The republic., 1851-08-05
BY the President of the United states.

TN pursuance of law, I, 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 toest 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 ffh 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 townships to wit;
South Of the base line and ,oest of The th 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-fo four, and
twenty -five 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 1e fifth principal
meridian
Township four and part of an island in sections
thrtytwo and thirty three in township thirteen, of
range
! AT 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 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 east half of twenty one
twenty two, the north half and southwest Of
twenty three the northwest quarter of twenty six
and the west half of the northeast quarter of twen-
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 overfiowed 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 10 enable the State
of Arkansas and other States reclaim the Swamp
lands' within their limits" approved September
2Sth, $780, tciu 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, toi be pernifted any of the
above mentioned lands provided by the act enti-
tied AN act making appropriations for the civil
and diplomatic expenses of Government" &C., ap-
! proved Sd March, 1851
Tho offering of the above mentioned lands will
be commenced on the days appointed, and will
proceed in the order in which they are 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 ad
mtted until after the expiration of the two weeks
Given under my hand at the cityof Washington,
| this sixth day Of May, Ammo Domini one thousand
| eight hundred and ffty-one.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
BY the President:
j. BurTKRFIELD,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE- EMPTIoN CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right Of pre- emption
70 any Of the lands within the townships and parts