Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-09-26
Sale Of Swamp Lands.

NJ Office Is hereby givtn to all persons claiming
~ the right Of prescription to any of the swamp and
overlooked lands, in the counties OF Brunette, Polk, st.
Croix, Pierce, Dunn, Eau Claire, Chippewa, Buffalo, Trem-
nelau, La Crosse, Jackson, Clarke, Monroe. Bad AK.
~Richland, Grant, Crawford and Iowa, under the provis-
ions of an act entitled ''an act to provide for the protec-
ton of the swamp and overiowed lands in this State,
and grant pre-emptionr rights thereon" approved April
ID. 1885, that all of said rights to any of such lands in
said counties be proven, and said proof deposited with
paid in full at the rate of one dollar ard twenty-five cents
per acre,at least ten DAYS prior to the time appointed for
the sale of such lands in each of said counties respective
ly, as hereafter specified, in compliance with an act emit
lied San act to provide for the sale and disposal of the
swamp and overiiowed lands" approved October 18th,
1896, and San act concerning pre-cmptors of swamp and
oyerhowcd lands of this state approved March 9Th, 1857,
and that All of said lands which shall not be SO pre-empt-
ed and proven as aforesaid, will be offered at Public AHc-
non, at the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre, N the manner and under the restrictions
provided, for the sale Of school and university lands, in
chapter "A of the revised statutes, 50 far as such provis-
ions may be applicable and not inconsistent with the
provisions OF the act last referred to, at the following
times and places to W.T.:
In the county of Burnette,at The Post Office in Gordon,
on Monday the 18TH day ofOctober, A. d. 1857.
In the county of Polk, at Hungerford's Mill as theFalls
OF st. Croix, on Friday the 10th day of October. a. d.
In the county of st. Croix, at the Office of Allen Daw-
son in Hudson, on Monday tho 10th day of October, 4. D.
1857.
In the county of Pierce, at Fosters Hotel in Prescott,
on Wednesday the 21st day of October, A. D. 1857.
In the county of Dunn, at the Office of a. C. Allen at
North Pepin, on Friday the 23rd day of October, A. d.
1857.
In the county of Eau Claire, at the Office OF seeley &
Gleason, at Eau Claire, on Monday the 26th day of Octo-
Der, A. d. 1857.
In The county OF Chippewa, at the Post Office at Chip
resa Fails, on Wednesday the 2Sth day or October,A. d.
In the county ofBuTalo, at the Post Office in Fountain
City, on Monday the md day Of November, A. ID. 1857.
In the county of Tr~empelau, at the Post Office in
Monteyillo, on Wednesday the 4th day of November, A.
D.. 1897.
Crosse, on Thursday the 9Th day of November, A. D..
1857.
In the county Of Jackson, at the Post Office in Black
River Falls, Oh Saturday the It'll day of November, A. d.
1857.
In the county of Clarke, at the House of Hugh Wedge,
at the mouth OF Wedges Creek, on Wednesday the l1tl
day of November, A. d. 1857.
il the county Of Monroe, at the Post Oaica in the viii
lagc of Sparta, on Monday the 10th day of November, A.
b. 1857.
In the county of Bad AK, at the Post Office in Viroqua,
on Wednesday the 18th day of November, A. d. 1857.
In the county of Richland, at the Post Office in Rich
lnoDt, on Friday the 10th day of November, A.. u. 1857.
In the County ofGfaat, at the Post Office in Muscoda,
on Saturday the 2lst day OF November, A. D. 1887.
du Chen, ON Monday tie 23ld day of November, \. ID.
1857.
In the county ofTowa, at the Court House in Mineral
Point, OH Tuesday the 24th day OF November, \. 1857.
The sale will commence at 9 O'Clock, A. NJ, or as soon
thereafter as may he, at each of the above named places.
All persons claiming the right to pre-emption to any of
the above lands, will be permitted to pay for said pre-
%enptiona on or before the time for that purpose specified
above. In order to guard the rights of contestants, no
~pre-emptors will be allowed to enter the tract by him
claimed, until he shall file in the office of the Secretary of
State, a cert icate Of the Register of the county in which
the lands claimed are situated, certifying that there are
no adverse claims to said tract. And III case there are adj
verse claimants, the person making application to pay for
the land by him claimed, fshall procure q certificate as
above giving all the names of adverse claimants, and
Furnishing evidence ut the Office of the Secretary of State
that he has notified such adverse claimants Of his inten-
tion to prove his pre-emption, on a day fixed in said no.
tee, giving one day for every thirty miles travel, from the
residence of such claimant to Madison, his application
viii be heard and determined.
D. W. ONES,
Secretary of State,
CHARLES KUHEN
State Treasurer,
Wn. r. SMITH.
Attorney General.