Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-06
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE AND SALE of the Internal Improvement Lands in
 the EayptfeuiIl

TIE Audltor of the State of Arkansas has certified
 to this office the annexed debtor to the Internal Improvement fund, who have purchased land and have allowed two or more nStaments upon the bond, executed for said land to remain due and unpaid An Act approved the 22d day of January 1855 requires that the Land Agent shall offer the lands described in the annexed list at public sale. in not less than nine y one days from the date of this dyersement with a suitable notice to the persons therein named who contracted for the purchase of the said lands. and to all others who claim to hold under them by assign ment of the certificate of purchase, that they have failed to comply with their contract by allowing two instamentS upon the bonds executed for said land, to remain due and unpaid; and notifying such persons
 that unless they shall within sixty days from the last publication of this notice respectfully adduce proof satisfactory to the Land Agent that they as the org- nal ui hh-ers or the Assgnees of the original pur- chlscrs. have property sufficient and intend in good faith to pay up and discharge their liabilities to the state under such cOntratand that unless at the time ol adducng said proof they shall also file with said
 Land Agent, their bonds executed the State of Ar kansas for the of Internal Improvement in such form as he shall prescribe with security to be ap- proved by said Agent for the full amount of the land originally executed for said land. together with all n- terSt due thereon, and shall agree by the execution oi siid bond. aforesaid. to pay the thereof m three equal annual instanents with interest on each nStamcnt from the date of such bond. until paid al the rate of six Der ccntum per annum and unless they shall at the time of adducing such proof and Hing their bond, aforesaid. also surrender to and file with the Land Agent the original certificate of purchase issued by the Governor or Land Agent for such lands n any such certificate i-slIed that the lIu'e on thcr part to comply with any of the condi tons above named shall be conclusive evidence that such lands have been abandoned to the State and that the original contract of purchase have been for fcte. and upon such failure, the original contracts to purchase said lands shall be- and the same are here by declared to be forfeited and abrogaed and shall not be held either in jaw or equity in any court in t-is State, to be valid or binding this State any officer agent thereof to affect the title of the State to sad lands
 hat after the expiration of the sixty days allowed claimants to establish their rights to their con- tracts for the purchase of said lands in the manner prescribed by the filth section of this act the owners ot improvements. made before the passage of this act upon such ot said lands shall not be disposed of provided III said section five, upon making satsfac tory proof thereof to the Land Agent within thirty days next succeeding the sixty days shall be author ized to purchase in legal divisions not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, quarter section sad land, including said improvement. at the price at which such lands were originally sold by the State, aiding thereto the interest six percent per annum on sad amount from the date of the original sale, for winch amount and interest," such owrers of improve ments shall execute heirands to the State of Aran- sas for use of Internal Improvement, with security, to be approved by the Land Agent as provided in section one. of this act; which bond shall be payable m five equal annual insaments, with interest at the rat- of SIX per cent. per annum each insalment, from the date of snch bond till paid.
 therefore notify all persons interested, that will offer at public sale to the highest bidder the lands described in the annexed list on Friday. the 25th in Fayetteville provided said lands not taken up according to the provisions of the above act and that they shall not be sold for less price than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
 j. J. JEFFREY--S. E. A of Sec. ?. T. i9 N. R. 30 W. l60 acres. Date of bond, 27tts December, 1851. $20o. A. R. WITT,
 State Land Agent, Fayetteville District
 Sept 2ith. 1857. 5l-3t.