The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-08-22
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE U, STATES.

TN pursuance oflaw, I JonS TYLER, President of
L the United States of America do hereby declare,
and make known, that PUBLIC SALES will be
held at the aforementioned Land Offices in the
STATE OF ILLINOIS at the periods hereinafter
desI gnaled, to wit
At the Land Office at DIXON, commencing on
Monday the tceh day of .augus: next for the DISCO
cal of the public lands within the aforementioned
townships and fractional townships; VIZ
North of The Base Line and East Of the
Fourth Principal Meridian.
Fractional township twenty six, of range one. &
Fractional townships twenty-five and twenty SIN,
of range two. @
Township TWEEN y-siX, of range three.
Townships twenty seven and twenty-elght, anu
fractional to snship.lwen,y mine of range five.
Fractional tow nship eighteen, north OF the old IN
dian boundary OF ranges SIX, seven eight nine, TEN
and eleven.
Townships nineteen, twenty three, tweny-four,
twenty five, and twenty six ofrange six.
TOWNSHIPS nineteen, twenty twsnty-iouf twehy-
five, and twenty-slx, of range seven
Townships Nineteen, twenty, twenty-eight and
fractional tow nship twenty nine, of range eight.
Townships nineteen, twenty, twenty-eight, and
fractional township twenty -nine, ofrange nine.
townships nineteen, swenty and twenty -one, OF
ranges ten and eleven.
North ofthc Base Line and East of the Third
Principal Meridian.
The part of tow nship lhirty-fve north Of the old
Indian boundary llne and the south fraction OF the
southeast quarter of section twelve in township forty
SIX, of range one.
North ofMe Base Line and Vest ofthe Third
Principal Meridian.
East half Of the southeast quarter of section
teen and half of the southeast quarter of section
thirty, in township lhirly-two Orange one.
A, the Land Office at CHICAGO commencing
on Monday the nineteenth day of August next, for the
disposal OF the public lands hereinafter described to
wit:
North ofthe Base Line and East ofthe Third
Principal Meridian.
The par, of township thirty mine, lying north of
the old Ind an boundary, Of range twelve.
East half of the northwest quarter and the west
half of the northeast quarter OF section fourteen and
the quarter of section SIX township forty,
Off range eight.
North half Of section eight and the northeast quar-
of section eighteen, in township thiryeight OF
range eight.
Northwest quarter Of section thirty five in township
thlrty-seven, OF range SIX.
Southwest quarter Of section eleven, in township
thirty -eight, ol range ten.
West half of the southwest quarter of section
twenty two, in township forty six, ii range twelve.
Northeast fractional quarter of fractional section
Southwest quarter OF section nine, IN township for
ty-six, of range twelve
Northeast quarter of section eleven, in township
thirty OF range ten.
Al the Land Office at QUINCY, commencing on
Thursday the eighth day Of august next for the dis
possl OF the public lands within the limits of rac-
tional section four, which IS the site OF old Fort
Ednards in township four north, oil range nine wesi
OF the itn principal meridian.
At the Land Office at DANVILLE, commencing
II e 70,
the disposal of the puoc lands within the limits OF
the undermention,d townships, to wit:
North of the Base Line and Vest of the Sc
cond Principal Meridian.
townships twenty eight, twenty mine and thirty OF
range fourteen.
North of the Base Line and East Of The
Third Principal Meridian.
townships twenty-seven, twenty eight, twenty
nine and thirty Of range nine.
townships tweny-seven, twenty-eight, twenty
nine and thirty, of range ten.
Townships twenty-s ven, twenty eight, twenty
nine a d thirty, Of nge eleven.
Townships twenty-slx, twenty-seven and twenty
eight except the western tier, or sections six, seven
eighteen, nineteen, thirty and thirty one, m each
township, Of range seven.
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of schools
military, other purposes, will be excluded IRON
sale.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks
(uness the lands disposed off, and no long
err and no private entries of land IN the townships SC
offered will be admitted, until after the expiration Of
the Two weeks.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington
thus second day OF May, Ammo Domlni one thousand
eight hundred and forty -four.
JOHN TYLER.
BY the President
Tuos BLAKE,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office
NOTICE TO PRE- EMPTION CLAIMANTS
Every person entitled to the right of prescription
to any lands within the limits of the townships above
enumerated is required to esabl sh the same to The
satslac ION OF the Register and Receiver OF the pro
per Land Office, and make payment therefor as soon