The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-08
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, coded by the Wy
andot tribe Of Indians, and for other purposes" the
President is authorized to cause the lands in the
Suites Of Ohio and Michigan, "to 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," to be offered at public sale, under the super
of the land Offices at Upper Sandusky and Detroit:
Now know we, that ], JAMES *. 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
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
rididn.
Fractional townships one, two, and three, o
| 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
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 Of two of land in section twenty nine,
in township two of range fourteen, including the
"stone 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-
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 ou-ots of the town OF Upper
Sandusky, in township two SOUTH of range fourteen
east, the left bank, descending, of the Sandusly
river excepting four town lots to be selected by the
register and receiver before tho day Of sale, or the
Of and to be vested in, the town, when II shall
become corporate;" excepting also the town lots and
out-lots vested in the county commissioners oil the
county of Wyandot, by the provisions OF the act OF
Congress approved February &c, 1S45; and also
excepting the lot designated as the graveyard,
containing one acre, the council-house, within
the town.
The minimum price Of the town lots is fixed by
the law at twenty:dola per lot, and OF the outots
at the rate Of fifteen dollars per acre
At the land Office at DETROIT, in the State OF
Michigan, commencing on Monday, the sirh
day of October next, for the disposal OF the public
lands within the limits Of the aforementioned sec
tons, viz
South ofhs base line east Of the meridian, and on both
sides of the Huron rirer.
Sections twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five,
twenty-six, twenty-seven thirty-four, thirty-fve,
and thiry-six, and the fraction of section twenty
two, containing eight ncres, 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 are sooner disposed
of) and 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 private sale, of
the lands designated in this proclamation lying with
in the limits Of Ohio, is fixed at t,co doiary and y