Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-15
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" Public Sales and Pfraie Eni,i.s of Lqul
NOTICE of postponement Of public sa.s,ad

" Public Sales and Priraie Entries of Loul
NOTICE of postponemcnt Of public sal.s,ni
~ private entries Of lands within the limits a
the country coded by the Choctaw Indians BY ,r,,y
concluded at Dancing Rabbit creek, in SeDteuh,
eighteen hundred and thirty.
Whereas BY the concluding proviso to the ac, q
Congress, approved on the cd of June, 1888, ent.
lied IAN act to grant presumption rights to settsn
on the public lands, +" il is declared, THAT it sj
be the duty Of the President Of the United States
cause IN be reserved from sale or entry under a,
| provisions Of this or any other law of the Unp
States, any tract or tracts Of land, reserved to ,w
Choctaw, under the provisions of the treaty
Dancing Rabbit creek, of one thousand cightbm
drcd ana thirty, and also to reserve from sale or
! try, sufficient quantity Of the lands acquired b
SAID treaty, upon which no such settlement or hi.
| proVemcnt has been made, as would entitc the "a
| tier or mployer to right OF pre-emption wc
this act, to satisfy the claims Of such Indians as my
have been entitled to reservations under the Si
treaty. and whose lands may have been sold byA
United States, on account OF any default, mcgee
or omission of duty, on the part of any officer Old.
United States; such reservation from sale TO COZ. {
tInue until the claims TO reservations under MI /
treaty shall be investigated by the board Of Con- I
mssIoners, appointed Tor that purpose, and their /
port HlaHI ACteU on by congress.
Notice i, therefore hereby given, BY directoD 4 i
the President Of the United States, that eptna 1
land claimed under the aforesaid act gran,irr \. 1
right Of pre-emption, wi1 be receired bur. tL5tr
sales either at public auction or prrotc eptrv Glr
than pre-emption rights Of any Of the lands zeal,
to the United States by the treaty with The Chs
taw Indians, concluded al Dancing Rabbit cre,k \ H
September, $780, will be permitted until further d. II
rectons either from the Executive or The Conees
Of the United States. n
Notice is also given that the Public Sales of Land
~ me State 81 mississippi proclaimed by the Pres
dent, on the fourteenth Of May, 1888, to take pat
at the Land Offices at
CifoccnrNA, on Monday, the ,2th Of Noveplr
next;
COLUMBUS on MONDAY the 29th Of October next; {
AUGUSTA, on Monday, the 9Th of November next,
and the Public Sale of Land proclaimed in like man. (
ner on the 7th of May, 1888, To take place at Dr..
MoPoLIs IN the State Of alabama, on the 29l of0c
tobcr next; and of the fraction of section thrly.
Iour west of the Tombeckbce river, in towndg
twenty, of range seventeen west al Tuscaloosa
me same State, on Monday, the 9Th Of October nts
are hereby indefinitely postponed.
By order of the President;
JAMES WHITC0MB,
COMMISSIONER Of the General Land Office.
General Land Office; July 90, 1888
GENERAL LAND OFrcLl
August 4, 1888,
GENrLEMEN Herewith transmitted you vile
,,eve number of copies of notice, issued e o.
ieF OF the Executive, respecting the concladInePs
'Iso to the act of Congress approved June 9s lSs
entitled g An act to grant prc-emption rights 9Xt
lers on the public lands.
are already a1vicn1 IN Tho circulor ftEN s.
he Commissioner, dated Sd ulllmo, expDsltOy
ne meaning Of the presumption law, thai the rslFI
ION intended by the following language" IlHG
cserUed TO any ChoctG,c under the treaty q Dno
hg Rabbit creek, cannot be entered or sold MH
ms or any other act Of Congress, includes sa
IRE called contingent locations made BY Col Gsac
". Martin, and other locating agents.
IN consequence OF the non-passagc Of The bug
ore Congress at lis late session, for cxteEdns@
ERIN Of the commission Tor adudcating The lIht
cle OF Choctaw claims, il is unprecedented thtgrf
delay will enSuc to their final settlement than ~
zen anticipated. The object of the law behsp
'cure within the limits o., the, Choctaw cesss's
uantity ofland sufficient to satisfy, whenera hs.
determined, the claims OF the Indians undd uN
eaty, which is the paramount law, it therefor Y
IltS that a presumption right can enure Ony W.
vent that II shall not be asccrtaincd to conlleINa
gllts intended TO be secured TO the ChOclas
ie terms Of said treaty.
ohoer these circumstances, il is TO be uD0e'sp
iat The validity OF all presumption entries W. W.
laiI DC admitted within the limits OF the Saa ~
NV ccSS!on IS necessarily contingent on WIZ
Jay be the final action Of Congress and the La .,s
We IN the settlement OF those claims purSl'A'
e terms Of the treaty. 4.
Hereunto annexed, for your government Al
rms Of receipts and certificates to be asea
ses Of pre-emption rights so, condItiohs'S
ltted TO be proved and paid form your ais se
gu VIII procure sufficient supply Of tle@ n n
case they are not furnished from this Office NV
your operations
Very respectfully
gentlemen, your obedient seHanton
JNO., H. MOORE