Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-05-13
Assignment No. | and acknowledg-

must be attested by two witnesses, ac-
knowledged before Register or Re-
tceiver of Land Office, a Judge of a
Court of Record, a Justice of the Peace.
or a commissioner of Deeds resident in
the State from which he derives his
appointment and in every instance
where the acknowledgment is made
before any officer other than the Reg
ister or Receiver of Land Office, it
must be accompanied by a certificate,
under the seal of the proper authority,
of the official character of the person
before whom the acknowledgment
was made, and also OF the genuineness
of his signature.
All assignments ef bounty land war
rants issued under feet ofSept. %,
1850, made before the date of this act,
are invalid and void. TThe same Sec
ton provides, "That any person enti-
tied to pre-emption right to any lands,
shall be entitled TO use any such land
warrant in payment of the same, at
the rate of 81 % per acre for the guam
tity of land specified" Il By this pro-
vision, all persons entitled to pre-emp-
ton, whether on offered or unoffered
lands, can use a military bounty land
warrant in payment for the tract pre-
empted, reconing the said warrant at
81 25 per acre for the quantity there
in specified, whether the land so claim
ed is at the usual OF enhanced minimum.
Should the area of the tract claimed
exceed the amount called for in the
warrant, the preemptor will have to
pay for the excess in cash, but if il
should fall short, ne is entitled to a re-
funding of the excess. Fl 1t is further
provided by the same section, "that the
warrants which have been or may here
after be, issued in pursuance of said
laws or Of this act, may be located ac-
cording 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 To-
cation, at the minimum price: Provi-
ded, further, That when said warrant:
shall be located Oh lands which are sub
ject TO entry at greater minimum
than 81 % per acre, the locator o
said warrant shall pay to the L. S. il
cash, the difference between the value
: of such warrants at 81 25 per acre
and the tract of land located on
BY these provisions, where the lands
are subject to private entry at 81 -
per acre, the holder of an so acre war
rant can take any two 40 acre lots
forming cornpuos body of 50 ucres
, and the holder of warrant for IGi
acres, can take two so acre, or four n
| acre tracts, forming a compact body
of I60 acres. Il Where the minimum
! price of lands, subject to private entry
!. proposed to be located is more thar
81 25 per acre, the holder of the war.
rant can locate, in accordance witt
the instructions contained in the fore
going paragraph, the quantity speci
fed in the warrant, by paying the diff
Z ference in cash.
This act does not authorise the hol
der of an so acre warrant to locate
1 Herewith 40 acre tract at 81 80 pei
acre in full satisfaction thereof, but h
must locate, by legal subdivisions, the
l. compact body OF so acres, as near a.
may be, and pay the difference in cash
q SO also of l60 acre warrants, excep
in pre-emption cases as hereinbefor
stated. Il Each warrant is to be dis
: tinctly and separately located, SO tha
no body. of land can be located by al
> assignee of various warrantees, with
: number Of warrants; nor can the pre-
emptor in any case use more than on
warrant in the location of the land pre-
empted by him, and the excess, if any
must be paid for by him in cash.
The second section of this act pro
vides, .'That the Registers and Recei
= vers of the Land Offices shall hereai
ter be severally authorized TO charg
for their services in locating all militar
bounty land warrants, issued 18th da
of February, lS47, the same compen
= = sation or per centage to which they ar
;, entitled by law for sales of the publ
= lands for cash, at the rate OF 81 20 Pc
= acre, the said compensation to be here
j after paid by the assignees or holder
= of such warrants
The third section of this act pre-
. videss "That Registers and Receiver
: whether in or out of Office at the pa:
: sage of this act, or their legal repre-
= sentatiyes in case of death, shall be er
i titled to receive from the Treasury {
the Z. S., for services heretofore pei
formed, in locating military bount
/ land warrants, the same rate OF con
pensation provided in the preceedin
section fot services hereafter to b
performed, after deducting the amour
already received by such officers III
: der the act entitled sAn act to requir
= = the holders Of miiitars land warran
- to compensate the Land Officers OF tt
= u. S. for services in relation to the i
y cation of those warrants approve
:, Nav II, lS4S: P,orided, That L
n Register or Receiver shall receive an
" compensation out of the Treasury f
. :. past services who has charged and r
I ceived illegal fees for the location
- such warrants: Pfovided, further, Th
: no Register or Receiver shall recei'
!. !. for his services during any year gre
= : ter compensation than the maximu
! now allowed by law"
:. Where parties may desire to avail ther
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