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make payment therefor az soon as practicable Gfi.
seeingfhis notice, and before the day appointed 70
the commencement of the public sale of the land
embracing the tract claimed, otherwise sue
-" :, - J. BUTTERFIELD.
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
May 2-lawl3w
BY the President or the United states.
TN pursuance of law, I MILLARD FILLMORE
i President of the United States Of America, d.
hereby make known and declare, that public sale
will be held at the undermentoncd Land Offices il
the State of ofILLINOlS, at the periods hereinafter
designated, 70 wit:
Atths Land Office at QUINCY, commencing or
Monday the fourth day Of August next, for the dis
posal of the public lands situated in the following
sections and parts of sections, to wit:
North Of the base line and sosst Of the fourth principe
| meridian.
All the lands, together with the islands and parts
of slands in the Mississippi river, lying west Of the
east bank of slough, being parts Of fractional
tions three, ten, eleven, fourteen. fftecn twenty
two twenty three, twenty six, twenty seven, thir
ty-four. and thirty FIVE, in township twelve, o.
\ range fire. ~ sug
Sections eight nine; the west half. the west hal
of the norheast quarter and west half of the south
east quarter Of ten and sections fifteen seventeen
| twenty, twenty -one, twenty-five, twenty nine
and thirty two, Except the northeast quarter oil
| s~~ssAf
nine.
Al the Land Office at DIXON, commencing on
Monday the sixth day of October next. for the sale
of the public lands situated in the following named
sections and parts Of sections,viz:
North Of the base line and icest Of the fourth principal
| fa meridian.
Islands numbered one and two in township twen-
| ty-eght, OF range one.
Wilson's island, IN the Mississippi river, in see.
tions thirty-fvc and thirty six, in township eigh-
| N,
Part of island A. and Islands b. C, d, E, F. G, H,
and in the Mississippi river, in township seven
teen, of range three.
Part Of island A, and islands b, C, d, E, F, and
G. in the Mississippi river, in township seventeen,
| of range four. et
All the land. together with an island in the Mia
sissipp river, lying east of slough being parts o
fractional sections five, (south of Edwards river
eight, nine, ten, fifteen, and twenty two. and an
island in sections twenty seven and thirty four In
township thirteen; and isands and b. and an
island in sections thirty five and thirty ak in the
Mississippi river, in township seventeen, of range
Ave.
| An island and parts of islands, in sections FIVE
| and eight, in township fourteen; the islands and
parts OF islands in sections three, twenty onc TWEEN
eight twenty nine, thirty and thirty three,
IN township fifteen; and fractional section fourteen
/ Except lot seven,) and fractions island Of
| sections fourteen, twenty-five, Except lot two,)
twenty seven, Except lots three, five, and six
and thirty four Except lots three and four) all in
the Mississippi river, in township sixteen, of range
six.
North Of the base line and east of the fourth principal
meridian.
| An island in Rock river in sections seventeen and
eighteen, in township seventeen, OF range one.
| Sections eighteen to thirty six inclusive in town.
ship twenty seven, Of range four
North Of the base line and east Of the third principal
| meridian.
! An island in Rock river in section twelve, in
township forty six, Of range one.
| Three ANAL Islands in Rock river in sections
thirty and thirty-two, in township forty-six, of
AZ the Land Office at EDwARDSvILLE, COM
mencing on Monday, the eleventh day of August
next for the disposal of the public lands in the fol-
lowing named sections and parts Of sections to wits
North Of the base line and cest Of the third principal
i meridian.
The southwest quarter and the west half and
southeast Of the southeast quarter Of section three;
the east half of the southwest quarter and the east
half and southwest quarter of the southeast quar-
of four; the southwest quarter, the west half OF
the northeast quarter and west half Of the south
east quarter of eight the northeast quarter Of Mines
the west half and southeast quarter, and the west
half and southeast quarter Of the northeast quarter
of ten; the west half and northeast quarter, and
the west half of the southeast quarter OF fifteen;
the west half and northeast quarter Of the north
quarter of seventeen; the east half and south
west quarter, and the cast half Of the northwest
quarter of twcnty-one; the west half and north
east quarter Of twenty two; the north half of the
northwest quarter of twenty eight; the south half
of twenty nine; the east half and southwest quar-
Of the southeast quarter of thirty the northeast
quarter of thirty one; the south half and northeast
quarter, and the half and northwest quarter of
the northwest quarter of thirty two; in township
twelve, of range thirteen.
| At the Land Office at DANvILLE, commencing
on Monday, the eighteenth day of August next for
the disposal of the public lands within the follow
ing named sections, to witt
North of the base line and east Of the third principal
aN meridiun.
| The westernmost tiers Of sections numbered six,
seven eighteen, nineteen, thirtyand thirty one, in
each Of the townships twenty six, twenty seven,
| and twenty eight. of range seven.
| At the Land Office at CHICAGO, on Monday, the
sixth day of October next, for the disposal ofthe pub
lie lands small island In the Illinois river, in
ton thirty two, in township thirty FOUR north of
| range eight east of the third principal meridian.
Fractional sections thirteen fourteen and twenty
| three, north Of Lake Kalamick and the old Indian
| boundary line in township thirty seven, north Of
range fourteen east Of the third principal meridian
Atthe Land Ofice at SPRING FIELD, on Monday,
the first day of September next for the disposal Of
| the public lands on small island in the Illinois
river in sections eleven and fourteen, in township
seventeen north of range thirteen west of the third
principal meridian.
Lands appropriated by law for schools military,
and overfowed lands made unfit thereby for culti-
vation," If any, which shall be selected by the
State authorities before the days appointed for the
commencement of the public sales respectively
Stotc
Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp
land within their limits," approved September 2S,
1850, uciu be excluded from the sales.
And no locations for land bounties heretofore
granted BY any law of Congress for military SER
vices rendered to the United States soil be permit
ted any Of the above mentioned lands as provided
by the act entitled can act making appropria-
tons for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Gov
ernment," &C., approved I'd March, 1881.
The offering Of the lands will be commenced
the daya appointed, and proceed in the order in
which they are advertised, with all convenient
despatch, until the whole shall have been offered,
but no sale shall be kept open longer than two
weeks, and private entry Of any Of the lands
will be admitted until after the expiration of the
two weeks
Given under my hand at the city of Washing
tom this twenty eighth day OF April Ammo Domini
one thousand eight hundred and ffty.one
By the President;
MILLARD FILLMORE.
j. BuTTERriELp, t aafi
Commissoner Of the Gcnernl Land Office