The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-10
BIZ the President of the United States.

WHEREAS, by the act of Congress, approved
wv on the third day of March, lS43, entitled
Gan act providing for the sale of certain lands in
the States Of Ohio and Michigan, ceded by the Wy
andot tribe of Indians, and for other purposes the
President is authorized to cause the lands in the
States Of Ohio and Michigan, ito which the Indian
title was extinguished by treaty with the Wyan-
dot tribe of Indians, concluded at Upper Sandusky,
March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty
two,n to be offered at public sale, under the super
ntendence of the respective registers and receivers
| of the land Offices at Upper Sandusky and Detroit
Now know We, that ], JAMES X. Polk, President
| of the United States, do hereby declare and make
known that public sales will be held at the under
mentioned land Offices, in the States of Ohio and
Michigan, at the periods hereinafter designated, for
the disposal of the public lands hereinafter named,
the Indian title to which was extinguished by said
treaty, upon the terms and conditions prescribed in
| the act Of Congress aforesaid, to wit:
| At the land Office at UPPER SANDUSKY, in
the State of Ohio, commencing on Monday, the
twenty-second day of September next, for the dis
posa of the public lands within the limits of the
aforementioned township and fractional townships,
| viz:
South of the base line and east Of the first principal me
Yidin.
| Fractional townships one, two, and three, o
| range thirteen.
Fractional townships one and three, and township
| two, of range fourteen.
| tTaCuOnal tOWnbnlpS OHc, IWO, dHu tHiSc5 Vi
range fifteen, with the exception Of the following
tracts, viz the section or part of section numbered
sixteen in every township, which shall remain for
| the support of common schools the tract IN town.
ship two of range fourteen, which includes the town
of Upper Sandusky, laid off by the surveyor gener.
al into town lots out lots, streets, and avenues; and
the tract of two of land in section
in township two, of range fourteen, including the
ssstone meeting house and burying ground near to,
and north of, Upper Sandusky;" and the tract Of
one half acre in the southeast quarter of section
eight in township three, of range fourteen, desig-
Silas Armstrong.
| Also at the same time and place, for the disposal
Of the town lots and outlots of the town OF Upper
Sandusky in township two south, Of range fourteen
east, the left bank descending, OF the Sandusky
river excepting four town lots to be selected by the
register and receiver before the day of SALE or the
use Of, and to be vested in the town, when 1t shall
become corporae;' excepting also the town lots and
out-lots vested in the county commissioners OF the
county of Wyandot, by the provisions OF the act OF
Congress approved February 70, lo45; ana also
excepting the lot designated as the grave yard,
containing acre, near the council-house within
| the town.
The minimum price of the town lots is fixed by
the law at twentydolars per lot, and OF the out-ots
at the rate of fifteen dollars per acre,
At the land Office at DETROIT, in the State Of
Michigan, commencing on Monday, the sirth
day Of October next for the disposal of the public
lands within the limits of the aforementioned sec
tons, viz:
South fths base line east Of the meridian, and both
i sides of the Huron rirer. 80
| Sections twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five,
twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-four, thrty-hve,
and thrty-sx, and the fraction of section twenty,
two, containing eight ncres, on the south side OF
Huron river; oil in township four, Of range nine.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks,
and no longer, (uness the lands are sooner disposed
Off and no private entries Of land in the townships
offered will be admitted, until after the expiration
| of the two weeks.
| The minimum price, at public and prvae sale, Of
the lands designated in this proclamation, lying with
in the limits Of Ohio is fixed at fco dollars and I'm,