The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-05
FORMS AND REGULATIONS
For the Assignment Of Land Warrants and
Locations.

tary bounty land, which have been may hereafter
be issued under any law othe United States, all
valid locations of the same which have been or
may hereafter be made, are hereby declared to be
assignabe, by deed or instrument Of writing made
and executed after the taking effect OF this act
CorGinE to such form, and pursuant to such regu-
lations may be prescribed by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, to vest the as
signee with all the rights of the original owners of
the warrant or location"
In accordance with the provisions of this section,
the following forms are prescribed for the assign
ment vi the warrants and locations referred to, to
wit:
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE
WARRANT.-No. ].
For value received, |, A. b., to whom the within
warrant No. - was issued, do hereby sell and
assign unto G. D., of and to his heirs
and ASST ns forever, the said warrant and author
ize him 10 locate the same, and receive patent
therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day of -,
1856
Attest Alb. [sEAL.l
EF
e.. II.
Form Of acknowledgment ,ohere the pendor is kno,cn
to he officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On tbs - day of -. in the year
beoce rue PERSONAL came (here insert the name Of The
1cIrrantee) to me"Vcll known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment TO be his act and deed;
amt certify that tho said (here insert the name OF
aoGrTnHtcr) Is tho Identical person to whom the
going ssignment thereof,
(OGice'S signattre)
Form of acknowledgment ,chere the uendor is not
kaorn 10 The officer, and his identity has TO be
proceed
STAre Of -, COUNTY OF
On this - day OF -, in the year -,
before personally came there insert the name of
The loarTaJttee) and (here insert the and
dence Qt lDitneSs) and the said there insert the
name Of he ,oitness) being well known TO me as
credible and dlsiuterested person, was duly sworn
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows the said (tere insert the name of the
tonTrdntee and that he is he same person to whom
the within Warrant issued, and who executed the
foregoing assignment, and his testimony being
satisfactory evidence of that fact, the said
(heTG i'!ssrt the If the tcarrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and decd tODIcc signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF TIE 10.
CATION,-No. ,.
For value received, !, A. B., TO whom the within
cerGhCate Of location was issued, do hereby sell
and ass c. D., and to his heirs and assigns
forever, the said certificate # location, and the
warrant and land therein described, and authorize
him tn receive the patent therefor.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day Of
-,lS5
Attest: A. b. [sEAL.l
F.
Form Of acknowledgment ,oLere the uendor is per-
sonatiy knoton 10 the officer taking the same.
STATE oF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before personally came there insert tie ofkhe
person to tohoa the certificate of location issued) TO
well known, and acknowed ged the foreg going
assignments be his act and deed; and / certify
that the said (here insert the Of The person to
sohom the certificate Of location iSSued) is the den-
teal person to whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as.
slgnment thereof.
(OGcer'S signattre.)
o(
personrity k"o'on TO the officer. and ,chere his
adcTttty has TO be proceed.
STATE or ----, COUNTY OF -.
On tina - day of - in the year -,
before !ne personally came (kere insert the name
Of the person TO tphom HE certificate of location is.
sued and (here insert The name and residence Of
ciincSs,) and the sad (here insert tie name Of the
tcitEeas) being well known to me credible
aud di5n tere5ted person, duly sworn by INC,
and on h's oath declared and said that he we'll
knows the said (hsre insert the name Of the person
10 ,Dhoms tie certificate Of location isSued,) and that
he IS the same person to whom the within certif-
cate VI 10 alton ssucd, and who executed the fore
going ASST =nment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence to of that fact the sad (hsre
insert the Cf The person 10 rhoEs the certificate
Of location tssHed) thercupon acknowledged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(Oficer'S signntwe.)
Assignment No. and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and
know led cnt upon the Ccrti of location; and
must be attestcd by two Witnesses, acknowledged
before Reg ster or Receiver of a Land Office, n
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 acknowled gment is
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register or Receiver Of Land
OHlcc, il must be accompanied by a certif-
cate, under seal of the proper authority, of the
official character Of the person before whom the
acknOw led gtnent was made, and also of the gen
uincne@s OF his signature
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act of September IS, 1850. made be-
fore the date Of this act, invalid and void.
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled to pre- emption right to any land, shall be
entitled TO use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same. at the rate OF Is per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
By this provision, all persons entitled to pre- emp
ton, whether on offered unofered lands, can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- cmpted, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified whether the land 30
claimed is AZ the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- rmptor
will have to pay for the excess in cash, but if it
ehoud fell short, he s not entitled to a refunding
OF the excess.
Hi5 further provided by the same section "that the
warrants which haveb or may hereafter be Issued
in pursuance of said laws or of this act may be To-
Gated according to the legal subdivisions of the
public lands in body, upon any lands of the
United S,atca, subject to private entry at the time
OF such location, at the minimum price PToDided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which are subject to entry at a greater
minimum than 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 warranta at one dollar and TWEEN
~ five cents per and the tract of land located
on
By these provisions, where the lands subject
to private entry at one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, the holder of an eighty warrant can
take any two forty-acrc lots, forming a compact
body Of eighty acrcs; and the holder of warrant
for one hundred AID sixty acres take two
eighty or four forty acre tracts, forming a
compact body OF one hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price of the lands, subject
to private entry proposed be located more than
81 % 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 docs not authorize the holder of
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, by legal subdi-
visions. the compact body Of eighty acres,
may be, and pay the difference N cash. So also
Of 100 acre warrantB.
Each warrant is TO be distinctly and separately