The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-12

knopn to the officer, and his identity has to be
pooed
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF
before personally (Lere insert the name of
the iDarrantee) and ('.ere insert the and resi-
dence Of a ,ctness,) and the said (here insert the
| name of the tDitness) being well known to me
credible and disnterested person, was duly sworn
| by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
| well knows the said (Aere insert the name of the
toarrantee,) and that he is the person to whom
| the within Warrant issued, and who executed the
| foregoing Assignment, and his testimony being
satisfactory evidence to me of that fact, the said
(here insert the of the todrrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (OFcer's signature.)
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO-
CATION.-No 2.
For value received, l. A. b., to whom the within
certificate Of location issued, do hereby sell
and assign c. D., and to his heirs and assigns
forever, the said certificate of location, and the
warrant and land therein described, and authorize
him to'receve the patent therefor.
Witness my hand and zeal, this - day of
I, 1856.
Attest: A. b. [sEAL.]
Eff
G. III.
Form of acknowledgment ,ohre the vendor is per
'onaHy knourn to the officer taking the same.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF
On this - day of - in the year -,
before personally (here nsertthe name of the
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (here insert the of the person to
,ohom The certificate Of location ssued) ia the den-
teal person TO whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
sgnment thereof.
(O6icer's ngndtps.)
Form Of acknowledgment tohere the pendor is not
personally knocn 10 the officer, and aDheye his
identity has 10 be proued.
STATE or --, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (hers Insert ne name
Of the person TO tohom the certificate Of location
sued and (hers insert The and residence of a
,oitness,) and the said (here insert the Of the
uitness) being well known TO me credible
and dsinterested person, duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert The of The person
10 oom ne certifc Of location issued and that
he Ia the same person TO whom the within certih-
cate OF location issued, and who executed the FORE
going ASST gnment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence to of that fact, the said (tre
insert The name Of The person 10 ,cborn The certificate
Of location issusd) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(OGcer's signattre.)
Assignment No. ! and acknowledgement must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and &C.
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, knowlcd ged
before Register Receiver of Land Office, a
Judge Of Court of Record, Justice of the Peace,
or Commissioner Of Deeds resident in the State
every instance where the acknowledgment is
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver of Land
Once, IT must be accompanied by certif-
cate, under seal of the proper authority, OF the
official character of the person before whom the
acknowledgement was made, and also Of the gen
uincness of his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September D, 1850, 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 came, at the rate Of s 25 per for the
quantity OF land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled to pre-emp-
tion, whether on offered or unofered ands, can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- emptcd, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land so
claimed s 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 If it
should fall short, he lie not entitled TO refunding
Of the
isfurther provided by the same section "that the
warrants which have been, ma hereafter be issued
in pursuance Of said lave Of this act may be To-
Gated according to the legal subdivisions of the
public lands, in ono body, upon any lands Of the
United States, subject to private entry The time
OF such location, at the minimum price Provided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which nre subject 10 entry at greater
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay 90
tho United States in each the difference between
the value OF such warrants at one dollar and TWEEN
~ five cents per acre and the tract land located
On"
by these provisions, where the lands are subject
10 private entry at dollar and twenty. FIVE cents
per acre, the holder of eighty warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder of warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty acre or four forty acre tracts, forming
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres
Where the minimum price Of the lauds, subject
to private entry proposed to be located ia than
3 % per acre, the holder Of the warrantcsn 10.
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
acre tract Of land at 81 30 per acre in full salts
faction thereof bot he must locate, by legal subdi.
visons, the compact body Of eighty acres, as near
as may be, and pay the difference in cash So ALEC
Of 60-acre warrants
Each warrant ia to be distinctly and separately
located, that ii follows that no 6ody of land can
be located by assignee Of various warrantecs,
with number of warrants; nor can a pro-emptor
in any case use more than ono warrant in the toca-
ton OF the land pre- empted by him, and the CT
Gees, II any, most be paid fCr by him in cash.
The second section of this act provides THAT the
Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scveraily authorized 90 charge and
ceive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, Issued since the 18th day Of
February, lSf7, the same compensation or per
centngc 20 which they entitled by law for sales
Of the public lands for cash ct the rate of 3 | 25
per acre, the said compensation to be hereafter
paid by the assignees holders Of such war.
rants"
The third section ofthis act provides "That Re.
gsters and Receivers, whether in or out OF Office
at the passage Of this act their legal representa-
Gvcs in OF death. shall be entitled to receive
from the Tfca 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 to be performed, after dcducting the
amount already received by such officers under
The net entitled AN act to require the holders of
military land warrants 20 compensate the Land
Officers Of the United States for services in relation
to the location Of those warrsnts,' approved Nav