The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-13

before me personally came (here insert the name OF
te aoa'rantee) and (here insert Tie name and resi-
dence Of toitnfss,) and the said there insert the
name Of the tcitness) being well known to me a
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 name Of The
i1aTranee, 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
there insert The Of the tonranfee) thercupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (O6icer's signatlre.)
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO-
CATION.-No. 2.
For value received, ], A. b., to whom the within
certificate Of location was Issued. do hereby sell
and 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
-, 1S5
Attest: A. b. IsEAL.l
Gil G. H.
Form of acknowledgment ,chere The uendor is per-
sonaiiy knoion TO the officer taking the same.
STATE -, COUNTY OF
On this - day of ---, in the year --,
before me personally came (here insert of the
person TO icho the CERT fcafe Of location issued) to
assignment to be his act aud deed; and | certify
that the said (here insert the Of the person TO
tohOm 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
alignment thereof.
(Oticer's signafure.)
Form Of acknowledgment ioheye The vendor is NOT
personally kno,un 10 the officer, and tchere his
identity mas TO be proved.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this day of ----, in the year -,
before me personally came there inserifhe name
Of the person 10 sohom the certificate Of ovation as
sued,) and (hsre insert The and residence Of a
pifness,) and the said there insert the Of The
wifness) being well known TO me a, credible
and disincrcsted 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 person
TO ,ohom the certificate of location issued) and that
he Is the same person 20 whom the within certifi-
cate of location issued and who executed the fore-
going assignment; and his testimony being satis-
factory evidence to me Of that fact, the said ere
insert the Of The person 10 ,ohom the certificate
Of location tssued) thereupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(Obicer's signatwe.)
Assignment No. and acknowledgement must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and ac-
acknowledgement upon the certificate Of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver of Land Office,
Judge of a 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 acknowledgment is
made before either OF the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver Of a Land
Office, IL must be accompanied by ccrtif-
cate, under seal Of the proper authority, Of the
official character Of the person before whom the
acknowledgement was made, and also Of the gen.
uineness Of his signature
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September 2S, 1850, made be-
fore the date OF this act, arc invalid and void.
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled TO pre- emption right TO any land shall be
entitled to any such land warrant in payment
Of the same. ut the rate Of 81 25 per for the
quantity OF land therein specified"
ny this provision, all persons entitled TO rc-cmp-
ton, whether offered unoffercd lands, can use
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 40
claimed IL 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, but IL IL
should fall short, he is not entitled 20 rcfundinr
Of the
tits further provided by the same section thatthc
warrants which have been may hereafter be issued
ia pursuance Of said laws Of this act may be To-
Gated according 10 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 tho minimum price: Provided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which are subject 10 entry at n greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the locator Of said warrant shall pay 10
the United States in cash the difference between
the value Of such warrants at dollar and TWEEN
ty five cents per and the tract OF land located
on"
By these provisions, where the lands arc subject
10 private entry at dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder Of an eighiyacre warrant can
take any two forty acre lots, forming n compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder of n warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty-acre or four forty acre tracts, forming n
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres
Wl.,xo
10 private entry proposed be located IL more than
81 20 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 cash.
This act does not authorize the holder of an
eighty acre warrant TO locate herewith forty.
acre tract Of land ut 50 30 per in full salts.
faction thereof, but he must locate, by legal subd
visions, the compact body Of eighty acres, as near
as may be, and pay the difference in cash So also
OF 60-acrc warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located. so that il follows that body of land can
be located by an assignee OF various warrantees
with n number Of warrants; nor can n pre-emptor
in any case use more than one warrant In the loca-
ton OF the land pre-emptcd by him, and the ex-
cess, IL any, must be paid fer by him in cash.
The second section of this act provides THAT the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be sevcraly authorized 90 charge and re-
ceive Tor their services i'm locating all military
bounty land warrants. Issued since the lth day Of
February, 1s47, the same compensation or per
centagc TO which they are entitled by law for sales
OF the public lands for cash. at the rate Of q rs
per acre, the said compchsation TO be hereafter
paid by the assignces or holders Of such war
rants
The third section of this act provides "That Re.
gistcrs and Receivers. whether in out Of Office
at the passage Of this act their legal representa-
tves in Of death, shall be entitled 10 receive
from the Treasury Of TIC United States, for SER
vices heretofore performed In locating military
bounty land warrants. the same rnte of compcnsa.
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter 10 be performed, after dcducting the
amount already received by such officers under
the act entitled AN act TO require the holders of
military land warrants 10 compensate the Land
Officers OF the United States for serviccsn relation
TO the location Of those warrants approved NAV