The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-06-03

BY the President OF tho United states.
TN pursuance of law, !, WILLARD FILLMORE,
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.
ing on Monday, the first day Of September next
for the disposal of the public lands situated within
the undermcntioned townships and fractional town
ships, viz
North of the base linz and oesf 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 sast Of the fifth principal
meridian.
Township fifteen, Of range two.
Fractional townships eleven and twelve, of range
six.
At the Land Office at CTIAMPAGNoLE, 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 tcsst of the fifth principal
meridian.
Townships eleven and fourteen, of range seven
Township eleven, of range eighteen.
At the Land Office at HELENA, commencing on
Monday. tho eighteenth day of August next, for
the disposal of public lands within the following
North of the base line and east Of the fifth principal
Sections thirteen, twenty three twenty four, and
twenty fve east of the ST. Francis river, town
ship three, of range four.
Township nine, OF range seven.
South of the base line and ,yesi Of the Gih principal
meridian.
Township four and part of an island in sections
thirty two and thirty three, in township thirteen,
range ono.
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 and tcest of the fifth principal
meridian.
The south half of section eight the south half OF
ten, fractional sections fourteen and fifteen, the
north half of seventeen the east half of twenty
Twenty-Five the north half and southwest quarter OF
twenty three, the northwest quarter of twenty six
and the west half of the northeast quarter of TWEEN
ty.s seven, in township three, of range fourteen.
Lands appropriated by law for the OF schools,
military and other purposes, together with "those
swamp and overlooked 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 respec lively,
under tho act entitled can act 10 enable the State
Of Arkansas and other States TO reclaim the swamp
lands within their limits" approved September
2Sth, 1850, tciU be excluded from, the sales And no
locations for land bountics heretofore granted by
to the United States, tolI be permitted any of the
abops mentioned Iands, provided by the emit
tied "An act making appropriations for the civil
and diplomatic expenses Of Government" &c. ap-
proved Sd Mach, 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
no sale shaIl 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-onc.
WILLARD FILLMORE.
BY the President:
J. BUrrgnFfKLD,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE- .EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled TO the right Of pre- emption
10 any Of the lands within the townships and parts