The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-02
j. BUTTERFIELp,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
NOTICE


Rsspecting priUne entries # the lands heretofore NTH
dra,Dn from market in Illinois on account of the III
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 private entries by cash
locations by land warrants Tat double the minimum
price,) will be received the neIt 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-
vate sale after the close Of the public sale, or for
the location OF land warrants. are TO be made
IN tcriting, and all the applications made on any
one day will be examined after sunset Of that day.
and be acted on the next day; and wheret shall be
discovered that two or more persons have applied
on the same day to enter or locate the tract
such applications will be regarded as being stimuli
taneously made, and such tract will be put up on
the next day thereafter at auction among such APP
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-
ceived for private entries by cash, locations by
and warrants, for any of the vacant and unappro-
priatcd 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branches, heretofore Withdrawn from market to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 purposes and such applica-
tions will be received in the order in which the
of business should 30 require, such applications will
be treated in the same manner as those above men
toned.
Edtvardspile and Springfield Districts.
There being no lands within the EDWARDS
VILE District, and no ulsold lands within the
SpRINoFIELD District, falling within the ak 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 Statea after the
selections for the road grant have been completed,
will, in like manner the aforesaid, be restored
to private entry, location, at the following pc
RODS, to wit: the lands in EpwARpsvILLE DisTRicr
on Monday, the ftnslfM day of July next; and the
lands in the SPRlSoFiELD DIsTRIcT on Monday, the
ticenty- sirh day of July next. s,g
No right of presumption 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, 1885, and prior to the
day when the land shall again be made subject to
private entry rs 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 hapd, at the General Land Of
fee, the third day of April 1852.
Ap6-lawl3w J. BUTTERFIELD, Comm'r