The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-24

By the President of the United States.
r N pursuance of law, /, JAMES X. POLK, Pres
i ident of the United States of America declare
and make known that public sales will be held at
the aforementioned land offices in the TERRIFIC
RY OF WISCONSIN, at the periods hereinafter
designated, to wit:
At the land Office at GREEN BAY, commencing
on Monday, the sixth day of October next, for the
disposal of the public lands within the undermen-
toned townships, to wit:
North Of the base line and east Of the fourth principal
meridian.
Fractional township twenty-one, east of Wolf riv-
err, Of ranges thirteen and fourteen
Township twcnty-one and fractional townships
twenty-five and twenty-five, east of Wolf river, of
range fifteen.
Township twenty-one and fractional townships
twenty-five and twenty-five, east of Wolf river, Of
range sixteen.
Fractional township twenty-one, north Of Fox
river, and townships twenty-five, twenty-three,
twenty-four, and twenty-five, Of range seventeen.
Fractional townships twenty-one, twenty-five,
twenty and twenty -four, north of Fox river
and west of the Oneida Reservation, and township
twenty-five of range eighteen.
Fractional townships twenty-five and twenty
three, north of Fox river and south and east of the
Oneida Reservation, and fractional townships twen-
ty-four and twenty-five, north of said reservation,
of range nineteen.
Fractional townships twenty-five and twenty
three, north of Fox river and east of the Oneida Res.
ervation fractional township twenty-four, north of
the Fort Howard reserve, and sections eighteen,
nineteen, twenty twenty-eght, twentynine, thirty,
hrtyone, thirty-two thirty three thirty four thr-
ty-fve, and thirty-sx, in township twenty-five of
range twenty.
At the land Office at MINERAL POINT, COM
mencing on Monday the first day of September
next, for the disposal of the following tracts of pub
lie land to wit:
The south half Of section twelve, in township
nine, north of range six, west of the fourth prnci
pal meridian.
The northwest quarter of section twenty-four, in
township three north of range three east of the
fourth principal meridian.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools,
military or other purposes, will be excluded from
sale.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks,
unless the lands are sooner disposed off, and no
longer; and private entries Of land in the town.
ships offered will be admitted until after the ex-
piration of the two weeks.
Given under my hand at the city of Washington,
this ninth day of May, ammo Domini one thou
sand eight hundred and forty-fve.
JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President
JAMES SHIELDS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Notice to prescription claimants.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emption
to any lands within the limits Of the townships above
enumerated is required establish the same to the
satisfaction of the register and receiver of the proper
land Office, and make payment therefor as soon as
practicable after seeing this notice, and before the
day appointed for the commencement of the public
sale Of the township above designated embracing
the tract claimed0 otherwise such claim will be for
feted.
JAMES SHIELDS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
May 10-latf