The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-10
COUNTY Of

STATE OF ---, COUNTY OF ----.
On this -- day of --, in the year --,
before me personally (hcre insert The name Of
the toarrantee) and (here insert The name and resi-
dence Of a toitncss) and the said (here insert the
| name Of the icitness) being well known to q
credible and disnerested person, was duly sworn
by me, and his oath declared and said, that he
we'll knows the said there insert he Of the
,carantee) 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 sad
(hre insert The name Of the ioarrantee) thereupon
acknowledged the said assignment to be his act
and deed. (QGicer's signature
FORM FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE LO-
CATION.-No. ..
For value received, ], A. b., to whom the within
certificate of location was issued. do hereby sell
and assign unto e.. d. and to his heirs and assigns
forever, the said certificate of location, and the
warrant and land therein described, aud authorize
him to receive the patent therefor.
Witness my hand and zeal, this - day of
-, 1876
Attest; A. b. IsEALl
E. sE:
Form Of Acknowledgment ,ohre the pendor is per-
sonaiiy knotcn TO the officer taking the same.
STATE OF --, COUNTY OF -
On this - day of --, in the year
before personally came (here insert name Of Tie
person TO ichoa the cetfcafe Of iocaton issued) to
me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing
assignment to be his net and deed; and certify
that the said (here insert The Of the person 20
tchom the certificate Of location issued) is the den
teal person whom the within certificate OF To-
cation issued, and who executed the foregoing
sgnment thereof.
(OTcer's signat,ue.)
Form of ACKNOWLEDGMENT trhere the pendor is not
personally knoira 10 He officer, and irhre has
identity has TO be proved.
STATE -, COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
hcE, ,,sr La
Of The person 10 tchom Tie certificate Of iocafon
sued,) and (hsre insert the and residence Of "a
Uiiness,) and the said (here insert the name Of tie
piiness) being well known TO as a credible
and disinerested pcreon, duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the Haid there insert The name of The person
10 ,chon the cuf.fcdts Of location isstfd,) and that
he is the came person whom the within certifi-
cate Of location issued, and who executed the FORE
going assignment; and his testimony being eatis-
factory evidence % of that fact the said there
ins1t the name IF Che person 10 ichom tLe certificate
Of location issued) thercupon acknowledged the
said assignment 10 be his act and deed.
(OGicer's signafurs)
Assignment No. and acknowledgment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No and &c.
acknowledgement upon the certificate OF location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before n Register or Receiver OF n Land Office,
Judge Of Court OF Record, Justice Of the Peace
or Commissioner OF Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgment Ia
made before either Of the officers above speci-
fed, except the Register Receiver Of a Land
Office, IL must be accompanied by n ccrtif-
cate, under seal Of the proper authority, OF the
official character of the person before whom the
acknowledgment was made, and also Of the gen.
uincucss 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, invalid and void
The same section provides, THAT any person
entitled TO pre- enpon right 70 any land, shall be
entitled 10 use any such land warrant in payment
OF the came, ut the rate Of 20 per acre for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
by this provision, all persons entitled 10 pre-omp-
ton, whether offered unoncrcd lands. can use
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
the tract pre- cInptcd reckoning the said warrant
at ono dollar and twenty FIVE cents per acre, for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land 30
claimed Is 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 60 pny for the excess in cash. but II il
should fall short, be 10 not entitled TO reiunding
Of the excess.
u Is further proyidedby the same section "ihatthc
warrantswbich hes en,ormay hereafter bcis
in pursuance 81 said or Of this act may be To-
Gated according o. the legal subdivisions Of the
public lands, ia one body, upon any lands Of the
United States subject % private entry nj the time
Of such location, at The minimum price: P5ovided
further, That when sad warrants shall be located
on lands vhica subject TO entry NJ n greater
minimum than ono dollar aud twenty five cents
the United States in cash toe difference between
the value Of such warrants ut dollar and twcn-
~ five cents per acre and the tract OF land located
on"
by these provisions, where The lands arc subject
20 private entry OF dollar and twenty. FIVE cents
per acre, The holder Of an eighty acre warrant can
take any two forty-acre lots, forming compact
body Of eighty acres; and the holder OF warrant
for one hundred and SIXTY acres take two
eighty acre four forty acre tracts, forming a
compact body Of ono hundred and sixty acres.
Where the minimum price Of tho lands, subjcct
10 private entry proposed 20 be located more than
81 % per acre, the holder Of the warrant can 10.
cate, in accordance with the instructions contained
in the foregoing paragraph, tho quantity specified
in the warrant, BY payingthe difference in cash
This act docs not authorize the holder Of an
eighty acre warrant 20 locate herewith forty.
tract Of land at 50 80 per acre in foil satIs
faction thereof, but he must ocate, by legal sul'd
visions, the compact body Of eighty AGREE, az near
az may be, and pay the difference in cash. So also
Of S0-1cre warrants.
Each warrant IL to bc distinctly and separately
located so that il follows that body Of iand can
be located BY an assignee OF various warrantees,
with number Of warrants; nor can pre-cmptor
in any case more than one warrantin the lOca-
ton Of the land pre- cnptcd by him, md the
Gees, ifany. met be peid & r BY bin in cash.
The second section Of this act provides "That the
Registers and Receivers Of The Land Offices shal
hereafter be scverally authorized a. charge aud
ceiye for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants, issued since the nth day Of
February, 1877, the same compensation or per
centago 20 which they are entitled by law for snlcs
Of the public lands for cash, at the rate OF s IS
per acre, the said compensation 10 be hereafter
paid by the asdgnces or holders Of such war;
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The third pcciion Of this m, provides "Tbat Re-
gistcrs and Receivers, whether in cot OF Office
at tho passage Of this oct their legal representa-
tives in Of death shall be entitled 20 receive
from the Treasury 81 the United States, for GER
vices heretofore performed ia locating military
bounty land warrants, Che samc rate OF compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter 20 be performed, after dcducting the
amount already received ny such officers under
the act entitled AN act 70 require the holders of
military land warrants 20 compensate the Land
Officers Of the United States Tor kcrvccsin relation
TO the location Of those warrants,' approved May