The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-20
BY tho President OF tho United states.

WASHINGTON, ID. q.
BY the President OF the United states.
TN pursuance Of law, l, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
i President of the United States, do hereby de-
clare and make known that public sales Of the
sections and parts Of sections Of land. ali bearing
the odd nesmbers, which remain to the United
States within six miles each side OF the line Of
the Mobile and Ohio River railroad, In the States
of Alabama and Mississippi, subject to doube the
minimum price Of the public lands. as provided BY
the act of Goth September, $780, will be held at tho
following land Offices, in the States of Alabama
and Mississippi. at the periods hereinafter ds''g
At the land Office at ST. sTEPHENs. in Alaba-
ma, commencing on Monday, the ffth day of
September neat for the disposal Of such sections and
parts Of sections, being the odd numbers above 70.
ierred to, 40 are situated in the aforementioned
townships, to wit:
North Of the base line and tOest Of the principal sri
dian.
Townships one and too, of range one.
Townships one, too. three, and four, OF range
Townships one two. three, four and foe. Of
Townships one. t,co, three, four, foe, STA, and
seue,s, FRANCE four.
Townships three, four, five, ak and ssosr, OF
range five.
South of the base line and .0est Of the principal mei
Townships one, t,co, three, four, and foe, of range
Townships one, two, three, four. and foe, Of
range two.
Township one, OF range four.
South Of the base line and east Of the principal msri.
dian.
Townships three and four, Of range one.
AT the land office at DEMOPOLlS, in the same
State, commencing on Monday tne ss0sg .;e Gay q
parts Of sections, being the odd numbers above re-
ftrred to, as are situated in the aforementioned
townships, to wit:
North Of the base line and sosst Of the principal me-
yjdiGS.
Tovn.hins eiehfeen. nineteen, and tscenty, of
AZ the land Office at TUSCALOOSA, in the
same State, commencing on Monday, the ffth day
of September nert, for the disposal OF SUCH sections
and parts of sections, being the odd numbers above
referred to- as are situated in the aforementioned
townships. to wit: t
North Of ths base Line and scest Of the principal
fidian in the southern surveying district.
Township t,csnty one, of range four.
nj, commencing on Monday, the nineteenth day Of
Nepieber next for the disposal of such sections and
parts Of sections. being the odd numbers above re.
ferred to, as are situated In the aforementioned
townships, to wit:
North Of the base line and east Of the Chocta'o
meridian.
Townships eight, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
,,inefeen and ttpe1t4, of range fifteen
Townships eight, nine, t,ceve thirteen, fourteen.
fifteen, sixteen, seventeen eighteen, nineteen, and
twenty, of range sixteen.
Townships eight. mine, te,a elecen, tscelue, thir-
teen fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seuenteen, eighteen,
and nineteen, of range SEVENTEEN.
Townships sa nine ssa slsysn. s,os
Townships tght, nine, ten. eleven, and t'ceUe, Of
range nineteen.
AZ the land Office at AUGUSTA, in the same
knn "a ~Sor
day Of September rert for the disposal of such sec
tons and parts of sections, being the odd numbers
above referred to, az situated in the undermen-
toned townships, to wit
North of the base line and east Of the Ckocta,o
ridi0n.
Township four, of range thirteen. NJ
Townships one, too, three, four, foe, and siz, of
range fourteen.
seuen, of range fifteen.
seven, of range sixteen.
Townships on, oe. sir, and sere's, Orange severn
teen. 4
Township seuen, of range eighteen.
North of the base line, scest Of the meridian, and east
Of Pearl rtue.
Townships thres, four, ivs, six, seven and eight,
of range fve M
Townships foe, ,ir, seven, eight, mine, and ten,
of range six.
Townships sepen, eight, nine, and ten, Of range
Townships, eight, nine, and ten, of range eight.
The townships herein designated in Roman let
tera are wholly within the limits of sssix sections
in width on each eide of said road, and those in
ifaiics are partly within said limits, as designated
on the diagrams, which will be furnished to the
respective district land offices by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office.
Lands reserved for schools, military, and other
purposes will be excluded from sale.
The lands sold will be subject TO ihe rtght OF way
granted by the said act of goth September, 1850,
p ~. states aforesaid for said railroad, not ex-
ceedine one hundred feet on each side thereof; and
therefore the particular tracts oland which include
the road will be sold containing the quantities
respectively shown by the official plats.
Each sale will be kept open for q time sufficient
to admit Of Offering all the lands, but not exceed
ing two weeks, and applications to make private
entries of the lands offered under this proclama
ton will not be received until after the close OF the
public sale.
ton. the twenty-thir day of May, A. D. 1853.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Notice to actual settlers on lands of the United
States originally soithdraton from market on ac-
count Of the railroad grant
Under act of Congress, approved Sd March, 1858,
entitled can act to extend presumption rights to
certain lands therein mentioned, }" the pre- empton
laws of the United States as they now exist are
nublic lands along the line of the railroad herein
before mentioned, where the settlement and Inn
nrovement were made prior to the final allotment OF
~ .It.rrata actions to the said railroad There