The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-01
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
States Of Ohio and Michigan, "to which the Indian
TILE was extingushed by treaty with the Wyaii-
dot tribe OF Indians, concluded at Upper Sandusky,
March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty
two" to be offered at public SALE under the super
nendence Of the respective registers and receivers
of the land offices at Upper Sandusky and Detroit;
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:
Al the land office at UPPER SANDUSKY, in
the State of Ohio, commencing on Monday, the
twenty 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 e base line and east Of the first principal
ridian.
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 for
the support Of common schools; the tract IN town.
ship two of range fourteen, which includes the town
of Upper Sandusky, laid of by the surveyor gener-
al into town lots out lots, Streets and avenues; and
the tract of two acres of land in section twenynne,
in township two, of range fourteen, including the
'stone meeting house and burying ground near 10,
as.tbo II he tr~r <,f
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 time and place, for the disposal
of the town lots and out-ots of the town of Upper
Sandusky, in township two south, of range fourteen
east, on 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 or the
use of, and to be vested in, the town. when il shall
become corporate;" excepting also the town lots and
out-los vested in the county commissioners. of the
county Of Wyando by the provisions of the, act of
Congress approved February 90, l8i5; and also
excepting the lot designated as the graveyard"
containing one acre, near the counc-house, within
The town.
The minimum price of the town lots is fixed by
the law at twentyedoars per ot and of the out-lots
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 the meridian, end both
sides oF the Huron rtper
/, Sections twonty-hree, 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, 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 longer, (unless the lands sooner disposed
Off and private entries of land lin 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 tro dollars and fifty
cents per acre; and of those within the limits Of
Michigan, the minimum price is t,co dollars peracre.
When a tract on which improvements are siua-
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
e's..-- r 49, da-..-i Land Ohicen
dlven under my hand, at the city of Washington
the sixteenth day of June, ammo Domini one thou.
sand eight hundred and f,r.S-ffs,
BY the President.
JAS. SHIELDS,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
June 18-lawtf