Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-12-29
Nv the President of the United States,


TN pursuance Of an act al Congress, approved
i on the lth dav ot July, 1915, entitled "An &c!
10 authorize the President Il The United States 10
sell the reserved mnera! lands in the States "l IL
linois and Arkansas, and Territories .! Wiscon-
sin and Iowa. supposed 10 contain lead ore" /,
JAMES X. POLK, PREsirEST OF THE UNITED
STATES CT AMERICA, do hereby declare and make
known, that public sales oi The lands HERETOFORE
WITHHELD FROM SALE on ACCOUNT CT THE VALUABLE
LEAD MINES THEREIN, will be held al The under
mentioned land offices in the Stale OF ARkAN-
SAS, at The periods hereinafter designated, 10 NJ!
Al The Land Office al BATESVIlLE, COM
mencing on Monday, the | 9Th day OF March next.
for the disposal oil lhe public lands within The
aforementioned townships, viz;
.Norih of the base line ami West Of the i'm prine,-
pal meridian.
Township nineteen, OF range sixteen.
Townships nineteen and twenty, of range Sc
venteen.
A, The Land Office a, FAYETTEVILLE,
commencing on Monday, The 22d day oil March
next, for The disposal OF the public lands within
The aforementioned township 10 wit:
North ofthe base line, AMI Hist of the ffh prin-
opal Meridian.
Townships nineteen and twenty, OF range eish-
teen.
Lands appropriated by law Tor The use oil
schools. military, or other purposes, will lie ex-
cluded from sale; also, all quarter quarter cog
lions, Gil any, covered in whole or in part ~ these
mining leases. which shall not be determined BY
the day fixed for the commencement OF these sales
Prescription claims will no, be allowed 10 any
of the above lands until after Inc same shall have
been offered at public sale, and become subject 10
private entry; and all Of said lands which contain
a mine or mines OF lead ore, actually discovered
and being worked, will be sold in such legal sub
division or subdivisions, as will include such
mine or mines, al mol less than two dollars and
6fty cents per acre.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks
(unless The lands are sooner disposed Of, ami nc
longer; and no private entries If land in The town
ships so offered, will be admitted until after The
expiration Of Two weeks IRON The commencement
Of said sales.
In further execution Of the said act, | have
caused The Commissioner Of the General Land
Office 10 publish with This proclamation, breI
description nt 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 information.
Given under my hand, at The city OF Washing
ton, this eighth day of September, Ammo Domini
one thousand eight hundred and toriy-six.
By the President: JAMES X. POLK.
JAMES H. PIPER, Acting Commissioner
OF The General Land Once.
The mineral lands embraced in the above pro-
clamation OF The President of the United States,
are situated in Marion and Carroll counties, in
The northern par, of the Stale of Arkansas, within
eish, or nine miles Of the west bank OF While
river. which being navigable and a tributary Of
the Mississippi, affords easy and cheap ira nspor,
talion to all The principal markets OF The United
States. As the mineral qualities OF these lanes
have hut recently been discovered, they have moi
vel been thoroughly explored; they have, however
been represented as Astounding in lead ore, OF an
excellent quality. JAMES q. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of The General Land OF.
Ace Sept. 22-cwlSu