Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-13
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE AND SALE of the Internal Improvement Lands in
 the Fayetteville District

INiE Auditor of the State of Arkansas has certified
 to thls office the annexed debtor to the Internal Improvement fund, who have purchased land and have allowed two or more nstaments upon the bonds executed for said land to remain due and unpail 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 ty-one days from the date of this advertisement with suitable notice to the persons therein named. who contracted for the purchase of the said lands and all others who claim to hold under them by assign men of the certificate of purchase, that they have failed to comply with their contract hv allowing two lnstalmens npon the bonds executed for said lands 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 nal purchasers the assignees of the original pur chaSers have property sufficient and intend in good faith to pay up and discharge their liabilities to the State nnder such contractand that unless at the time of adducng sad proof they shall also file with said Land Agent. their bonds executed to the State of Ar kansas for the Use 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 oTlgnalY executed for sand land. together with all in tereSt due thereon and shall agree by the execution of said bond. aforesaid to pay the amount thereof In three equal annual inSalmcnts. with interest on each nstanent from the date of such bond until paid at the rate of SIX lcr ccnum per annum: and unless they shall at the time of adducing such proof and nilng their bonds aforesaid. also surrender to aud file with the Land Agent the original certificate of luGtidnc Issued the NONcTnOr Land Agent for such lands m any such certificate issucd that the failure on their 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 feted, and upon such failure, the original contracts to purchase said lands shall be- and the here by declared to be forfeited and abrogaed and shall not be held either in law equity in any court in this State, to be valid binding this State any officer or agent thereof to affect the title of the State to said lands
 That after the expiration of the sixty days allowed claimants to establish their rights their con tracts for the purchase of said lands in the manner prescribed by tn fifth section of this act the owners of improvements made before the passage of this act upon such of said lands shall not be disposed of as provided in 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 sub divisions exceeding one hundred and sixty acres quarter section of said land including said improvement at the price at winch such lands were originally sold by the State, aiding thereto the interest at six per cent per annum on said amount from the date of the original sale for which amount and interest, such owners of improve ments shall execute their lands to the State of Arkan 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 in five equal annual nstalments with interest the rate Of six per cent. per annum. each nstament, from the date of such bond till paid.
 therefore notify all persons interested that will offer at public sale the highest bidder the lands described in the annexed list on Friday. the 25fh day of December, 1851, at the State Land office in Fayetteville, provided said lands are 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. 9 T. i9 N.. R. 80 W. l60 acres Date of bond, 27th December. 1851. S2oo. A. R. WITT
 State Land Agent, Fayetteville District
 Sept. 24th. 1857. 5l-3t.