Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE AND SALE
 of the Seminary Lands in the Little

INIE Auditor of the State of Arkansas has certified 1 tU this office the annexed debtor to the Semina " fund, who has purchased land and has allow ed two more instaments upon the bonds exc cuted 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, 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 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 instalments 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, respectively adduce proof satisfactory to the Land Agent that they the orgi nal purchasers or 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 under such ccntractand that unless the time of adducng said proof they shall also file with said Land Agent, their bonds executed to the State of Ar kansas for the Use ot the Seminary fund in such form he shall prescribe with security to be ap- proved by said Agent for the full amount of the bond originally executed for said land. together with all in- tcrest due thereon and shall agree by the execution ot sad bond, aforesaid to pay the amount thereof In three equal annual in,talments with interest on each from the date of such bond until paid at the rate of six per centum per annum and unless they snail at the tune of adducinr such proof and nlng their bonds aforesaid, also surrender to and He with the Land Agent the original certificate of purchase issued by the Governor or Land Agent for such lands If any such certificate was ssued that the
 failure on their part to comply with any of the cond tonS above named shall be conclusive evidence that such lands have been abandoned to the State and that the original of purchase have been for itlted and upon such tuure, the original contracts to purchase said lands shall be- and the same are here by declared to be forfeited and abrogated and shall not be held either ln law equity in any court of this State to be valid binding on this State or 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 to renew their con tracts for the purchase ot said lands. in the manner prescribed by the filth section of this act the owners of Improvements made before the passage of this act upon such o said lands shall not be disposed of as provided in said section five, upon making sasfacto- " proof thereof to the Land Agent within thirty days next succeeding the said sixty days shall be author zed to purchase in legal subdivisions not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, quarter section of sad land including said Improvement at the price at winch such lands were originally sold by the State
 ding thereto the interest 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 bonds to the State of Arkan sas for the use of the Seminary fand with security to be approved by the Land Agent, as provided in section one of this act; which bond shall be payable ln live equal annual insaments, with interest at the rate ot six per cent. per annum each instalment from the date of such bond till paid.
 therefore notify all persons interested that will otter at public sale to the highest bidder the lands described in the annexed list on the Sd day of February. 1858, at the State Land office in Little Rock, provided said lands not taken up accord ing to the provisions of the above act and that they shall be sold for less price than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
 PETER DANIEL CRAIG-S. w. ar of Sec. 2S. T. 6 north range " west, Ill acres and 3S hun drelths, date of bond Oct 9th 1850; s222 so.
 JOHN HUTT,
 Land Agent for Little Rock District