Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-02-08
BY THE pREsllGENT Is; E. Or THE UNITED

BUCHANAN, Presl-

In pursuance of law, |, JAMES BUCHANAN, Presl-
Glare and make known that public sales will be held
az the under -mentOHed Land Offices in the State of
Florida at the periods hereinafter designated, to
At the Land Office at TALLAHAssEE, commencing
on Monday, the twentieth day of February next, for
the disposal THE vacant lands in the eren mum
5eTed SedttonS and parts Of sections, within the
United States, within six miles on each side of the
railroads, from st. Johns river at Jacksonville,
la and from to the State fS iae Of aisSS
ma, in the direction of Montgomery" subject, as
Dty cents per acre, viz:
North Of the base line and ,cest Of the principal
Townships and ?, Of f'fanasi'. fanEef.
townships !, 2, and $, of ranges ands
TT0wnshhips T0wnshpps s, and i of ranges 6;7' and
Townships 8, 4. and 5, of range 10.
rnshP TrownshhiPs 2'S' A. @ ana ), OF ranges II and r.
an" and FfHsHs is and spr a. '
Townships 2, s. and 4, of ranges 49, 10, %, e. q, q,
Townships I, 2, s. and 4, of range25
Towns hips !, 2. and 8, o ranges 26 and q.
townships |, e 8, 5, and s; ofranges d and q.
Townships 2 8, 4, s. and 6, ranges go 81 and 50
South of the base line and pcest Of the principal
meridian.
Townships and ?, of rsngo29.
Townships /. ?, and 8, of range 80.
Townships and 2, ofrange 81.
North Of the base line and east Of tn. principal
sneT1dtdH.
x, 1.
Township /, Of ranges ii and r. >
South of the bass line and east Of the principal
Township I, of ranges i. 2, 8, 7,s,ands.
Townships and 2, ranges 10 and IL.
hanf dsy n4
posal of the vacant lands in the Numbered sec
lions md parts Of ssctions. within the under,
TONED townships, which remain to the United States
within miles each side of the railroads, "from
St Johns river, at Jacksonville, to the waters of
anlhIa Iva ar Pen la.' ondG
Amelia island, on the Atlantic, to the waters of
Tampa Bay, with a branch to Cedar Key, on the
minimum of tco dollars and fifty cents per acre, VIZ:
South of the base line and east Of the principal
Townships and ?, Of fTfsrIasqr. range II.
townships !, 2, and s, of range II:
Townshpps 49, Il, s and ID 49, anss
townships 2, g. r. 49, u, and IS, Of IangeIs.
?ss ana IS f.
Townships 2, 3, 4, 10, IL, and y, of range 49,,
townships s,s 81, 8. and 3, Of ranges 81 and
Townships 1, 2, s, AS, 6, and 7, of range q.
Townships l, q 5, and 4. of range "a.
At the Land Office at ST. AUGUSTINE, oommen-
ong on Monday, the twenty seventh day of Fe-
the ersn Numbered sections and parts Of sections,
within the under er-mentloned townships, which re-
side of railroads, "from St John river at Jackson
vile, to the waters of Escamha bay, at or near
tic, to the waters of Tampa Bay, with branch to
Cellar Key, in the Gulf Of Mexico;" subject rs re-
qulred by law to minimum of tic0 dollars and ffty
cents per acre, viz:
North of the base line end east Of the prane,pal
Townships and 2, of range 2S
Townships and 8, of ranges "a, 25 26 n, and D.
South of the base line and east Of the principal
meridian.
Townships l, 2, and s, of ranges Is and S.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools,
military and other purposes, together with swamp
and overfowed" lands, will be excluded from the
sales.
The tracts along the lines of the railroads will be
sod subject to the right of way, granted by act of
4th August 1859, for said railroads, and the particu
lar tracts cut by the routes will be sold containing
the quantities respectively shown on the official
plats, without deductions.
The offering of the above lands will be commenced
on the days appointed and will proceed in the order
shall have been offered. and the sales thus closed
but no sale shall be kept open longer than wo
weeks, and no private entry of any of the above
lands will he admitted until after the expiration of
ths two weeks.
Giyen under my hand, at the city Of Washington,
this fifteenth day Of November, ammo Domini one
thousand eight hundred and ffty nine.
By the President:
8. a. SMITH,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PREEMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every Person entitled to the right of pre- -emption
to any of the lands within the townships above
ennmerated is required to establish the the
satisfaction of the register and receiver of the
proper land once, and naks payment therefore as
the day appointed for the commencement of the
pnDc sale OF the lands embracing the tract claimed;
otherwise such claim will be forfeited
Commissioner of the General Land and 6facse.