Southern shield., 1841-05-21
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

IN pursuance of law, l. MARTIN VAN BuREN, Pre- sident of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known, that public sales will be held at the undermentioned Land Offices in the State of Arkansas, at the periods hereinafter desg- mated to wit:
 At the Land Office at WASHINGTON. commencing on Monday, the twenty-frst day of June next, for the disposal of the public lands within the limits of the aforementioned townships and fractional town ships, to wit
 South of tue base line, and acest Of he ftth principal meridian. Townships three, twelve, and thirteen of range eighteen
 Fractional township fourteen on the north side of Red river, of range twenty-eight Township twelve of range thirty Townships eleven and twelve, of range thirty -one. Fractional townships ten, eleven, and twelve. of range thirty ythree.
 At the Land Office at Little Rock, commencing on Monday, the twentyeighth day of June next for the dsposa! of the public lands within the limits of the undermentoned townships, to wit: SOuth of tue base line, and aeest of tue ftth
 principal meridian Sections five, six seven eight, fourteen fifteen. seventeen, eighteen nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, tWenty-eght twenty nine, thirty hrty-one thirty-two, and thrty-three, on the south side of Arkansas river, in township eight, of range three.
 Township nine of range tffree.
 Townships eleven twelve. thirteen and fifteen of range seven.
 Townships thirteen and fourteen, of range eight. Township two. of range nine.
 Townships twelve and thirteen, of range seven At .-U1rIsvII Uouru-IIuuse, com mencing on Monday, the fourteenth day of June next for the disposal of the public lands within the limits ofthe undermentioned townships, to wit North Ot tue base lae, and aceSt Of he fifth
 principal meridi0n Township nine of range nineteen
 Sections three to ten, inclusive section fifteen sec ltions seventeen to twenty-two. inclusive and sec tons twenty-eight to thirty-two inclusive, in town ship five, of range twenty-one.
 Township seven, and that part of township eight situated on the north side of Arkansas river of range twenty y-three.
 Townships seven and eleven, of range twenty seven
 At the Land Office at Fayetteville, commencing on Monday, the twenty-frst day of June next for the disposal of the public lands within the limits of the undermentioned townships, viz; No,M of the base line, and aoest of the ffih
 principal meridian. Township twenty, of range twenty-three. Township twenty, of range twenty five Township fifteen, of range twenty-six. At the Land Office at Helena, commencing on Monday, the twenty-hrs day of June next, for the disposal of the public lands within the limits of the undermentioned townships and fractional townships, viz:
 South of Me base line, and nest of he ffh
 principal meridian. Fractional township ten on the north side of the Arkansas river, of range one.
 Township nine except the fraction on the north side of Arkansas river of range two. Townships eleven, eighteen, and nineteen, of range three.
 Townships sixteen and seventeen, of range five. Lands appropriated, by law, for the use ofschools military or other purposes will be excluded from sale.
 The sales will each be kept open for two weeks (unless the lands sooner disposed of) and no longer and no private entries of land in the town ships so offered will be admitted until after the exp- ration of the two weeks.
 Given under my hand at the City of
 Washington, this twentieth day of
 February, ammo Domini lS4l.
 M VAN BUREN. By the President
 JAMES WHITCOMB,
 Commissioner of the General Land Office.