The republic., 1851-06-13
j. BUTTERFIgLD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.

WILLARD FILLMORE.
BY the President:
j. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE- EAiPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of Temp
ton to any Of the landc within the townships and
parts Of townships above enumerated, Ia required
to establish the same to the satisfaction Of the regis
ter and receiver of the proper land office, and make
payment therefor soon as practicable after seeing
this notice. and before the day appointed for the
commenc ement OF the public sale Of the lands en-
bracing the tract claimed; otherwise such claim
will be forfeited.
]. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
May l3-lawl3w
by the President of the United States.
TN pursuance Of law, /, 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 icest Of The fh 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 ei ghty- one,
Of 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
aforementioned townships to wit
North of the base line and tDest of the fifth principal
meridian.
Township seventy, of range thirty.
Township seventy, OF range thrty-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:
small island in sections seventeen and eigh-
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 useof schools,
military and other purposes, together with "those
swamp and overilowed lands made unfit thereby
for cultivation" 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 "An act to enable the State
Of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp
lands within their limits" approved September
2sth, 1885, ioiH be excluded from the sales And no
locations for land bountics heretofore granted by
any law OF Congress, for military services render
ed to the United States, toiH be permitted any of
the above mentioned lands, as provided by the act
titled San act making appropriations for the civil
and diplomatic expenses oil Government" Sc, 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 sale shall be kept open
longer than two weeks, and private entry of any
of the lands will be admitted until after the expira-
ton of the two weeks.
Given under my hand at the city of Washina
ton, this sixth day of May, Ammo Domini thol~
sand eight hundred and fifty-onc
MILLARD FILLMORE.
BY the President:
j. BUrTKRFIELp,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.