The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-03

ny the President of the United States.
IN pursuance of law, /, WILLARD FILLMORE,
L President OF the United States of America, do
hereby declare and make known that public sales
Will be held at the aforementioned Land Offices
IN the State of WISCONSIN, at the periods here
matter designated, to wit:
At the Land Office at WILLOW RIVER, COM
mencing on Monday, the second day of May
next, for the disposal of the public lands situated
within the aforementioned townships and frac-
tional townships, viz:
North Of the base line and tcest Of the fourth pria-
cipal meridian.
Township forty nine and fractional township
nfty, certain islands and the main shore of Lake
Superior, of range three.
Fractional township hfty, on the main shore OF
Lake Superior, of range four. ltff5f
Township forty nine, and fractional townships
fifty and fifty one, on the main shore of Lake Sa-
perior, of range seven. st a
fifty the shore Of Lake Superior, ofrange eight.
Fractional townships forty nine and fifty, on the
shore of Lake Superior, of range nine.
,h;rsv s.s1E nine s, a .ss
and irsc.ieaa so~n.hip lorsy dins, on tie sSors
of Lake 6upetiogS ii rAoge ten. Sikls4s
Townships twenty eight,, twAtyn- nfne. thirty,
thirtY-one, and thirty two, and fractional town
ship forty nine, the shore Of Lake Superior, Of
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.
AT the Land Office at LA CROSSE. commenc.
ing on Monday, the sixteenth day of May next, for
the disposal of the public lands within the follow
ing named townships, to wit:
North of the base line and ,oest of the fourth principal
Townships seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen, of
range one.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
six. $40. = III.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, 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-five twenty
three, twenty four and twenty five, of range ten
Townships twenty four and twenty five, of range
eleven.
At the Land 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:
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 hve 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 ssthose
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 "An to enable the State
of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the
swamp lands within their limits" approved
September %, 1850, tciH 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 no 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,