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N ' - J. BUTTERFIELD.
| Commissioner of the General Land Ofhces
May 2-law13w
BY tho President of the United States.
TN pursuance of law. MILLARD FILLMORE,
| 4 President Of the United States Of America. do
hereby make known and declare. that public sales
| will be held at the aforementioned Land Offices in
the State ofILLINOIS, 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 ,csst 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
tions three, ten eleven, fourteen. fifteen twenty
ty.four. and thirty live, in township twelve, OF
| range five.
Sections eight. nine; the west half the west half
of the northeast quarter and west half of the south
east quarter of ten, and sections ffteen seventeen
| twenty, twenty one, twenty-five, 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
|
North of the base line and tDest of the fourth principal
meridian.
| Islands numbered one and two in township twen-
| ty eight, of range one.
Wilson'S island, in the Mississippi river, in sec.
tons thirty-fve and thirty y-six, in township eigh-
I teen, of range two.
Part of island A. and islands B, C, d, E,F C, 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 of slough, being parts Of
fractional sections fve (south of Edwards river,)
| eight nine, ten, fifteen, and twenty-five, and an
island in sections twenty seven and thirty-four, in
| township thirteen; and islands and Is, and an
island in sections thirty five and thirty-six. in the
Mississippi river, in township seventeen, of range
I FIVE.
| An island and parts of islands, in sections five
and eight, in township fourteen; the islands and
parts of islands in sections three twenty one twen
eight twenty nine, thirty two. and thirty three,
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
| eightccn in township seventeen, Of range one.
| SECTIONS eighteen 10 tOWu-
ship twenty seven, of range four.
North of the base line and east 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 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 wit
North Of the base line and toest Of the third principal
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
half and southwest quarter of the southeast quar-
ter 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 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 yeight; the south half
of twenty nine; 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 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 sectione, to wit:
North Of the base line and east of the third principal
| meridian.
The westernmost tiers of sections numbered six.
seven, eighteen, nineteen, thirty and thirty 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 pub
lie lands on small island in the Illinois river in Sec
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 Office at SPRING FIELD, on Monday,
! the public lands on small island in the Illinois
river in sections eleven and fourteen, in township
seventeen, north range thirteen west of the third
| principal meridian
Lands appropriated by law for schools, military,
and other purposes, together with "those swamp
and overhowed lands made unfit thereby for cult
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 to enable the State of
Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp
land within their limits" approved September 2s,
| 1850, tciu be eIcluded from the sales.
| And no locations for land bounties heretofore
granted by any law of Congress for military
vices rendered to the United States, sciH be permit
ted any Of the abore 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, 1851.
| The offering of the lands will be commenced
on the days appointed, and proceed in the order in
which they advertised with all convenient
despatch, until the whole shall have been offered
| but no sale shall be kept open longer than two
weeks, and no private entry of any of the lands
will be admitted until after the |expiraton of the
| two weeks.
| Given under my hand at the city of Washing
ton, this twenty eighth day Of April, Ammo Domni
ono thousand eight hundred and ifty-one.
BY the President:
MILLARD FILLMORE.
J. BurTERriELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.