[Published by the [undecipherable] War to draw Military Warrants] War-Office of the United States. May 4, 1796. *The following RULES, explanatory of thoſe publiſhed the 15th February, 1789, are to be obſerved by all perſons entitled to lands in purſuance of Reſolves of Congreſs.* EVERY certificate of the acknowledgment of a Deed, or Power of Attorney, either before a Notary Public or other Magiſtrate, muſt, in addition to what is uſually ſet forth that the perſon making the acknowledgment is known to the Notary or other Magiſtrate; for which purpoſe words of the following import muſt be inſerted in the Certificate, "*And I do moreover certify that the ſaid A. B. making this acknowledgment, has been for perſonally known to me.*" If the Notary or other Magiſtrate has reaſon to believe that he is the perſon he repreſents himſelf to be, he will alſo certify it. And if the proof be made by a witneſs or witneſſes, he or they muſt ſwear to ſome general ſtate of their knowledge of him, which matter muſt be ſet forth in the Certificates and the Notary Public or other Magiſtrate before whom the acknowledgment is made, muſt alſo ſet forth that the witneſſes or witneſſes have been for upwards of perſonally known to him. If a Juſtice of the Peace is employed, the clerk of the court of the corporation or county muſt certify that ſuch perſon is a Juſtice of the Peace of the county or corporation, as the caſe may be, and that full faith is due to his acts as ſuch. JAMES M'HENRY, *Secretary of War.* War-Office of the United States. January the 1^ſt, 1798. WHEREAS frauds have been practiſed, in obtaining warrants for Bounty Lands, due to the Officers and Soldiers of the late Continental Army, by the production of forged inſtruments. To check in future ſuch impoſitions, it has been thought adviſeable; that all perſons, having claims for Bounty Lands, whether in their own right, as legal repreſentative, or by virtue of any inſtrument or deed of transfer, be required to forward their reſpective claims to the War-Office, on or before the firſt day of January, 1799, in order that ſuch claims may be duly examined, adjuſted and determined upon. To ſubſtantiate ſuch claim, a ſtrict obſervance of the rules heretofore iſſued from the War-Office will be indiſpenſable; and in addition to what is required by the ſaid rules, the certificate of the acknowledgment of a Deed or Power of Attorney, muſt alſo ſet forth the place of reſidence and occupation of the claimant or perſon making ſuch acknowledgment; and when the proof of perſonal knowledge is by a witneſs or witneſſes, their place or places of reſidence muſt be ſet forth in like manner. JAMES M'HENRY, *Secretary of War.*