The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-14

1DtlueSS) Delng WcIl KNOWN 10 me a5 U
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
,cdTranfee) and that he is the same 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 tie name Of the ,cayrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (0ficer's sigrat,Te.)
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO-
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, ], A. H., to whom the within
and assign 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
-, lS5
Attest: A. b. lsEAL.1
Form of acknowledgment ,oLere the vendor is per-
sonally knoton to the officer taking the same.
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF
On this -- day of -----, in the year -,
before me personally (here insert the of TIE
person TO tchom the certificate Of location issued) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and l certify
that the said (h1s insert the Of the person 10
ichom the certificate Of location issued) ia the iden
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signment thereof.
(OGcer's signa,tVs.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,Dhere The uendor is not
personally kno,on 10 the officer, and tchere his
identity has to be proued.
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF --.
On this -- day of ---, in the year -,
before me personally came (lere insert the name
IF the person TO sclom the certificate of location
sued,) and there insert the and residence Of q
toifness,) and the said there insert the name Of the
tcitnsss) being well known to me as credible
and disinterested person, duly sworn by me.
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert the name Of the person
to tohom the certificate Of location issued, and that
he is the same person 10 whom the within certih-
cate of location issued, and who executed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being sats-
factory evidence TO me Of that fact, the said (here
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(OGic1's signatUe.)
Assignment No. and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and
knowe led gmcnl upon the certificate of location; and
must be attesed by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of a Land Office,
Judge Of Court of Record, Justice Of the Peace,
OF Commissioner OF Deeds resident in the State
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 or Receiver Of Land
Office, il must be accompanied by a certif-
cate, under seal OF the proper authority, Of the
official character of the person before whom the
acknowledgment was made, and also Of the gen.
uincness OF his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September %, 1850, made be-
fore the date of this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, 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 rnte Of s Is per for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
ny this provision, all persons entitled TO pre-emp
ton, whether on offered or unoffcrcd lands,
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- cmptcd, reckoning the said warrant
ut one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 80
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 TO pay for the in cash, but If il
should fall short, he Is not entitled TO refunding
of the excess.
tits 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 to- the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, in one body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject to private entry at the time
Of such location, at the minimum prices Provided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which are subject 20 entry Mt a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay TO
the United States in cash the difference between
the value Of such warrants at dollar and TWEEN
tyfvc cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on"
10 private entry at dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder of eighty warrant can
take any two forty-acrc lots, forming compact
body OF eighty acres; and the holder Of warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty-acre or four forty acre tracts, forming
compact body Of one hundred aud sixty acres.
Where the minimum price of the lands, subject
to vatccntry proposed to DC located, more than
81 25 per acre, the holder Of the warrant can 10.
cate, in accordance with the instructions contained
in the foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
in the warrant, by paying the difference in cash.
This act does not authorize the holder of
cIghty-acrc warrant To locate Herewith forty
acre tract Of land ut So 90 per acre ia full salts.
faction thereof, but he must locate by legal subdi-
visions, the compact body Of eighty acres, near
may be, and pay the difference in cash. So also
of l6t-acrc warrants.
Each warrant is TO be distinctly and separately
located, that il follows that body of land can
be located by an assignee Of various warrantces,
with number Of tcdrrdnts; nor can n pre-emptor
In any case use more than one warrant in tho oca-
ton OF the land pre- emptcd by him, and the OK.
GEES. if any, must be paid fer by him in cash.
The second section Of this act provides THAT the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be srvcrally authorized 10 charge and re-
ceive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the lth day of
February, 1871, the same compensation or per
ccnta gc ~ which they arc entitled by law for Gales
Of the public lands for cash, Mt tho rate Of a rs
per acre, the said compensation to he hereafter
paid by the assignccs or holders Of such
rants"
The ibird section Of this act provides "That Ec-
gstcrs and Receivers, whether in out Of Office
at The passage Of this act their legal representa-.
tves in case of death, shall be entitled 10 receive
from tho Trca Jury Of the United States for ser
vices heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate Of conpcnsa
cn provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter TO be performed, after dcductnr the
amount already received Ivy such officers under
the act entitled AN act 10 require tho holders Of
lattA
Officers Of the United Statcs for services In relation
70 the location Of those Warrnnts., hnnroycd NAV