The republic., 1851-08-12
BY the President of the United States.

ID thc EESSsUchL Oh OmlGcQ states.
TN pursuance of law, !, WILLARD FILLMORE,
IL 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 ,oest 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 ff 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 ownships to wit:
South Of the base line and toest 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 fifth 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 and NEST Of he ffh principal
meridian.
Township four and part of an island in sections
thirytwo and thirty three, in township thirteen, of
range one.
Al 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 ,oest Of the M 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
nty-three, the northwest quarter of twenty Elk
and the west half of the northeast quarter of TWEEN
ty 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 overtiOwed 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 "An 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 no
-
any law Of Congress for military services rendered
to the United States, cih be permitted any of e
dboue mentioned lands provided by the act enti-
tied can act making appropriations for the civil
and diplomatic expenses of Government" &c, ap-
proved Sd March, 1851.
The offering of the above mentioned lands will
be commenced the days appointed, and will
proceed in the order in which they are advertised
with all convenient dcspatch, until the whole shall
have been offered, and the sales thus closed; hnt
no sale shall be kept open longer than two weeks,
and no private entry Of any of the lands will be adj
mltted 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.onc.
MILLARp FILLMORE.
By the Presidents
j. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office
NOTICE TO PRE- EhfPTfON CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-. emption
To any ofthe lands within the Townships and parts