The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-30
Bv ~, pr,siaenf Of The United STATES.

WHEREAS. by the act of Congress, approved
wv ON the third day Of March, l643, entitled
san act providing for the sale of certain lands IN
the States of Ohio and Michigan, ceded 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 a treaty with the Wyan-
dot tribe Of Indians, concluded at Upper Sandusky,
March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and for'y-
two," to be offered at public sale, under the super
Of the land Offices at Upper Sandusky and Detrot'
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 extnguished 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 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 mo
Fractional townships one, two, and three, OF
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 or part of section numbered
sixteen in every township, which shall remain Tor
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; ana
the tract of two of land in section twentynlne,
in township two of range fourteen, including the
'stone meeting house and buryng 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 Reserves" on the farm OF
Silas Armstrong
Also, at the same time and place, for the disposal
of the town lots and out-Ios Of the town of Upper
Sandusky, in township two SOUTH of range fourteen
east, the left bank, descending of the Sandusky
river excepting four lots, to be selected by the
register and receiver before the day Of SALE or the
of, and TO be vested in, the town, when II shall
become corporae;" excepting also the town lots and
out-lots vested in the county commissioners of the
county of Wyandoi, by the provisions of the act OF
Congress approved February 20, lS45; and also
excepting the lot designated the ''grave- yard"
containing one acre, near the counci-house, within
the town.
The minimum price of the town lots is fixed by
the law at twentysdollars per io and of the out-ots
at the rate of fifteen dollars per acre.
At the land office at DETROIT, in the State of
Michigan, commencing on Monday, the sirth
lands within the limits of the aforementioned Sec
tons, viz:
South Of the base line east Of The meridian, and on both
sides Of the Huron ripsr.
Sections twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five,
tweny-six, twenty-seven, thirty-four, thirty-fve,
and thrty-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 no longer, (uness the lands are sooner disposed
Off and private entries of land in the townships
offered WILDE 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 tuo dollars aad fifty
cents per acre; and of those within the limits of
Michigan, the minimum price is fco dollars peracre
When tract on which improvements are situa-
ted shall be offered if the appraised value of the inn
provements be not hidden in addition to the mini
mum price of the land above stated such tract shall
be Withdrawn from sale, and shall again be offered
at subsequent public sale, due public notice thereof
"frst being given, when directed by the Commits
sioner of the General Land Office"
Given under my hand, at the city Of Washington,
the sixteenth day of June, ammo Domni one thou
sand eight hundred and forty-fve.
JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President:
JAS SHIELDS,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
June l8-lawG