The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-20

n pursuance Of an oct Of Congress, approved on
Il the eleventh day Of July, 1886, entitled "An act
TO authorize the President of the United States TO
sell the reserved mineral lands in the States of ILL
nois, and Arkansas, and Territories of Wisconsin
and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore )" l. JAMES
X. POLK, President Of the United States Of Ameri-
ca, do hereby declare and make known, that public
sales of the lands heretofore withheld from sale on
account of the valuable lead mines therein, will be
held at the aforementioned land Offices in the State
of ARKANSAS, at the periods hereinafter desig-
mated, 10 wit
At the land office at BATEsvILLE, commencing
on MONDAY the fteeDth day of March next, for
the disposal of the public lands within the under
mentioned townships, viz:
Nrth Of The base line and toest Of the 6h principal
meridian
Township nineteen, ofrange sixteen.
Townships nineteen and twenty, of range seven
At the land Office at FAYETTEVILLE, COM
mencng on MONDAY, the twenty second day of
March next, for the disposal of the public lands
within the aforementioned townships, to wit:
North Of the base line and tosst Of tie fifth principal
meridian.
Townships nineteen and twenty, of range eigh-
Lands appropriated by law for the use ofschools,
military, other purposes, will be excluded from
sale; also, all quarter quarter sections, (if any,
covered in whole or in part by those mining leases
the commencement of these sales.
Presumption claims will not be allowed to any Of
the above lands until after the shall have been
offered at public sale, and become subject private
entry and all of said lands which contain mine or
mines of lead ore, actually discovered and being
worked, will be sold in such legal subdivision or
subdivisions, will include such mine mines, at
not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks,
unless the lands are sooner disposed off, and no lon
ger; and no private entries of land in the townships
so offered, will be admitted until after the expra-
ion Of two weeks from the commencement Of said
sales.
In further execution of the said act, have caused
the Commissioner of the General Land Office to pub
sh with this proclamation brief description OF the
mineral regions in which these lands lie, and of the
lands now offered for sale, which he has prepared
from official documents and other means of informa-
ton.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washing
ton, this eighth day of September ammo Domini one
JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President:
JAMES H. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
The mineral lands embraced in the above procla-
nation Of the President of the United States are
situated in Marion and Carroll counties, in the
northern part of the State of Arkansas within eight
or nine miles of the west bank of White river, which,
being navigable and tributary of the Mississippi,
affords easy and cheap transportation to all the prn-
cipal markets of the United States As the mineral
qualities of these lands have but recently been dis
covered, they have not yet been thoroughly ex-
plored; they have, however, been represented as
Astounding in lead ore, of an excellent quality.
..-7g .n.a g. JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
Sept. S-1awts