The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-15
BIZ the President of the United States.

wv HEREAS, by the act of Congress, approved
w the third day Of March, l643, entitled
"An 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, ito which the Indian
title was extinguishcd by treaty with the Wyan-
dot tribe of Indians concluded at Upper Sandusky,
March seventeenth eighteen hundred and forty
two TO be offered al 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 extinguishcd 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
twenty-second day of September next, for the dis
posa of the public lands within the limits of the
aforementioned township and fractional townships,
viz:
South Of the bass line and east Of the first principal me
ridian.
Fractional townships one, two, and three, o
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 tract of two of land in section twenty-nne,
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, deslg-
mated as the "Gravc-yard Reserve" on the farm of
Sas Armstrong.
Also, at the same time and place, for the disposal
Of the town lots and out-lots of the town of Upper
Sandusky, in township two SOUTH OF range fourteen
east, on the left bank, descending, of the Sandusky
rver 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 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 26, 1o45; and also
excepting the lot designated as the graveyard,
containing one acre. near the council-house, within
the town.
The minimum price of the town lots is fixed by
the law at twenty dollars per iot, 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 sirth
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 he meridian, and on both
sides of the Huron river.
Sections twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five,
twenty-six, twenty-seven, thiry-four, thirty-five
and thirtysx, and the fraction Of section twenty
two, containing eight ceres, 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 (uness the lands are sooner disposed
Off and no private entries Of land in the townships
offered viii 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,Oo dollars and fly