The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-17
Nv the President Of IN. United states.

BY the President OF the United states.
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the President of the United States TO sell the reserved min
era lands in the States OF Illinois and Arkansas and Terri
o1e JAMES K PoK Ps.idepni Of the United State ate
public sale VIII be he at the land office s at MINERAL
POINT, in the Territory of Wisconsin, commencing on
pa Of the following sections and parts Of sections OF land
heretofore reserved from sale embracing valuable lead
Wea Of the fourth principal meridian
Parts sections six seven eight nine en twelve TWEEN
Y;ilye tweny-egh, twenty "ine thirty thlItywo' and
pars sections o wo temp and hyne soGa E o
sections fteen nineteen, twenty, twenty nine,
twenryone, twenty-two twenty-five wentysx, twenty
eight, thiytwo thirtyo and thryive, in township
and thirty four parts of seven eight fourteen
hfeen and eighteen in township our sections nine, ten
and hny-six, and parts of sections eleven, fourteen,
fifteen, twenty-five, nentysx, twcnty-sevcn, thry-iour,
and thiriy-iive, in township ivei section eight and
parts Of sections two twenty -four, twenty-five aud thirty
SIX in township six; section wentysix, and parts oil
sections hirtyfour and thirty six in township seven
and section twenty-lour, in township eight all OF range
onej sections twenty-eigh thry-thvce and thiry-sx
fractional sections tweny-nne and ihrty-two on the
main land and parts OF sections two tweve and twenty
fve in township one section twenty and parts OF sections
SIX seven nineteen tweuyeight, thrtyhree, irtyve,
and thirysix, in township wo section hiry-six, and
parts OF sections nine, thirty, and hirtone, in township
and hiriywo, in township four; and section twenty -four,
in township fve all OF range two sections three and
sections twenty-even, thirty and hiriy-ve and
parts fsecons thirteen twenty three tweniou twenty
three and part of section thirty in township FOUR all OF
range three part of section twenty, in township three
sections twenty, eny nine, and thirty; and parts of
lions eight, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty
eight in township Gnr and par, o. section wenyegh
and parts of sections six and twenty township three
tweny-nne hirty-our, ihrty-fve, and ,hiy-sx,
ship ou and part OF section fourteen, in township five, all
OF range five
East of the fourth principal meridian.
Sections four eight, nine, twenty twenty four twenty
six, ntynine, and thrtyone ard of sections
teen. seventeen, eighteen, nneeen twenty one twenty
two, twenty three, wenyfve wenty>seven, twenyegh
one parts of sections twenty five thirty one thy-two
thirythree thirty four thirty five and thrysx, in town.
FIVE township three; parts of sections and twenty
in township fonr section thirty and of sections
twenty-five, twenty-five twenyseven, twenty thirty
one, thirty -four, thirty five and thrtysx, in township
sections three FOUR and nine and sections five and
eight in township six and sections twenty
eight twenty nine, and three, and parts OF sections
nine, twenty and thirty four in township seven, all OF
range sections two, three four six, seven eight nne
en eleven twelve thirteen and twenty and parts
twentyone twenty-five, twenty-tree, thirty, thry-onc
sections twenty i've i@en,yax, iweny-seven, twenty
eight twenty mine, thirty, thry-thrce thiriyour thirty
five and thry-sx parts OF sections two tlry-one
and thry-two township parts of sections eleven
and thirty in township three parts of sections one, two
three, four, ve six, seven, eight nne eleven, twelve
thirteen, seventeen eighteen nncteen twenty twenyone
two, twenyfour, twenty-five wenty-sx, thirty thirty
thirty-two, thythree and thrty-ive in township five
sections twenty and twenty-one, and parts of section
wenty-three, wentyou thirty-tlrce and thirty -four
township SIX all Of range two parts OF sections SIX and
and parts of sections four, six twelve,
twenty-five and thirtysx, in township two sections five
and seventeen and parts of sections four, nne four
teen ftteen, eighteen, twenty tweny-four, and twenty
Weight and parts of sections seven seventeen, twenty
twenty-five and thry-tree, in township iour sections
t-one, and ihiry-wo, and parts Of eight ten,
twenty live, tweny-nne thirty and thrythee, in town
tons thirteen, seventeen twenty-one, twenty twenty
seven, twenty-eist, thrytee and thryfor, in town
township seven range three part nine,
township sections nineteen and tweny-iour, and
parts Of three ten twelve, thirteen, and eighteen
in township part OF section seventeen, in township
three, thirty, and thrty-one in township four part of
fion thyve township five and sections nineteen and
twenysix and parts OF sections ve nine, eleven fifteen
eighteen, tventy-one, twenty-five, tweny-ree,
en-, tweny-eigh thirty-one, and thirtytwo, in town
teen and eighteen, in township sections seventeen
and twenty and parts OF sections 10 four eighteen and
in township three sections wentyseven and twenty-egh
and thirty, in township or; and sections two and egh
teen. and parts of sections eight fourteen
teen, nineteen, and Twenty-Five township all of range
hve section ELEVEN and part Of section eight in township
five; section eleven and parts of section eight in township
twenty-one, twenty-five, twen,y-six, tweny-scvc, and
thirty in township six, all of range six parts of sections
ship two; and part OF section thirty four township three
all of range part of section FOUR in township three
parts OF sections swentyeyen thrytour, and thirty
township four and part of section seven, in township
seven, all OF range eight.
All quarter quarter sections of the above lands,
ed in whole In part by those mining leases which shall
not be determined by the day fixed for the commencement
of the sale. will be excluded therefom.
Presumption claims will not be allowed to any Of the
above lands until after they have been offered at public
sale and become subject TO private entry and all OF such
lands contain mime mines OF lead actually dis
covered and being worked will be sold in such legal sub
division subdivisions will include such mine mines
less than dollars and fifty cents per
The sale will be kept open Tor two weeks, (uness the
lands disposed Off and longer; and p
vate entries OF land in the sections and of sections
offered will be admitted until after the expiration of two
weeks from the commencement of said sale.
In further execution of the said have caused the
Commissioner of the General Land Office publish with
this proclamation brief description of the mineral region
in which these lands lie, and Of the lands offered
sale, which has been prepared from official documents and
other Of information.
Given under my hand at the city of Washington, this
twentieth day of November, ammo Doinni thousand
eight hundred and forty-six.
JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President:
JAMES H. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
The lands embraced by the above proclamation of the
President of The United States many of the
valuable lead mines actually opened and worked which
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