and resi-
dence Of a tcitness, and the said (here insert the
name Of the tritness) being well known to me as a
credible and dsinterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
,u0rrantee, and that he is the 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
there insert the name Of the truTGntee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
aud deed. (OGce's signature)
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE To-
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, l, A. B., to whom the within
certificate of location was issued, do hereby sell
and assign unto c. D., and to his hers 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
Ills.
Attest: A. B. sEAL.]
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G. H.
Form of acknowledgment .Dhere the vendor is per.
sonaliy kno,oa to the officer taking the same.
STATE or -, COUNTY OF -.
before personally came (here insert name the
person to tchom the certificate Of location issued) to
me we'll known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
iohom the certificate Of location issued) is the den-
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signment thereof
(O6fcer's signature.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the uendor is not
personally kno,on TO the officer. and ,chere his
identity has to be proved.
STATE on ,n or =; s ooO IN OF ~ ~ v.,,
before me personally came (here insert the name
Of the person to tohom the certificate Of location is
sued.) and (here insert the name and residence efa
,oitness) and the said (here insert the name q ne
and disinterested person. was duly sworn by me.
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (herc insert the name Of the person
to ,ohom the certificate Of location issued,) and that
he is the same person to whom the within certif-
cate OF location issued, and who executed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
insert the name Of the person to ,ohom the certificate
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(OGcer's signature.)
Assignment No. l and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and &C
ledgment upon the certica te Of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of Land Office,
Judge of Court OF Record, Justice Of the Peace,
or a 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
Office, it must be accompanied by certif-
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.
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 to pre- emption right to any land, shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
of the same, at the rate of % per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
BY this provision all persons entitled to pre- emp
ion, whether on offered or unotfered lands use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- emptcd, reckoning the said warrant
the quantity therein specified whether the land 30
claimed is a. 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 1t
should fall short, he is not entitled to Eefunding
of the excess.
Ills further provided by the section "thatthe
warra which have been may hereafter be issued
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 are 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 acre and the tract OF land located
on"
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 compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder Of a warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty acre tracts, forming
compact body OF one hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
private entry proposed to be located is than
ST. rs 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.
eighty acre warrant to locate Herewith forty
acre tract Of land at So so per acre in full sats-
faction thereof, but he must locate, by legal subdi-
visions, the compact body of eighty acres,
as may be- and pay the difference in cash. So also
of l60.acre warrants.
Each warrant ia to be distinctly and separately
located, that ii follows that no body Of land
be located by assignee of various IRA ntets,
with number Of warrants; nor can pre- emptor
in any use more than one warrant in the loca-
ton OF the land pre- empted by him. and the ex
| 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 cha II
hereafter be severally authorized to charge md
csive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants issued since the ii tn day of
February, l547, the same compensation or per
centage to which they entitled by law for sales
of the public lands for cash, at the rate Of %
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 legal representa-
tves in of death, shall be entitled to receive
from the Urea. Jury Of the United States, for SER
vices heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the samc rate Of compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter to be performed, after drducting the
amount already reccittd by such officers under
the act entitled AN &C, TO require the holders OF
military land warrants 20 compensate the Land
Officers of the United States for services in rcat ion