The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-09
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment OF Land Warrants and
Locations.

GENERAL LAND OFrIcE, March %, 1852.
DY THE FRS SECTION of the act of Congress,
Id entitled IAN act making Land Warrants as
signable and for other purposes" approved March
D. 1882, it is provided That all warrants for mill
tary bounty land, which have been or may hereafter
be Issued uadcr any law 81 the United States and oil
valid locations of the which have been
may hereafter be made, are hereby declared to be
ssignable, by deed or instrument Of writing made
and executed after the taking effect of this act
cording to such form, and pursuant to such rcgu-
lations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, to vest the
signee with all the rights of the original owners of
the warrant location"
In accordance with the provisions of this section,
the following forms prescribed for the assign
mcnt Of the warrants and locations referred to, to
wit:
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
WARRANT-No. |.
For value received, !, 4. b to whom the within
warrant No. - was Issued, do hereby sell and
ASST On unto G. D., Of and to his heirs
and assigns forever, thc said warrant, and author
ize him TO locate the same, and receive patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day Of,
Ass
Attest: Alb. [sEAL.l
E.F.
&. II.
Form of acknowledgment ,ohere The uendor is knoon
to the officer taking the acknowledgement
STATE OF - coUNTy OF -
On this - day of u. IN The year IL,
soa,rantee) to me well known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed;
and certify that the said there insert the name Of
scGrrdntee) is the identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment thereof -
(O6ica's signatve)
Form of acknowledgment rcilere the vendor is not
hno,ral 10 The officer, and his identity has to be
STATE -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year --,
before me personally came there insert the name of
the ,rarrGltee) and there insert the and resi-
dence Of 9Dilness,) and the said (here insert the
name Of The icitness) being we'll known to me as a
credible and disinterested person, was duly sworn
by me- and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said (.ere insert the name Of the
tpGrratee 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 10 me OF that fact, the said
(here inssri the name of the aya,rantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (Otic9's signatwe)
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE To-
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, l, A. B., to whom the within
certificate Of location issued, do hereby sell
and assign unto c. D., and to his heirs and assigns
forever, tie 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
-, IS5
Attest: A. Is. lsEAL.]
E.. F.
O. II.
Form of Acknowledgment ,chere the vendor IS per-
sonaNy knocn to the officer taking the same.
STATE -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally came (ere insert the name OF the
person TO ,rhom the certificate Of location issued) to
me we'll known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said there insert the Of the person to
,oaon the certificate Of location issued) is the iden-
teal person TO whom the within certificate OF To-
cation Issued, aud who executed the foregoing as
eignment thereof.
(OGcer's signature.)
Form Of acknowledgment tohere the rendOr IS not
personally knoIra TO the officer, and ,chere his
identity has to be proceed
On this - day OF -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert the name
Of the person to Uhom The certificate Of location is
sued and (here insert the name and residence of
1piness) and the said there insert the name of The
,Dtness) being well known to me al credible
and dsinterested person, was duly sworn by me,
aud on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert the name Of the person
TO tchon the certificate Of location issued and that
he is the same person to whom the within certih-
cate of location issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence to of that fact the said here
insert the Of the person TO ,phom The cert cate
of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment 70 be his act and deed:
(Oficer's signature.)
Assignment No. l ard acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and &C
acknowledgement upon the certificate OF location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, achnow lodged
before n Register or Receiver OF a Land Othce, a
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-
fled, except the Register or Receiver OF Land
Office, it must be accompanied by a certif-
cate, under seal of the proper authority OF the
official character of the person before whom the
acknowledgment made, and also of the gen.
uineness of his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act of September 2S, 1850, made be-
fore the date of this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, "Ihat any person
entitled to pre- emption 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 unoffered lands can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- empted, reckoning the said warrant
at dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 30
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 excess in cash, but II it
should fall short he is not entitled TO refunding
of the excess.
tits further provided by the came section "thatthe
warrants hch have been, or may hereafter beissued
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 price: Prouided
further That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which subject to entry at a greater
minimum than 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 twen
ty-ive cents per and the tract of land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands subject
TO private entry at dollar and twenty five cen ia
per acre, the holder of eighty acre warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder of warrant
for one hundred aud sixty acres can take two
eighty four forty acre tracts, forming a
compact body of one hundred aId sixty acres.
Where the minimum price of the lands, subject
to private entry proposed to be located is more than
SI 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 does not authorize the holder of an
eighty acre warrant to locate herewith forty
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