The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-19

Form, of acknowledgment choe the perdo is not
knotun TO The officer and has identity has TO be
proceed
STATE OF ----, COUNTY OF
On this - day of -, in the year ---,
before me personally came (here insert the name of
the ,carrantee) and there insert the name and resi-
dence Of tcitntss,) and the said (hoe insert the
name or the ioifneSs) 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 (lere insert the name of the
toard,ltee,) 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
(here insfrt The name of the DmTdntee) thercupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed (OticG''s sig mature
FORM FOR THE ASsIG INTENT OF THE 10.
CATION.-No =.
For value received, |, A. b., to whom the within
certificate of location was issued do hereby sell
and ign unto 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
-, 1876.
Attest: Abb [sEALl
E.F.
@. H.
Form of acknowledgment ,yhere The pendor is per.
sonaRy knorcn to the officer taking the same.
STATE OF ----, COUNTY OF -.
On this -- day of -, in the year -,
person 10 ohorn the certificate Of location issued) to
me we'll known, and acknowledged the going
assignment to be his act and deed; and | certify
that the sad (aere insert the name of the person to
oiom the certificate Of location issued) is the iden
teal person TO whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
slgnmen thereof.
(0Eeer's signat,ve.)
Form of QcknoDiedg naent ichere the uendor is not
personally known TO the officer. and iohere his
identity has TO be prored.
STATE or ----, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of --, in the year ---,
before me personally came (here insert the name
Of The person TO oiom the CERT fcat of location is.
sued and (iere insert the name and residence of
toihess) and the said there insert the name of The
t1itness) being well known to me credible
and dlsintercsted 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 person
10 iOhom The certificate Of location issued and that
he is the same person TO whom the within ceftifi-
cate Of location issued and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence to me Of that fact the said (here
insert the name Of e person 10 tohom Tie cerf cats
Of location tssled) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(ODieu's sigHdfpe)
Assignment No. | and acknowled gment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No ? and &C.
acknowledgement upon the certificate OF location; and
lost be attested by two Witnesses, &C kno Wledged
before Register or Receiver Of Land Office
Judge Of a Court of Record, Justice Of the Peace,
n IN
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgment is
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register Receiver of Land
Office, II must be accompanied by a certif-
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.
uineness Of his signature.
All assignments Of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September 2S, 1850, made be-
fore the date of this act, are invalid and void
The same section provides, That any person
entitled TO pre- empton right to any land, shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant ia payment
Of the same, at the rate Of 25 per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
By this provision, all persons entitled TO pre-emp-
ton whether on offered or unoIcred lands can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre-emptod, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land SO
claimed l. 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 IL it
should fall short, he Is not entitled to refunding
Of the excess.
Iisfurther provided by the same section "tha 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 lahds, in ono body, upon any lands Of the
United Statcs, subject to private entry at the time
Of such location, at the minimum price: Provided
f,uthT. That when said warrants shall be located
a
minimum than dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay TO
the United States ia cash the difference between
the value Of such warrants one dollar and twon-
90 " ''''' -, ''''
by these provisions, where the lands are subject
o. private entry at dollar and twenty five cents
per acre. the holder Of an eighty acre warrant can
take any two fOrty-acre lo,s, forming compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder Of n warrant
for one hundred aud sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty acre tracts, forming a
compact body 81 one hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price of the lands, subject
TO private entry proposed 60 be located than
: rs per acre, tho holder Of the warrant can 10.
cate. in accordance with the instructions contained
in the fJrcgOing paragraph, the quantity specified
in the warrant, ~ paying the difference in each.
This act does not authorize the holder Of an
eighty acre warrant 20 locate herewith forty
acre tract Of land at ~ 50 per acre in foil salts
faction thereof, but he must locate, by legal subdi
visions. the compact body Of eighty acres, as near
may be, and pay the difference In cash. So aiso
OF l6O-arrc warrauts.
Each warrant IL 10 he distinctly and separately
located that il follows that body Of land ca
be located by assignee Of various warrantees,
with "a aumbT Of warrants; can pre- emptor
in any use more than one warrant in the lOca-
ton Of the land pre- cmptcd by him, and the ex-
ccss, If any, mIst be paid tr by him in cash
The second section Of this act provides THAT the
Registers aud Receivers of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be severally authorized To charge and
I CsNe 10y u't 1e'NlC's III lOCaihR MI ulnafJ
bounty land warrants, Issued since the 18th day OF
February, 1917, the same compensation or per
centage 70 which they entitled by law for sales
Of the public lands for each, at the rate Of Is
per acre, the said compensation 10 be hereafter
paid by the sssignees or holders Of such war
rants"
The third section Of THE act provides "That Re
gisters and Receivers, whether in or out of office
at the passage Of this act their legal representa-
tivcs in case Of death. shall be entitled to receive
from the Tfeasury Of the United Statss, for ser
vices heretofore performed la locating military
/ bounty land warrants, the same rate Of compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
H. hereafter 10 be performed. after deducting th,
s,gnt already received by such officers unde
Oihs entitled AN act 10 require the holders O
70 'ne ID warrants TO compensate the Lane
'niied States for services in relation
nse varrants,' approved Ma