Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-11-19
By the Presidcnt OF one Unitca stales.

~ pursuance OF an OF Congress- approved on the
PRESIDENT Of the unies ss 70 Sc the reserved I.ns.
IN me ststss Of Illinois and Arks1ss and Teo Of wi,eS
Prsdni Of lie United States Of Asrcs DO hereby decs and
Ss s s' s
oEces in said State the periods hereinafter dignsisd
The Land oaiee Al plxoN e0@sneing MoHaay the sA
following townships and fractional TOW nshrs VIZ: ~
sortl II s ts,. tas and east e osS iaerai nsriSisn
Townships twenyseven and twenty eight AID fractional
townships twenty eight fractional
ihe north Of seven township wentr eight
and iaciiOhal town hsp t@enty-nne- Of 'snge Eur.
FracsOna townships t~ensy-sevcn and
sciOns township ana nine Of range tho
At the land Oace sIiAwNEETowx. commencing on Non
lands within the folio sesb. pats yiI
issnyss 70 saia;ss incusirs ard sections Ay
IRE Inensy ami secsioas sis to Te inclusive in soSnshp
twelve, Of range seven.
Sections nine inclusive sections Eileen treniyss IN
% d sSs 70 & of Of
section oEr sections ssrea ncusve the southwest guar
ter Of section ; the north half OF section fourteen and
nine
Lads appropriated by law for tie use Of schools military
other purposes will be excluded IRON the sales also eli quarter
quarter sections covered in whole by those mining
hencenent Of the sales. 49,
Presumption claims win not be allowed Of the above lands
until afsE the shall have been offered public SALE sns
@ sJse' 70 & entry sns Of such snSs As contain
will be sold in such legal subdivision subdivisions will include
such mine Mines less than dollars and hy per
=
The sales KEEP ePen weeks (unezs
are disposed of and onger and private entities Of
land in the townships fractional townships offered Will be
admitted until saer the expiration Of weeks from The
mcncencnt of said
In further act have caused
sim r0f the General Land 0ce publish with this p0camaton
bc description Of The mineral In whirh these lands lie
ana o. the lands now Offered for sale which he has eed finn
onlsial documents and other means Of information.
Given under hand City OF Wellington this eighth day
o. September Anno Domn thousand eight hundred and forty
six BY the President: JAsEs X POLK
H. 4ng the O1ee
The lands in tie DIXON district embraced procla
nation OF the esdnt OF the United hy NJ
Owen the geolog The Indiana
tue treasury partmen and In compliance with resolution of
the HoaH OF Representatives passed 9Th Feb uary The able
OF this gentleman published Of
Representatives first ion Of 18th Congress shows that these
ans include all the productive and the entire
which from observations du ing his there
believe that valuable readily be- ioun Further
only pa tally worked odneei hi millions pounds
eahose OF Illinois yielding their full proportion
whole dist let, II opey mined, wolt yd one bgnded and
fifty millions pounds per annum
lands and
rivers the Of transporting
only abo1 teen cent per hnndei pounds The soil Of excel
lent quality an yields ahundany ali the product that latitude.
The lands IN the SHAWNEETOWN district have
poc AZ uiy those IN DiNoI. Recent dicove have been
made however Of rich the suphuc Of lead and zinc
uguous aud both indicating existence
OF inr deposte within them facilities
white and rel lea eente being ample and the lands
are situated within about miles Of the Chic river the metal
trih-g cost JAMES Il. PIER.
.aetas coHhaissiOasr # me General Land Office.
SepfeAber eik. lfl5 3slswis