The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-01
Nv the Prcsident of tho United States.

by the President or United States.
TN pursuance of act of Congress- approved the
eleventh day of July 1896 entitled An act to authorize
the President Of the United States to sell the reserved min
tories of Wisconsin and Iowa, supposed TO contain lead
ore" JAMES POLK President of the r limited States ,hs
public sale viii be held the land office ut MINERAL
MoNpAY s rw nslrio urh day Of May next for the dis
poa OF the following sections and parts OF sections OF land
heretofore reserved from sale as embracing valuable lead
West Of The fourth principal meridian
Pas of sections six even eight, nine, ten, twelve wen
y,fve, wenyeighi, twenty nne thirty, thry,two. and
hirtyhfee in township one; sections six and eight and
parts Of sections and thyone in township two
sections fifteen, seventeen, nineteen twenty twenty-nne
thirty and and Of sections fourteen
eight hirywo, thryfour, and thirty-fve, in township
three sections twelve, thirteen weniyour neriiyseven
ana thry,tor and parts OF sections seven, eight fourteen
oeh and eighteen, in township four sections nine, en
fifteen, Twenty-Five, twenysix wentysevcn thir,y-four,
and thiry-tve, in township five; section eight, and
six, in township six; section tweny-six and parts Of
sections thirty-our and thirty six, in township seven
one sections twenty thirty three and thirty-ss
fractional sections tweny-nne and thirty-two ON the
main land and parts sections twelve and twenty
five, in township section twenty, and parts of sections
sx seven nineteen n nsr,o nnJ
parts of sections nine, thirty, and thirtyonc in township
and thiy-two, township four; and section twenyfonr
in township five, all OF range two; sections three and
sections ,wenty-seven thy-iour. and thrty-five, and
parts of sections thirteen twenty three went-iour twenty
five, tweny-six thirty three, and thriysx, in township
three and part of section thirty, in township four, all Of
range three; part of section twenty, in township three;
sections twenty, tweny-nne and thirty and parts OF sec
tons eight seventeen, eighteen, nleeen, and twenty
eight, in township four and part OF section weniyeigh
in township seven, all Of range our section twentyone
and parts of sections six and twenty, IN township thce
twenty nine thirty -four, hirtyve, and hirtysix, In
ship four; and part of section fourteen in township five all
East Of The fourth principal meridian.
Sections four, eight nine twenty, twenty.four, twenty
five, seven, ten eleven, twelve thirteen lourteen fiji
teen, seventeen eighteen nineteen, twenty one twenty
thirty hiriywo, ,hrty-ihree and thirty four township
parts of sections twenty live, thirty -one fhrywo
ship parts OF sections twenty twenty-nine, and thirty
five, in township hree parts OF sections one and twenty
one, township four section thirty and parts OF sections
twenty five wentv.seven rwenty-nine thirty
sections three four and nine, and parsot sections five and
e s twenty .nne and thirty three and parts Of sections
twenty, and thirty Hour, in township seven all OF
ten eleven twelve thirteen and twenty and parts oisecton
five, fourteen, fifteen, seventeen eighteen nineteen
twentyone, twenty-five tweny-tlee thirty, thirtyone
rhry-two thirty three, and hirtysix, in township one
twenty five, tweny-six twentyseven, twenty
eight tweny-nine, thirty, thirty three, try-four, thirty
ve aud hirtysix and parts Of sections two, hirtyon
and rtywo in township two; parts Of sections eleven
and thirty, in township three parts OF sections one two
four, five and twelve, in township four sections
thirteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, wentyon
and rtysix and parts sections ourteen teen twenty
try-two thirty three, and hirty-fve, in township five
sections twenty and twenty-one, and parts OF sections
township six, all of range wo parts of sections six and
twenyeigh, in township ones sections thirty and thirty
twenty-five and tlry-sx, in township two; sections five
and seventeen, and parts of sections, four nne ten four
teen, fifteen, eighteen twenty, tvenyfour, and twenty
nne in township three sections five six, eight and TWEEN
twenty-five and trty-three, in township tdur sections
fve seventeen eighteen, nineteen, twenty th
y-one aud thirtywo, and parts OF sections eight ten,
txyeu
ship five sections fifteen and Twenty-Five and parts OF Sec
tons thirteen seventeen twenty-one, twenty. -four, twenty
seven twenty-cig, thythree and thrtyiour, in town
slip and parts of sections twenty and tweny-nne in
onshp one sections nineteen and twenyiour and
parts sections three, ten twelve, thirteen and eighteen
three parts sections fourteen, nineteen, twenty, TWEEN
three thirty and in township four par Of se
wentysx, and parts OF sections five, nnc eleven, hieen
eng thirty and thirtyiwo, in town
ship six, all of range four; parts OF sections eight seven
and twenty and parts of sections four, eighteen, and
nineteen, township two; parts OF sections four and thirty
and parts sections eleven nineteen, twenty wentynine
and thirty in township four and sections onc two and eigh
een and twenty-five in township six all OF range
ve section eleven and part OF section eght IN
three and parts Of sections ve six seven, eight eighteen
thirty in ownsbp six, all of range six parts Of sections
we three, eleven, hirteen and tweny-egh in town
ship two; and part section thirty four in township three
all of range seven part of section four, in township three
parts of sections swcny-seven hIrtyour and thirtyve
in township four and par, of section seven in township
seven, all OF range eight
All quarter quarter sections of the above lands cover
ed in whole in part by those mining leases which shall
be determined by the day fixed for the commencement
of the sale, will be excluded thereiorm.
Presumption claims will be allowed to any of the
above lands until after they have been offered at public
SALE and become subject private entry and all OF such
lands contain mines of lead actually dis
covered and being worked, will be sold in such legal sub
division subdivisions will include such mine mines,
at not less than dollars and fifty cents per
The sale will be kept open for weeks (nnless the
lands disposed oi) and longer; and no pr-
entries OF land in the sections and parts 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 act, have caused the
Commissioners of the General Land Office to publish with
this proclamation brief description OF the mineral region
in which these lands lie, and of the lands offered for
SALE which has been prepared from official documents and
other means of information.
Given under my hand the city of Washington, this
twentieth day of November ammo Domin thousand
eight hundred and forty-six.
JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President:
JAMES IL. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner OF the General Land Office.
The lands embraced by the above proclamation OF the
President of the United States contain many OF the mo
valuable lead mines actually opened and worked which