The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-10
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment OF Land Warrants and
Locations.

FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment OF Land Warrants and
Locations.
GsNERAL LAND OFFICE, March %, 1852,
DY THE FIRST SECTION of the act of Congress,
ID entitled "An act making Land Warrants as.
signabe and for other purposes" approved March
- 1852, il is provided: 'That oil warrants for mil
tary bounty land, which have been or ma hereafter
be Issued under any law Of the United States, and all
valid locations OF the same which have been
may hereafter be made, are hereby declared to be
assignable, 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.
latious as may be prescribed by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, so to vest the
signce with all the rights of the original owners of
the warrant or location
In accordance with the provisions of this section,
the following forms arc prescribed for the assign
nent Of the warrants and locations referred to- to
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
WARRANT.-No 1.
For value received, !, A. to whom the within
warrant No. ---- was issued, do hereby sell and
assign unto G. d., of and TO his heirs
and assigns forever, the said warrant and author
ize him to locate the same, and receive a patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day of -,
1855
Attest: A b. [sEAL.l
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G. ii.
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the pendor is kno,vn
70 the officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE OF ---, COUNTY
On this --- day Of -. in the year ---,
before personally came (here insert the of the
IoIrrantee) to me well known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment 10 be his act and deed;
and | certify that the said (here insert the name OF
icmraniee) is the identical person to whom the
within warrant issued and tho executed the fore
going assignment thereof.
(OHea's signature
Form Of acknowledgment ,rhere the rendor is not
ArOrn to the officer, and his identity has TO be
proceed
STATE OF ---, COUNTY
before me personally came there insert the name of
the ,rarrdntee) and (here insert the and resi-
dence Of a ,citness) and the said (hTe insert the
name Of The ,citness) being well known TO me a
credible and disinterested 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
carraniee and that he is the came 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 t1arantee) hereupon
ncknow ged the said assignment to be his act
and deed (OGicer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, |, A. b., 10 whom the within
certificate of location issued, do hereby sell
and assign unto C. d., and to his heirs and assigns
warrant and land therein described, and authorize
him to receive the patent therefor
Witness my hand and seal, this - day of
-, lS5
Attest: a. b. IsEAL.l
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q. II.
Form Of acknowledgment whrs the vendor is per-
sonauy kn0tpn 10 the officer taking Tie same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this --- day Of -, in the year -,
before personally came (here insert the name Of the
person 10 ,ohom the certificate Of location ssued) TO
me we'll known, and acknow lodged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (hre insert the of the person TO
phom the certificate Of location issued) Is the iden
teal perron 10 whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
signment thereof.
(Oficer's signat,lrt.)
Form of ackno,oleds ment tohue the pendor is NOT
personally kno,rn TO the officer, and rhere his
identity mas TO be proceed.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert the
Of the person TO sohom the certificate Of location is
sued, and there insert the and residence Of
'citnfss,) and the said (here insert the Of the
,Ditness) being well known TO me as a credible
and disnterested person. duly sworn by me,
and on bis oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (here insert The Of tie person,
10 tchonl The certificate Of location issued and that
he is the same person to whom the within certf-
cate Of location ssucd, and who cAed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence 20 of that fact the said there
insut the name Of ire person 10 ,ohom the cerfcat
Of location issusd) thercupon ackuowled ged the
said assignment 10 be his act and deed.
(Ofieer's SIGNATURE
Assignment No. | and acknowled gInent must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and &C.
acknowledgement Upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attested by two Witnesses, acknovledg cd
before Register or Receiver OF Land Office, a
Judge of Court Of Record, a Justice OF the Peace
or Commissioner Of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknow Judgment is
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register Receiver OF a Land
Ofhce, II must be accompanied 10y a certih-
cate, under seal Of the proper authority, OF the
official character Of the person before whom the
acknowledgment wac made, and also of the gen
uinencss of his signature.
All Assignments OF bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September >, 1850, made be-
fore the date of this act, invalid and void.
The same section providcs, That any person
entitled to pre- cmption right to any land, shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same at the rate Of 3 25 per acre Tor the
quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled 10 pre-emp-
ton, ubether offered or unoffered lands can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- empted, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 90
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 10 pay for the ia cssh, but If II
should fall short, be is not entitled to rcfunding
Of the excess.
lite further provided by the section that the
warrants which have been, may hereafter be issued
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 the time
Of such location, at the minimum price: Provided
fwthU, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which subject 10 entry at a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty. five cent?
per acre, the locator OF said warrant shall pay 10
the United States in cash the difference between
the value Of such warrants al one dollar and TWEEN
~ five cents per and the tract Of land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands are subject
10 private entry az dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder Of an egbty-acre warrant can
take any two forty-acre lois, forming a compact
body OF eighty acre.; and the holder Of warrant
FOR one hundred aud sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty-acre tracts, forming a
compact body OF one hundred and sixty acros
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
TO private entry proposed to be located more than
81 % per acre, the holder Of the warrant can To-
cate, in accordance with the instructions contained