Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-12
Bv the President of the United States.

TN pursuance of an &C, OF Congress, approved
i on the llta day of July, 1916, entitled IAN act
10 authorize the President OF the United States 10
sell the reserved mineral lands in The States OF IL
linois and Arkansas, and Territories Of Wiscon-
sin and Iowa, supposed 10 contain lead ore" !,
JAMES K. POLK, President OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, do hereby declare and make
known, that public sales OF the lands HERETOFORE
WITHHELD FROM SALE On ACCOUNT OF THE VALUABLE
LEAD MINES THEREIN, will be held al the under
mentioned land Offices in The Stale OF ARkAN-
SAS, al the periods hereinafter designated TO wit:
Al The Land Office al BATESVILLE, COM
mencing on Monday, the 5,h day OF March next,
for the disposal OF the public lands within the
aforementioned townships, viz:
North ofhe base line and West Of the ffh pri'c,-
pal meridian.
Township nineteen, of range sixteen.
Townships nineteen and twenty, of range SC.
venteen
At The Land Office a, FAYETTEVILLE,
commencing on Monday, the 22d day of March
next, for the disposal OF the public lands within
the aforementioned township 10 wit:
North ofMs base line, aud Vest Of tic Eah PRIV
opal Meridian.
townships nineteen and twenty, OF range eigh-
teen.
Lands appropriated by law for The use OF
schools, military, or other purposes, will be ex-
cuded from sale; also, all quarter quarter Sec
tions itany covered in whole or 10 part by those
mining leases, which shall moi be determined by
the day fixed for the commencement oil these sales
Pre-emplion claims will not be allowed 10 any
of the above lands until after the same shall have
been offered at public sale, and become subject TO
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, at not less Than two dollars and
fifty cents per acre.
The sales will each be KEEP, open for two weeks
(unless the lands are sooner disposed off, and no
longer; and no private entries of land in The town.
ships so offered, will be admitted until after the
expiration OF TWO weeks from the commencement
OF said sales.
Ia further execution OF the said act, have
caused the Commissioner Of the General Land
Office 10 publish with This proclamation, brief
description OF 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, al the city OF Washing
ton, this eighth day Of September, Ammo Domini
one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
By The President: JAMES K. POLK.
JAMES H. PIPER, Acting Commissioner
OF the General Land Office.
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 part OF the State Of Arkansas, within
eight or nine miles of the west bank of While
river. which being navigable and tributary of
the Mississippi, affords easy and cheap ira nspor,
tarior to all the principal markets OF the United
States. As the mineral qualities of these LANDS
have but recently been discovered, they have not
vet been thoroughly explored; they have, however,
been represented as abounding in lead ore. of an
excellent quality. JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of The General Land Oh
Ace Sept. 22-cwl8w