The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-25

of The person 10 tpom The certifc of location u.s.
sued,) and (hsre insert The name and residence of a
,citness,) and the said there insert the Of the
tcifnsss) 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 (h1s insert the name of the person
10 ichom e certificate Of location is,ued) and that
lac is the same person TO whom the within certih-
cate Of location issued, and who executed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence me of that fact the said (here
insert the name of the person 10 ,com the certificate
Of location issutd) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(Ofcer's signattps.)
Assignment No. ! and acknow lcdgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and
acknowledgement upon the certificate OF location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowled gcd
before Register or Receiver of Land Office. a
Judge of Court of Record, Justice of the Peace,
Commissioner Of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowlcd gment is
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register Receiver of Land
Office, it must be accompanied by certf-
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 %, 1880, made be-
fore the date OF this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, "That my person
entitled to pre- empton 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 THE provision, III persons entitled to pre.emp-
ton, whether offered or unofiered lands.
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract prc-emptcd, reckoning the said warrant
at dollar aud twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified whether the land so
claimed ia at the usual or enhanced minimum
Should the of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- emptor
will have TO pay for the in cash. but If IL
should fall short, he is not entitled TO refundipg
OF the cxccss.
Itis further provided by the section "thatth the
warrants which 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 ono 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 subject TO entry at greater
minimum than one 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 one dollar and twcn
ty five ccnts per acre and the tract OF land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands are subject
to private entry ut one dollar and twenty. five Ia
per acre. tho holder of an eighty 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
eRhty-ncre or lour forty mere tracts, forming D
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price OF the lands, subjec,
to private cntr to be located is than
81 IS 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 each.
This act docs not authorize the holder of m
cighty-acrc warrant to locate Herewith forty
acre tract Of land at 50 80 per in full salts.
faction thereof but nc must locate, by legal subdi-
Visions the compact body Of eighty acres, "a near
may be, and pay the difference in cash. So also
OF 16l-scre warrants.
Each warrant is 10 be distinctly and separated y
located, so that il follows that body of land can
be located by assignee Of various warrantecs,
with a number Of warrants; nor can prc-emptor
in any case usc more than warrant in the loca-
ton OF the land prc-emptcd by him, and the ex
cess, II any, inust be paid by him in cash.
The second section Of this act provides "rhat the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be severelly authorized to charge and
ceive for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants Issued since the lth day o
February, lS47, the same compensation or per
centagc TO which they entitled by law for salcs
Of the public lands for cash, at the rate OF = 20
per acre, the said compensation TO bc hereafter
paid by tho assignccs or holders Of such var
rants"
The third section Of this act provides "Ihat Re.
qistcrs nd Receivers whether in or out OF office
at the passage of this act their legal representa-.
tvos in case Of death shall be entitled to receive
from the Trca ury OF the United states, Tor SER
viccs heretofore performed in locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate OF compcnsa
ton provided in thcprcccding section for services
hereafter to be performed, after dcducting the
amount already received by such officers undo,
the act entitled AN act 20 require the holders o
military land warrants 20 compensate the Land
TO the location of those warrnnls,' approved May