The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-10
BIZ the President offhe United Sfates.


N pursuance Of law, /, JAMES X. POLK, Pres
L dent 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-
mated, to wit:
AT the land Office at oPELoUsAS. commencine
on Monday, the eighteenth day of August next, for
the disposal Of the public lands to which no private
claims" are alleged under existing laws, within the
aforementioned townships and fractional townships,
viz:
South qfe base line aud east Of the principal msridiaa
Township three Of range three
Township Ave of range FIVE.
South eihe base line and ssi Of The principal msridian
Township ten, sections one TO twenty-three, in
elusive, Except section sixteen,) and sections TWEEN.
y-cight to thirtythree Inclusive oftownshp eleven;
and sections two TO eleven inclusive; sections four
teen to twentythree inclusive Except section six
een) 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,
thirty-fve, and thirty-six) ofrange eleven.
Sections eight TO forty-two, inclusive (except sec
ton sxtcen,) 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
mencing on Monday the eleventh day Of August
next for the disposal Of the public lands to which
no prvate claimsn are alleged under existing laws
within the following described townships and parts
of townships, TO witt
South Of the base fine and east Of The principal me.
ridiGn west Of The Mississippi river.
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
tonal section eighteen and the southeast quarter of
section thirtysix, in township eleven, Of range hi-
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-six, in township twelve Of range
fourteen.
twentythree, 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 ofrange 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
piration ofthe 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.
/ Notice to prescription claimants.
Every person entitled to the right of pre.emption
to any lands within the limits of the townships and
parts of townships above enumerated, is required to
establish the to the satisfaction Of the register
and receiver Of the proper land Office, and make
payment therefor as practicable after sering'
notice, and before the day appointed for the COM
mencement of the public sale of the township en-
bracing the tract claimed, (above desgnacd other
wise such claim will be forfeited.
JAS. SHIELDS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.