The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-23
j. BUrTERFIELp,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE


Respecting Private entries Of the lands heretofore ,ci.
draton from market Illinois on account of the Hi
nOts Central Railroad.
To prevent confusion and difficulty, the land
ocers after closing all the business of the public
sales above proclaimed, will announce to those pre-
sent that applications for riuate entries by cash or
locations by land warrants, lat double the minimum
Wtce,) 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
unsod, 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 10 be made
IN tnriting. 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 where shall be
discovered that two or more persons have applied
on the same day to enter or locate the same tract
such applications will be regarded as being stimuli.
taneousy made, and such tract will be put I'D on
the next day thereafter at auction among such ap-
phcants, 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
celved for private entries by cash, locations by
land 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 lis
branches, heretofore Withdrawn from market TO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 those above men
toned
EdDardsuiAe and Springfield Districts.
There being no lands within the EpwAnps-
VILE District, and no unsoid lands within the
SPRINorIELD District, falling within the six mile
limits OF the railroad grant, such vacant and
unappropriatcd lands exterior TO such limits ly
ing within those districts, which have been with
held from private entry account Of said road
and found to remain 10 the United States after the
selections for the road grant have been completed
VIII, IN like manner as the aforesaid, be restored
to private entry, or location, at the following pc
riods. TO Wit the lands in EDwARpsvILLs DIsTRicr
on Monday, the fioefh day Of July next; and the
nnds in the SPRIS0FELD DISTRICT on Monday, the
'tcenty siyh 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
TO September 20. 1850 and prior to the
lay when the land shall again be made subjcct TO
private entry rs aforesaid.
Where locations made by land wnrrants
hey will be received at the minimum price of the
and, and any deficit Of the purchase money must
paid in each, in accordance with the regulations
prescribed by this office on 23d March last.
Given under my hand, at the General Land OF.
ice, the third day Of April, 1852.
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