The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-18
BY the President of the United states.

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IN pursuance OF law, |, JAMES X POLK,
Il President Of the United States Of America, do
hereby declare and make known that public sales
VIII be held al the aforementioned land Offices, in
The State OF MISSISSIPPI, at the periods herein
after designated, 10 wit!
Al the Land Office at GRENADA, commencing
on Monday the twenty-hfth day of May next, for
lhe disposal OF the public lands within the under
mentioned townships and fractional townships viz:
North o. the base line, and east Of the ChOetaD me
rididR.
iownshpstwenty-one, twenty-tw ,twenty-three,
twenty 'hye, lweny-six twenty-seyen and fraction
al township twenty-eght, of range one.
Townships twenty-five, twenty six and fraction
al townships twenty-seyen, and twenty eight, Of
range two.
Fractional townships twenty-six, and TWENTY
seven, of range three.
Fractional township twenty-six, of range four.
Township twenty-three, and fractional township
twenty-four, Of range seven
North Of the base line, and Usa Of the ChOetato
Tidian.
Townships twenty-three to twenty nclu-
slye, and fractional townships twenty-eight and
twenty-nlne, OF range one.
Townships twenty, twenty-one, twenty-three,
twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-seyen, twenty
eight, and fractional townships twenty-nlne and
thirty, Of range two.
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 70 est Of the ChOeiai0
rididn.
Townships twenty to twenty. nine inclusive, and
fractional townships thirty aud thirty-one, Of range
three.
Townships twenty to twenty seven inclusive, and
fractional townships twenty-eight, twenty nine,
thirty, and thirty-one, Of range four.
Townships twenty TO twenty-four inclusive, and
township twenty seven, Of range Ave.
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
At the land office at AUGUSTA, commencing on
Monday, the fifteenth day of June next for the dis
posa Of the public lands in the following townships
and fractional townships, to wit!
South of the thryst degree Of north latitude and wesi
Of The mtridiGn
Fractional townships one to seven inclusive, adj
joining the Alabama line, Of range four.
Townships one two, three, five, and the four
western tiers Of sections in townships six, Of range
FIVE.
Township two, Of range six.
Townships four, FIVE, and six, of range eight.
Township six, of range nine.
Township seven, except sections twenty-nine to
thiry-two inclusive, Of range twelve.
Fractional township ten, Of ranges fifteen and six
teen
Township FIVE, and fractional township eight, Of
range seventeen.
The west halfof the northeast quarter Of section
nine in township five, OF range eleven.
| At the land Office at JACKSON, commencing on
Monday, the first day Of June next, for the sale OF
| the following tracts, 10 wit
North Of The base line and wsSt Of the Choelno me
ridian.
Lots numbered three and four, in section twenty
eight on island number eighty eight, in the Msss-
| sppi river, township fifteen, Of range nine.
Lots numbered ten, eleven, twelve, and thirteen,
| in section twelve township three, of range one.
| At the land Office at WASHINGTON, CON-
mencing on Monday, the fifteenth day Of June next
for the disposal Of the following tracts, being chiefly
| forfeited and rellnqulshed lands under the credit
system, viz:
.Norihof the base line and east of the meridian
Fractional section slxty-rhree, in township eleven
and section thirty, on an island in the Mississippi
river, in township fourteen, of range one.
| The northeast quarter Of section thirty-four, In
township FIVE, Of range two
The northwest quarter of section ffty-three, ii
township one, of range three.
The northeast quarter Of section seven, in town.
ship nine, OF range four.
The east half of the northwest quarter Of section
twenty-one, in township three, Of range six.
The northwest quarter Of section thrty-three, in
township seven, of range eleven.
North Of the base line and ,ctst Of the meridian.
| two, Of range one.
Fractional section two, in township FIVE, Of range
| four.
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-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 are sooner disposed of,) and no
longer; and no private entries of land in the town.
ships so offered will be admitted until after the expi-
| ration of the two weeks.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washing
ton, this twenty-ffth day of February, ammo Domi-
nj one thousand eight hundred and forty-slx.
JAMES X. POLK.
| BY the President:
JAMES SHIELDS,
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