The republic., 1852-06-26
By the President:
J. BUTTKRFIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE

Respecting riuate entries Of the lands heretofore Nth
drawn 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 private entries by cash
locations by land warrants, Cat double the minimum
price, will be received the nert day, and from da
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 10 enter at pri-
vate sale after the close of the public sale or for
the location Of land Warrants, arc 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 wherei it shall be
discovered that two more persons have applied
on the same day to enter locate the same tract,
such applications will be regarded being ..lnul-
taneously made, and such tract will be put up
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
Tor the double minimum lands, the land officers
will announce that written applications will be
ceiyed for private entries by cash. or locations by
land warrants, for any Of the vacant and unappro-
printed public lands outside Of the six sections in
width 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branches, heretofore Withdrawn from market to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 appca-
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
EdloardsUlie and Springfield Districts.
There being no lands within the EpwAHDs-
VILE District, and unsoid lands within the
SPRINGFIELD District, falling within the six mile
limits of the railroad grant, such vacant and
unappropriated lands exterior 10 such linliA, 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, 20 wit: the lands in EDwARpsvILLE DisrRIcT
on Monday, the firsLfh day Of July next; and the
lands in the SPRISGriELD DISTRICT on Monday, the
ti1ehty Sirh day of July next.
No right of pre- empiion TO any Of the public
lands which have been withheld from market on
account OF the railroad grant will be recognised 70
have accrued in virtue Of settlement made thereon
subsequent TO September %, 1850, and prior 10 the
day when the land shall again be made eubjcct to
private entry ne Aforesaid.
Where locations are made by land warrants,
they will be received at the minimum price OF the
land, and any deficit Of the purchase money must
bc 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 April, 1882
Ap6-lawl3w J. BUTTERFIELD Comm'r.