The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-03

FOTm 81 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT tChfTe The Dend0r moi
personally kno,on TO the officer, and tohere his
identity has to be proceed.
STATE or ---, COUNTY OF -
On this - day of -, in the year
before Inc personally came (here ins'rt The name
Of The person 10 ichoLn The certificate Of location is
sued and (hsTe insert The and residence of q
toitnsss,) and the said (here insert the Of The
Ditness) being we'll known TO me credible
and dsinterested person, duly sworn by me
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (heye iRsert the 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
factory evidence TO of that fact the said (here
insert u.s name Of The person 10 'ohom the CERT fe0ls
Of location isslea) thereupon ackuowlcdg ed the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(0Gcu's signafpt)
Assignment No. / and acknow led gment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, aud No. and ac
acknowledgement upon the certificate Of location and
must be attested by two witnesses, Acknowledged
before a Register or Receiver of Land Office
Judge Of a Court OF Record, Justice of the Peace
Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
from which ne derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknow ledgment Is
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver Of Land
Office, 1T must be accompanied by a certif-
cate, under seal OF the proper authority, OF the
official character OF the person before whom tho
acknowledgement was made, and also Of the gen
uinencss OF his signature.
All assignments Of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September Is, 1850, made be-
fore the date Of this act are invalid and void.
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled to pre- empuon right 10 any and, shall be
entitled TO use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, at the rate OF 8 20 per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled TO pre-omp-
tion, whether on offered or unohered 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 SO
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- emptor
will have 20 pay for the in cash, but IL IL
should fall short, he is not entitled 10 refunding
Of the excess.
Its further provided by the same section that the
warrants which have been, may hereafter be Issued
in pursuance OF said laws Of this act may be To-
Gated according 10 the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, ia one body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject TO private entry at the time
Of such location, at the minimum price: PROVIDED
ftuuAu, 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 shall pay 10
the United States in cash the difference between
the value Of such warrants Mt one dollar and TWEEN
~ five cents per acre and the tract of land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands are subject
To private entry at dollar and twenty FIVE cents
per acre, the holder Of an eighty warrant can
take any two forty-acre lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder Of a warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
Ell ghty-rcrc 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 than
8 20 per acre, the holder Of the warrant can To-
cate, in accordance With the instructions contained
in the foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
in tho warrant, 10y paying the difference in cash.
This act does not authorize the holder Of
eighty acre warrant TO locate herewith n forty
acre tract Of land al 81 so per mere in full salts
faction thereof, but he must locate, Ivy legal suii
visions, the compact body Of eighty acres, "a near
may be, and pay the difference in each. SO also
Of lbo-acre warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, so that u follows that body Of land
be located by an assignee Of various wnrrantecs,
With a number Of ,oaunntsj nor can a pre-emptor
in any case more than warrant in the loca-
! ton Of the land pre- empted by him, and the eS-
cess. If any, must DC paid fcr by him in cash.
The second section Of this act provides "That the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Officcs shall
hereafter be seperaiy authorized To charge and re-
ceive Tor their services In locating all military
bounty land warrants Issued since the nth day of
February, 1s47, the same compensation or per
oentage 20 which they entitled by law for Gales
Of the public lnnds for cash, Mt the rate Of rs
/ per acre, the said compensation 10 be hereafter
I paid BY the assignees or holders Of such var
] rsnts."
! The third section Of this act provides "rhat Re.
Risters and Receivers, whether in or out Of office
at the passage Of this act their legal representa-
lives in case Of death, shall lie entitled TO receive
from the Urea ury Of the United States, for ser
! vices heretofore performed IN locating military
| bounty land warrants the same rate Of compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
| hereafter TO be performed, after deducting the
| amount already received by such officers under
the act entitled An act TO require the holdcrs o
| military land warrants TO compensate the Land
Officers OF the United States for services In relation
TO the location Of those warrants approved May