The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-06-13
PROCLAMATION

PROCLAMATION
By the President Of the Uasted States.
In pursuance of an act of Congress
of June %, 1876, L, Rutherford b.
Hayes, President of tho United States
of America, do hereby declare and
| make known that public sale of val
liable government lands will he held at
the Land Office al New Orleans, in the
State Of Louisiana, OH Tuesday
Angus: &c, 1879, at which time will I've
offered all lands not previously dtspos-
ed of, in the aforementioned town
ships and parts of townships, viz:
North of base line and east Of the
Louisiana meridian, in the former
Monroe, now New Orleans, Louisiana,
Land District
Townships 4, S, 6, 7, 8, 3, 10, II, IL,
Is, IA, Is, l6, II, 10, -, 20, 81, % and
%, Range 1.
Townships 3, 4, 5,c,7, s,e, 10, II,
IL, 10, II, Is, lG, II, IS, ~, 20, q, %
and %, Range 2.
Townships 3, 4, S, =, 8, 9. 10, II,
~, 10, II, Is, lG, II, IS, ~, 20, p, p
and %, Range 8.
Townships z, 8, 8, 10, II, ~, 13, ii,
II, IS 10, 20, Fl and % Range 4.
Townships 8, 8, 10, II, IL, II, Is, ID,
10, 20, q, % and %, Range S.
townships 6, ., 10, II, IL, ID, IA, IS,
16, Is, 20, q, % aud g, Range 6.
Townships 7, 9, 10, ~, l3, II, Is, lG,
IS, 20, p, % and %, Range7.
Townships 10, II, Is, 1G, IS, 10 and
%, Range 8.
Townships 7, Is, 1G, II, 1s and q,
Range 8.
Townships II, ,e, 20. 2, and %,
Range 10.
Townships 10, is, ~, 20, 81, p
and %, Range IL.
Township %, Range II.
North of base line aud west of the
Louisiana meridian, in the former
| Monroe, now tho New Orleans, Louisi-
ana, Land District
Townships S, 6, Z, 8, 3, 10, II, IL, ID,
II, Is, lG, II, Is, 20, 22and 23, Range 1.
Townships S, &, z, s, ., 10, ii, II, Is,
Ii, Is, IL, II, IS, 10, 20, q, % and %,
Range 2.
Townships 6, 2, 8, 3. 10, II, IL, 10,
II, Is, 1G, II, IL, 10, 20, y, p and %,
Range 3.
Townships II, IS, 1c, II, 20, p, %
and %, Range 4.
Townships 1, 4, Is, lG, II, Is, ~, 20,
q, % and 23, Range 5.
Lands appropriated by law for the
use of schools, military or other Pur-
poses or reserved for railroad pur-
poses, will be excluded from the sale.
The offering of the above lands will
be commenced on tho day appointed,
and will proceed in the order in which
they are tshulated in the lists Of sect
iolal subdivisions until the whole
have been offered and the sale thus
closed but tho sale shall not be kept
open longer than two weeks, and no
private entry of any Of the lands will
be admitted until the day after the
close of tho public offering. All lands
held ut double minimum price will be
dispose Of ut not less than two dollars
and fifty cents (*2 SOY per acre and all
the lands held at minimum price will
bc disposcd of mt not less than one dol
lar and twenty five cents ($l 25) per
acre. Lists of sectional subdivisions
are in tho hands of the district officers,
and will be open for tho examination
Of those desiring to purchase.
Given under my hand, ut the city of
Washington, this Sth day of May, A.
d., 1879.
II. Il. HAYES,
President OF the United States.
| by tho President
=. n. w lt.l'AN MSoN, commissioners
| of the General Land Office.
| NOTICE TO PRE- EMPrION ,I.AlMA Nrs
Every person entitled to the right
of presumption to any of the lands
within the townships and parts of
townships above enumerated, is re-
uuired to establish the same to the sat
isf.,ction Of the register and receiver OF
the New Orleans md office, and make
payment therefor rs soon rs practica-
BILE after seeing this notice AMI before
the day appointed for the commence.
ment of tho public sale of the lands
embracing the tract claimed, "therwi:
such claim will be forfeited.
No pre-. emption claim h's.1i on
settlement subsequent t" the date ct
this proclamation and prior t" the
offering, will be recognized by the gov
crument. y. A. WILLIAMSON,
Commissioner Of the General Land