The republic., 1851-06-06
BY the President of the United states.

ny the FreSiQcmt Oh the united St0teSs
TN pursuance of law, i, WILLARD FILLMORE,
j 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 ,cest Of The fifth principal
meridian.
Township two, of range three.
Township two. of range four.
Fractional township fourteen, north of White
river, Of range nine.
North Of the base line and east Of the Gf 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 ,cest Of the ih 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 ff principal
meridian.
Sections thirteen, twenty three twenty -four, and
twenty five, east Of the st. Francis river, in town
| ship three, of range four.
Township nine, OF range seven.
South Of the base line andtoe Of the JfM principal
meridian.
Township four and part Of an island in sections
thrtytwo ndthirty three, in township thirteen, OF
range one.
AT the Land Office at LITTLE ROCK, com
mcncing on Monday, the fret 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 ,oest 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 two the north half and southwest quarter Of
twenty three, the northwest quarter oftwenty six
and the west half of the northeast quarter of TWEEN
ty.scven, in township three, of range fourteen.
Lands appropriated by ls for the use of schools,
military and other purposes, together with "those
swamp and overfowed 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 can act TO enable the State
of Arkansas and other States TO reclaim the Swamp
lands within their limits" approved September
2Sth, 1850, tciH be excluded from The sales. And
locations for land bounties heretofore granted by
any law OF Congress for military services rendered
to the United States, triu be peraiffed any Of the
atore mentioned lands, as provided by the act enti
tied can act making appropriations for the civil
and diplomatic expenses Of Government" &C., APP
proved Sd 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 advertised
with all convenient despatch, until the whole shall
have been offered, and the sales thus closed; but
sale shall be kept open longer than two weeks,
and pivatc entry of any of the lands will be ad-
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 ffty-one.
WILLARD FILLMORE.
BY the President,
j. BUrTgRrIELp,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE-. EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled TO the right of pre-. cmption
10 any Of the lands within the Townships and parts