The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-06-16
BY the President of the United States.

BY the President of the United States.
TN pursuance of law. i, WILLARD 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 ,cest If the ffh 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 cast Of the fin 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 ,rest Of the fin 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 6fth 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,rest Of the Gfh 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 first day of September
next, for the disposal of the public lands in thefol
lowing named tracts on and near Cypress lake, viz
North Of The base line and ,cest Of The fin principal
meridian
The south half of section eight, the south half Of
ten, fractional sections fourteen and fifteen, the
north half OF scvontsen the east half of twenty one
twenty two, the north half and southwest quarter OF
twenty three, the northwest quarter of twenty
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 "thosc
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 respectively
under the act entitled can act to enable the State
OF Arkansas and other States to reclaim the sswamp
lands within their limits" approved September
2Sth, 1850 ,piu be excluded from The sales And no
locations for land bounties heretofore granted bv
any law oil Congress Tor military services rendered
to the United States tciN be peraitfed on anu of The
aboUe mentioned idnos, provided by the act emit
tied Gan 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 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 adj.
mrtted 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. BUTTERFIKLp,
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 pars