The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-16
Vol. ".
BY the President of the United States

BY the President of the United States.
TN pursuance of law, /, WILLARD FILLMORE,
i 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 ,ces of the fourth prin-
cipal meridian.
Township forty nine and fractional township
hfty, certain islands and the main shore of Lake
Superior, of range three
Fractional township fifty, on the main shore of
Lake Superior, OF range four.
Township forty nine, and fractional townships
fifty and fifty one, on the main shore of Lake Su-
perior, of range seven.
Township forty nine and fractional township
nifty, on the shore OF Lake Superior, of range eight
Fractional 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.
three, and thirty -four, of range thirteen.
Townships thirty -one, thirty two, thirty-three
| and thirty four, of range fourteen.
Townships thirty zone. thirty-two, thirty three,
and thirty four, of range fifteen.
AT the Land Office at LA CROSSE commence
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
meridian.
TouDahina reyeptoep o;pbtoan ,nd ,,;,ot,., IF
range one.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
six.
Townships twenty -one and twenty-five, 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.
A the Land Office at STEVENS POINT, com.
me- cling on Monday, the ninth day of May next,
for ne 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;nci-
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.
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
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 sAn act to enable the State
of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the
Swamp lands within their limits,'' approved
September %, 1850, toal 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,
Commissioner of the GeneraILand Office.
NOTICE TO PRE-. EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emp-
ton to any os the lands within the townships and
fractional townships above enumerated is required
to establish the to the satisfaction of the reg
lister and receiver of the proper land Office and
make payment therefor as soon 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