The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-09
- DUTTERFIELDs
Commissioner of the General Land Office
NOTICE

NOTICE
Respecting prioate entries Of the lands heretofore uih
drdtcn from market in Illinois account of the Hi
nois Central Railroad.
To prevent confusion and difficulty, the land
officers after closing all the business of the public
sales above proclaimed, will announce to those pre-
sent that applications for privdfe entries by cash
locations by land warrants, tat double the minimum
pice,) will be received the nert day, and from day
to day, for any land in the several townships which
had been offered at such public SALE and remained
unsold. in the order in which such townships will
be announced. The applications to enter at pri-
vatc sale after the close Of the public sale, or for
the location of land warrants, arc to be made
in ,Uriting, and all the applications made on any
one day will be examined after sunset of that day
and be acted on the nert day; and where it shall be
discovered that two more persons have applied
on the same day to enter or locate the same tract
such applications will be regarded being stimuli
taneousy made, and such tract will be put up on
the next day thereafter at auction among such ap
plicants, and be awarded to the highest bidder,
according to law.
After having acted on the pressing applications
for the double minimum lands, the land officers
will announce that written applications will be
ceived for private entries by cash, or locations by
land warrants, for any of the vacant and unappro
priated public lands 0rtside of the six sections in
width on each side Of the said railroad and its
branches, heretofore withdrawn from market to
enable the State Of Illinois select the quantity Of
land to which she is entitled, aud which have not
been selected for such purpose; and such applica-
tions will be received in the order in which the
townships will be announced, and, if the pressure
OF business should require, such applications W i'll
be treated in the same manner as those above men
toned.
Ed,cardsuiue and Springfield Distviots.
There being no lands within the EDWARDS
WILLIE District, and no unsold lands within the
SPRISGFfxLp District, falling within the six mile
mits Of the railroad grant, such vacant and
unappropristed lands exterior to such limits, ly
ing within thoee districts, which have been with
held from private entry on account Of said road,
and found TO remain to the United States after the
selections for the road grant have been completed,
will, in like manner as the aforesaid, be restored
to private entry, or location, at the following pc
riods, to wit: the lands in EpwARpsvILLE DIsTRIcr
on Monday, the f,ceyh day Of judy next; and the
lands in the SPRisorIELp DISTRICT on Monday, the
ttoenty-si sirh day Of July next.
No right of pre- emption TO any OF the public
lands which have been Withheld from market on
account Of the railroad grant will be recognised TO
have accrued in virtue of settlement made thereon
subsequent 20 September 90 1850, and prior to the
day when the land shall again be made subject TO
private entry as Aforesaid.
Where locations made by land warrants
they will be received at the minimum price Of the
land, and any deficit Of the purchase. money must
be paid in casb in accordance with the regulations
prescribed by this office on 23d March ast.
Given under my hand a, the General Land Of
fee, the third day of April, 1852.
Ap6-lawI3w J. BUTTERFIELD Comm'r.