The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-04
No. sSs.
PROCLAMATION
BY THE
President Of the United States

/ IN PURSUANCE OF AN ACT OF CON
L gresslof June I'D, 1876, ], RUTHERFORD B
| HAYES, President of the United States of
America do hereby declare and make known.
/ that public sele of valuable Government
lands will be held at the Land Office at Jack
son, in the State Of Mississippi, on
TUESDAY, THE 2sth DAY OF OCTOBER, Is7s,
at which time will be offered all lands NOT
previously disposed of, in the underme ntioned
| townships and parts of townships, viz:
North OF base line and west of the St.
Stephens Meridian, in the original Choctaw
now jackson, NJ ssissippi Land District;
/ Townships y ranges II. Is 19, 20 and q.
| Townships 10, ranges H. lS, l9. 70 and y.
| North of base line and east of the Wash
| ington Meridian, in the original Choctaw, now
| jackson, Mississippi Land District:
Townships s, g. IL and IA, range s.
| Townships 8, 9 and 10, range s.
| Township 8, range !.
| Townships and 10. ranges.
Townships 9 and 10 range 10.
North of base line and east Of the Choctaw
Meridian in the original Choctaw, now Jack
| sen, Mississippi Land District:
| Townships !, = and IA, range l.
| Townships l, ?, and 10, range a
| Townships l, 3 and 10, range 3.
| Townships l, , and range 1.
| Townships l, 2 3 and 4, range 8.
| Townships l, 2, 8 and 8, range 6.
| North of base line and west of the ChOctaW
Meridian in the original Choetaw now Jack
SON. Mississippi Land District
Townships l and IL, range 3.
| Township 2 range 4
| North of base line and east of the Choctaw
Meridian, in the original Chocehuma or Gren
| ada, nov Jackson Mississippi Land District:
| Townships 20, u, %, "A 25, 70 and u, range ,.
Townships 20, u, Y, q, "A, % 26 and p,
| range 3.
Townships 20, p, y, %, "a, % and 20, range
Townships 20, p, - n and %, range s.
| Townships 20 IL y and % range s.
Townships 20, q, D % and "a, ramp
| North of base line and east OF the ,5hoctaw
| Meridian n I 10 ('OlumhnS lack
son, Mississippi, Land District:
Township Il, range l.
Townships Is, 10, IL, IS and 10, range 2.
| Townships l6, Is and 10, range 3.
| Townships II, Is and 49, range 4.
Townships g. II and 49, range 5.
Townships g. 10, IL, Il, l5 l6, II, 18 and
| range q.
Townships 8, 9, 10. IL, II, Is, 16 II, Is and
| 10, range Z.
townships 9, 10, IL, II, 49, IA, Is, l6, It, Is,
10, % u, - and %, range 8.
| Townships s, 9, 10 IL, II, 49, IA, Is, Is, L,
Is, -. II and % range 9.
Townships s, 9, 10. II, y, 10, A. 10 Is, Il, Is,
90 u and Y, range 10.
Townships s, g. 10, II, u, ID, IA, Is, l6, II,
| Is 10, 20 and 2l. range H.
Townships s. 9, 10, IL, II, Is, Is, Is II, Is 10
and 20, range II
~ ToyEnshiPs $ 3 10, H. r. IA 10 l6 H. Is
Townships s, 8, 10, H. Il, Is, IA, 15 10 and Il,
range IA.
Townships 9, 10, IL, II, 3D. IA, Is and l6,
range Is
Townships s, 9, 10, IL, u, ID andel4, range
L.
Townships g. TO- IL and II, range II.
Townships g g. 10 and II range Is.
Townships 8, 9 and TO- range 10.
South of base line and west of the Hunts
Vile Meridian, in the former Columbus, now
Jackson, Mississippi Land District:
Townships II. u, ID, IA and Is, rance TO-
Townships II, b. IA and Is, range II.
Township r. range Is.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of
schools, military other purposes or reserved
for railroad purposes, will be excluded from
the sale.
The offering of the above lands will be com
menced on the day appointed, and will proceed
in the order in which they tabulsted until
the whole have been offered and the sales thus
| closed, but the sale shall not be kept open
longer than two weeks, and no private entry
| of any of the lands viii be admitted until the
day after the close of the public Offering.
| All lands held at double mi nimum price will
} be disposed of at not less than two dollars and
fifty cents 81 50) per acre, and all lands held
at minimum price, will be disposed of at not
> less than one dollar and twenty five cents
Isl 25l per acre.
, Lists of sectional subdivisions are in the
hands OF the district officers, and will be open
for the examination of those desiring to pur
! chase.
Given under my hand, at the city of Wash
! ington, this lath day of July, A. D., 1878.
r. b. HAYES,
President Of the United States
By the President: