The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-25
Blu the President ofthe United STATES.

ny the FreS20ent OF me Un2LeQ SLGLeS.
IN 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 b.
held at the aforementioned land offices in the Stat
of LOUISIANA, at the periods hereinafter desig
mated, to wit:
AT the land Office at OPELOUSAS, commencin.
on Monday, the eighteenth day of August next, TO
the disposal ofthe public lands to which no "privat
claims" are alleged under existing laws, within thu
aforementioned townships and fractional townships
viz
South Of the base line and east Of The principal meridian
Township three Of range three
Township FIVE Of range five.
South ohe base line and ,Ues Of The principal meridian,
Township ten, sections one to twenty-three, in
elusive Except section sxteen,) and sections TWEEN
ty-eight to thrty-three Inclusive oftownship eleven
and sections two to eleven inclusive; sections four
teen to twenty-three inclusive, Except section six
teen,) and sections twenty-nine and thirty of town
ship twelve, all in range seyen
Fractional township fifteen of ranges nine an,
ten.
Township eleven Except sections thirty-four
thirty-fve, and thrty-six) ofrange eleven.
Sections eight to forty-two inclusive, Except sec
ton sixteen,) in fractional township fifteen of rang
twelve.
Sections twenty to forty-four, inclusive, of frac
tional township fifteen in range thirteen.
At the land office at NEW ORLEANS, com
mencing on Monday the eleventh day of Angus
next, for the disposal Of the public lands to whic
within the following described townships and part
oftownships, to wit:
South of the base time and east Of the principal me
ridian ,rest Of the mississippi riper.
Section four in township six of range eleven.
Township seven of range eleven.
Section sixty-three, in township eight Of rang
twelve.
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tional section eighteen, and the southeast quarter
section thirty-six in township eleven, of range thir
teen.
Lots numbered one two, three, four and five, o
the north half of fractional section twenty in town
ship twelve of range thirteen.
Section ffty-six, in township twelve Of rang
fourteen.
The northwest and southeast quarters of sectio
twenty-three, and the southwest quarter of sectio
twenty-four, in township thirteen of range seven
teen.
Sections eleven, thirteen, and fourteen, in TOWNSHIP
eighteen Of range eighteen.
Lots numbered two, three, and four, Of sectio
eighty-hve, 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 Of range thiry-three
Lot number one of section seventy-se il
township ten south of range two east situated eos
of the Mississippi river.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools
military, or other purposes, will be excluded iron
sale.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks
(uness the lands are sooner disposed Off and NJ
longer; and no 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 on
thousand eight hundred and forty-fve.
JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President:
JAS. SHIELDS,
Commit saioper of tho Goper,l md Oa,,a