New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-09
LEGAL NOTICES.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED SLATER IN
and for the District Of Louisiana.

NHE PRESIDENT OF The UNITED STATES To
- Mrs. Z. Poussin executrix of the last will ard
snc"s OF and representing the succession of
.nrnaner AND to all other persons whom I may
Whereas The Honorable William ". Belknap
the Secie4Iy Of War OF the United States of Amer
lca, natn ny authority conferred him by the
form OF law, appears in our said Circuit Court and
N due form OF law exhibited and filed MS ne1ition
TO- aud IN Pehalf Of The United States OF America,
wherein ne hath given Said court to
understand, and be informed that under
and by virtue of the authority conferred
States in such case made and provided he mas
heretofore lawfully entered upon and for and in
the name, aud IN behalf of the said United States
has taken possession Of certain lot, piece par.
Gel of land situated in the parish o. Rapides in
the State and District Of Louisiana aud has occu-
pied and appropriated the same and for a ma
tonal cemetery, the said properly beng in his
opinion and judgment suitable and necessary for
the purpose of carrying into effect the act of Con-
gress aforesaid ard being needed and necesssrv
for national cemetery for the burial of deceasd
officers and soldiers of the army and sailors and
marines Of the navy Of the United States, and has
established the same as a national cemetery and
that the same is now continued as such
And that the said piece parcel of land is de-
scribed as follows That certain tract or piece Of
land 81 uated In the parish of Rapides il the State
OF Louisiana, known and described fully and
at large set forth IN the plat and map thereof an
Dexed to and fled in our said court Il tie clerks
office thereof rs part and portion OF the petition
Oh !,e salu secretary OF war and at all times open
to the examination and inspection of all persons
describing in detail said land, which is Situated
near the town or village in said parish Of Rapides
known or called Pfueviile. Said cemetery being a
part of the tract of land known as the Poussin
district. located within the limits of the original
and denOminated on the official United States snr,
vey of township four north, range one west and
now in possession Of and actually occupied by the
United states as national cemetery. as aforesaid
And whereas, II has also been represent ed uptO
our said court that the ownership OF re estate
lsinvOlved in some dispute uncertainty as TO wbe
lie
and that the said Secretary OF War is Informed
that you or some OF you Claim to have represent
some ownership title or interest therein or thereto
and that the said United States through said Sec.
rotary of War, is unable to deal with safety with
said properly as and for a national cemetery nv
reason of uncertainty concerning the ownership
And that the amount of money TO be paid there
for by the United States not be settled liked
and determined for the same reason.
And our sa d court having considered said appli-
cation of the Secretary of War in this behalf and
having made its order in the premises;
Now, therefore, you the said above named per-
sons, respectively, well as all persons whom it
may concern, and who may have or pretend tn
have or to represent any person persons, claim
ing any right title interest or to said real es
tate, or any part or portions thereof, pursuant to
the decree or the orders of said Circuit Court in
the premises, are hereby cited admonshed and
equired to be and appear in our said Circuit Court
no den at the city of New Orleans in taid district
OF Louisiana. Oh or before the first Monday in No.
venber next, A. ID. 1874, and make and file in said
court statement in whiting, under your several
oaths or affirmatOrs stating and setting forth any
and al! interest. Claim or title wherein YOU or each
or either OF have claims pretend TO possess in
and to said property or any part portion there
Of and further her, in stand 10 and abide any such
order. j idgmeDt, or decree the court shall or
may make in the premises or as shall or may be
or become necessary or proper to secure the ap-
pTasement OF said property and its transfer to the
said United States by indie feasible titles in fee
simple; hereof fail not.
Witness the Honorable Morrison r. Waite Chief
Justice of the Supre rue Court of the United States
OF America, at the city of New Orleans, this tenth
day of July, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy
four and of the independence of the United States
Of America the ninety -nnth year
F. A. WOOLFLEY Clerk.
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