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make payment therefor az soon ~ practicable qfia
sseing this notice. and before the day appointed for
tho commencement OF the public sale Of the lands
| embracing the tract claimed, otherwise such
- J. BUTTERFIELD.
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
May 2--lawl3w
ny the President Of the United states.
I N pursuance Of law, / INIILLARD FILLMORE,
i President Of the United States Of America. do
hereby make known and declare, that public sales
will be held At tha aforementioned Land Offices in
the State Of ILLINOIS, ut the periods hereinafter
designated, 10 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 ns and ,osss Of TIE fourth principal
muidian
All the lands, together with the islands and parts
Of islands in the Mississippi river lying west OF the
cast bank of slough, e}ng parts Of fractional
ton three in township eleven and Of fractional
tons three, ten, eleven, fourteen. fifteen, twenty
two, twenty three, twenty six, twenty seven, thir
y four, and thirty in township twelve, Of
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 fifteen, 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.
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 tces Of the fourth principal
meridian.
Islands numbered one and two in township twcn-
ty eight, OF range one.
Wilson . island in the Mississippi river, in Sec
tions thirty five and thirty six, in township eigh-
teen, of range two.
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 d, C, D. 4, +, and
G. in the Mississippi river, in township seventeen,
of range four.
All the land, together with an Island in the Mis-
sisspp river, lying east of slough, being parts Of
fractional sections i've, (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 islands A md b, and an
island in sections thirty five and thirtysx, in the
Mississippi river, in township seventeen, of range
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 TWEEN
ty eight twenty nine, thirtytwo. and thirty three,
township fifteen; and fractional section fourteen
(cxcept lot seven,) and fractions on island of
sections fourteen, twenty-five, Except lot two,)
twenty-ecven, (except 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 scctions 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 lime and east Of the 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.
mcncing 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 bnss line and pesf 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 thcsouthwes quarter and the east
half and southwest quarter of the southeast quar-
ter Of four; the southwest quarter, the west half OF
the northeast Quartet and west half of the south
east Quarter of eight; the northeast qunrtcr OF nine
the west half and southeast duartcrj and the wcst
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; tho 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
of twenty mine; the east half and southwest quar-
ter of the southeast quarter Of thirty the northeast
quarter of thirty one; the south hall 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 wit:
North of the base line and east Of the third principal
|
The westernmost tiers OF sections numbered six
sevcn eighteen, nineteen, thirty and 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
sxth day OF October for the disposal othc pub
lie lands small island in the illinois river, in
ton thirty-tw in township thirty four, north OF
range eight cast 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 sevep, north OF
range fourteen cast OF the third principal meridian
| Al the Land Office at SPRING FIELD, ON Monday,
the first day of September next, for the disposal of
the public lands OH small island in the Illinois
river, in sections eleven and fourteen, in township
seventeen, north of range thirteen west of the third
Lands appropriated by law for schools, military,
and other purposes, together with 'thosc swamp
and oyerfowcd 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
under the act entitled An to enable the State
Arkansas and other States to reclaim the 'swamE
land within their limits" approved September %
| 1850, ,ciu 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, tcU be permit
ted on amy of the aJore mentioned lands, provided
| by the act entitled "An act making appropria-
tons for the civil and diplomatic expenses Of Gov.
crnmcnt," &c., approved 3D. March, 1851.
The offering Of the lands will be commenced
ON the days appointed, and proceed in the order in
which they arc 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 expiration OF the
| two weeks.
| Given under my hand Mt the city Of Washing
| ton this twenty eighth day Of April, Ammo Domin
one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
By the President:
| J. BuTTERrfELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.