The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-16
Notice to pre-emptiion claimants.
BIZ the President ofthe United STATES.

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I N pursuance of law, |, JAMES X POLK, Pres
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, TO wit:
AT the land Office at OPELOUSAS, commencing
on Monday, the eighteenth day Of August next, for
the disposal of the public lands to which privae
claims" are alleged under existing laws within the
aforementioned townships and fractional townships,
viz:
South Of the base line and east Of the principal ,neidan.
Township three Of range three.
Township five of range five.
South fhe base line and ,oest Of The principal meridian.
Township ten, sections one TO twenty-three, in
elusive, Except section SIXTEEN and sections twen-
ty-eght to thrty-three inclusive, oftownship eleven;
and sections two to eleven inclusive; sections four
to twenty-three inclusive, Except section six
tecn,) and sections twenty 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 thrty-six) ofrange eleven.
Sections eight to forty-two, inclusive, Except Sec
ton SIXTEEN in fractional ownship fifteen of range
twelve.
Sections twenty to forty-four, inclusive, of frac-
tional township fifteen in range thirteen.
At the land Office at NEW ORLEANS, CON-
mencing on Monday the eleventh day of August
next, for the disposal of the public lands to which
no 'sprvate claims" are alleged under existing laws,
within the following described townships and parts
of townships, to wit *
South Of the base line and east Of The principal
rdian trsst Of the mississippi riper.
Section four in township six of range eleven.
Township seven of range eleven.
Section slxty-three, IN township eight OF range
twelve.
Fractional section seventeen the east half Of frac-
tona section eighteen and the southeast quarter of
section hrty-six, in township eleven, of range thr-
teen.
Lots numbered one, two, three, four and FIVE, or
the north half Of fractional section twenty in town
ship twelve of range thirteen.
Section ffty-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.
Sections eleven, thirteen, and fourteen, in township
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-,hree.
Lot number one Of section seventy seven, in
township ten south of range two east situated east
of the mississippi river.
Lands appropriated ny law LOT the use OF SCHOOLS,
military, or other purposes, will be excluded from
sale.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks,
(uness 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-
piration of 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 President
JAS. SHIELDS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office