The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-05
By The President ofthe United STATES.

By the President ofthe United States.
TN pursuance of law, l. JAMES X. POLK, Pres.
i ident of the United States Of America, do hereby
declare and make known that public sales will bt
held at the aforementioned land Offices in the STATE
of LOUISIANA, at the periods hereinafter deslg
mated to wit:
Al The land office at OPELOUSAS, commencing
on Monday, the eighteenth day of August next, fol
the disposal of the public lands to which prvatt
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 ofthe base line and ,ces Of the principal meridian
Township ten, sections one to twenty-three, in.
elusive, Except section SIXTEEN, and sections TWEEN
ty-eight to thrty-three inclusive, ofownshp eleven
and sections two to eleven inclusive; sections four.
teen to twentythree inclusive, Except section six
teen, 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
thrty-ive, and thirty-six) ofrange eleven. I.
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
tonal township fifteen in range thirteen.
AT the land office at NEW ORLEANS, com
mencing on Monday the eleventh day of Angus
next, for the disposal of the public lands to which
no "prvate 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 me-
ridian irest 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 frac
tonal section eighteen and the southeast quarter O
section thirty in township eleven, of range thlr
teen.
Lots numbered one, two, three, four and FIVE, OIL
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 sector
twenty-hree, and the southwest quarter of sector
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 thirty-three.
Lot number one of section seventy-seven, il
township ten south Of range two east, situated
OF the Mississippi river.
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of schools
military, or other purposes, will be excluded from
SALE
The saleswill each be kept open for two weeks
(unless the lands are sooner disposed off, and M
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 on,
thousand eight hundred and forty-fve.
JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President
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