The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-28
BIZ the President of the United States.

"
yTfHEREAS, by the act Of Congress, approved
| w on the third day of March, 1643, entitled
aAn act providing for the sale of certain lands in
the States of Ohio and Michigan coded 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, "to which the Indian
title was extiDguished by treaty with the Wyaii-
dot tribe of Indians, concluded at Upper Sandusky
March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty
two" 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
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 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
posal 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 mo-
ridian.
Fractional townships one, two, and three, of
range thirteen.
Fractional townships one and three, and township
two, of range fourteen.
Fractional townships one, two, and three, Of
range fifteen, with the exception Of the following
tracts, viz: the section part of section numbered
sixteen in every township, which shall remain for
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 acres of land in section wenty-Dne
in township two, of range fourteen, including the
''ssone meeting house and buryng 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, desg-
mated as the Graveyard Reserve" on the farm Of
Silas Armstrong.
Also, at the same time and place, for the disposal
Of the town lots and out-ots of the town of Upper
Sandusky in township two south, of range fourteen
east on 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
of and to be vested in, the town. when it shall
become corporate;' 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 &C. l645; and also
excepting the lot designated as the graveyard"
containing one acre, near the counc-house, within
the town.
the law at wenty7doars per lot, and of the ou-los
at the rate of fifteen dollars per acre.
At the land office at DETROIT, in the State of
Michigan, commencing on Monday, the sirfh
day OF October next, for the disposal OF the public
lands within the limits of the aforementioned sec
tons, viz;
South Of the base line east Of the meridian and on both
sides Of the Huron riper.
Sections twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five,
twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-four thirty-fve,
and thirty-six, and the fraction of section twenty
two, containing eight acres, on the south side of
Huron river; all in township four, Of range nine.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks,
and no longer (unless the lands disposed
Off and no private entries of land in the townships
SO offered will be admitted, until after the expiration
of the two weeks.
The minimum price, at public and private sale, Of
the lands designated in this proclamation, lying with
in the limits of Ohio, is fixed at tco dollars aud fiy
cents per acre; and of those within the limits Of
Michigan, the minimum price is tho dollars peracre.
When a tract on which improvements are situa-
ted shall be offered if the appraised value of the inn
provements be not hidden in addition to the mini
mum price Of the land above stated such tract shall
be Withdrawn from sale, and shall again be offered
at subsequent public SALE due public notice thereof
"first heng given, when directed by the Commits
sioner of the General Land Officer
Given under my hand, at the city Of Washington,
the sixteenth day of June, ammo Domini one thou
sand eight hundred and forty-hve.
BY the President:
JAS. SHIELDS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
June l6-Iawsf