By the President of the United

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\ pursuance of an aet'of Congress, appror ed on the llth day of July, lsi6, entitled An act to authorize the President of the United States to sell the reserved mineral lands in the States of Illinois and Arkansas, and Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore, 1, JAMES K. POLK President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known, that public sales of the lands heretofore tethheid from sale on accoad of the uaiHdble lead mines hereiH will be held at the aforementioned land offices in the State . of ARKANSAS, at the periods hereinafter desig- nated, to VII: ------------------- At the Land Office at BATESvILLE, commen- cing Monday the 18th day of March next, for the disposal of the public lands within the under mentioned townships. viz:

 North of he 5ase line md tuesf of tte dh princpal

 meridian

 Township nineteen, of range sixteen.

 Townships nineteen and twenty, of range seven- teen.

 At the Land Office at FAYETTEVILLE, com mencing on Monday the 22d day of March next, for the disposal ef the public lands within the dermen;ioned townships, to wit:

 North of the base line aSad acest of he h prtnctpai

 meridian.

 Townships nineteen and twenty, of range eigh- teen

 Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools, military, or other purposes, will be excluded from sale also all quarter quarter sections, f any, CO., vered in whole or in part by those mining leases which shall not be deterlnined by the day fixed for Jle commencement cs theSe Sdles.

 Pre-emption claims will not be allowed io any of the above lands until after the same shall have been offered at public sale. and become subject to private entry; and all of said lands which contain mine or mines of lead ore, actually discovered and being worked will be sold in such legal sub diyis- ion or subdivisions, as will include such mines ol mines, at moi less than $2 50 cents per acre.

 The sales will each be kept open for two weeks, (unless the lands sooner disposed of,) and no longer; and private entries of land in the town ships so offered, will be admitted until after the expiration of two weeks from the commencement of said sales. --.- In further execution of the said act, have sed the Commss toner of the General Land Office to publish with this proclamation, brief descrip ton of the mineral r'gions in which these lands lie, and of the lands now offered for sale (which he has prepared from official documents and other means oi information.

 Given under my hand, at the city of Washing ton, this Sth day of September. Anno Domini thousand eight hundred aud iarty-six

 By ihe President; JAMES K. POLK. JAMES II. PIPER. .iciiHg CommissioRer

 of he General Land otfee