The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-24
BIZ The President of the United STATES.


WHEREAS, by the act of Congress, approved
w on the third day of March, lo43, entitled
Gan act providing for the sale of certain lands in
the States of Ohio and Michigan, coded by the Wy
andot tribe of Indians, and for other purposes" the
President is authorized TO cause the lands IN the
States OF Ohio and Michigan, ''to which the indian
title was extnguished by treaty with the Wyan-
dot tribe of Indians, concluded at Upper Sandusky,
March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty
two" to be offered public SALE under the super
ntendence of the respective registers and receivers
of the land Offices at Upper Sandusky and Detroit:
Now know we, that |, JAMES X. Polk, President
Of the United States, do hereby declare and make
known that public sales will be held at the under
mentioned land Offices, in the States Of Ohio and
Michigan at the periods hereinafter designated, for
the disposal of the public lands hereinafter named,
the Indian title to which was extnguished by said
treaty, upon the terms and conditions prescribed in
the act of Congress aforesaid, to wit:
At the land office at UPPER SANDUSKY, in
the State of Ohio, commencing on Monday, the
twenty second day Of September next, for the dis
posal of the public lands within the limits Of the
aforementioned township and fractional townships,
viz:
South of The base line and east Of The first principal me
ridan.
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, OF
range fifteen, with the exception OF the following
tracts, viz the section or part OF section numbered
sixteen in every township, which shall remain for
the support of common schools; the tract IN town.
ship two of range fourteen, which includes the town
of Upper Sandusky, laid off by the surveyor gener-
al into town lots out lots, streets, and avenues; and
the tract of two acres of land in section twentynine
in township two, of range fourteen, including the
''stone meeting house and burying ground near to,
Il g a,,a tba tror nf
one half acre in the southeast quarter of section
eight, in township three, Of range fourteen desig-
mated as the Graveyard Reserve" on the farm of
Silas Armstrong.
Also, at the same time and place, for the disposal
of the town lots and out-ots of the town of Upper
Sandusky, in township two south, of range fourteen
east ON the left bank, descending of the Sandusky
river excepting four town lots to be selected by the
register and receiver before the day of SALE "for the
of, and to be vested in, the town, when It shall
become corporate;" excepting also the town lots and
out-lots vested in the county commissioners OF the
county of Wyando, by the provisions OF the act OF
Congress approved February 26, lS45; and also
excepting the lot designated as the graveyard"
containing one acre, near the council-house within
the town.
The minimum price of the town lots is fixed by
the law at twentysdoars per lo and of the out-lots
at the rate of fifteen dollars per acre.
At the land office at DETROIT, in the State of
Michigan, commencing on Monday, the sirih
day of October next for the disposal of the public
lands within the limits of the aforementioned sec
tons, viz:
South of the base line east Of the meridian, and both
sides Of the Huron riuer.
Sections twenty-three, twenty-four, Twenty-Five,
twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-four, thrty-fye,
and thirty-sx, and the fraction Of section twenty
two, containing 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,
and no longer, (uness the lands sooner disposed
Off and no private entries of land in the townships
offered will be admitted until after the expiration
Of the two weeks.
The minimum price, at public and private sale, of
the lands designated in this proclamation lying with
in the limits of Ohio is fixed at t,co dollars and fifty
cents per acre; and Of those within the limits of
Michigan, the minimum price is t,co dollars peracre
When tract on which improvements are sitna-
ted shall be offered if the appraised value of the inn
provements be not hidden in addition TO the mimi
mum price of the land above stated such tract shall
be Withdrawn from sale, and shall again be offered
at subsequent public sale, due public notice thereof
"frst heing given, when directed by the Commis-
sioner of the General Land Office"
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington,
the sixteenth day of June, ammo Domini one ihou-
sand eight hundred and forty-6ve.
BY the President
JAS. SHIELDS,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
June 18-lawf