Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-28
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

.s Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
TN pursuance ofaw, 1, MILLARD FILLMORE, President
of the United States of Amerca do hereby make known
and declare that public sass win be held the undermen
toned Land Offices in the State Of ILLINOIS, at the periods
At the Land Office at QUINCY, commeneing on Mon
day. the ourhday Of August next for the disposal OF the
public ands situated in the following sections and parts Of
sections, to wits
North Of the base ne and ,oest Of the fourth principal
neridiGn
All the lands together with the islands and parts of islands
in the Mississippi lying west of the east bank OF soug
being parts Of fractional section three in township ELEvEN,
and Of fractional sections three, te eleven ouree fteen,
@ snd IL sovn.sp twelve. i've
Sections eight nine the west half the west half Of the
northeast quarter and half of the southeast quarter Of
tytwo twenty nine and thrtywo except the northeast
quarter Of the southeast quarter township two OF range
nine.
AT the Land Office at DIXON, commencing Monday,
the sixth day October next the sale of the public lands
situated in the following named sections and parts Of sections
viz:
North Of the base line and ees Of the fourth principal
Islands numbered and two, in township OF
Wilson'S island in the Mississippi river in sections thirty
FIVE and thirty township eighteen, Of range two
Part Of island A, and islands B. c. d, E, F, and
in the Mississippi in township range
Is
Mississippi river, township seventeen ofrange four
All the land together with island the Mississippi river
Ct being snd
y.two and island in sections twenty and
in township thirteen and islands and B and island in
sections thryfve and thrysx, in the Mississippi ver IN
township seventeen of range FIVE.
An island and parts Of ands in sections hve and eight IN
township fourteen the siands and parts OF
three twenty zone, twenteght twenty nines ana
thirty three in township fifteen and fractional section four
teen exceptlo seyen and fasous island OF sestons
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and four all in the Mississippi river IN township O
range six.
North Of the base line and east Of the fourth principal
meridian .".
An island in Rock river sections seventeen and eighteen
in township seventeen of range one.
Sections eighteen thysx inclusive, in township TWEEN.
ty-sevsn, Of range four. .".
North ofe base line and east of the third principal meridian.
An island in Rock section twelve, in township forty
six, of range one.
Three small islands in Rock river in sections thirty and
thirty-two, in township forty-six, OF range two
AT the Land Office at EDWARDsVILLE, commencing
Monday the eleventh day August next for the disposal
of the public lands the following named sections and parts
OF sections to wit:
North ethe base line and ws't The third principal me'
dian.
The southwest quarter and the west half and southeast Of
the southeast quarter of section hree the east half OF the
southwest quarter and the half and southwest quarter OF
the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter the west
half the northeast quarter and west halt OF the southeast
ter OF the northeast quarter OF nine the west halt and
southeast quarter and the half and southeast quarter OF
the northeast quarter the west half and northeast
ter and the half Of the southeast quarter OF fifteen
vest half Of northeast quarter OF the northwest o.
half Of the northwest quarter Of twentyone the west half and
northeast quarter of twenty-five the north half Of the north
west quarter of the south halt OF
the half southwest quarter of the southeast quarter Of
Thirty the northeast quarter of thrt-one the south hall
and northeast quarter and the east halt and northwest
ter of the northwest quarter Of thirty two, in township
twelve, of range thirteen.
At the Land Office in DANvILLE, commencing on Mon
day. the eighteenth day August nex tor the OF
public lands within the following named sections TO WITT
North of the base line and east Of the third principal mei-
The westernmost tiers of sections numbered six,
eighteen, nneteen thirty, and thirty in each OF the
Townships tweny-sx twenty and OF range
the Land Office at CHICAGO, on Monday the 9th day Of
October for the disposal OF the public lands on small
Island in Illinois river in section thywo in township
hirour north Of range eight east OF the third principal
maridian.
Fractional sections thirteen fourteen and twenty hree
north of Lake Kalamck and the the old Indian boundary line
township north Of range fourteen, east Of the
third principal meridian.
first day Of September next for the disposal Of the public lands
small island in the Illinois river in sections eleven and
in township north of thirteen west
Lands appropriated by law for schools military and other
purposes, together with those swamp and everowed lands
made unfit s thereby 70, il which shall Be e.
the Of the public sales respectively under the
act entitled An act to enable the State OF Arkanms and
other States to reclaim the swamp land within their linn
its" approved September 2S 1850, R be excluded from the
sales.
Aud locations for land bounte. heretofore by any
law OF Congress for military services rendered to the United
States will Be permitted amy Of the aboue mentioned lands,
provided BY the act entitled making appropriations
for the civil and diplomatic expenses Of Government
approved Sd March, 1851
The offering Of the lands will be commenced the days
appointed and proceed the order in which they adver'
ed with all convenient Dispatch uu the whole shall have
been offered but sale shall be kept open longer than
weeks and no private entry of OF the lands will be admit
ted until after the expiration Of the two weeks
Given under my hand, the city of Washington, this
day Of April ammo Domni thousand eight
hundred and ifty-on
BY the President: WILLARD FILLMORE.
J. BUTTBRFIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every entitled to the right Of prescription OF
the lands within the townships and parts Of townships above
Is required esabsh the the satisfac