The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-23
TIE DAILY UNION,
By the President orthe United 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
will be held al the aforementioned land Offices, In
the State Of MISSISSIPPI, at the periods herein
Al the Land Office a, 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 hss and east Of the Choetao me
ridan.l
Townshipstwenty-o ne, twenty -two, twenty
twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty -seven, and fraction
al township twenty-eight, of range one.
Townships twenty-five, twenty-six, and fraction
al townships twenty-seyen, and twenty-eght, Of
range two. 10.
Fractional townships twenty-six, and twenty
seven, of range three -
Fractional township twenty-sx, of range four.
Township twenty-three, and fractional township
twenty-four, of range seven.
North Of The base line, and usa Of The Choeta0 me
q. ridian.
Townships twenty-three to twenty-seyen inclu-
siye, and fractional townships twenty-elght and
twenty-nine, Of range one.
Townships twenty, twenty-one, twenty-three,
twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-seyen, twenty
eight, and fractional townships twenty-nine 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 iOssi Of the Choeta0 me
ridian.
Townships twenty TO twenty. nine inclusive, and
fractional townships thirty and thrty-one of range
three.
Townships twenty 10 twenty seven inclusive, and
FRACTIONAL townships twenty-eght, twenty nine,
thirty, and thirty-one, of range four.
Townships twenty to twenty-four inclusive, and
township twenty seven, 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 use 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-seyenth 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 are sooner disposed off, and no
longer and no private entries of land in the town.
ration Of the two weeks.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washing
ton, this twenty-hflh day Of February, ammo Domi-
nj one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President:
JAMES SHIELDS
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Notice TO pre-emption 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, as
soon 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 designated) otherwise such claim
will be forfeited,
JAMES SHIELDS,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
June 9-lawl0w