The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-12
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment OF Land Warrants and
Locations.

GENERAL LAND OFFICE, March %, 1852.
DY THE FIRST SECTION ofthe act of Congress,
ID entitled IAN act making Land Warrants as
signablc and for other purposes" approved March
% 1882 ii is provided: THAT all warrants for mill
tary bounty land, which have been or may hereafter
be Issued under law ofthe 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 after the taking effect of this act ac
cordng to such form, and pursuant to such regu
lativns a d may be prescribed by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, 80 as to vest the
signce with all the rights of the original owners Of
the warrant or location"
In accordance with the provisions ofthis section,
the following forms are prescribed for the assign
ment o the warrants and locations referred to, to
wit:
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF PIE
WARRANT. No. L.
For value received, I, A. B to whom the within
warrant No - was issued, do hereby sell and
assign unto G.. ~, of and to his heirs
aud asslgn5 forever, the said warrant, and author
Ice him to locatc the same, and receive patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day of -,
IS5.
Attest: A.B. [sEAL.l
f.. F.
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the uedor is kno,on
10 The officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -;
On his - day of -. in the year -,
,oarrantee) to me well known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed;
and certify that the said (here insert the name Of
,Dayfuntes) is the identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the fore
going asst nment thereof.
(OEcer's signatlre)
Form of acknowledgment tohere The vendor is not
kno,cn TO The officer, and his identity has. to be
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this --- day of -, in the year --.
before rue personally came (he1e insert the of
the ourrdntee) and there insert the name and resi-
dcnce Of pitnsss,) and the said there insert the
Of the tUitnesS) being we'll known to me a
credible and dsinterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said (here insert the name of the
irarrdRtes 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 ,od'rGntee) thcreupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed (ONcer signature.
FORM FOR THE ASSlG NMENT OF THE LO-
CATlON.-No 2.
For value received, ], A. B., to whom the within
certificate of location was issued. do hereby sell
aud assign unto &. 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
-, 1855
Attest A. b. SEAL
EFF.
G.. II.
Form of acknowledgment ,ohsre The pendor is per-
sonaily kno,o" 10 the officer taking the same.
STATE OF --, COUNTY -.
On this - day of --, in the year -,
before personally came (here insert of the
person TO tohOa the certificate Of location issued to
me we'll known, and acknowle lodged the foregoing
assignment to be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (aere insert the Of the person to
,chom the certificate of location iss.ed) is the iden-
% whom
cation issued and who executed the foregoing
signment thereof.
(OGcer's sisnature.)
Form Of acknowledgment ,chere the uendor is not
personally knoton TO TIE officer. and rohere his
identity has to be proved.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -
On this - day of -, in the year --,
before me personally came (here insert the name
of the person to ohom the certificate Of location is
susd, and (here insert the and residence Of e
tritness,l and the said {here insert The name Of The
and disintereatcd person, duly sworn 10y me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (here insert The name Of the person
10 oho1 The certificate of location issued) and that
he Is the same person to whom the Within certifi-
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 name Of the person TO 'ohom the certf cae
Of Location issuea) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(Ofcer's signaiure.)
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and &C
knowled gment upon the certificate of location; and
must be attcsted by two Witnesses acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of Land Office, a
Judge OF Court OF Record Justice of the Peace,
or "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 spec-
fed. except the Register Receiver of Land
Office, it must be accompanied by a certif-
cate, un der seal OF the proper authority, OF the
othcial character OF the person before whom the
acknowledgement was made, and also of the gen
ulncncSs OF his signature
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act of September %, 1850. made be-
fore the date OF this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, That any 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 S 20 per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled to pre- emp
ton, whether offered or unotered lands, use
military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- empted, reckoning the said warrant
at one 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 Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- emptor
will have to pay for the excess in cash, bat if it
should fall short he 10 not entitled to refunding
of the excess.
II is further provided by the section ''that the
warrants which have been may hereafter be issued
in pursuance of said laws of this act, may be 10,
Catu according W INC ICRui suOulNlslou5 vi tne
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 sad warrants shall be located
on lands which subject TO entry at greater
rninim um than one dollar and twenty five cents
por acre. the locator Of said warrant shall pay to
the United States in cash the difference between
the value OF such warrants at one dollar and TWEEN
tyfvc cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on"
BY these provisions, where the lands subject
to private entry at one dollar and twenty five cent?
per acre, the holder Of an eighty warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming a compact
body of eighty acres; and the holder Of warran,
for one hundred and sixty acres take two
eighty-acre or four forty acre tracts. forming a
compact body of one hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price of the lands, subject
private entry proposed to be located is tina
&l % per acre, the holder of the warrant can 10.
cate 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
efghty-acre warrant to locate herewith n forty
frac nj land n so per in full