The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-12
RI the President ofthe United States.

! TN pursuance Of law, /, JAMES X. POLK, Pres
i ident Of 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 LOUISIANA, at the periods hereinafter desig-
AT The land office at oPELoUSAs, commencing
on Monday the eighteenth day Of August next, for
the disposal ofthe public lands to which no private
caims' are alleged under existing laws, within the
aforementioned townships and fractional townships,
viz:
South Of The base line and east Of the principal meridian.
Township three Orange three.
Township five of range five.
South ofie base line and tcest Of The principal meridian.
Township ten, sections TO twenty-three, in
elusive, Except section sixteen and sections TWEEN
ty-eght to thrtyhree inclusive, oftownship eleven;
and sections two to eleven inclusive; sections four
teen,) and sections twenty-nne and thirty of town
ship twelve, all in range seven.
Fractional township fifteen of ranges nine and
ten.
Township eleven Except sections thirty -four,
thirty-fve, and thrty-six) FRANCE eleven
Sections eight to forty-two, inclusive, Except sec
ton sxteen,) in fractional township fifteen Of range
twelve.
Sections twenty to forty-four inclusive, Of frac-
tional township fifteen in range thirteen. :.
At the land office at NEW ORLEANS, COM
mencng on Monday the eleventh day of August
next for the disposal of the public lands to which
no prvate claimsn alleged under existing laws,
within the following described townships and parts
Of townships,to wit:
South of the base tine and east of The principal me-
ridian rest Of the Mississippi riuer.
Section four in township six of range eleven.
Township seven of range eleven.
Section sixty three, in township eight of range
twelve.
Fractional section seventeen the east half OF fac-
ional section eighteen and the southeast quarter OF
section thirtysix, in township eleven, of range thr
teen.
the north half of fractional section twenty in town
ship twelve of range thirteen
Section ffty-six, in township twelve of range
fourteen.
The northwest and southeast quarters of section
twenty three, and the southwest quarter of section
twenty -four, in township thirteen Of range seven
teen. ass#
Sections eleven, thirteen, and fourteen, in township
eighteen of range eighteen
Lots numbered two, three, and four, of section
cighty-fye, in township twelve of range nineteen.
Fractional township sixteen Of range twenty
three.
Lots or sections numbered one to fifteen inclusive
in township twenty-three ofrange thirty-three
Lot number of section seventy-seven in
township ten south of range two east situated east
| of the Mississippi river.
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of schools,
mlltary, or other purposes, VIII DC excluded from
SALE
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks,
(unless the lands sooner disposed Off and no
longer; and private entries of land in the town
ships offered will be admitted until after the ex-
piration Of the two weeks.
Given under my hand at the city of Washington
this ninth day of May, ammo Domini one
thousand eight hundred and forty-fve.
JAMES X. POLK.
By the President:
| JAS. SHIELDS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.