The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-21
WASHINGTON SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1853
BY the President Of the United states.

BY the President Of the United States. IS
pursuance Of law. !, WILLARD FILLMORE,
l. President Of the United States of America. do
hereby declare and make know that public sales
! will be held at the aforementioned Land Ofices
in the State of WISCONSIN, at the periods here
| matter designated, to wit: Is5{ans 5il m I.11
Re At the Land Office at WILLOW RIVER com.
mencing on Monday, the second day of NAV
next for the disposal Of the public lands situated
within the aforementioned townships and frac-
! tionai townships, viz: 9GN {'eigf b =
worm 81 fhe base line and toest Of the fourth prin.
! cipaI meridian.
Township forty nine and fractional township
hfty on certain islands and the main shore he
Superior, of range three. 71l a1'sT-
fractional township fifty, on the main shore Of
Lake superior, OF range four. -
township forty nine, and fractional townships
nifty and nifty one, on the main shore of Lake Su-
perior, of range seven. - ils7
township forty nine and fractional township
a:tional townships forty nine and fifty, on the
shore OF Lake Superior, of range nine 3lis
townships twenty nine, thirty, thirty one, and
.niIty Two; townships forty seven and forty eight
of Lake Superior, of range ten I3Esi
townships twenty eight, twenty nine, thirty,
thirty one, and thirty two, and fractional town
ship forty nine, on the shore of Lake Superior, of
range eleven. .ltata -
Townships thirty, thirty one, thirty two, thirty
three, and thirty four, and fractional township
forty nine, on Lake Superior, of range twelve.
Townships thirty, thirty one, thirty two, thirty
three, and thirty four, of range thirteen.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
and thirty four, of range fourteen.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three
and thirty four, of range fifteen. i
At the Land Office at LA CROSSE, commence
ing on Monday, the sixteenth day of May next, for
the disposal of the public lands within the follow
ing named townships, to witt
North Of the base line and ,cest of the fourth principa
bs" meridian.
townships seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen, of
range one.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
six.
Townships twenty one and twenty-five, of range
seven.
Townships twenty. one, twenty two, twenty
three, and twenty four, of range eight.
Townships twenty one, twenty two, twenty
three, and twenty four, of range nine.
Townships twenty one, twenty two. twenty
Townships twenty four and twenty FIVE, of range
eleven.
At tbeLand Office at STEVENS POINT, COM
mencing on Monday, the ninth day of May next,
for the disposal of the public lands situated within
the limits of the aforementioned townships, to
wit: 7tla
North Of the base line and east of the fourth princi-
pal meridian.
Township twenty five, OF range four.
Townships twenty FIVE, twenty seven, twenty
eight, twenty nine, thirty, thirty one, and thirty
two, of range FIVE. -.
Township twenty five, of range six.
Sections eighteen, nineteen, thirty, and thirty
one. in township twenty FIVE, of range seven.
Townships twenty FIVE and twenty six, of range
ten.
Township twenty FIVE, of range eleven.
At the Land Office at MENASHA, commencing
on Monday, the twenty third day of May next, for
the disposal of the public lands within the follow
ing named townships, viz!
North Of the base line and east of the fourth principal
meridian.
Townships twenty two and twenty three, of
range thirteen.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools,
military and other purposes, together with s'those
swamp and overlooked lands made unfit thereby
for cultivation" if any, which shall be selected by
the State authorities before the days appointed for
the commencement of the public sales respectively,
under the act entitled Gan act to enable the State
of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the
Swamp lands' within their limts,' approved
September %, 1850, rilI be excluded from the
sales.
The Offering Of the above mentioned lands will
be commenced on the days appointed, and will pro-
coed in the order in which they advertised with
all convenient despatch, until the whole shall have
been offered and the sales thus closed; but sale
shall be kept open longer than two weeks, and no
private entry Of the lands will be admitted until
after the expiration Of the two weeks.
Given under my hand at the city of Washington,
this first day of February, Ammo Domini one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty three,
WILLARD FILLMORE.
BY the President:
- John WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE- EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emp-
ton to any Of the lands within the townships and
fractional townships above enumerated is required
to establish the same to the satisfaction of the reg
lister and receiver of the proper land Office, and
NAL payment therefor as soon practicable after
seeing this notice, and before the day appointed
for the commencement of the public sale of the
lands embracing the tract claimed, otherwise such
claim will be forfeited.
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Feb 3-lawl3w
POSTPONEMENT OF THE PUBLIC LAND
SALES IN WISCONSIN,.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the public
~ sales of lands ordered by the proclamation OF
the President of the United States, dated the first
day of February 1858, to be held at the following
named Land Offices in the State Of Wisconsin, to
wit; at the Land Offices at WILLOW RIVER,
LA CROSSE. STEVENS POINT, and MENA-
sHA-to commence on the Cd, 10th. 9th, and Dad