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claim will be forfeited.
j. BUTTERFIELD.
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
May 2-lawl3w
BY the President of the United States.
IN pursuance of law, WILLARD FILLMORE
4 President of the United States Of America, dt
hereby make known and declare, that public sale
will be held at the aforementioned Land Offices il
the State of ILLINOIS, at the periods hereinafter
designated, to wit:
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 ,oss Of the fourth principal
meridian.
All the lands, together with the islands and parts
of islands in the Mississippi river lying west of the
east bank of slough, being parts of fractional
ton three in township eleven, and of fractional sec
tions three, ten, eleven, fourteen. fifteen twenty
two twenty three twenty six, twenty seven, thir
ty four, and thirty five, in township twelve, o
range five.
Sections eight, nine; the west half, the wcst hal
OF the northeast quarter and west half of the south
east quarter OF ten and sections fifteen, seventeen
/ twenty, twenty one, twenty-t two, twenty nine,
and thirty two, (except the northeast quarter OF
the southeast quarter,) in township two, of range
nine.
At 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 toest Of the fourth principal
| meridian.
Islands numbered one and two in township twen-
| ty.eight, OF range one.
Wilson island, in the Mississippi river, in sec.
tions thirty y-fivc and thirty in township eigh-
| teen, of range two
Part fisand A, and islands B. c, D. f, 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.
! All the land, together with an island in the Mis-
sissippi river lying east Of slough being parts o
fractional sections five, (south of Edwards river }
eight, nine, ten, fifteen, and twenty two, and an
| township thirteen; and Islands and B, and an
island in sections thirty five and thirty-six in the
Mississippi river, in township seventeen of range
/ five.
Asuiuland and parts of islands, in sections five
| and -, in township fourteen; the islands and
paff Islands in sections three, twenty one, twen-
ty eight, twenty nine, thirty and thirty three,
IN township fifteen and fractional section fourteen
sections fourteen, twenty-five, Except lot two
twenty seven, (exccpt lots three, five, and six,)
and thirty four, (cxccpt 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 seventcen and
eighteen, in township seventeen, of range one
|
ship twenty seven, of range four
North Of the base line and cast of tie third principal
| meridian.
| An island in Rock river in section twelve, in
| township forty six, of range one.
Three small islands in Rock river in sections
thirty and thirty-two, in township forty six, OF
| range two.
AT the Land Office at tEDwARDSvILLE, 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 wit
North Of the base line and ,rest Of the third principal
meridian.
The southwest quarter and the west half and
southeast Of the southeast quarter of section thrce
the east half of the southwest quarter and the
half and southwest quarter of the southeast quar-
ter of our the southwest quarter, the west half OF
the northeast quarter and west half of the south-
east quarter Of eight the northeast quarter of nine;
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
west quarter of seventeen the east half and south
west quarter, and the east half of the northwest
quarter of twenty one; the west half and north
east quarter Of twenty-two; the north half of the
northwest quarter of twenty ght; the south hall
of twenty mines the east half and southwest quar-
ter of the southeast quarter of thirty the northeast
quarter of thirty one the south half and northeast
quarter and the east 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 wit:
North of the base line and east of the third principal
! meridian.
The wcsternmost tiers of sections numbered SIX
seven, eighteen, nineteen thirty and thirty -onc 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 othe 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 III township thirty seven, north of
range fourteen east of the third principal meridian.
Atthc Land Office at SPRING F'JELD, ,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 other purposes, together with 'those swamp
and overflowcd lands made unfit thereby for cuiti-
vation," 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
Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp
land within their limits,' approved September 2S,
| $780, triH be excluded from the sales.
| And no locations for land bounties heretofore
granted by any law of Congress for military r.
vices rendered to the United States tciH be permit
ted any Of the a6oUe mentioned lands, as provided
| by the act entitled "An act making appropria-
tions for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Gov
| ernment,' &c, approved Sd March, 1881.
The offering of the lands will be commenced
on te days appointed, and proceed in the order in
| which they advertised, with all convenient
despatch, until the whole shall have been offered,
| but sale shall be kept open longer than two
weeks, and no 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
ton, this twenty eighth day of April, Ammo Domini
one thousand eight hundred and hfty-onc.
| By the President:
MILLARD FILLMORE.
j. BUrTERrIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE- -EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre.emp-