The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-25
BY the President Of the United States.

By the President of the United States.
TN ptrsuance of law, i, WILLARD FILLMORE,
u 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-
tonal townships, viz:
North Of the base line and ,oest of the fourth pri-
ctpGt meridian.
township forty nine and fractional township
fifty on certain islands and the main shore of La Ike
Superior, of range three.
| Fractional township fifty, on the main shore of
Lake Superior, OF range four.
township forty nine, and fractional townships
nifty and fifty one, on the main shore of Lake Su
perlor, OF range seven.
fifty, on the shore of Lake Superior, FRANCE eight
Fractonal townships forty nine and fifty, on the
shore OF Lake Superior, of range nine.
townships twenty nine. thirty, thirty one, and
thirty two townships forty seven and forty eight
and fractional township forty nine, on the shore
of Lake Superior, of range ten.
Townships twenty eight, twenty nine thirty,
thirty one, and thirty two, and fractional town
ship forty nine, the shore of Lake Superior, of
| range eleven.
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 ,vest of the fourth principa
meridian.
Townships seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen, Of
range one.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
six.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
seven.
). Townships twenty one, twenty-five, 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
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 pr;,.ci
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 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 oft public sales respectively,
under the entitled Gan act to enable the State
! OF Arkansas and other States to reclaim the
swamp lands within their imits,'' approved
September %, 1850, ,cilI 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 Washing ton
this first day of February, Ammo Domini one thou
$3.50 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
fra ctonal townships above enumerated is required
to establish the to the satisfaction of the reg
lister md receiver of the proper land Office, and
make payment therefor as 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.
! NJ Office 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, 1853, 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 I'd, 10th, 9th, and 23d
of May next-are declared to be pos poned until
the 4th, llth, 18th, and 25th of July next, /, e.
spectively.
Given under my hand at the city OF Washing.
ton this 18th day of April, Ammo Domini one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty three.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the Presidents:
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office
April 20-lawl3w
UTORIOGRApHY OF AN ENCIICu SOJ