The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-24
By the President of the United States.

WILLARD FILLMORE, President of the
Il, United States OF America, in pursuance of the
provisions OF the act of Congress entitled sAn act
in relation to the lands sold in the Greensburg
ate st. Helena) land district, in the State of Lou.
lslana, and authorizing the resuryey of certain
lands IN SAID district" approved August %, ls42
ana 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
Office 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 pats of resurvey, to wit:
South of the base line and acest Of the principal
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 nei
Fractional township eight, of range one
Townships one, two, three and four and frac-
tional township eight, of ranges 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, sir, and
seven, and fractional townships eight and nine, Of
range five.
Townships one, two, three, four, five, six, and
seven, of range six.
townships one, two, three, four, five, six, and
seven, of range seven.
Townships one, two, three, four, five, and
seven, OF range 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
Townships one, two, and three, fractional town.
ship four, township five, and fractional township
nine, of range thirteen.
Fractional townships one, three, four and six
township eight, and fractional township nine, Of
range fourteen.
Fractional townships seven, eight, and nine, Of
range fifteen.
Fractional township nine, of range sixteen.
Lands which have been and shall be selected and
designated for the State, under the act entitled
can act to aid the State of Louisiana in draining
the swamp lands therein,'' approved March I'd,
lS49; and the act entitled can act to enable the
State OF Arkansas and other States, to reclaim the
swamp lands within their limits approved
September 2Sth, 1850. Also all those tracts for
which the patents have been issued or 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 proy5ions Of the act
of 29th August, 1912, hereinbefore mentioned, to-
gether with lands appropriated by law for the
OF schools, military and other purposes, iciH be ec
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 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
thousand eight hundred and 6fty-two.
WILLARD FILLMORE.
By the President:
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner OF the General Land Office
NOTICE TO PRE- EMPTI0N CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre- -emption
to any of the tracts of land to be offered for sale
within the townships and fractional townships
above enumerated srequired to establish the same
to the satisfaction of the Register and Receiver of
the proper land Office, and making payment therefor
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.