The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1845-09-26
BY THE PREsI DENT OF THE UNI
TED STATES.

TED STATES.
Whereas, BY the act Of Congress. an.
pro. ed March, lS43, entitled can act fur
the sale ofceitain lands in the States of
Ohio and Michigan, ceded BY the WAN
dot tribe Of Indians. and for other pnrpo
ses, Y the President is authorized to cause
the lands 10 the States OF Ohio and NicI,.
igan, ''lo which the Indian till, was ex.
Itingushed by treaty with the Wyandot
tribe Of Indians, concluded at Upper San.
dusky, March hseventeenth, eighteen hnn.
dred and forty two," TO be offered at pub.
lie sale, under the superin tendence Of the
respective registers and receivers Of the
land Offices al Upper Sandusky and De,
troit;
Now know ye, that I, James X. Polk.
President Of the United States, do heres
by declare and make known that public
sales will be held at the aforementioned
land Offices in the State of Ohio and Mich
igan, at the periods hereinafter designae
ted, for the disposal Of the public lands
hereinafter named, the Indian tile To
which was extingnished by said treaty,
upon the terms and conditions prescribed
in the act Of Congress aforesaid, to wit:
Al the land Office at Upper Sandusky,
in the State Of Ohio, commencing on
Monday, the twenty second day of Sep
tember next, for the disposal of the pub
lie lands within the limits of the UNDER
mentioned township and fractional town,
ships, viz:
South 9fMc base lme and eaa of the first
principal meridian.
FrartiaaaI toyrst;n. ,no .ua
three, of range thirteen.
Fractional townships one and three and
township two, Of range fourteen.
Fractional townships one, two, and
three, of range fifteen, with Tie exception
of he following tracts, viz: the section or
part of section numbered sixteen in eyery
township, which shall remain for the sup.
port OF common schools; the tract ia town
ship two Of range fourtee which includes
the town OF Upper Sandusky, laid Of by
the surveyor general into town-lots, out
lots, streets, and avenues; and the tract of
two acres Of land in section twentysnine
in township two, Of range fourteen, inclu.
DING the "store meeting house and bury
ing ground near TO, and north Of, Upper
Sandnsky;' and the tract of one half a.
ere 10 the southeast quarter of section
eight, IN township three, OF range fourteen
designated as the Grave Y ard Reserve"
on The Farm of Sias Armstrong
Also, at the same time aud place, for
the Disposal of The town lots and ont.Iots
Of the town Of Upper Sandusky, in town
stip two south, of range fourteen eas,, on
the left bank, descending, ofthe Sandu.
ky river, excepting !our town los, to be
selected by the register and receiver be-
fore the day of sale, ''for the use of, and
to be vested in, the town, when it shall bes
come corpora'e;" excepting also the town
lots and out lots vested in the county com
missioners of the county of Wyandut, BY
thd provisions Of the act of Congress ap-
proved February 26, 1915; and also ex-
cepting the 10 designated as the "grave
yard" containing one acre, near tho
council house, within the town.
lac minimum price of the town lots is
liked by the law at twenty dollars per lot,
and of the out lots at tue rate of fifteen
dollars per acre.
AT the land Office at Detroit in the State
of Michigan, commencing on Monday, the
sixth day ofOctpber next, for the dispu-
sal of be public lands within the limits of
the aforementioned sections, viz;
South qfMe base line and east of The meri.
dian, and on both sides Qfihe Huron riv.
ef.
Sections twenty three, twenty four,
twenty five, twenty six, twenty seven.
thirty four, thirty FIVE, and thirty six, and
the fraction of section twenty two, con-
tanning eight acres. on the south side of
Huron river; all in township four, of range
nine.
The sales will each be Kept open for
two weeks, (unless the lands are sooner
disposed Off and no longer; and no private
entries OF land in the townships SO offered
Will he admitted, unit, after the expira.
tioD Of the two weeks.
The minimum price, al public and pri-
rate sale, OF the lands designated in this
proclamation, lying within the limits Of
Ohio is fixed at tw do liars and fifty cents
per acre; and of those within the limits
Of Michigan, the minimum price is two
dollars per acre.
When tract on which improvements
are situated shall be offered, ifthe appral.
sed value OF the Improvements be not bid
den IN addition to the minimum price Of
the land above stated, such tract shall be
withdrawn ffom sale, and shall again be
offered at subsequent public sale, due
public notice "hrst being given, when d.
rectcd by tue Commissioner OF the Gem
eral Land Office
Given under my hand, at the City of
Washington, this sixteenth day of June,
ammo Domini one thousand eight hundret
and forty five. JAMES K.POiK.
by the President
JAS. SHIELDS
Com m iss innaa, nf Iho Il (nhh..l.I L uD1. nA.nn