The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-16

3.,cp of N ,,tn,ss \ and the said there insert tbe
,,o,ne n rho ,rtnesn being eli knou,n m mo a.
n,e%hIe and disintrres,ed nsrsnr va dn,u swo,n
by me, and on his oath declared and said, that he
well knows The said there insert the name of the
payTantee and that he Is he "a me person TO whom
the within Warrant issued and who executed the
f,repoino assionment and his testimony heinz
satisfactory evidence TO me of that fact, the said
there ms the name of The lpay7anfeel thereupou
acknowledged the said assignment 10 be his act
and deed fOficer's sie,,af,re
FORM FOR THE ASSIG NMENT OF THE LO.
CATION-No
For value received, |, A. r., TO whom the within
&c rtifrate of location WAC issued do hereby cell
a nd assign unto & ID and Ia bis hers a nd ASSIGNS
forever The said certificate of location and III,
warrant and land therein described and authorize
him IN receive the natert therefor
Witness INV hand and seal. this - day of
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Attest: AB IsEAL.1
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rom. " H'nho'plfas ".s'" mNpf me oeiuor Is per-
S'nd"y N"oWH ~ "'e "U'c" ton"s pe Sd"e'
STATE OF ---, COUNTY OF --.
On this - day OF -, In the year -,
beiOreine personally came (here insert he name ~ e
person 10 lDhom me ctThhcdfe Of location ,ssued) TO
me wei known, ana nc knoWledged the foregoing
assgnmentto be his act and deed; and certify
that the said (hrs insert The name Of the person to
tc.om the certificate Of location issned) Is the iden-
ucal person to whom the within ceruhcate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing as
sIgnment thereof
(OTcr's Ngnafure.)
Form of ACKNOWLEDGMENT tphsre the rendor is NOT
personally Enoioa 10 the officer and ,pheye has
idsnt,Iy has 10 be prorsd
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF
On this - day OF - in the year
before me personally came there insIrf The name
If The person 10 lohoIn the eerhf eafe of location is
s,ad } and there insert The name and residence of a
,pn,Ss) and the said there insert The name of the
uifnsss) being well known 10 me az a credible
and disinterested 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 person
10 iohon the certificate of location ISSUED and that
he is the same person 10 whom, the within ceruf-
cate Of location issued and no executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence a. me of that fact the said there
insert a.e name of the person 10 ,ohou The eeifeate
Of location issusdl thcrcupon Acknowledged the
said assignment 10 be his act and deed
(Oheer', signaf,peA
Assignment No. ! and az know led gment must
be endorsed upon the warrant and No . and ac.
knowed gmeni upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledg ed
before a Register or Receiver of n Land Office n
Judge of'a Court of Record, Justice Of the Peace
or a CommissiOner of Deeds resident IN the State
from which lie derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknow ledRment is
made before either of the ofricers above speci-
fed EXCEPT the Ragister or Receiver of a Land
Office, it must be accompanied by a certif-
cate under seal of the proner authority of the
character before
hcknow led gmcnt was made and also of the gen
uiueness of his signature
All ASST nments Of bounty land warrants issued
under the act Of September 35, 1850, made be .
fore the date Of this act, are invalid and void
The same section provides, That any person
entitled 10 pre- cmption right b. any land, shall be
entitled to use any such land warrant in payment
Of the same, at the rate Of ) 25 per for the
quantity of land therein specified
by this provision al perBons entitled to pre-emp.
ton. whether offered or unOfIered lands can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- empted. eckoDing the SAID warrant
at ono dollar aud twenty FIVE cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land so
claimed il at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called Tor in the warrant, the pre- emptor
will have 20 pay for the excess in cash but IL il
should fall short he is not entitled TO refundng
Of the excess
Iisfurlher provided by the same section chat the
warrants which have been or may hereafter be issued
in pursuance Of said laws or Of this act may be To-
Gated according 10 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
furii,r. That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which are subject TO entry at a greater
minimum than one dollar and twenty. five cents
per acre. the locator Of said warrant shall pay 70
the United States IN cash the difference between
the value Of such warrants At one dollar and twen-
ty five cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on"
By these provisions where the lands are suliect
10 private entry AT one dollar and twenty Eve cents
%, acre the holder Of an eighty-acrc warrant can
take any two forty-acre lots, forming a compact
body of eighty acre.: and the holder Of a warrant
for one hundred and sixty acres can take two
eighty. acre or -four forty. acre tracts, forming
compact body Of ono hundred and sixty acres
where the minimum price Of the lands subject
to private entry proposed to be located IL more than
81 Is 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 I'm cash
This act docs not authorize the holder Of an