The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-26
BIZ the President offhe United States.

BIZ the President offhe United States.
N pursuance of law, /, JAMES X. POLK, Pres
i dent of the United States of America, do hereby
declare and make known that public sales viii be
held at the aforementioned land Offices in the State
of LOUISIANA, at the periods hereinafter desig-
mated to wit:
AT the land Office at OPEL OUSAS, commencing
on Monday, the eighteenth day of August next, for
the disposal of the public lands which no 'prvate
claims" alleged under existing laws, within the
aforementioned townships and fractional townships,
viz:
South Of The base line and east Of e principal meridian
Township three of range three.
Township five of range five.
South ohe base line and ,ve,t Of The principal meridian
Township ten sections one to twenty-three, in
elusive, Except section sixteen,) and sections twen-
ty-eight thirty-three inclusive oftownshp eleven
and sections two to eleven inclusive; sections four
teen to twentythree inclusive, Except section six
teen) and sections twenty-nine and thirty of town.
ship twelve, all in range seven
Fractional township fifteen of ranges nine and
ten.
Township eleven Except sections thrty-four,
thrty-fve and thirty-six) ofrange eleven.
Sections eight to fory-two, inclusive, Except sec
ton sixteen, in fractional township fifteen of range
twelve.
Sections twenty to forty-four, inclusive, of frac
tonal township fifteen in range thirteen.
At the land office at NEW ORLEANS, COM
mencing on Monday the eleventh day of August
next, for the disposal of the public lands to which
no 'private claims" are 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-
,idian ,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 range
twelve.
Fractional section seventeen the east half of frac-
tona section eighteen, and the southeast quarter of
section thrtysx, in township eleven, of range thir-
teen.
Lots numbered one, two, three, four and five, or
the north half of fractional section twenty In town
ship twelve of range thirteen.
Section ffty-sx, 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.
Sections eleven, thirteen and fourteen in township
eighteen of range eighteen.
Lots numbered two, three, and four, of section
eighty-fve, 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 thirty-three.
Lot number one 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
military, or other purposes, will be excluded from
sale.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks
(unless the lands are 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 Domn one
thousand eight hundred and forty-fve.
JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President:
JAS SHIELDS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office