The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-12

me well known, and acknowledged the foregoin Q
assignment TO be his act aud deed; and | certify
that the said (here insert the Of The person 10
'chom the certificate Of location issu6d) ia the den
teal person 10 whom the within Certificate oil To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signment thereof,
(Oficu's signaturs.)
Form Of acknowledge tchre fhe rendor is no,
personally Sno,cR 10 The officer and tchere his
identity has TO be prored
STATE or ---, COUNTY or
On this - day of -, in the year -
before personally came (here ins,rt n, nam,
If the person 10 ,chom rhe cerfifc of location "a
sued and (hsre insert The name and residence Of q
,osfness) and the ssid (here insert ts name of h,
wnne") being well known to me as credible
and disinterested person, was duly sworn by inc
and on hls oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (hsra insert The name of the person
10 ioaoD The CERTIFICATE Of location issued and that
he IL the same person To whom the within certif
cate OF location Issued, and who executed the fre-
going assignment; and HE testimony being satis-
factory evidence 70 Of that fact, the said there
'n'Tf fae name q he person TO sohom the oetf feat,
Of location is'ta,d) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(OTceT's signaitut)
Assignment No. I and Acknowledgment must
he endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and ac.
knowedgmeni upon the certificate Of location; a nd
must be attested by two Witnesses, asknoxIed ged
before Register or Receiver of Land Office a
Judge OF Court OF Record, Justice Of the Peace
or Comfnissionor Of DECIDE resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment: and In
every instance where the acknowledgment il
made before either Of the officers above speci.
ned, except the Register or Receiver Of Land
ONCE, II must be accompanied by a ceruf.
cate, under zeal Of the proper authority of the
official character Of the person before whom the
acknowledgment was made, and also Of the gen
uiucucss Of his signature.
All assignments OF bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September p, 1850, made be-
fore the date Of this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, THAT any person
q. 80. H. a L.
entitled TO use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, at the rate Of 25 per acre ior the
quantity Of land therein specified"
ny this provision, all persons entitled 90 prc-omp.
ton, whether on offered or unohered lands can u.s
a military bounty land warrant in payment Tor
the tract pres mpted, reckoning the said warran,
at one dollar and twenty Eve cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 90
claimed IL at the ususl or enhanced minimum
Should the area 81 the tract olaimod exceed the
amount called for in the warrant the pre- emptor
Will have 10 pay for the excess Ia cash. bot III il
should fall short, he s not entitled TO refundnR
Of the ercess
is further provided by the en- nae section chat the
warrants which have been or ma herrs be is.oed
IN pursuance of said laws Of this act may be To-
Gated according 10 the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, IN one body, upon any lan1s Of the
United States, subject 10 private entry a the time
Of such location, at the minimum price; PROVIDED
JwtAD, That when said warrants shall be located
on lanfs which subject 10 entry al a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty Eve cents
per aore, the locator Of said warrant shall pay 10
the United States in cash the diferenoe betueen
the value Of such warrants At one dollar ,nd TO-.
tyhve cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on."
by thcse provisions, where the lands are subject
to private entry It dollar and twenty FIVE cen =
per acre, the holder Of an eighty acre warrant can
take any two fOrty-acre lOts, forming a compact
body 81 eighty acre.; and the holder II warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
cighty-scre or four iOrty-acre tracts, forming a
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres
where the minimum price q the lands, subject
70 private entry proposed 20 belocsted s more than
y % per acre, The holder Of the warrant can b.
cate in accordance with the instructions contained
in the foregoing paragraph, tho quantity specified
in the warrant, by paying the difference in cash
This act docs not authorize the holder Of m
eighty acre warrant 20 locate thcregith a forty.
acre tract OF land AZ 81 50 per acre in foil salts
faction thereof, bot he must locatc By LEGAL snifi.
visions. the compact body Of eighty scrcs az near
,ney ne and pay the difference IN cash. 80 alec
OF lbp-acre warrants.
Each warrant is 70 be distinctly and separately
located, - that u follows that no body of land ran
be located ~ an assignee u various wsrrantecs
with nugbT Of warrants: nor can a rre-eooot..,
in any case use more than one Uarrauti in the -,
Ton o. the land re-onIpted By him and the er
cess, II any, nust be paid fr BY him in cash.
The second section Of this act provides Tina, tho
Registers aud Receivers Of the Land Once shall
hereafter be sevcraly authorized o. charge and re-
ceive for their services ia locating ali military
bounty land warrants, ssued since the lIth DAY Of
, i9f', We Same compensation or per
cenage 20 which they are entitled by ap for sales
81 the public lands for cash, Ut the rate Of & Is
per acre TIE said compensation 90 be hereafter
paid ~ The assignees or holders Of such war
rants"
The third section Of this act n,ovise, "Th,, D..
gisters and RECEIVER. whether in or ont Of oaice
az the passage OF this sct their legal representa-
uvcs N osse Of death, shall be entitled 10 receive
from the Trea sury Of the United States r., ~.
vices heretofore pcrfOrned in loeati,, ,e;t,,.
bounty land warrants, the same rate oil ror,rs,s,'
ton provided in the preceding section for strvi,1
hereafter 70 be performed, after deductino tbe
amount already received by such officers nndcy
me act entitled An act TO require the holders -
InIhary land warrants 20 compensate the Land
Oihcers Of the United States for services in relation
70 he looauon Of those warrants approved May