The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-17
RI he President offhe United STATES.

By the President of the United STATES.
TN pursuance of law, |, 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-
mated, ID wit:
Al The land Office at oPELOUsAS, commencing
on Monday, the eighteenth day of August next, for
the disposal the public lands TO which no ''prvate
claims' 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 ofhe base line aud ,ce Of The principal meridian
Township ten, sections one TO twenty-three IN
elusive, Except section sxteen,) and sections TWEEN
weight to thrty-hree Inclusive of township eleven;
and sections two to eleven inclusive; sections four
teen to twentyhree inclusive, Except section six
teen,) and sections tweny-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) Of range eleven.
Sections eight to forty-wo, inclusive, Except sec
ton sxteen) in fractional township fifteen Of range
twelve.
Sections twenty to fortyfour, inclusive, Of frac.
tional township fifteen in range thirteen.
At the land office at NEW ORLEANS, COM
mencng on Monday the eleventh day of August
next, for the disposal of the public lands to which
no "private claims alleged under existing laws,
within the following described townships and parts
of townships, to wit:
South of the base tine aud east Of the principal
ridian rest Of the mississippi riper
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
onal section eighteen and the southeast quarter of
section thirtysix, III township eleven of range thir
teen
Lots numbered one, two, three, four and five, or
the north half of fractional section twenty in town
shiptwelve of range thirteen.
Section fifty-six, 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.
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 of range thirty-three
Lot number one of section seventy seven, in
township ten south of range two east, situated Gust
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
pration the 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 Presidents
JAS. SHIELDS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office