The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-06

one thousand elSnt nIty- three.
FRANKLIN PIERCE
By the Presidents:
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 Hands within the townships and
parts of ownships above enumerated, is required
to establish the same to the satisfaction of the
gster and receiver OF the proper land office, and
make payment therefor as soon as practicable after
seeing Ais notice. and before the day appointed for
the commencement of the public sale of the land
embracing the tract claimed; otherwise such claim
will be forfeited. JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office
May 20-lawl3w
BY the President Of the United states.
IN pursuance of law, l, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
l. President OF the United States. do hereby de-
clare and make known that public sales of the
sections and parts Of sections of land, all bearing
the odd numbers, 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 double the
minimum price of the public lands, as provided by
the act of Goth September 1850, will be held at the
following land Offices, in the States of Alabama
and Mississippi, at the periods hereinafter desig-
mated, to wit:
At the land office at ST. STEPHENS, in Alaba.
ma, commencing on Monday, the fifth day of
September neat, for the disposal of such sections and
ferred to, situated in the aforementioned
townships, to wit:
North Of The base line and ,uest Of the principal sri
dian
Townships and ttro OF range one.
Townships one, too, three, and -four, OF range
Townships one two, three, -four and fve, of
range three.
Townships one, t,vo, three, four, Jiue, siu, and
seuen, Of range four.
three
range five.
South of the base line and oest of the principal neri
dian.
Townships one, tapo, three, -four, and tue, of range
one
Townships one, two, three, four, and .fre, of
range two.
Townships one, too, and three, of range three.
Township one of range four.
South Of the base line and east Of the principal eri
. dian.
Townships three and four, of range one.
AT the land office at DEMOPOLIS, in the same
State, commencing on Monday, the t,DsLfth day of
September nert for the disposal of such sections and
parts OF sections, being the odd numbers above re-
f. rred to, as are situated in the aforementioned
townships, to witt
North Of the base line and ,oest of the principal me-
Townships eighteen, nineteen, and tsoenty, of
range four.
At the land office at TUSCALOOSA, in the
of September nert for the dispoea of such sections
and partsrof SESSIONS. being the odd numbers above
referred 10, as aresituated in the aforementioned
Townships to wit:
North of the base line and 10 est of the principal me-
ridian IN the southern surveying district.
Township taoenty one, of range four.
At the land office at COLUMBUS, in MISSISSIPPI
pi, commencing on Monday, the nineteenth day of
September ne1 for the disposal of such sections and
parts of sections, being the odd numbers above
ferred to, are situated in the aforementioned
townships, to wit:
North Of the base line and east Of the Chocta,o
meridian.
Townships eight. sirteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, and t,Denty, of range fifteen
Townships eight, nine, tiDeiUe thirteen, fourteen,
fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and
twenty, of range sixteen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, t,uelue, thir-
teen fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
and nineteen, of range seventeen. .'
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, taoelue, ttir-
teen, fourteen fifteen, and siIfeen, of range eighteen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, and t,oelue, Of
range nineteen. ....
At the land office at AUG USTA, in the same
State, commencing on Monday, the t,Denty sirth
day Of September neat, for the disposal of such
tons and parts of sections, being the odd numbers
above referred to, situated in the undermen-
toned townships, to wit:
North Of the base line and east of the Chocta,v me
ridian.
Township foqr, Of range thirteen.
L,
range fourteen.
Townships one two, three, four, five, six, and
seper, of range fifteen.
Townships one, t,Do, three, four, fve, six, and
seven, of range sixteen.
Townships one, fue, sir and seven, Orange seven
teen.
Township seuca, of range eighteen.
North Of the base line 1oest Of the msdian and east
Of Pearl riuer.
Townships three, four, fUe, six, seven, and eight,
of range five.
Townships fue, sir, seven, eight, nine, and ten,
of range six.
Townships seuen, eight, nine, and ten, of range
seven.
Townships, eight, nine, and ten, of range eight.
The townships herein designated in Roman let
ters wholly within the limits of 'six sections
in width on each side OF said road" and those in
italics are partly within said limits, as designated
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 the right of way
granted by the said act of Goth September, 1850,
to the States aforesaid, for said railroad, not
therefore the particular tracts land hch include
the road will be sold containing the quantities
respectively shown by the official plats.
Each sale will be kept open for 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 procIama
ton will not be received until after the close Of the
public sale.
| Given under my hand, at the city Of Washing
ton, the twenty third day of May, A. d. 1858.
| FRANKLIN PIERCE.
| By the President:
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office
| Notice to actual settlers on lands of The United
| States originally iuithdra,Dn from market &C
count Of the railroad grant
| n
entitled "An act to extend pre- emption rights to
certain lands therein mentioned" the presumption
laws of the United States they now exist are
| extended over the alternate reserved sections of
public lands along the line of the railroad herein
before mentioned, where the settlement and i'm
provement were made prior to the final allotment of