The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-27

NOTICE
Respecting priuate entries y the lands heretofore NTH
drncn IRON market IN Illinois account of the IHi.
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 private entries by cash
locations by land warrants, lat double the minimum
prtce) 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
unsod, in the order in which such townships will
be announced. The applications to enter at pr-
vate sale after the close of the public SALE for
the location of land warrants, are 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 the nert day; and where it shall be
discovered that two or more persons have applied
on the same day to enter or locate the same tract
such applications will he regarded as being stimuli
taneousiy 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
Tor the double minimum lands, the land officers
will announce that written applications will be
celved Tor private entries by cash, locations by
land warrants, for any of the vacant and unappro-
priated 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 heretofore withdrawn from market to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
Deen selected Ior SuCh purpose; ana suCh appllCa-
tions will be received in the order in which the
townships will be announced, and, if the pressure
OF business should so require, such applications will
be treated in the same manner as those above men
toned.
Ed,cardsrilte and Springfield Districts.
There being lands within the EDWARDS
WILLIE District. and no unsoid lands within the
SPaINoFIELD District, falling within the six mile
liInits of the railroad grant, such vacant and
unapproprated lands exterior to such limits, iy
ing within those districts, which have been with
held from private entry account of sad 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 EowARDsviLLE DIsTRicT
on Monday, the ftoeLfh day Of July next; and the
lands in the SPRiNeFiELD DISTRICT on Monday, the
ttoenfy- siIh day Of July next.
No right of pre-cmption 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 theI
subsequent 70 September 90 1850, and prior to the
day when the land shall again be made subject to
private entry as 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
be 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
flee, the third day Of April, 1852
An RUT'rEREIEI