The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-03
BY the President of the United States.

MlLLARD FILLMORE, President of the
united States OF America, in pursuance of the
provisions OF the act of Congress entitled sAn act
IN relation 30 the lands sold in the Greensburg
(late st. Helena) land district in the State of Lou.
Islana, and authorizing the resurvey of certain
lands in said disrict,o approved August %. 1912
and of the acts of Congress authorizing the sale of
the public lands, do hereby declare and make
known that public sale will be held at the Land
On Once at GREENsBURG, in the State of LOU
ISiANA, commencing on Monday, the eleventh
day OF April next, for the sale Of the unappropri-
ated and vacant tracts of public lands situated
within the limits of the following named townships
and fractional townships, according to the APP
proved plats of resurvey, to wit:
South Of the base line and aoest of the principal er,-
dian.
Township two, of range one.
Fractional township three, of range three.
Fractional township two, of range five. =
South of the base line and east of the principal nseri-
dian. *
fractional township eight, of range one.
Townships one, two, three and four and frac-
tlonal township eight, of range two.
Townships one, two, three four and six, and
fractional township eight, of range three.
Townships one, two, three and four, of range
four.
Townships one, two, three, four, five, six, and
seven, and fractional townships eight and nine, OF
range FIVE.
Townships one, two, three, four, FIVE, six, and
Townships one, two, three, four, five, six, and
seven, OF range seven.
Townships one, two, three, four, FIVE, and
seven, of nge eight. .-
Townships one, two, three, four, five, six, and
seven, of range nine.
Townships one, two, and three, of range ten.
Townships one, two, three, four, six, and seven,
and fractional township eight, of range eleven.
Townships one two, three, four, five, six, and
seven, and fractional township nine, of range
twelve. 0
Townships one, two, and three, fractional town
ship four, township five, and fractional township
nine, of range thirteen. rs ~
Fractional townships one, three, four, and six,
township eight, and fractional township nine, of
range fourteen. asH
Fractional townships seven, eight, and nine, of
range fifteen. ---. "E -
Fractional township nine, of range sixteen i
Lands which have been and shall be selected and
designated for the State, under the act entitled
'An act to aid the State of Louisiana in draining
the swamp lands therein" approved March 3D.
lo49; and the act entitled can act to enable the
State of Arkansas, and other States to reclaim the
swamp lands within their lmits,'' approved
September 18th, 1850 Also all those tracts for
which the patents have been issued applied for
by the day appointed for the commencement of the
sale, or which shall not have been finally acted
upon by that time, under the proviSons of the act
of 29th August, 1912, hereinbefore mentioned, to.
gether with lands appropriated by law for the use
of schools military and other purposes, tviH be er
cLuded from the sale |
The offering of the aforementioned lands will |
be commenced on the day appointed, and will pro
coed in the order in which they are advertised, |
with all convenient despatch, until the whole shall
have been offered and the sale thus closed; but the
sale shall not be kept open longer than two weeks,
and no private entry of any of the lands will be
admitted until after the expiration of the two
weeks. -".~
Given under my hand at the city of Washing
ton this fourth day of November, Ammo Domini
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-two
WILLARD FILLMORE.
JOHN WILSON a