The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1845-10-03
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNI
TED STATES.

L.
TED STATES.
Whereas, BY the act of Congress an.
prov ed March, 1913, entitled aan a., f.
the sale, of certain lands in the S,atas "
Ohio and Michigan, ceded by the Wa
dot tribe Of Indians, and for other n,,ra
ses, I" the Presidents authorized to ca,so
the lands in the States of Ohio and ME-
igan, "to which the Indian tile was az
tinguished by treaty with the Wvandot
| trioe OF Indians, concluded at Upper San
dusky, March seventeenth, eighteen Lnn-
dred and forty two," to be ofre, ed a, n,b
lie sale, under the superiptend ence Of ,ho
respective registers and receivers of tho
land Offices at Upper Sandusky and De-.
| troit De-
Now know ye, that I, James X. po,k-
PRESIDENT of the United States, do bere
by declare and make known thai rnhi;,
sales will be held at the underment;ona5
land oHices,in the State ofOhio and M;ch
lgan, at the periods hereinafter desicn,-
ted, for the disposal of the public lands
hereinafter named, the Indian tile ,o
which was extinguished by said treaty
upon the terms and conditions prescribed
IN the act of Congress aforesaid, TO viii
AT the land office at Upper Sandnsky.
IN the Stale of Ohio, commencing on
Monday, the twenty second day of Sen.
lember next, for the disposal Of the nub.
lie lands within the limits of the under.
mentioned township and fractional towns
ships, viz:
South ofthe base l,ae and east of ihe 6,st
principal meridian.
Fractional townships one, two. and
three, of range thirteen.
fractional townships one and three and
township two, of range fourteen.
fractional townships one, two. and
three, Orange ffteen,with the exception
OF the following tracts, viz the section or
part oil section numbered sixteen in everv
township, which shall remain for the suns
port OF common schools; the tract in town
snip TWO OF range fourteen which includes
the town of Upper Sandusky, laid of by
the surveyor general into town-lots, oui.
lots, streets, and avenues; and the tract of
two acres of land in section twentv,nine
IN township two, of range fourteen, incIu.
Ding the "stone meeting house and bury.
ing ground near to, and north of, Upper
Sandusky;" and the tract of one half A.
ere IN the southeast quarter of section
eight, in township three, of range fourteen
deslgnatedas the "Grave- Y ard Reserve"
on the Farm of Silas Armstrong.
Also, at the same time and place, for
The disposal of the town lots and out,Iots
of the town of Upper Sandusky, in town.
ship two south, of range fourteen east, on
the left bank, descending, of the Sandus.
Ky river, excepting four town lots, 10 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 il shall bes
come corporate;" excepting also the town
lots and out lots vested in the county com
missioners of the county of Wyandot, by
thd provisions of the act of Congress an.
proved February 26, 1s45; and also ex
cepting the LOT designated as the ssgrave
yard" containing one acre, near the
council house, within the towB.
The minimum price of the town lots is
fixed by the law at twenty dollars per lot,
and of the ont lots at the rate of fifteen
dollars per acre.
At the land Office at Detroit,in the State
of Michigan, commencing on Monday. the
sixth day ofOctober next, for the dispo.
sal of the public lands within the limits of
the aforementioned sections, viz;
South Of The base line and east of The meri-
dian, and on both sides qfhe Huron riv.
en-,
sections twenty three, twenty four,
twenty hVe, twenty six, twenty seven,
.hlrty ionr, thirty five, and thirty six, and
the traction 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, (nuless the lands are sooner
disposed oi,) and no longer; and no private
entries OF land IN the townships SO offered
III be admitted, until after the expira-
ion of the two weeks
ne minimum price, at public and pr-
Vate sale, OF the lands designated in this
proclamation, lying within the limits of
ONO. Is liked a two dollars and fifty cents
per acre; andsol those within the limits /
y Michigan, the minimum price is two
dollars per acre.
When tract on which improvements
're situated shall be offered, if Tie appra,- 4
'ed value OF the Improvements be not bid
leu IN addition to the minimum price Of
'he lahd above stated, such tract shall be
"l'hdrawn nom sale, and shall again be
'hered at subsequent public sale, due
pubic notice "hrst being given, when di.
rected oy the Commissioner of tue Gem
eral Land Office
Given under my hand, at the Citv of
W Washington, this sixteenth day of June.
lnno Domini one thousand eight hundred
md forty five. JAMES K. POLK.
By the President. Z
JAS. SHIELDS
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