The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-12
BIZ the President of the United States.

WHEREAS, by the act Of Congress, approved
w on the third day of March, lo43, entitled
"An 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 10 authorized to- cause the lands IN the
States Of Ohio and Michigan, Ito which the Indian
title was extnguished by treaty with the Wyan-
dot tribe of Indians, concluded at Upper Sandusky,
March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-
two" to be offered at public sale, under the super
iniendence of the respective registers and receivers
of the land Offices at Upper Sandusky and Detroit:
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 desipn"'"
the disposal Of the public lard" ,-..,.a, ror
the Indian title = hereinafter named,
trc-' which was extin9uished by said
-...y, upon the terms and conditions prescribed in
the act Of Congress aforesaid to witt
At the land office at UPPER SANDUSKY, in
the State Of Ohio, commencing on 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 e base line and east Of the first principal
Fractional townships one, two, and three, o
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 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 off by the surveyor gener-
al into town lots, out lots streets, and avenues and
the tract Of two acres of land in section wenty-nine
in township two, of range fourteen, including the
"stone meeting house and burying 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, desg
mated as the Graveyard Reserve" on the farm of
Silas Armstrong.
Also, at the same time and place, for the disposal
Of the town lots and out-los 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 IT shall
become corpora;e;" excepting also the town lots and
out-lots vested IN the county commissioners of the
county of Wyandot, by the provisions of the act Of
Congress approved February &c. lS45 and also
excepting the lot designated as the grave yard"
containing one acre, near the councl-house, within
the town.
'Fhe minimum price of the town lots is fixed by
tie law at twenty dollars per lot, and of the ouots
at the rate Of fifteen dollars per acre.
AT the land Office al DETROIT, in the State of
micniSan, commencing on monuay, tue StIm
day of October nexi for the disposal Of the public
lands within the limits of the aforementioned sec
tons, viz:
South Of the base line east Of the msrididnj and both
sides of the Huron rirer.
Sections twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five,
twenty-sx, twenty-seven, thirty-four, thirty-fve,
and thirtysix and the fraction of section twenty
two, containing eight ceres, 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 no longer, (uness the lands sooner disposed
of) and no private entries of land in the townships
SO 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 ieo dollars and y