Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-04
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

TN pursuance Flaw. l. JAMES K POLK President OF the
United States Of America do hereby declare and make
known that public sales win be held the aforementioned
Land Offices in the State Of IsDIANA the periods herein
after desiguaed for the sale Of the following described and
situated in the late Miami cessons in said State wit
AT the Land Office at INDIANAPOLIS commencing on
Monday the fourth day of September next the disposal Of
the public lands within the aforementioned townships and
fractional townships, 70 Wit:
North ofe base line and east of he second principal me-
Fractional townships twentyone, and twenty
three, the former Great Miami Reserve Of range
Fractional township and townships twenty
and twenty three the former Great Miami Reserve
ranges two three, four, five, and six.
Fractional townships twenty-five and wenythree in the
former g Great Miami Reserve, . of range seven.
Fractional township the former of
two miles the Salamanie river, thr-
teen and fourteen.
AT the Land Office at FORT WAYNE, commencing ON
Monday the eighteenth day Of September for the dspo
sal OF the public lands within the aforementioned
fractional townships TO wit:
North Of The base line and east Of the second principal me-
ridian.
Townships twentyour twenty five, and tweny-sx. and
fractional township twenty the former Great Miami
Reserve of ranges five and six.
Fractional townships twenty four twenty-five twentysx
fractional townships trytree and thirty -four in the former
reserve at g Flat Bey's Village" Of range
of Sx miles square forks ofthe Wa
bash river and fractional townships thirty and thirty
four in the former at Flat Belly Village of range
eight
fractional townships and the
former Of Sx miles at the forks OF the Wa
bash river, and fractional township thryone in the former
reserve at s'Seek's village Of range nine
Fractional township twenty in the former reserve at
"Flat Rock fractional townships twentyeight, twenty
nine aud thirty the former the Mouth of the
Aboe river and the Racoon Village and fractional town
ship hirty-one in the former reserve ut "Seeks
range ten.
Fractional townships twenty-even, tweny-egh twenty
nine and thirty in the former reserves at Flat Rock the
Mouth of the Abote river and the Rscoon Village, Of
range eleven.
haT AhnIte
twelve
: AT the Land Office at WINAMAC, commencing on Mon.
day. twenty fifth day of September next for the disposal
the public lands within the aforementioned townships and
fractional townships TO wit:
North Of The base line and east Of The second principal
ridian.
Fractional townships -four Twenty-Five, and twenty
six, III the former Great Miami Reserve, of range one.
Townships twenty-iour, Twenty-Five and twenty-s and
fractional township the former Great Miami
Reserve Of ranges two and three
Townships tweny-tour, twenty-five, and twenty-sx and
fractional townships and in the for
mer Great Miami the Reserve between Eel
aud Wabash rivers" of range four
Fractional townships and IN the
the Wabash and Eel rivers range
FIVE.
Lands appropriated law for the of schools military
other purposes and the alternate sections granted to the State
of Indiana for the purpose of aiding said State in opening
the Wabash river with those oil
Lake Erie, by the approved I'd March, 1897 together
with which have selected and approved under
the Of soh August 1s42 in lieu Of the portions of said al
sections by individual Indian under
the treaties, will be excluded from the sales.
The lands will not be sold for less price than dollars
per acre. provided by the of the act entitled
IAN grant the right of prescription actual on
the land Acquired by treaty from the Miami Indians in
diana approved the Sd of August 1876. And the Offer
ing of the i'll be commenced the days appointed
proceed ia the order in which they advertised with
all convenient dispatch, until the whole shall have offer
ed and the sales thus closed But sale shall be kept open
longer than weeks, and private entry Of any
lands will be admitted until after the expiration Of the
weeks.
Given under my hand the city Washington this TWEEN
ty-fith day Of May, Ammo Domni one thousand eight
hundred and fort, -seyen.
BY the President JAMES X. POLK.
RIcHARD NJ. You've,
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