The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-21

and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (heTe insert The Of The person
10 ohom fhe certificate Of location issted) and that
he is the same person 10 whom the within certif-
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 name Of Che person 10 chom the cert icste
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment 10 be his act and deed.
(OGicu's signafut.)
Assignment No. and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. aud nc
know gmeut upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attcstcd by two Witnesses, acknowled gcd
before Register or Receiver of Land Office, n
Judge Of Court OF Record, Justice Of the Peace,
or 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
Acknowledgements Was made, and also OF the gen
uincncss of his signature.
All nssi gnmcnts Of bounty land warrants issued
under the act OF September -, 1850, made be-
fore the date OF this act, arc invalid aud void.
The same section provides, That any person
entitled TO pro ompton right 10 any land, shall be
entitled TO use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, At the rate Of % per Tor the
quantity of land therein specified"
ny this provision, al persons entitled 10 pre-omp.
ton, whether ON offered or unocrcd lands can use
military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- tempted, reckoning the SAID warrant
al ono dollar aud twenty. five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 80
claimed Is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the Of the tract claimed exceed tho
amount called for in the warrant, tho pre- cmptor
will have 90 pay for the excess in cash. but IL II
should fall short he IL not entitled to relundiug
Of the excess.
Iiisfurbcr provided by the same section Chat the
warrants W bic have been or may be asucd
In ffu. Law L.
Gated according 10 the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, IN ono body, upon any lands Of the
United States subject 81 private entry at the time
Of such location. at tho minimum price: P,opide
fpihu, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which subject o. entry at n greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay
the United States in each the difference between
the value 81 such warrants at one dollar and tven-
~ five cents per acre and the tract Of land located
o."
by these provisions, where the lands arc subject
60 private entry at ono dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder Of an eighty warrant can
take any two forty acre los, forming n compact
body OF eighty acres; and the holder Of n warrant
for one hundred aud sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty acre tracts, forming
compact body OF one hundred and sixty acres.
Where tho minimum price OF tho lands, subject
10 privatcentry proposed 60 be located more than
, rs per acre, tho holder Of the warrant can To-
cate, in accordance with the instructions contained
ia the war~nt, by paying tho difference IN cash.
This act docs not authorize the holder Of nm
eighty acre warrant 90 locate herewith n forty.
acre tract Of land at so so per acre in foil salts
faction thereof, bot nc must locate, by legal subdi
visions, the compact body Of eighty acres, NJ near
may be, aud pay the difference In cash. so also
OF l6g-acrc warrants.
Each warrant Ia TO he distinctly and separately
located that il follows that no bodv of land ca
bc located by an assignee Of various warrantees
with a number Of warrants; nor can pre-emptor
ia any case more than ono warrant In the Ioca-
ton OF tho land prc-empted by him. and the er
cess. II any, Innst be paid f. by him in cash.
Tho second section of this act provides "That the
Registers mud Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scveraly authorized to charge and re-
ccive for their scrvccs in locating all military
bounty land warrants issued since the llth day Of
February, ls47, the same compensation or per
centage 20 which they are entitled by law for saos
per acre, the said compensation to be hereafter
paid W the assignoes OF holders Of such war
rants"
The third section Of this act provides "rbat Re
gistcrs and Receivers whether in or out OF Office
at the passage Of this act their legal representa-
tives in of DEATH shall be entitled 20 receive
from the Urea ury of the United States. for ser
vices heretofore performed IN locating military
bounty land warrants the same rate Of compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter 10 be performed, after deductinC the
amount already received by such oliiccrs under
the act entitled IN act 10 require the boldcrs Of
military land warrants 60 concentrate the Land
Officers Of Inc United States for services in relation
10 the location of those warrants,' approved May