The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-12
Ru tde President 81 the Lrnited States.

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VXTHEREAS, by the act of Congress, approved
wv on the third day of March, l643, 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
States OF Ohio and Michigan, ito which the Indian
title was extinguished by a 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
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 witt
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 me-
ridian
Fractional townships one, two, and three, OF
range thirteen.
Fractional townships one and three, and township
two, OF range fourteen. Ii.
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 tract of two of land in section twenty
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,l desig-
mated as the Grave-yard Reserve" on the farm OF
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, "for the
of, and to be vested in, the town, when 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 26, 1885, and also
excepting the lot designated as the graveyard, y
containing one acre, near the counc-house, within
the town.
The minimum price Of the town lots is fixed by
the law at twenysdoars per LOT, and Of the out-lots
at the rate Of fifteen dollars per
At the land Office at DETROIT, in the State Of
Michigan, commencing on Monday, the sixth
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 inerdidn and on both
sides Of the Huron riper.
Sections twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five,
twenty-six, twenty seven, thrty-four thirty-fve,
and thirty-six, and the fraction Of section twenty
two, containing eight acres, the south side Of
Huron river all in township four, of range nine.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks,
and longer, (unless the lands 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 private sale, OF
the lands designated in this proclamation lying with
in the limits Of Ohio, is fixed at co dollars and fifty
cents per acre; and of those within the limits OF
Michigan, the minimum price is tco dollars peracre.
When trect on which improvements situa-
ted shall be offered if the appraised value of the
provements be not hidden in addition to the mini
price of the land above stated, such tract shall
be Withdrawn from sale, and shall again be offered
subsequent public sale, due public notice thereof
''frst being given, when directed by the Commits
soner Of the General Land Office.'
Given under my hand, at the city Of Washington,
the sixteenth day of June, ammo Domin one thou
sand eight hundred and forty-fve.
BY the President
JAS. SHIELDS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
June 1S--lawT