The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-09
RAJ The pyesident ofthe United STATES.

BIZ the President ofthe United States.
TN pursuance of law, /, JAMES X. POLK, Pres
i 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 no "private
claims" are alleged under existing laws within the
aforementioned townships and fractional townships,
viz:
South 9th base lime and east Of The principal meridian
Township three of range three.
Township FIVE of range five.
South ofhe base line and ,ces Of The principal meridian.
Township ten, sections one to twenty-three, in
elusive Except section sixteen and sections twen-
ty-eigh thirty-hree inclusive, oftownshp eleven;
and sections two to eleven inclusive; sections four
teen twenty-three inclusive, Except section six
teen,) and sections twenty nne 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 township 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, COM
mencing on Monday the eleventh day Of August
next for the disposal of the public lands to which
no 'private claims" are 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
ridian ,rest Of the Mississippi river.
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 frac-
tonal section eighteen and the southeast quarter of
section thiry-six in township eleven, of range thir-
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
eghty-hve, 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 thirty-three.
| Lot number of section seventy-seven, in
township ten south of range two east situated east
of the Mississippi river.
| ny law III Use VI scAoViS,
military, or other purposes, will be excluded from
| sale.
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 offered will be admitted, until after the
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