The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-08-04
BY the President of the United states.

BY the President of the United states.
TN pursuance of law, !, WILLARD FILLMORE,
L. 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 ARKANSAS, at the periods hereafter
designated, to wit.
At the Land Office at BATESvILLE, commenc-
ing on Monday, the first day of September next,
for the disposal of the public lands situated within
the aforementioned townships and fractional town
ships, viz:
North Of The base line and tDest Of the fifth principal
meridian
Township two, of range three.
Township two of range four. y sil
Fractional township fourteen north Of White
river, of range nine
North Of the base line and east of the ffh principal
meridian
Township fifteen, of range two.
Fractional townships eleven and twelve, of range
six.
At the Land Office at CHAMPAGNoLE, COM
mencing on Monday, the fifteenth day of Septem-
Der next for the disposal of the public lands within
the aforementioned townships to wit:
South Of the base line and ioest of the fifth principal
meridian
Townships eleven and fourteen, of range seven
teen.
Township eleven, of range eighteen.
At the Land Office at HELENA, commencing on
Monday, the eighteenth day of August next for
the disposal of public lands within the following
named townships and parts of townships, viz:
North Of the base line and east Of the fh principal
meridian.
Sections thirteen, twenty three, twenty -four, and
twenty five, eaet of the ST. Francis river in town
ship three, of range four.
Township nine, of range seven.
South Of The base line and tcest Of he ffh PRINCIPAL
meridian.
Township four and part of an island in sections
thirtytwo and thirty three, in township thirteen of
range one.
At the Land Office at LITTLE ROCK. com:
mencing on Monday, the first day of September
next for the disposal of the public lands in the fol
lowing named tracts on and near Cypress lake. viz:
North Of the base line and ,cest Of the h principal
meridian.
The south half of section eight the south half of
ten, fractional sections fourteen and fifteen the
north half of seventeen the half of twenty-one
twenty-five, the north half and southwest quarter OF
twenty three, the northwest quarter of twenty. six
and the west half of the northeast quarter of TWEEN
~ seven, in township three, of range fourteen
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools,
military and other purposes, together with 'those
swamp and overlooked lands made unfit thereby
for cultivation" if any, which shall be selected by
the State authorities before the days appointed for
the commencement of the public sales respectively
under the act entitled San act TO enable the State
of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the 'swamD
lands within their limits," approved September
2Sth, 1850, tcH be excluded from the sales And no
locations for land bounties heretofore granted by
any law OF Congress for military services rendered
TO the United States, lCiH be permitted on anu of The
ADORE mentioned lands, provided by the act emit
tied can act making appropriations for the civil
and diplomatic expenses Of Government" &c, APP
proved 81 March, 1851.
The offering Of 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
no sale shall be kept open longer than two weeks
and no private entry Of any Of the lands will be adj
united until after the expiration of the two weeks
Given under my hand at the city of Washington,
this sixth day OF May, Ammo Domini one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-one.
WILLARD FILLMORE
By the President
j. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE- EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled TO the right of pre- ption
To any OF the lands within the townships and parts