The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-03

On this -- day Of --, in the year -,
before me personally came (hee insert The name Of
Me tcarrdnfee) and (here insert the and resi-
dcnce Of trifntss,) and the said there insert the
name Of the acitness) being we'll known to me as a
credible and disnterested person, duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said (here insert the name of the
oIrranfee) and that he Is the same person to whom
the within Warrant issued, and who executed the
foregoing assignment, and his testimony bein q
satisfactory evidence to me Of that fact, the said
(here insert the name of the tcarTantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed (Otcer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIG NNIENT OF THE LO
CATlON.-No. 2.
For value received, !, A. b., to whom the within
certificate OF location issued. do hereby sell
and assign unto C. d., and TO bis heirs and assigns
forever the said certificate Of location and the
warrant and land therein described, and authorize
him 10 receive the patent therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day Of
-, ls5.
Attest: A. b. [sEAL-l
G.. IL.
Form Of acknowledgment ,chtre the pendor is per-
sonaily kno'cn TO The officer taking the same.
STATE or -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally (here insert tie name Of The
person 10 Dhom the Certificate Of location issued) to
Inc well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment TO be his act and deed; and certify
,caom the certificate Of location issued) 10 the den-
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
signment thereof.
(Otfeer's signat,rs.)
Form Of acknowledgment tchre the vsndor is not
personally kno,oa TO the officer, and ,chere has
tdsnfity has to be proceed.
STATE OF -, COUNTY or -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insuf the name
Of the pnson TO soh1m the certificate Of location as
s1d,) and (ters insert the and resdsnce Of a
rtfn<ss, and the said there insert the name of The
,rifnsss) being well known TO me credible
and disnterested person. duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that be well
knows the said (hre issof tie Of the person
10 ioaom the cut.scafs Of location tssued and that
he ID the same person to whom the within certih-
cate Of location Issued, and who executed the fore
gong assignment; and his testilsssy bong saiis-
issut Tia Of ths pesson 10 scADs tAs cert,
Of location issusd) thercopon Acknowledged the
said assignment TO be bis act and deed.
(ODioer's sigNafps.)
Assignment No. l and aeknowledg ment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and ac-
acknowledgement upon the certificate Of location; and
most be attested by two witnesses, &C kno " ledge
before a Register or Receiver Of Land Oftce, a
Judge of Court of Record, q Justice Of the Peace
or Commissioner of Decds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgment 10
made before either Of the officers above spcci-
he'd, except the Register Receiver OF Land
Office, II must be accompanied by certih-
safe, 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.
AL assignments Of bounty land warrants issued
under The act Of September D, 1850, made be-
lore the date Of this. act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, That any person
entitled 10 pre- emption right 10 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 sDecifet
by this provision, all persons entitled TO preemp-
tOp, Va neither offered or unofered lands can use
military bounty land warrant IN payment for
the tract pre-empted, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and trcnty FIVE cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 80
claimed u at the ususl or enhanced minimum.
Should the area Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- ctnptor
will have 10 pay for the in cash, but " IL
should fall short, be is not entitled 20 refondiug
VI the excess.
warrants which have been ma her eater be Issued
IN pursuance Of ssd laws Of this act, may be 10
Gated according 10 the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, IN one body, upon any lands Of the
United States subject private entry at the time
oi such location, at the minimum price: Provided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which subject 10 entry at greater
minimum than one 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 TWEEN
on"
ny these provisions. where the lands are subjoo
20 private entry at one dollar and tveniy Eve cent?
per acre, the holder Of eighty warrant car
take any two forty-aore lots, forming a compact
body u eighty scres; and the holder Of warrant
for one hundred aud sixty acres can take tvc
eighty acre or four forty.sore tracts, forming a
compact body Of ono hundred and sixty acres.
Where tho minimum price Of the lands subjec,
private entry proposed be located more tia
; % per acre, the holder Of The warrant can 10
cate in accordance with the instructions contained
M The foregoing Paragraph, the quantity specified
in the warrant, by paying the difference in cash.
This act docs not authorize the holder of m
eighty acre warrant 90 locate herewith a forty
acre tract Of land nj 4 y 80 per acre in foil salts
iscon thereof bot be must locate, by legal svbdi-
visions, the compact body Of eighty acres ~ near
ss may be, and pay the difference In cash. So also
Of lGD-acre warrants
Each warrant IL to be distinctly and sep,ratelv
located, that II follows that no body of iond ca
be located by an assignee Of various warrautees
with nun'b1 Of tcarrants; nor can a prc-emptor
in any case more than parra ut IN The loca.
ton Of the land pre-emptcd by him and the .,
cess. II any, must be paid fcr by him in cash.
The second section OF ths act provides THAT N,
Registers and Receivers of The Land Ofices shall
hereafter be severaly authorized 70 charge and re
crive for their services IN boating all mihtarl
bounty land warrants. Issued since the lth day o
February, lSfI, the came compensation pc
Ccntage % which they entitled by Law for sale
~ the public lands iOf cssh, AZ the rate Of \ 2
per acre, the said compensation 10 be hercaftc
paid by the assignces or holders Of such war
rants.'
The third section Of this ac, provides THAT Re
gstcrs and Receivers, whether in or out of ofIic,
the passage Of this oct, their legal representa-
lives ia case OF death, shall be entitled 70 receiv.
from the Treasury Of the United States for Ger
vices heretofore performed In locating militar,
bounty land warrants, the samc rate OF corppen MA
ton provided in the preceding section for service
hereafter 20 be performed, after deducting 90
amount already received by such officers unde
the act entitled AN act 70 require the holders q
military land warrants 20 compensate the Ian
Officers Of the United States for services in relstio
20 tho location Of those warrants approved Ma