The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-28

On this day of --, in the year -,
before personally came (here insert name Of the
person TO tchom The certificate Of location issued TO
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (hsre insert the name Of the person to
tctOn the certificate Of location issued) ia the iden-
teal person 10 whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
signment thereof
(Oticer's signaftrs.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,ch1e the pendor is not
personally kaocn TO The officer. and Dhere his
identity mas TO be proved
STATE OF , COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came there insert the name
If The person 10 Dhom The certificate of location rs
sued and there insert The and residence Of q
,rifness,) and the said (here insert the Of The
,oitness) being well known TO me 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 person
10 piom the ffcate Of location issued) and that
he is the same person 10 whom the within ccrth-
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 The Of The person 10 chom The certiti Re
of location issusd) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(Oficer's signatWe.)
Assignment No. and acknowled gment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and
know edgment upon the certificate OF location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before a Register or Receiver OF Land Once, a
Judge Of Court OF Record, Justice OF the Peace,
or n 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 a Land
Ottcc, IL must be accompanied by a certih-
cate, under seal of the proper authority, OF the
official character of the person before whom the
acknowled gment was made, and also Of the gen.
uincncss of his signature.
All assignments Of bounty land warrants Issued
under the act Of September %, 1880, 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 rate OF % per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
BY this provision, all persons entitled to pre-emp-
ton. whether offered or unoffcrcd lands use
a military bounty land warrant in payment fur
the tract prc.empted, reckoning the SAID warrant
OF one dollar aud twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land so
claiIncd is Mt the usunl 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 If il
should fall short, he.is not entitled refunding
vi the excess.
Ills further provided by tho same section "that the
warrants hich hav been may hereafter be Issued
la 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 price: Procided
further, 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 warrant shall pay to
the United States in cash the difference between
the value OF such warrants at one dollar and TWEEN
~ five per and the tract OF land located
on"
by these provisions, where the lands are subject
to private entry one dollar and twenty fvc cents
per acre. the holder Of an eighty-acre warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder Of a warrant
for hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty acre four forty acre tracts, forming a
compact body Of one hundred aud sixty acres
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
to private entry proposed to be located s more than
8 25 per acre, the holder Of the warrant can To-
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 d0cs not authorize the holder Of an
G. ghty-acre warrant TO locate Herewith forty.
acre tract OF land at 50 so per acre in foil salts
faction thereof, but he must locate, by legal subd-
visions, the compact body Of eighty acres, near
may be, and pay the difference in cash. SO also
OF l6O-acre warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, that it follows that no body OF land
be located by an assignee Of various warrautCcs,
with number OF Jcarrants; nor can pre-cmptor
in any use more than one warrant in the hDca-
ton VI the land -emptef by him, and the B.
ccss II any, III iet be paid fIr by bin in each.
The second section Of this act provides "fhat the
Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be generally authorized 60 charge and
c. i've for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants. Issued since the lth day Of
February, lS47, the same compensation or per
ccntage TO which they are entitled by law for sales
Of the public lands for cash, at the rate OF = 25
per acre, the said compensation to be hereafter
paid by the assignees or holders Of such war
rants"
The third section Of this act provides "That Re.
gistcrs and Receivers, whether in out of office
ut fDC fl net ia
tivcs in Of death, shall be entitled TO receive
from the Trea ury Of the United States, for SER
vices heretofore performed IN locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate Of compensn
tion 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 holders Of
military land warrants 10 compensate the Land
Officers of the United States for services in relation
to the location Of those warrants, approved May