Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-12-28


STATES.
TN pursuance OF law, |, JAMES X. POLK,
j President of The United States of America, do
hereby declare and make known, that public sales
will be held al the aforementioned Land Offices in
the Stale Of Missouri, at the periods hereinafter
designated, 10 wit: -
Al The Land Office at SPRINGFIELD, COM
mencing on Monday, the seventeenth day OF ia
nuary next for The disposal OF The public lands
within the aforementioned townships and part Of
a township, viz:
North of base line and ,ocst Of lie fM principal
meridian
Townships twenty-five, twenYsix, ,wenty-se-
ven, and twenty Eight, OF range sixteen.
Townships twenty-five, twen'ysix, and thirty
four, Of range seventeen.
Township ,wenty-tour, OF range eighteen
The fractions OF sections three and four, west
Of While R.uer, Of township twenty-five, and
townships twenIy-ltree ami twenI7-tour, of range
nineteen.
The fraction Of township twenty-five, cast Of
While Rlucr, and townships twertythree, twenty
five and twen,y.six, of range twenty.
Townships twenty-five and twenty-five, OF
range tweny-one.
Township twenty-five, Of range twenty four.
A, The Land Office al CLINTON, commenc-
| ing on Monday the tweniy-iourlh day OF Janu-
airy next, Tor lhe'disposal Of the public lands with
in the aforementioned townships, yiz
North ofAc base line and ,uest Of he El principal
| meridian.
Township thirly-eisht, of range thirteen.
Townships lhrly.ive, lhinysx and lhirly-se-
ven, of range seventeen.
Al The Land Office at PLATTSBURG, COM
mencing on Monday, the lhirly.frStday Of Janu.
airy next, for the disposal of The public lands with
in The following townships and fractional town.
ships, viz:
NORTH OfLac base line anil ,oest Ct The fM principal
| nleridLan.
Fractional township sixty, and the east half OF
township sixty one, OF range lhiry.ninc.
Fractional township sixty, and townships Six
ty.five, and six,y-six, Of range forty.
At the Land Office al JACKSON, commence
ing on Monday the seventeenth day Of January
next, for the disposal of the public lands within
The following townships, and parts OF townships,
| viz:
North of Tie base line and east Of The ffh princi-
palmerldian.
Township twenty.seven, OF range eight.
Sections one. Two, eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, iwenly-hree, twen,y-iour, twenty-five,
twenty six, lhirY-Gve and lhiry-six, in town.
ship wenly-iour, and sections one, two, eleven,
Twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-five
twenty three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty
six, The fraction OF section twenty.seven east OF
| "FiA Lake." sections thirty-fve and lhir,y-six
in.township twenty-five, OF range nine.
| The east halves of sections three, ten, fifteen,
twenty-five, twenty-seven, and lhiIty.iour and
| fractional section fourteen, all on the west bank
of Lake Nic-comy, in township tweny-lhree and
the east halves of sections three, ten, fifteen
twenty-five, twenly-seven, and lhiTty-iour, wesI
of said lake, in township lwenly.iour, of range
len.
Township twenty-five of range eleven.
At The Land Office at PALMYRA, commenc.
| ing on Monday, the twenty fourth day OF January
next, for the disposal Of the public lands within
the aforementioned fractional township, 10 wit
North ofhe base line and lcest OF theftA principal
meridian.
Fractional township sixly.seven, (excepl the
west halt OF the southwest quarter oil section twen
ly.two, The west half of the southeast quarter
and the west half of the southwest quarter oil
section lweniy-nire, and the west half OF The
southeast quarter and the west half OF the north.
west quarter of section lhirly-two) OF range len.
L1nds appropriated by law for the,use OF schools
military or other purpose, will be excluded from
the sales.
Tae offering of the lands will b. commenced
on the days appointed, and proceed in The same
order in which they are advertised, with all con-
venient dispatch until the whole shall have
been offered, and the sales thus closed. But nc
sale shall be kept open longer than two weeks,
and no private entry of any Of the lands will be
admitted until after the expiration OF The Two
weeks.
GIVEN under my hand al The city Of Wash
inslon, this eleventh day OF October, Ammo Do
mini one thousand eight hundred and forty seven
BY the President:
JAMES K. POLK.
RICHARD M. YOUNG,
| Gnx, .io,,cr nj liz GsencrnL I.naL (lMce.