The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-21

by the freslQtnt Oftne Onltcu states
IN pursuance of law, |, JAMES X. POLK,
i President of the United States Of America, do
hereby declare and make known that public sales
viii be held at the aforementioned land offices, in
the State of MISSISSIPPI, at the periods herein
after designated, to wit:
At the Land Office at GRENADA, commencing
on Monday, the twenty-ffth day Of May next for
the disposal of the public lands within the under
mentioned townships and fractional townships, viz:
North Of The base line and east Of the Choetato me
ridian.
Townships twenty -one, twenty-five, twenty three,
twenty fve twenty-s,x, twenty-seven and fraction
al township twenty-eight, of range one.
Townships twenty-five, twenty-six, and fraction
al townships twenty-seven, and twenty-eight, Of
range two.
Fractional townships twenty-six, and twenty
seven, Of range three. ..-. -.E
Fractional township twenty-six, Of range four.
Township twenty-three, and fractional township
twenty -four, of range seven.
North Of the base line, and West Of the Choetato me-
Townships twenty-three to twenty-seven inclu-
sive, and fractional townships twenty-eght and
twenty-nne, of range one. . E .
Townships twenty, twenty-one, twenty-three,
twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-seven, twenty
eight and fractional townships Twenty-Five and
Also, at the SAME PLACE, commencing on
Monday, the eighth day of June next, for the dis
posal Of the public lands within the undermen-
toned townships and fractional townships, to wit:
North of the base line and pes Of the Chocta,o me-
>ridian.
| Townships twenty TO twenty nine inclusive, and
fractional townships thirty and thirtyone, of range
three. .....r--.. .s .... 81. '..-.
Townships twenty to twenty-seyen inclusive, and
fractional townships twenty-eight, twenty mine,
thirty, and thirty-ono, of range four.
Townships twenty to twenty-four inclusive, and
township twenty-seveD, of range five.
Fractional township twenty, and townships TWEEN
ty-one Twenty-Five and twenty five, of range six.
Fractional township twenty-one, of range seven.
Fractional township twenty-five Of range eight.
Lands appropriated by law for the of schools,
military, or other purposes; also lands which have
been awarded or located under the fourteenth and
nineteenth articles of the treaty with the Choctaw
nation of Indians, concluded at Dancing Rabbit
creek on the twenty-seventh day Of September,
eighteen hundred and thirty, are hereby excepted,
and will be excluded from the sales.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks,
(unless the lands sooner disposed off, and no
longer and no private entries of land in the town
ships offered will be admitted until after the exp-
ration of the two weeks.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washing
ton, this twenty-ffh day of February, ammo Domi-
nj one thousand eight hundred and forty-sx.
JAMES X. POLK.
By the President:
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Notice to presumption claimants.
Every person entitled to the right Of presumption
to any lands within the limits of the townships
above enumerated, is required to establish the
to the satisfaction Of the register and receiver of the
proper land Office, and make payment therefor,
soon as practicable after seeing this notice. and before
|the day appointed for the commencement Of the
public sale of the township embracing the tract
claimed, (above designatedD otherwise such claim
will be forfeited.
JAMES SHIELDS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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