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By the Praaideato Of the UAit ed States o.
7 N pursuance Of law, l. Eranklin Pierce, President
i Of the United States of America, do hereby de-
clare and make known that public sales win be held
TORY Of MEulsorA, ut the times herein designated,
to wits - Nor .e'-a -rN s.r-r - -. ''-'" :.
At the land ofaas at BROWNSVILLE, commencing on
Monday, the eleventh day Of September next fer
the disposal Of the public lands situated within the
aforementioned townships, viz: ia.
North Of the base line and vest Of the M principal
Townships one hundred and one and one hundred
snd two, Of range five.
Townships one hundred sad one and one hundred
Townships one hundred and one and one hundred
and two, of range seven.
Townships one hundred and one and enc hundred
and two, of range eight.
Townships one hundred and one, one hundred and
tro, one hundred and three, and one hundred and
four, of range nine.
Townships one hundred and one, one hundred and
two, one hundred and three, and one hundred and
four, Of range ten
Townships one hundred and one, one hundred and
two, one hundred and two, one hundred and three,
one hundred and four, and one hundred and Eve, OF
range eleven.
At the same place, commencing On Monday, the
twenty fifth day of September next, for the disposal
Of the public lands within the limits OF the following
townships, viz: ~
North of the base lin. and ,c,st Of the fi principal
Townships one hundred and one, one hundred and
two, one hundred and three, one hundred and four,
and one hundred and Ave, Of range twelve r..
Townships one hundred and one, one hundred and
tive, one hundred and three, and one hundred and
four, Of range thirteen
Townships one hundred and one, one hundred and
two, and one hundred and three Of range fourteen.
Townships one hundred and one, one hundred and
two, one hundred and three, and one hundred and
Dur, OF range fifteen
Townships one hundred and two, one hundred
and three, ono hundred and four, and one hundred
and five, Of range sixteen
Townships one hundred and four and one hundred
and five Of range seventeen
At the land office at STILL WATER, commencing on
Monday, the eleventh day of SEPTEMBER next, for
the disposal of the public lands situated in the fol-
lowing named townships, viz:
North of the base line and .uest of The fourth priaci
pal meridian.
Township forty one, of range sixteen
Township forty-two, Of range seventeen
Townships forty, forty ono, and forty two Of range
eighteen
Islands In sections fifteen, twenty two, twenty.
seven, and twenty eight in township thirty three,
and townships thirty eight, thirty nine and forty,
If range nineteen
Also, the following tracts, situated in the former
military reservation at Fort Smelling, to be sold
der the provisions Of the act entitled An act to
duce and define the boundaries Of the military re-
at the Saint Peters river, IL the Territory Of
Minnesota" approved 26th August, 1852, and which
are not subject 70 presumption claims:
ton five, sections eight, nine, and ten; the west
half and southeast fractional quarter Of section sev
en-, sections fourteen fifteen, seventeen twenty-one
Except lots one, two and three, reserved for militia
~ purposes at the Ferry twenty-five and twenty
three exc usive Of all the Islands in the Mississippi
river, in township overweight, of range twenty.
three.
At the land Office at MINNEAPOLIS, commencing on
Monday, the eighteenth day of September next, for
the disposal of the public lands in the following
named townships, of which the portions situated
within the former military reserve at Fort Smelling
the act of 26th August, 1852, herein above quoted
and which are not subject to preemption claims, to
wit:
North Of the base line and ,oest Of the fourth princ
pal meridian.
Townships twenty seven and twenty-eight, eXclu.
sive of the islands in the Missouri river Of range
twenty-five
Townships twenty. seven, twentyeight and TWEEN
tynine, exclusive Of the islands In the Mississippi
liver, of range twenty three
Townships twenty-seven, twenty eight and TWEEN
ty-nine, exclusive of the islands in the Mississippi
river, Of range twenty four.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools
military and other purposes, iciN be excluded from
the sales
The Offering of the above lands will be commenced
on the days appointed and will proceed in the order
IN which they ere advertised, with all convenient
despatch, until the whole shall have been offered
and the sales thus closed; but no sse shall be KEPT
open longer than two weeks, and no private entry
Of any of the lands viii be admitted until after the
expiration of the two weeks.
Given under my hand, at the city of WashiD 7 ton
this third day Of June, Anne Domini one thousand
eight hundred and fifty -four. ..-
By the President:
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of General Land Office