The republic., 1851-07-12
BY the President OF the United states.


TN pursuance of law, !, MILLARD 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 fM principal
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 fflt principal
meridian.
Township fifteen, of range two.
Fractional townships eleven and twelve, of range
six.
At the Land Office at CHAMPAGNOLE COM
nencing on Monday, the fifteenth day of Scptem-
ber next for the disposal of the public lands within
the aforementioned townships to wit:
South Of the base line and cest Of the th principal
meridian
Townships eleven and fourteen, of range seven
teen.
Township eleven, of range eighteen.
At the Land Office at HELENA, comrnencinfr 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 IF the ffh principal
meridian.
Sections thirteen, twenty three, twenty four, and
twenty iiye east of the St. Francis river in town
ship three, of range four.
Township nine, of range seven.
South Of The base line and gest Of the h principal
meridian.
Township four and part Of an island in sections
thirty two andthrty three, in township thirteen, of
range one.
- tha Il N l.,
mencing on Monday, the fret day of September
next for the disposal of the public lands in the fol-
lowing named tracts and near Cypress lake, viz:
North Of The base line and ,cest Of The ffh 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
twenty-five, the north half and southwest quarter OF
twentythrec, 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 oyerflowed 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 toiH 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, tcH be peTmitted on any OF the
abore mentioned lands, as 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 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 private entry Of any Of the lands will be adj
nitted ultil after the expiration OF the two weeks
Given under my hand at the city of Washington,
this sixth day Of May, Ammo Domini ono thousand
eight hundred and ffty-one.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
BY the President
J. BUTTERFfELD,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE- EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled TO tho right of pre- empton
to any Of the lands within the townships and parts