The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-02

Form of acknowledgment ,c.eye the pendor is not
kno,on TO the officer, and his identity has TO be
STATE OF -, COUNTY -.
On this -- day Of -, in the year --,
before personally came (ltre insert The name Of
the lcarrantee) and (hee insert Me name and resi-
dtnce Of ,citness) and the said (tere insert The
hcine Of the 1citness) being well known 10 me
credible and disinterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said that he
well knows the said (here insert the Of The
icarantee) and that be 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
(hae insert the name Of the parranfee) thereupon
| acknowledged the said assignment TO be his act
and deed. (OUicer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO-
CATION.-No. =.
For value received, !, A: b., to whom the within
certificate Of location was issued do hereby sell
and assign unto G. d., and to his heirs and assigns
forever, the 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
-, 1856
Attest: A. b. fsEALl
Eff
G. III.
Form of acknowledgment ,ohere the pendor is per-
sonaAy kno,on 10 the officer taking the same.
On this -- day of ----, in the year ----,
before personally (here insertt name of The
person TO iohom The cert fcate Of location issued) to
inc well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
| assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the eald (here insert the name OF The person to
,chom the certificate Of location issued) is the iden
teal person TO whom the within certificate OF To-
! cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
slgnment thereof.
(OUcers signofne.)
Form Of acknowledgment aohae the rendor is mol
| personally kno,on TO the officer, and ichere his
identity has TO be proved.
STATE or -----, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year
before me personally came there insert the name
IF The person 10 ,ohom The cert fcate Of location is
sued and (hGe insert The name and residence IF Il
citness,) and tho said (aere insert Uis name Of The
WitnesS) being well known to me rs IA credible
and dislntcrested person, duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said there insert the name Of The person
10 ohom the certificate Of location SSssd and that
nc ID the same person 10 whom the within certih-
cate Of location issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence to of that fact, the said (hcre
snStTt The Of the person 10 IrhOm Me certificate
Of iocati0n iSsied) thcreupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed
(OGccrs SisnGttue.)
Assignment No. | and acknowled gment must
he endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location; and
must be attcsted by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of Land Office,
Judge Of Court OF Record, Justice of the Peace,
Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; aud in
every instance where the acknowledgment is
made before either Of the officers above spcc-
fed, except the Register or Receiver of Land
Office, il must be accompanied by certh-
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
uincncss of his signature.
All assignments OF bounty land warrants issued
under the act of September 2s, 1880, made be-
fore the date OF this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, "That any person
entitled to pre- emption right 70 any land, shall he
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, Mt the rate OF % per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision all persons entitled TO pre- emp
lion whether on offered uuotlcrcd lands can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- omptcd, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar aud twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified whether tho land 30
claimed ia at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area OF tic tract claimed exceed the
amount called for IN the warrant, the pre- cmptor
will have TO pay for the excess in cash, but If it
ahould fall short, he is not entitled to refunding
Of the excess.
Its further provided by the same section chat the
warrants which have been ornay 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 a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay 10
tho United States in cash tho difference between
the value OF such warrants at one dollar and TWEEN
tyfivc cents per and the tract of land located
-
BY these provisions, where the lands are subject
20 private entry at dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, The holder Of an eighty warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming a compact
body OF eighty ncros; and the holder Of n warrant
for one hundred and sixty take two
eighty acre or four forty-acrc tracts, forming n
compact body Of one hundred aud sixty acres.
Where the minimum price Of the lands, subject
to private entry proposed to be located is more than
81 % per acre, the holder of the warrant can 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 docs not authorize the holder of m
eighty acre warrant to locate herewith forty
acre tract OF land at 81 90 per acre in full salts
faction thereof, but he must locate 10y legal subd
visions the compact body Of eighty acres as near
"A may be, aud pay the difference IN cash So also
of l6O-ecre warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, 80 that it follows that body Of land can
be located by an assignee Of various warrantces |
with number Of ,oouanfs; can a prc-emptor |
in any more than one warrant la the iOca-
ton OF the land prc-emptcd by him, and the cx |
cess, ifany, lnpst be paid fer by him in cash.
The second section of this net provides Chat the
Registers and Receivers Of tho Land Offices shall |
hereafter be sevoraly authorized to charge and re-
ceivo Tor their services in locating nll military |
bpuhy lup lrShgu tlntC tut itl tlnV Oi
February, 1871, the same compensation or per |
centagc 10 which they entitled by law Tor sales
Of the public lands for cash, at The rate OF n 25 |
per acre, the said compensation To- be hereafter |
paid by the nssgnccs or holders Of such war.
rants.'
The third section Of this act provides "That Re
Cistcrs and Receivers, whether in or out Of Office
ct the passage Of this act, their legal representa-
ivcs IN case Of death. shall be entitled to receive
from the Trca ury Of the United States, for ser
viccs heretofore performed in locating military |
bounty land warrants. the same ratc OF compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter to be performed after deducting the
amount already received by such officers under
the act entitled AN net 10 require the hodcfs Of |
military land warrants to compensate tho Land
Ollcera Of the United States for scrviccsiu relation
20 the location Of thu5c warrants approved May