The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-02

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STATE OF -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day Of -, in the year --,
before personally came (here Insert The
Of the person TO ohon the certificate Of location is
sued, and (hrre snserf the and residenee Of a
oitnsss,) and the said (h<re insert the Of The
tritnAss) being well known to me a credible
and disintcrested person. was duly sworn by inc,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (hsre tssert the name Of the person
TO ,chom the syteofc Of location issusd and that
he is the came person whom the within ccrtiti-
cate Of location Issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence Ia Of that fact, the said there
inert the If the psrson TO totom the cert
IF tocssss~ issasd) thercupon acknow lodged the
said assignment to be his act and deed.
(ODfcer's signdfrue)
Assignment NO and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. and
encouragement upon the certificate Of location; md
must be attcsted by two witnesses, acknowledged
before Register or Receiver Of Land Office,
Judge ofa Court Of Record, Justice Of the Peace,
or Commissions of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgment 10
made before either Of the officers above speci-
ned, except the Register or Receiver of n Land
Once, II must be accompanied by a ccrtih-
Gate, under seal Of the proper authority, of the
bfiiciai character Of tho person before whom the
acknowledgment was made, and also Of the gen
unencss OF his signature.
All assignments OF bounty land warrants Issued
under the act OF September 25, 1850, made be-
fore the date OF this act, arc invalid aud void.
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled to pre- cmption right 10 any land. shall bc
entitled 10 any such land warrant in payment
Of the came, at the rate OF % per FOR the
quantity of land therein specified"
ny this provision, NIL pcr.ons entitled TO prc-emp.
tion, whether offered or unoIcrcd lands can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre-cmpted reckoning the said warrant
at ono dollar and t~onty five cents per acre, for
the qoantity therein specified, whether the land 90
olnirncd IL at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the ara Of the tract clamed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- emptor
will have 10 pay for the excess in cash, bot " II
should fall SHIRT, he is not entitled to r.iunding
Of the
lite furhcr providedby the same section "ihst the
warrsuiswiich have been or may hereafter be Issued
in pursuance II said laws Of this act may bc 10
Gated according 60 the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, in ono body, upon any lands Of tho
United States subject to private entry a the time
Of such location, at the minimum price. Proridsd
further. That when said warrants shall be located
on snds which are subject TO entry at a greater
minimum than dollar and twenty. FIVE cents
per nctc. tho locator Of said shall pay TO
tho United States in cash the difference between
the value Of such warrants at ono dollar and TWEEN
90 j"
by these provisions, where the lands are subject
10 private entry dollar and twenty. five cents
per acre, the holder Of eighty warrant can
take any two forty Tote, forming n compact
body II eighty ncrcs; and the holder Of warrant
eighty acre four forty acre tracts, formiDg
compact body of one hundred and sixty acres
Whore the minimum price OF the lands, subject
10 private entry proposed 90 be located IL moro than
= 20 per acre, the holder of the warrant can To-
cate in accordance with the instr contained
In the foregoing paragraph, tho quantity specified
In the warrant, by paying the difference in cash
This act docs not authorize the holder Of
eighty acre warrant 90 locate herewith forty
traci OF land ut 81 90 per acre IN full salts
faction thereof, bot he must locstc, by legal sobd-
visions, the compact body Of eighty scres, - near
may be. and pay the difference IN cash. So also
Of itu-srro warrants
Each warrant IL to be distinctly and separately
located, that IL follows that body Of iond
be- located by assignee of various varrsntecs,
in any more than ono varrsnti In the loca-
ton Of the land prc.emptcd by him, and the ex
cess. " any, musi be paid ftr by him in cash.
The second section Of this act provides THAT tho
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scvcraily authorized 60 charge and
c i've for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants. issued since the nth day OF
February, 1871, tho same compensation or per
ccntsgc To which they entitled by law for sales
of the public lands for cash, the rate of 4 25
paid by the sssgnccs or holders Of such war
rsntsf
The third section Of this act provides "That Re
gistors and Receivers, whether in out Of Office
a, the pasoee Of this act or their legal representa-
tivcs W. ~ death, shall be entitled TO receive
from the Urea my Of tho United States, for scr
wees heretofore performed In locatng military
boonty land warrants, tho same rate OF cOrnpensa
ton provided in the preceding section Tor services
hereafter 10 be performed, after dcducting tho
amount already received by such officers under
the sct entitled An act 20 require tho holders Of
I military land warrants 10 compensate the Land
Once ~ OF the United sistes for services In relation
10 the location OF those warrants approved May