The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-10-06
or Interest to Homestesders on Canal
Lands.

At the last tenn Of the United States
court the Keweepaw association, as sue
cessor of the Portage Lake Canal company
asked from Judge Severens an injunction
for bidding ?. J. Hattford and some thirty
others from settling OH lands claimed by
the plaintiff under the grant to its pre-
decessor. Rush Culver. counsel for the
homesteaders, opposed the issue on the
ground that the lands in question were
designated and set apart as mineral
and offered for sale by President Fillmore
In a proclamation issued seventeen years
before they were ever certified to the
Portage Lake Canal Company. Mr..
Culver. therefore, csntended that these
lands, having been designated as min
eral'' In the proclamation cited, could
not be legally certified by the SECRETARY
of the interior in 1858 TO the Portage
LaEe Canal company. IL the secretary
of the interior had power thus to certify
lands reserved by law to be disposed OF
In another manner he could include any
lands of the United States anywhere,
even such as the Capitol grounds at
Washington. Recent legal and political
events have made this old proclamation
OF 1851 of considerable interest to the
public and the Mining Journal herewith
prints the document in full;
BY the president Of the United States:
In pursuance Of law, Willard Fillmore,
president of the United States OF Ameri-
ca do hereby declare and make known.
that public sale will be held at the land
office at Sault Ste. Marie, In the state OF
Michigan, commencing on Monday, the
eth day Of October next. for the dis
posal of those sections and parts oil sec
lions Of public lands situated within the
limits OF the following named townships
and fractional townships, covered by
mineral leases mot purchased) or re-
ported by the geologist containing
mineral, In which are embraced the
tracts which could not, by reason OF un-
expi ed leases, be offered under the
presidents proclamations of the 27th OF
January, 1S4s, and June 18th, 1850 and
such of said mineral lands as are now
vacant and are required to be reoffered
under the provisions of the act entitled:
IAN act 10 reduce the minimum price OF
the mineral lands in the Lake Superior
district in Michigan, and the Chippewa
district in Wisconsin," approved on the
Goth Of september, 1850, to-wit:
North OF the base line and west OF the
principal meridian: Townships AZ, AS
and 40 of range 25; AZ, As, 40 and IS Of
range 30; IS and so Of range "a; 81, So
and IS of range rs; 81, SO, So, So and so
of range 90; 81. 50, SO, 81 and SIS of
range 80. 81, Sc, 81 aud SIS OF range 81;
81, "a, 55, Sc, 81 and IS Of range 80; "a.
SIS, So and 81 Of range 49, SO, 81, So and
So, aud G5 on Isle Royale OF range 3i 52.
53 and 81 OF range 35; 81 and 81 Of range
80; 81, So aud SO of range 81; 81 OF range
IS; 81 or range 80; 81 Of range 40; 80
and 81 OF range Al; 4S. 40, so and 81 OF
range AZ; AS, 40, 80 and 81 OF range 43;
As, 40, so and 81 OF range A; As. 40 and
so Of range As; 40 and 50 OF range 40; 40,
AZ, As aud 40 of range AZ; AZ and 4S Of
range 4s; as OF range 40
Lands appropriated by law for the use
OF schools, military and ether purposes.
together with "those swamped and over
flowed lands made unfit thereby for cu-
tivation," II any, which shall be Sc
lected by the state authorities before the
days appointed for the commencement Of
the public sale under the act entitled:
AN act to enable the state OF Arkan-
sas and other states to reclaim the
swamp lands within their limits" APP |
proved September %, 1850, will be ex-
cluded from the sales. And no locations
for land bounties heretofore granted BY
any law Of congi ess for military services
rendered to the United States will be per- |
mitted on any OF the above mentioned
lands, as provided by the act entitled:
..'An oct making appropriations for the
civil ana diplomatic expenses Of she gov
ETC.. approved MarcfhS. 1851. |
Particular lists Of the tracts 10 be Of
fsred will be deposited win the ,rsaistsr
and receiver f.Sault Ste. Marie before
A. Ia "a Tho aAovln0 nj thai