The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-02
By the President ofthe United States.

! 7 N pursuance of law, l. JAMES X. POLK, Pres.
! dent 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
ofLOUlSlANA, at the periods hereinafter desig.
nated 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 'prvate
claims' are 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 othe base line and tcest 9TH principal meridian
Township ten, sections one to twenty-three, in
clusive Except section slxteea,) and sections twen-
ty-cight to thrtythree inclusive oftownshp eleven
and sections two to eleven inclusive; sections four
teen to twentythree inclusive Except section six
teen) and sections twenty-nine and thirty of town.
| ship twelve, all in range
| Fractional township fftonn of ranges nine and
| ten.
| Township eleven Except sections thrty-four
| thirty-fve, and thirty-six) of range eleven.
Sections eight to forty-two inclusive, Except sec
ton sixteen) in fractional township fifteen of range
twelve.
Sections twenty to fory-four, inclusive, of frac-
| tiona township fifteen in range thirteen.
AT the land office at NEW ORLEANS, COM
mencing on Monday the eleventh day of August
next, for the disposal of the public lands to which
no 'privae claims" alleged under existing laws,
within the following described townships and parts
of townships, TO wit:
South Of the base tine and east Of the principal me
ridian ,cest Of The Mississippi riuer
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 rac-
al thas ~
section thiry-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 ofrange thiry-three.
Lot number one of section seventy seven in
township ten south of range two east situated east
of the Mississippi river.
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of schools,
military, or other purposes, will be excluded from
sale. s...-
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks,
(unless the lands 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-
praton 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, ..
Gam .sinner of the C.nncral L aud Of;nn