The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-26

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Form Of acknowledgment tchrs the pendor is not
personally knOtcn TO The officer, and tchere has
identity has TO be prored.
STATE COUNTY OF -.
On this - day of -, in the year -,
before me personally came (here insert the name
Of the person 10 tchom The certificate Of location rs
sued and (here insert the and residence Of a
Ditness,) and the sad (here insert the name Of the
citaess) being well known TO me a credible
and disinerested person. duly sworn by me-
and on his oath declared and said that he well
knows the said (here insert The of the person
TO tchom The certificate Of location isstied) and that
he Is the same person to whom the within certifi-
cate of location issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment; and his testimony being salts
factory evidence to me of that fact, the said (hrs
insert The of The person 10 trho the cert tcafe
of location issued) thercupon acknowledged the
said assignment TO be his act and deed.
(Oficvs sgndfWe)
Assignment No. | and acknowled gment must
be endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and
acknowledgement upon the certificate of location; and
most be attested by two witnesses, acknowledged
before a Register or Receiver of Land Office
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 acknowledgement is
made before either of the officers above speci-
fed except the Register Receiver of Land
Office, IL must be accompanied by a certih-
cate, under zeal Of the proper authority, of the
official character of the person before whom the
acknowl edgrnent was made, and also of the gen
uineness of his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act of September D, 1850, made be-
fore the date Of this act, are invalid and void.
The came 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 ) 25 per for the
quantity Of land therein specified"
BY this provision all persons entitled to pre-emp
\ tion, whether offered unoffered lands,
a military bounty land warrant in payment for
\ the tract pre- enpted, reckoning the said warrant
at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre. for
the quantity therein specified, whether the land
claimed is at the usual or enhanced minimum.
Should the area Of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre- omptor
will have TO pay for the excess in cash but II IL
should fall short, he s not entitled TO refundng
Of the excess
II il further provided by the section "tbatthe
warrants which have been, may hereafter be issued
in 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 10 private entry at the time
Of such location, at the minimum price, Provided
further, That when said warrants shall be located
On lands which nre subject 70 entry at greater
minimum than one 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 warrants at one dollar and TWEEN
y FIVE cents per acre and the tract Of land located
on"
by these provisions, where the lands are subject
20 private entry at one dollar and twenty five cents
Per acre, the holder Of An eighty warrant
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body Of eighty scrcs; and tho holder of a warrant
for one hundred aud sixty acres can take two
eighty-acre four forty acre tracts, forming
compact body Of one hundred and sixty acres.
Where tho minimum price Of the lands, subject
to private entry proposed 10 be located s than
: 25 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 warrant TO locate herewith forty
acre tract Of land at s. 90 per acre in full salts
faction thereof but he must locate, by legal sUbdi
yisions, the compact body Of eighty acres,
"a may be- and pay the difference in cash. SO slso
Of i61-acre warrants.
Each warrant is 10 be distinctly and separately
located, that it follows that body Of land
be located by assignee Of various varrantees,
with a number Of toaTanfs; nor can a prc-emptor
in any case thsn one warrant in the loca-
ton Of the land Exempted by him, and the
cess if any, must be paid flr by him in each.
The second section of this act provides THAT the
Registers and Receivers Of the Land Offices shall
hereafter be scverally authorized to charge and re-
ccivc for their services in locating all military
bounty land warrants issued since the It'll day Of
/ February, lS47, the same compensation or per
centsge 20 which they entitled by law for sales
Of the public lands for cash, at the rate of 8 rs
per acre, the said compensation TO be hereafter
paid by the assignees or holders Of such war
rants"
fhc third section Of this act provides THAT Re.
gstcrs and Receivers, whether in or out of Office
at the passage Of this act or their legal representa-
yes in case OF death, shall be entitled TO receive
from The Trca ury Of the United States, for ser
vices heretofore performed In locating military
bounty land warrants, the same rate Of compensa
ton provided in the preceding section for services
hereafter 20 be performed, after deducting The
| amount already received by such officers unde
the act entitled An act to require the holders o
military land warrants 70 compensate the Lane
Officers Of tho United States for services In relation
to the location Of those warrants approved Ma,