The republic., 1851-06-11

any law Of Congress, for military services rendered
to the United States, will be permitted any of
the above mentioned lands, as provided by the
act entitled can act making appropriations for the
civil and diplomatic expenses of Government"
&C., approved March 8, 1851
The offering lof the above mentioned lands will
be commenced on the days appointed, and will
proceed in the order in which they are advertised
with all convenient despatch, until the whole shall
have been offered, and the sales thus closed; but
sale shall be keptopen longer than two weeks, and
private entry OF any of the lands will be ad-
mitted until after the expiration of two weeks.
Given under my hand at the city of Washing
ton, this sixth day of May, Ammo Domini one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty one ,, ~, uonr
By the President:
]. BuTrERfIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right Of pre-emp-
tion to any of the lands within the townships and
parts of townships above enumerated, is required
to establish the to the satisfaction OF the regis
ter and receiver Of the proper land oficc and make
payment therefor soon as practicable after seeing
this notice, and before the day appointed for the
commencement of the public sale OF the lands en-
bracing. the tract claimed; otherwise such claim
j. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
May l3-1awl3w
BY tho President OF the United states.
In pursuance Of law, l, WILLARD FILLMORE,
i President Of the United States of America, do
hereby declare and make known that public sales
will be held at the aforementioned land offices in
the State of IOWA. at the periods hereinafter desig-
mated, to wit
AT the Land Office at IOWA CITY, commencing
on Monday, the first day of September next, for
the disposal of the public lands situated in the fol-
lowing named townships, viz
North Of the base line and ,eest Of the fth principal
meridian.
Township seventy nine, Of range twenty nine.
Townships seventy nine and eighty, of range
thirty
Townships seventy nine and eighty, of range
thirty one.
Townships seventy, nine, eighty, and eighty one,
uf range thirty two.
Township eighty one, of range thirty three.
At the Land Office at FAIRFIELD, commencing
on Monday, the fifteenth day of September next,
for the disposal Of the public lands within the un.
dermentoncd townships, to wit:
North of the base line and toest Of the h principal
meridian.
Township seventy, of range thirty.
Township seventy, OF range thirty-two.
Township seventy, of range thirty three
At the Land Office at DUBUQUE, on Monday,
the eighteenth day Of August next for the disposal
Of the following tracts, to wit:
email island in sections seventeen and cigh-
teen, in township eighty two north, of range one
east, and the southeast quarter of section twenty
seven, in township ninety six north, of range nine
west Of the fifth principal meridian.
Lands appropriated by law for the eof schools,
military and other purposes, together with "those
swamp and overflowed lands made unfit thereby
for cultivation, if any which shall be eclected by
the State authorities before the days appointed for
| thecommencement of the public sales respectively,
under the act entitled ''An act to enable the State
of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp
lands' within their limits" approved September,
2Sth 1850, triu be excluded from the sales And no
locations for land bounties heretofore granted by
any law of Congress, for military services render
ed to the United States, tciH be permitted on any of
the aboue mentioned lands, provided by the en-
titled can act making appropriations for the civil
and diplomatic expenses OF Government" &C., ap-
proved Sd March, 1851.
The offering of the lands will be commenced on
the days appointed. and proceed in the order in
which they advertised with all convenient des-
patch, until the whole shall have been offered, and
the sales thus closed; but osae shall be kept open
longer than two weeks, and private entry of any
Of the lands will be admitted until after the cxpra
ton Of the two weeks.
Given under my hand at the city of Washing
ton, this sixth day of May, Ammo Domini one thou
sand eight hundred and ffty-onc.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
BY the President
j. BUTTERrIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.