The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-10
BIZ the President ofthe United States.

BIZ the President ofthe United States.
7 IN pursuance Of law, l, JAMES X. POLK, Pres
i ident 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-
Az the land Office at oPELoUsAs, commencing
on Monday, the eighteenth day of August next, for
the disposal of the public lands to which no prvate
clams'' are alleged under existing laws, within the
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 efihe base line and ce Of the principal meridian
Township ten sections to twenty-three, in
elusive Except section SIXTEEN, and sections TWEEN
weight to thiry-three nclusive oftownshp eleven;
and sections two to eleven incusive sections four
teen to twenythree 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 thirty-four,
thirty-fve, and thirty-six) ofrange eleven.
Sections eight to fortytwo inclusive Except sec
ton sixteen) 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 ''private clams'' 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-
ridian irsst Of the Mississippi yiuer.
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 thirty six, 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 Orange thiry-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 no private entries of land in the town
ships so offered will be admitted, until after the ex-
piration fthe 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.