BY the President ofthe United states.
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IN pursuance of an act of Congress- approved or
l. the eleventh day of july 1916, entitled "An act
to authorize the President of the United States to
sell the reserved mineral lands in the States of Il-
nois and Arkansas, and Territories of Wisconsin
and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore" |, JAMES
X. POLK, President of the United States of Amer
ica, do hereby declare and make known that pub
lie sale will be held at the land office at DUBUQUE
in the Territory Of Iowa, commencing on MON
DAY the eighth day Of March next, for the sale of
the public lands heretofore withheld from sale on
account of the valuable lead mines therein, within
the following townships and fractional townships,
known as the rich lead mine district, to wit:
North Of the base line and east Of the fifth princpal


meridian.


Townships oghty-eight, eighty-nine, and ninety,
and fractional township ninety -one, of range one.
Township eighty-eight and fractional townships
eighty-nine, ninety, and ninety'one of range TWO.
Township eighty seven, and fractional townships
lightweight and elghty-nine, of range three


Fractional townships eghty-seven and eighty
eight, Of range four.


Fractional township eighty. seven, of range five
North of The base line and ,oest Of The Gfih principal


meridian.


Township ninety, and fractional township ninety
one, OF range one.


Fractional townships ninety-one, ninety-two, and
ninety-three, Of range two.


Township nnety-tvo, of range three.


Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools,





sale; also all quarter quarter sections covered in
whole, or in part, by those mining leases, which
shall not be determined by the day fixed for the
commencement Of these sales.


Presumption claims will not be allowed to any Of
the above lands until after they have been offered
public SALE and become subject private entry;and
ali ofsuch lands as contain mine mines Of lead
ore actually discovered and being worked, will be
sold IN such legal subdivision or subdivisions as
will include such mine mines, at not less than two
dollars and fifty cents per acre


The sale will be kept open for two weeks (unless
the lands are sooner disposed of and no longer;
and no private entries Of and in the townships and
fractional townships so offered will be admitted un
I'll after the expiration of two weeks from the com.
mehcement Of said sale.
In further execution Of the said act, have caused
the Commissioner Of the General Land Office to
publish with this proclamation brief description of
the mineral regions in which these lands lie, and Of
the lands now offered for SALE which he has pre-
pared from official documents and other means Of
information.


Given under my hand at the city Of Washington,


this fifth day Of September, ammo Domni one


thousand eight hundred and forty-six.


JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President


JAMES H. PIPER,


Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office
The lands in the mineral regions, embraced in the