The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-09
J. BUTTERfIELp,
Commissioner of the General Land Office
NOTICE

NOTICE
Respecting private entries Of the lands heretofore tpit
draton from market in Illinois account Of the Hi
n0is 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 private entries by cash
locations by land warrants, cat double the minimum
price,, will be received the nert day, md 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
vate sale after the close Of the public sale, for
the location of land warrants, are to be made
| III soriting, and all the applications made any
one day will be examined after sunset of that day
and be acted the next day; and where it shall be
discovered that two or more persons have applied
on the same day to enter locate the came tract,
such applications will be regarded as being stimuli
taneonsly 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 re.
ceved for private entries by cash, or locations by
land warrants, for any OF the vacant and unappro-
prated public lands outside 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branches, heretofore Withdrawn from market to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 to select the quantity of
land to which she is entitled, and 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 will
be treated in the same manner as those above men,
toned.
Edpardsvilie and Springfield Districts.
There being no lands within the EDwAR ps-
WILLIE District, and unsold lands within the
SPRINeFIELD District, falling within the six mile
| limits of the railroad grant, such vacant and
unappropriated lands exterior to such limits, ly
ing within those 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 the aforesaid, be restored
to private entry, or location at the following Pc
riods to wit: the lands in EpwARpsvILLE DIsTRIcT
on Monday, the .f,refh day of July next; and the
lands in the SPRlNerIELD DISTRICT on Monday, the
ftcenty- siIM 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 to September 20, 1850, and prior to the
day when the land shall again be made subject to
private entry as aforesaid.
Where locations are made by and warrants,
they will be received at the minimum price Of the
land, and any deficit of the purchase money must
be paid in cash, in accordance with the regulations
prescribed by this Office on 23d March last.
Given under my hand, at the General Land OF.
fee, the third day Of April, 1852.
Ap6-lawl3w ]. BUTTERFIELD, Comm'r.