Mobile register and journal., 1845-07-22
Rx tl,. E3rnaIde,.t of anetT nited states.

Fly the PresideMt of thei | nited States
 Pursuance Ol law, 1, JAMES k. POLK, Pre- A sident of the IT, States of America, do hereby de. clare and make know that pubic sales wl be held al the undermentIoned land oltces tue State oi Loui- siana, he periods hereinafter designated, to vii Al the land office atOPELOUSAS, at commencing on Monday the eighteenth day of August next for the disposal of the public lands to which no "privale claims" are alleged under existing laws, within the unilermenllo townships and fractional town ships, VIZ:
 oh of the base line and fths principal meridian. Township three, of range three;
 Township five, range live.
 South the base line aud West of the principal meridian. Township ten, sections one to twenty three inclu. sVe, (except section sixteen) and sections twenty eight io thirtv-three inclusive, of township eleven, aud sections eleven inclusive, sections four teen 10 twenty three inclusive, (except section SIX teeD) and secions twenty nine and thlrtys oi town ship twelve, all in range seven;
 Fractional township fifteen. ranges nine and ten 1; Township eleven, exceDt sections thiry-louf, thif- ty. five and thrty-sx) of range eleven;
 Sections eight to torty.two, inclusive, (excePt sec tion sixieen) in fractional township fifteen, of range twelve;
 Sections twenty to forty-four. inclusive, of lrac- tional township fifteen, in range thirteen.
 Al the land office at NEW ORLEANS, commen- cine on Monday, the eleventh day of August next, for the disposal of the public lands to which 'pr vate claims" alleged under existing laws, within the following described townships and parts of ships. to wlt
 South ofthe base line and east of the principal mer
 dian, Wsst of the Mississippi riUer.
 Section four, in township SIX, ol range eleven; Township seven, ol range eleven;
 Section sixty three, in township eight, of range twelve;
 Fractional section seventeen, the east half of llac- tiona section eighteen, and the south quarter of section lhry-six, m township eleven, of range thir- teen;
 Lots numbered one, two, three, four and five, or the north Ina If of fractional section twenty m town ship twelve, of range thirteen;
 section 6fly-six, in township twelve, of range fourteen;
 The northwest and southeast quarters of section twenty three, and the southwest quarter of section twenty Jour, in township thIrteeB, of range sc- veateen;
 Sections eleven, thirteen and fourteen, in town ship eighteen. of range eighteen;
 Lots numbered t"o, three and four, of section eighty five. in township twelve, of range nineteen. Fractional township sixteen, of range twenty three
 Lots or sections numbered one 10 fifteen, inclu- siye in township twenty three, of range thirty ythree Lot number one of section seventy-seven, in town ship ten south, of range east, situated of the Mississippi river.
 Lands appropriated by law for the of schools, military and other purposes, will be excluded from sale.
 The sales will each be kept open for two weeks, (uness the lands are sooner disposed ot) and no on ger; and no private entries of land in the townships sv offered will be admitted until after the expiration of the two weeks.
 Given under my hand at the city of Washington, this ninth day of May, anno Domnl one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
 By the President: JAMES K. POLK. JAS SHIELDS,
 Commissioner of the General Land Office.