Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-04-07
Nv the President OF the United
States.


Ia pui suaitce q law, |, FRANKLIN
PIERCE, President of the United States Of
Ameiica. DO hereby declare ami make
known that public sales will be he'd AZ the
aforementioned Land Ofilces, in the Safe
of Iowa, at the periods herein 'tler des,gIa
ted, 10 wit:
Al The Land Office al Usage, commen
Gang on Monday, the fourth day of May
next. for the disposal OF the public lands
situated within the following named town-
SHIPS, VIZ:
North o, the base line tad ,cs. II tie mn
principal msridian.
Townships nlne'y'nlne and one hui eteast
of range ten.
Townships n,ne,y -eishi, ninety -ptt,e and
one huEtired, of range eleven.
Tow ships ninety'eish'. timely hire ah'l
one hundrei, OF range twelve.
Townships ninety nine la't one hundred,
OF range thirteen.
Townships nine ,-ninr and one hundred,
Of range fourteen.
Townships nh ely-nine and one hundred,
Of range iiiteen.
Town.hip ore hindr ed, Of range seycn-
teei
Township o.. lodtrd, Of gang twenty.
~ uSNli'f hA'i'' ti-i'' "'iN NV NV i'i''|'s
Of range twenty. hier.
Townships uiue.y -four. l.'H-','lsr nshs-
~ SIN, ninety seven, nlne'y-tight. ninety.
laine aud one hundred, Of rance iwrnty four.
4, NE Land Office at FORT DODGE.
commencing on Monday, the fourth day VI
May next, for the disposal Of public lands
situated wihin The following NAMED town
ship, w:
.To,ih ofstd b sc line and at.t cfMettM
Irt tipdf Ter1d'dn
townships nipety.fonr, ninety five, nine.
ty-six, niaety 'e..b, ninety eight, lii ETY.
nine, and one hundred, Of range twenty.
five.
Townships ninety four, ninety five, ni.ie
ty-sx, ninety seven, ninety-eigt'. ninety
nine. and one hundred, Of range tw en'y six.
Townships ninety -four, ninety nine, and
one hundred. of range tw enty.seven.
Township ore hundred, of range twenty.
sigh'.
Township che hundred, of range twenty
hire.
AT the Land Office at SIOUX CITY,
commencing on Monday, the fourth day OF
Nay next, fof the disposal Of the public
lands situated within the following named
townships, viz:
North oftae base line and ,cesf o(fhe .fffh
principal meridian.
Township ninety-fcur Of range thirty
foni.
Townships nine,y -four and ninety five
of range thirty five.
Township ninety five, OF range Thirty
Sin.
townships niEeiy six and ninety. seven.
OF range thirty eight
Townships ninety ix and ninety even,
Of range thirty nine.
Township ninety seven Of range forty.
Townships ninety-six ard Dineiy seven,
of range fortyone.
Township nine,y>six, Of raugs forty
three.
TowHhip ninety six, Of range forty four,
Township ninety six, Of range forty five,
townships ninety-h five and ninety six, Of
range forty-six.
Townships ninety five and ninety six, OF
range forty seven.
Fractional townships nineiy-four, ninety
five. and ninety six, OF range fcrty.eieht.
Lands appropriated by law for the Use OF
Schools, Military and other purposes, 10.
gether with those s'swamp and overdowed
lands, made thereby unfit for cultivation
il any. granted to the State BY the act en-
titled AN actto enable the State of Arkan-
sas and other States TO reclaim the swamp
lands within their limits" approved Sep.
tember rs, 1850, will 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 are adj.
vertised, until the whole shall have been Of
fersd, and the sales thus closed but no sale
shall be kept open longer than two weeks,
and 70 private entry OF any Ut the lands " i'll
be admitted until after the expiration Of the
two weeks.
Given under my hand, at he city Ut
Washington. this fifteenth day Of December,
Ammo Domini one thousand eight hundred
and fifty six.
RANKIN PIERCE,
By u e President
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,