The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-02

knoton TO he officer, and his identity has to bt
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -:
before me- personally came (ere insert The name Of
the toarrdJtee) and (here insert the name and resi-
deace Of tciness,) and the said (here insert the
name Of the toitnsss) being well known to me as a
credible and disinterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
we'll knows the said (here insert the name Of the
,Darrantee 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 to me Of that fact, the said
(here insert the name Of the toarrantec) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (OGc1's signaturs.)
FORM FOR THE ASSIG NMENT OF THE To-
CATION.--No. 2.
For value received, l, A. b., to whom the within
certificate of location issued, do hereby cell
and assign unto G. D., and to his heirs and assgns
warrant and land therein described, and authorize
him to receive the patent therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this ----- day of
-, 1856.
Attest: A. b. [sEAL.]
Eff.
G.. II.
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the vsndor is per-
sonally knO,on to the officer taking the same.
sT on this q, = as S0o of OF in the
before me personally came (here insert name of the
person to iuhom the certificate of location issued) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
ASST gnment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (here insert the name Of the person to
tchom 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.
signment thereof.
(Oficer's sisnat,re.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,phere the pendor is not
personally kno,on to the officer. and ,ohere his
identity has to be prored.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -
before 9a ms personally Of s1e tho
Of The person to tohom he certificate Of location is
sued, and (hsre insert the and residence Of
,Difness,) and the said (here insert the name of the
,oitness) being we'll known to me credible
and disinterested person. was duly sworn by Inc,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert the Of the person
to ,ohom the certificate Of location issed) and that
he is the same person to whom the within certif-
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 ,ohom the certif
Of location issued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(OGcer's signature.)
Assignment No. l and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No and
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two Witnesses acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of Land Office, a
Judge of Court of Record, Justice of the Peace,
a 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, 1t must be accompanied by certifi-
cate, under seal of the proper authority, of the
official character Of the person before whom the
acknowledgment was made, and also of the gen.
uineness Of his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act of September %, 1885, made be-
n RI a re inv nd yniH
The same section provides, "That 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 Is rs per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified
BY this provision, all persons entitled to pre-em
ton whether on offered or unoffered lands, use
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
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 If it
should fall short, he is not entitled to refunding
of the excess.
Itisfurther provided by the same section "thatth
warrantswhich have been or may hereafter be ISSUED
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: PROVIDED
further. That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which are subject to entry at greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre. the locator of said shall pay to
the United States in cash the difference between
the value of such warrants ut one dollar and TWEEN
five cents per acre and the tract of land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands are subject
to private entry at one dollar and twenty five ia
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
Co.
eighty-acre four forty acre tracts, forming a
compact body of one hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
to private proposed to be located lie more than
s 25 per acre, the holder of the warrant 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 warrant to locate Herewith n forty
acre tract of land at 81 80 per acre in full salts
faction thereof but he must locate, by legal subdi-
visions, the compact body of eighty acres near
as may be, and pay the difference in cash. So also
| of 60-acre warrants.
| Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, 80 that it follows that no body Of land car
be located by an assignee of various warra ntees
| with q number Of trarrdnfs; nor can pre-emptoI
| in any use more than one warrant in the lOca
| ton of the land pre-empted by him, and the ex
Gees, if any, must be paid for by him in cash.
| The second section of this act provides "Thnt thu
Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be severally authorized TO charge and re
ceive for their services in locating all mi!itar,
bounty land warrants Issued since the ! 18th day o
February lS47, the same compensation or pc
centa ee to which they are entitled by law for sale
of the public lands for cash at the rate Of s 2
per acre, the said compensation to be hereaite
paid by the assignees or holders of such war
rants
The third section of this act provides "That Re
gisters and Receivers, whether in or out of offc
at the passage of ths act, or their legal representa-
, tives in of death, shall be entitled to recev
from the Treasury of the United States, for eel
, vices heretofore performed in locating mitar
bounty land warrants, the samc rate of compensJ
ton provided in the preceding section for scrvc,
hereafter to be performed, after deducting tt
amount already received by such officers undo
the act entitled AN nc, TO require the holders
military land warrants 20 compensate the Lar
Officers of the United States for services in relaio
20 tho location Of those warrants,' approved Mn