The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-10

On this -- day of --, in the year
before me personally came (here insert the o
dence Of tritness,) and the said (tere insert III
name Of the loitnsss) being well known to me
credible and disinterested person, was duly sworr
| by me, and on his oath declared and said, that h,
well knows the said there insert the Of III
,onrTdntee and that he is the same person to whom
the within Warrant Issued, and who executed tn,
foregoing assignment, and his testimony being
| satisfactory evidence to me of that fact, the sai6
(here inSfrt the name of the tparTantee) thereupor
| acknowledged the said assignment to be his ac
and decd (ONce7's sig,,ature.)
| FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE To-
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, !, A. b., to whom the within
certificate of location issued, do hereby sci
and assign unto &. 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
Attest: A. b.. [sEALl
Eff.
G. II.
Form Of acknowledgment tohere the vendor is per-
sonaiiy knotcn to the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF .
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally came (here insert of the
per TO aohOm the certificate of location issue) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assgnmentto be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (here insert the Of the person to
Dh0m the certificate Of location issued) is the iden-
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
slgnmcnt thereof.
(Oficer's signaturs.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,chere the uendor is not
personally knoWn TO the officer, and ,chere his
identity has to be proped.
STATE OF -----, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year
before personally came there insert the name
al d he of 80
sued, and (here insert the and residence of a
,ctness,) and the said there insert the name Of the
wifness) being well known to me a credible
and dsinterestcd person, was duly sworn by me-
and on his oath declared and said that he we'll
knows the said (here insert the Of the person
TO tchom The certificate of location issued and that
he Is the same person to whom the within certif-
cate oil location issued, and who executed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence to of that fact the said there
insert the name Of the person 10 ,chom the certificate
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assig nmcnt TO be his act and deed.
(OHcer's signatve.)
Assignment No. l and ack edgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and nc
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two Witnesses acknowledged
before a Register Receiver OF a Land Office o.
Judge Of Court Of Record, Justice of the Peace
or a Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
from which ne derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the Acknowledgement is
made before either of the officers above speci-
fled, except the Register or Receiver of a Land
ONCE, II 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 zen.
uineness of his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September %, 1850, made be-
fore the date Of this act, invalid and void
The same section provides, "That any person
entitled TO pre- .emption right 10 any land shall be
entitled TO use any such land warrant in payment
OF the same, at the rate of 25 per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified
By this provision, all persons entitled 10 emp
ton, whether on offered unoffered lands can use
n 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 lie at the usual or enhanced minimum
Should the area OF the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the ore. emptor
will have TO pay for the eIccss in cash bot IL il
should fall short, lac is not entitled to refundng
of the excess.
tits further provided by the same section "thattho
warrants whch have been or may hereafter be issued
in pursuance Of said laws or of this act NAV 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: Provided
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 nav 10
the United States in cash the difference between
the value Of such warrants at one dollar and TWEEN
ty 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 We cents
per acre, the holder Of an eighty-acre warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming compact
body OF eighty acres; and the holder Of a warrant
for ono hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty-ecre tracts forming a
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres
where the minimum price Of the lands subject
to private entry proposed to be located lie more than
81 % per acre, the holder Of the warran can To-
cate, in accordance with the instr uctions contained
in the foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
IN the warrant, by paying the difference in cash.
This net docs not authorize the holder Of an
eighty acre warrant 10 locate herewith forty-
acre tract OF land at So 30 per acre in full salts.
facton thereof, but he must locate by LEGAL sulli
visions, tho compact body Of eighty acres az near
as may be, and pay the difference in cash SO also
OF 60-acre warrants.
Each warrant is TO be distinctly and separotelv
located, so that IL follows that no bodp of land ca
be located by an assignee Of various vnrrnptees
WIN numo" % 'odrTanf'; nor can pre-cmptor
IN any case use more than warrant in the h,ca.
ton OF the land pre-empted by him. and the ex
cess, If any, must be paid for by him in cash.
The second section of this act provides "Thnt the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices sbaIl
hereafter be severaIy authorized TO charge and re-
oeiye Tor their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants issued since the llth dav Of
February, ls41, tho same compensation or per
centagc 10 which they entitled by law for sales
of the public lands for cash, at the rate of & az
per acre, the said compensation to be hereafter |
paid by the assignces or holders of such war |
rants"
The third section OF this act provides "That Re.
gis,ers ana receivers, whether in oot of office
at the passage OF this act their legal representa-
tives IN case OF death shall be entitled 10 receive
from the Treasury Of the United States. for ser |
vice. heretofore performed In locating military |
bounty land warrants the Same r,te Of con,n.us.y
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter to be performed, after deductine the
amount already received by such officers under
tne act enttied AN net 10 require the holders of
military land warrants 70 Compensate tho I.nd
Ocers Of the United States for services in relation