The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-11-18
BY the President of the United States.

TN pursuance OF law, l. JAMES X. POLK President OF
the United States of America, do hereby declare and
mentioned land Offices in the STATE OF LOUISIANA,
the periods hereinafter mentioned, to wit
At the land office at OPELOUSAS, commencing on
Monday the fourteenth day of February next for the dis
posa of the public lands which no private claims are
alleged, within the aforementioned townships ana ifac
tional townships, viz:
South of base line aud east of the principal meridian
Townships five and thirteen, of range four.
Township twelve, and sections three, four, ve six,
seven eight nne ten, eleven seventeen eighteen nine
teen twenty FOUR twenty five, thirty hiryone, and thirty
six in township thirteen, OF range hve
fractional township eleven, OF range six.
Townships ten, eleven, and twelve, OF range seven
Fractional townships, en eleven, twelve, and thirteen,
Township fourteen, of range nine.
fractional township thirteen south of the lake. and frac
tonal townships fourteen and fifteen, of range
Fractional township fifteen, south OF Grand Lake, OF
range eleven
Fractional township hiteen south Oh Grand Lake, OF
range twelve.
South of the base line and est of the principal meridian
Fractional township fifteen, of range nine.
AT the Land office at NATCHITOCHES, commencing on
Monday the twenty first day OF February next for the dis
posa Of the public lands to which no "pryae claims are
alleged, within the aforementioned townships and irac-
tonal townships, viz:
North of The base line and cest of the principal meridian
Fractional townships thirteen and fourteen, north of Red
river, of range eleven
Section one the north half and southeast quarter of
ton weve the half Except the southwest quarter OF
the southeast quarte OF section thirteen and fractional
section twentylour, in fractional township fourteen, OF
range twelve.
Fractional townships sixteen and seventeen, south oil The
"Cirapps reservation, of range thirteen.
Township sixteen, OF range fourteen.
Township sixteen, of range fifteen
At the land office a, OUACHITA, commencing on Mon
day. twenty day of February next for the dspo-
sal of the public lands to which private claims al
legged within the aforementioned townships and fraction
al townships viz:
North of the base line and east Of the principal meridian
Fractional townships three and four, north of Red river
of range five.
six.
Sections one two three ten, eleven twelve, thirteen
fourteen, and twenyfonr, in township sixteen OF range
thirteen.
Island numbered one hundred and three. in the Missssp
ri river, in township seventeen of range fourteen
Island numbered ninetyve in the Mississippi river in
township twenty, of ranges thirteen and fourteen.
Lands appropriated by law for the of schools military
or other purposes, will be excluded from the sales.
The offering of the lands will be commenced the days
appointed and proceed in the order in which they
are advertised with all convenient despatch, until the
whole shall have been offered and the sales thus closed
But shall be kept open longer than two weeks and
no private entry any of the lands will be admitted unit
after the expiration of the two weeks
Given under my hand at the city of Washington, this
third day of November ammo Domni thousand eight
hundred and forty seven.
BY the President: JAMES X. POLK.
RICHARD M. YOU'VE,
Commissioner OF the General Land Office.