The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-10
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment of Land Warrant. and
Locations.

FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment of Land Warrants and
Locations.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, March %, 1902.
DY THE FIRST SECTION of the act of Con gress,
IL entitled IAN act making Land Warrants
slgnable and Tor other purposes" approved March
%, 1852, IL IL provided That all warrants for mill
tary bounty land, which have been mo hereafter
be Issued under any law the United States, and all
valid locations OF the same which have been or
may hereafter be made, are hereby declared to be
assignable, by deed or instrument Of writing made
and executed attcr the taking effect Of this act
cordiug to such form, and puIs uant to such regu-
tations may be prescribed by the Commissioner
OF the General Land Office, SO as to vest the as
signee with all TIC rights of the original owners Of
the warrant vr location"
In accordance with the provisions of this section
the to!IoSlns forms prescribed for the assign
m"nt OF the warrants and locations referred to, to
wit:
FORM FOR THE AssiG NMENT OF THE
WARRANT.-No. /.
For value received |, A. b, to whom the within
warrant No - was issued, do hereby sell and
assign unto c. D., OF and to his heirs
and ass yns rever, the said warrant and author
lie hun II locate the same, and receive a patent
therefor.
Witness my hopd and zeal this - day Of,
Affect: AuB. IsEALJ
E F.
Form. Of acknowledgement ,Dhers The vendor i, knocn
10 tae officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF
On this - day of -. In the year -,
before me personally came (hers insert the of the
tca'TGnteel To me well known, and ackuowl led ged
the foregoing assignment TO be his act and deed;
and certify that the said (here insert the name OF
TrGrrantee) Is the Identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment thereof.
(Obice's Signatre)
kpr.g Of "a
kngIrn 10 the officer, and his identity has TO be
g proceed.
stats COUNTY OF
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally came there insert The name Of
the Ictrrantee) and (hsre insert the name and resi-
dence Of u tctness) and the said (here insert the
raIIne or The ,oitnessJ being well known to me as
credible ana d!sintcrested person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said there insert The name of The
ao"'rn'iee) md that he is The person to whom
the Within Warrant Issued, and who executed the
foregoing assignment, and his testimony being
satisfactory evidence to Of that fact, the said
(hcre insert the name of Tie toa,rantee) thereupon
acknowledged the SAID assignment to be his act
and deed. (OGIcer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO-
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, !, A. e., To W hon the within
certificate OF location issued, do hereby sell
and assign Z. D., and to his heirs and assigns
forever, the said certificate of location, and the
him To receive the patent therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this $50 day of
-, 1855
Attest: A. b. IsEAL.l
EFF
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the pendo, Is per-
sonaHy kno'oa TO the officer taking the sans
STATE or - COUNTY OF -
On this ---- day of -, in the year -
before personally (here insert tie name of the
persos TO tohorr the certificate Of location issued) to
me well known. and acknowledged the foregoing
ASST gumcnt to be his act and deeds and | certify
1chora the certificate Of location issued) is the den-
tical person 10 whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
slgnm. mt thereof,
(OGce,'s signature.)
Form q acknowledgment toheye the pendor is not
persoruiiy knouca to The officer. and ,chere his
identify has to be proceed.
On ih!s - day of -, in the year -,
before personally came (here insert the name
Of NE perton 10 soha" the certificate Of location
1ctfaesSl aud the said there insert the name Of the
:ottnesSI being we'll known to me as a credible
and disIn'eTcsied person, was duly sworn by me,
aud on hs oath declared and said that he we'll
knows the sail iere insert the name of the person
10 iDho tee certificate IF location issued and that
he ID thn same person to whoin the within certf
cate OF o."tion issued, and who executed the fore
gong assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory eviucncO - Of that fact the SAID there
insert e Of Ge person, to ,ohom the cert fcnte
OF toca'tnn iSsHedj thcreupon acknowledged the
said assignment 10 be his act and deed.
(OGicsr's signature.)
Assignment No. | and acknowled gm"nt must
De endorsed upon the warrant, nd No. 2 and &C
acknowledgement upon the certificate Of location; and
must be nttested by two witnesses, acSuowied ged
before Register Receiver o! a Land Office a
Judge of Court of Record, Justice of the Peace,
or a Commissioner OF Deeds resdent in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
1rk 10
made bcIOre either of the officers above spcci-
fed, EXCEPT the Register Receiver of Land
othc'' it must be accompanied by certif-
cate, unier seal Of the proper authority, OF the
official character OF the person before whom the
Acknowledgements was made, and also of the gen.
ulneness OF his signature.
All asst garments OF bounty land warrants issued
under the act of September ., 1850, made be-
fore the date of THE act, are invalid and void
The section provides, That any person
entitled % pre- cmption right TO any land, shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
of the n the rate of 3 % per acre for the
quantity OF land therein specified
By this provision, all persons entitled pre-
ton, whether offered unofered lands, can use
military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract precmpted, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified whether the land SO
claimed Is AT the usunl or enhanced minimum.
Should the ARA 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
shouldfaIi short, he is not entitled refunding
OF the excess
lite further provided by the same section chat the
warrants viii, h have been or may hereafter bessued
in pursuance of said laws of this act, may he To-
Gated according to the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, in one body, upon any lands of tho
United tatcs, subject to private entry at the time
of such !UC alton, at the minimum price: Provided
JurtteT, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which subject 10 entry at create,
minimum than dollar and twenty five cent
per acre, rhc locator OF said warrant shall pay K
the Uuitci Slatcs in cash the difference betwe er
the value OF such warrants at one dollar and TWEEN
~ five cents per and the tract Of lane LOCATED
on"
By these provisions, where the lands subec
to private entry dollar and twenty FIVE en-
por acre, the holder OF an eighty warrant car
take any two forty -acra lots, forming compac