The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-27
No. S3S
PROCLAMATION
BY THE
President Of the United States,

IN PURSUANCE OF AN ACT OF CON
| Il gress OF June I'D, lS16, l. 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 9sth DAY OF OCTOBER. 1878.
at which time viii be offered all lands not
| previously disposed Of, IN the aforementioned
| townships and parts of townships. viz.
North of base line and west of the ST
| stephens Meridian, in the original Choctaw.
now jackson, Mississippi Land District:
! townships y ranges II. Is l9. % and 2l
townships 10, ranges L. IS, 10, - and u
North OF base line and east Of the Wash
| ington Meridian in the original Choctaw. now
JAG kson, Mississippi Land District:
Townships $, 9, II and IA. range 5.
Townships 5. 9 and 10. range 8
| Township s range T.
Townships = and 10. range g.
Townships and 10, range 10
North of base line and east Of the Cboctavv
Meridian, in the original Choctaw, now Jack
sen, Mississippi Land District:
Townships l. , 3 aud a. range
Townships l, , 3 and 10. range
Tow nships l, , 8. 4 and 10 range 8
Townships l, , 3 and 1 range 4
Townships |, ?, 3 and f. range g.
Townships l, :, 8, 4 and s. range Q.
North of base line and west of the Choctaw
Meridian, IN the original Choctaw now Jack
son, Mississippi Land District
Townships and H. range 3.
Township ,, range 4.
North of base line and east OF the Choctaw
Meridian, in the original Chocchuma OF Gren
ada, nov Jackson Mississippi Land District:
Townships 20 y, D, "A, 25, 70 and p, range ?
Townships ~, Il, p, 3, "a %, 70 and a.
range B.
Townships % p, =, 28, "a, % and &c, range
Townships %, p, y. 24and d. range
Townships 20 ~ y and % range g.
Townships 20 Il. p % and "a rang =
North of base line and east OF the Ghoctaw
Meridian, in the former Columbus, now Jack
son, Mississippi, Land District
Township l., range l.
Townships Is IS, Il, IS and 49, range 4
Townships To- is and 10, range B.
Townships Il, Is and 80, range T.
Townships ., II and H. range s.
Townships 9, 10, II, T. 10, Is, II, Is and
range 8.
Townships S, 8 10, II, IL, 10, 10, II, Is and
Townships O. 10, II, u, 10, IA, 10. lG IT, IL
10, %, 81 - and D, range s.
/, Townships = 9, 10 IL, y, 49, IA, Is, Is, II,
Is, 20 u and - range ..
20 TS9 81 6sh 10 H. T. 10, a. 10 10 IT, 49,
Townships s ., 10, IL, u, 10, IA, 10, l6 II.
Is, 10, 20 and 81, range H.
Townships s 3, 10, H. u, 10, Is, Is, IT, 10 10
Townships $, 9, 10, II, y, a. Is, l6, Il, 10
and q, range ID.
Townships s, 9, 10, II, T. 10, IA, 10, Is andlZ,
range H.
Townships 9, 10, Il, p 10, a. 10 and 49,
range Is.
Townships 8 9, TO- Il, y, 10 and H. range
10.
Townships g. TO- II and y, range IT,
Townships s, 9, 10 and - range Is.
Townships s, and TO- range -
South of base line and west of the Hunts
Vile Meridian, in the former Columbus now
Jackson Mississippi Land District:
Townships IL. u, ID, IA and Is rance 10
Townships y, -, IA aud 10, rangel7.
Township II, range 49,
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of
schools, military or 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 are tabulated 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 wi be admitted until the
day after the close of the public Offering
All lands held at double minimum price will
be disposed of at not less than two dollars and
nifty cents (S2 5O) per acre, and all lands held
at minimum price, will be disposed of at not
less than one dollar and twenty five cents
Isl 25) per acre,
Lists of sectional subdivisions are in tho
hands of the district officers, and will be opcu
for the examination of those desiring to pur-
chase
Given under my hand at the city of Wash
ington, this 18th day of July, A. D., 1873
r. b. HAYES
President of the United States.
By the President:
j. A. WILLIAMSON,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.