The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-07-23

BY the President OF the United States.
| IN pursuance of law, !, WILLARD FILLMORE,
a. President of the United States of America, do
hereby declare and make known that public sales
VIII 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, commend.
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 tUest 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 t principal
meridian.
Township fifteen, of range two
Fractional townships eleven and twelve, of range
six.
At the Land Office at CHAMPAGNoLE, COM
menclDg 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 ,Dest 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, east of the St. Francis river in town
ship three, of range four.
Township nine, Of range seven.
South Of The base line and ,oest Of the fifth principal
meridian.
Township four and part of an island in sections
thiry-two and thirty three, in township thirteen of
range one.
AT the Land Office at LITTLE ROCK com
mencing 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 aud ioest 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 cast half of
twenty-five the north half and southwest quarter Of
twenty three, the northwest quarter of twenty-six
and the west half of Che northeast quarter of TWEEN
ty seven, III 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
Tor 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
18th, 1850, mill be excluded from the sales And no
locations for land bounties heretofore granted bv
any law OF Congress for military services rendered
TO the United States mill be permitted on anu of the
above mentioned lands, as provided by the emit
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 arc 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
mitted 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. BuTTERFIELp,
Commissioner of the General Land Office
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NOTICE TO PRE- EMPTIoN CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right Of pre- emption
TO any Of the lands within the townships and parts