The Opelousas courier., 1860-04-07
II oUsAs PARISH OF LANDRY Q4ouiana)

ST. LANDRY, (Louis
BIT THE PRESIDENT OF TIE uNIrED-STlTES
TIN pursuance of law, /, JAMES BUCHANAN
/ IL President of the United States Of America, d
hereby declare and make known that public sale
will be held at the aforementioned LAM. Offices il
the STATE OF LOUISIANA ae the periods hereinafte
designated, to wit:
At the land Office at OPILorsAs, commencing OIL
Monday the seventh day of May next for the dis
nosa Of the public lands heretofore uaoered situa
/ ted in the following townships and parts OF town
ships, viz:
South of the base ne ossd sce Of principal meridian
Sections 10 and "a: the SW dissection 26; sec.
tious 49, 80, 81, "a. 3e, 35, and 40, of township
sections 2. 8, 10, IL ID, 49, 90. 90, "a, g. %
80. 80. "a, and So, of township S: township u o
| range one.
| Section 8; the s of section 10; the of sec
ton 70: sections Ia, IS. CO. 22, 26, %, 3o SO, 81
and as of township 4, sections IA, s, 8, 10, 12 ID
49, 20, %, "a, and 26, Of township $; townships g.
townships 6, =, and 8, of range sssae.
Township IL, Of range fur.
Township IL, Of range tve.
Township 10 Of range eight.
Sections 2, 12, IA, 22, "a, 26, 2s, 81 a. ana 50,
of township g. sections 2, IL l3, g. "a, 25, 26 a.
34 as and 3e. OF township 4; township S of range
t1uelre.
Townships 4, S, 6, and II, of range thirteen
South of the base line and east ct the pricia! erda'e
The sW4 of section a sections and 8; the
SW of section 10; sections 1S, 90 %, "a, 70, 2S,
3d. g. "a and SO, of township s; sectips 2, 6, 8,
10, L. H. 49, 90, 90 "a 26, 49, so, 80, 81, and &c.,
of township 8; township s, excepe e1ton ; town.
ship 9, of range one.
Sections 2, i. 10, IL, ID and "a, of to,;nship 81;
sections 2, 4,6, s. 10, 12, H. Is, 20, 22,
and g. of township 7; sections 2, 8, To- 1854, la,
90, 20 80, 3D. and &c. Of township 8; of range t'Do
Sections 6; lots l, g s. 6, aud :, of sections s.
sections 20 and 80, of township 7; the w / of the
NE !, the W Of the Sc !, and thew kof section
5,,'a w ofths SW Of section %; sections 2s and
s 40: The W of the Sc /, and the W of section
a. of township 8; sectiaas 2: 4, g. s. 10, IL H. 49,
2o a. "a, 2e 2s, 80, 80 "a, and SO, Of township lo
sections ., s, TO- H. H. 1s, 90, %, "a 70 s 3os
81, 80, 81, and 36 OF township IL, of range Mfes'
The w of section ls; section 80, Of township
10 the S 1 OF the Sc /, the NV oft Sc t, and
lots /, g. 8, and a. of section 10; sections IL and ~;
sections 20 80, and 81, of township IL, OF range
four.
Sections IA, 90, "a, 26. 81, and 36, Of township
g; township 9, except section 81; sections 4, ana
10, Of township 10, Of range siz.
NORTH Of the base line asd east Of the principal msTid'a"
Township 2 of range four.
North Of the base line assd the principal erd'a"
Township of range o'e.
Township 3, of range tuo.
Townships 4, s. and 8. ofrange three.
At the land Office at OFELoBsAs. commencing on
Monday. the twenty first day of May next for the
disposal of the uacaat assds in the erea-nnn,be'ed
sectioss aud qrts Of sections, within the undermen-
toned townships. which remain to the United
States within six miles on each side of the New
Orleans, Opelousae, and Great Western Railroad"
subject, as required by law, to a minimum of t,co
dollars and fifty eemts per acre, viz:
SostA Of the base as awd east Of the ptacpal e.idan.
Townships 9, 9, a. and S, of range
Townships 2, 3,4, S, and 6. of range tsro.
Townships 3, 4, s. 6, T. s,9 and To- Of range three.
Townships i, S. e7, g. ., 10, and Of range four.
Townships s. g. T. g. 9, 10, IL, and r. of range fve.
townships o, 10, II, 12, and Is, of range sir.
Townships IL, l2, 13, and Id, OF range seuez.
Townships IL, -, 13, Il, and Is, of range eight.
Townships 10, l3. Il, Is, and 16, of range niae.
Townships 10, IA, Is, and Is, of range ten.
Townships Id, Is, 16, and II, of range aeress.
Townships Is, is, and II, of range tuefre.
Township Is, of range thirteen.
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Townships 2, g. and 4, ranges oe t,eo and three.
Townships l, 2, and 3, Of ranges four, fire, s1r,
sere,s, eight and asae
Townships i, and 2, OF ranges ten, eleuea, and
ttcelue.
At the land Office at New ORLEANS, commen-
cling on Monday, the fourteenth day of May next,
for the disposal of the racant lands in the
5ered sections and parts sections, within the under
townships, which remain to the United
States within six miles on each side of the New
Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western railroad"
subject, as required by law, to minimum Of tso
aosaars aud J5gfty oe'as per acre viz:
Soh Of the base sse and east Of principal nerd;a.
asd scsst Of the Mississippi riuer.
Townships 16, and II, of range 12.
Townships l5 l6, and II, Of ranges 10 and a.
Townships ID, Is, 16, and II, of range Is.
Townships ID, Is, and l6 of ranges Is, IT, and ls
Townships l3, IA, is, and l6 of ranges 10 and 90
Townships Is, ii. and Is, of range 81
Townships IS and IA, Of ranges a. %, "a and 25 |
Lends appropriated by law for the use Of schools
military, and other purposes, together with the
: swamp and overaewed," granted to the State by
the acts of Congress- approved March 2, l849, and
September 2s, 1850, viii be excluded from the
saIes.
The tracts along the lines of the railroad will be
sold subject to the right Of way-g granted by the
particular tracts cut by the route will be sold as
the quantities respectively shown on
The official plats, without deductions.
The offering Of the above lands will be COM
nenced on the days appointed, and will proceed
ID the order in which they are advertised, until
he whole shall have been offered, and the sales
.hus closed; but sale shall be kept open longer
han two weeks, and no private entry of any of the
ands will be admitted until after the expiration of
;he two weeks. /
Given under my hand, at the city of Washing
;on, this 31st day of January, Ammo Domini one
thousand eight hundred and sixty
By the President: JAMES BUCHANAN |
s. A. SMITH, Commissioner
ef The General Land Office.
NOTICE TO pRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emp-
ION to any Of the lands within the townships and
larts Of townships above enumerated is required
establish the same to the satisfaction of the re-
lister and receiver of the proper land office, and
make payment therefor soon as practicable af-
er seeing this notice, and before the day appointed
or the commencement of the public sale Of the
anas Embracing the tract claimed Otherwise such |
lain will be forfeited.
s. .AsMITH,
Conrnissio,er Of the GeseraI Land Office |
March 10th. 1864.
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