Esy the President Of the United

 States,
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IN pursuance of law, I, JAMes K POLK. President \ of the United States of America do hereby de. clare and make known that public sales will he held at the aforementioned land offices, in the Stale of Arkansas, at the periods hereinafter designated Co witt

 Al the land office at BArEsviILr. commencing on Monday, the eighth day of September next, for the disposal of the public lands within the under mentioned townships, to wit

 North q He base t.ae aad uea 0f Hp meridian. Township nine, of range four

 Township five, of range five;

 Townships thirteen and sixteen, of range twelve Townships thirteen fourteen, and sixteen, ofrange thirteen

 At the land office at JOHNSON CouRr HousE. commencing on Monday, the twenty fifth day of August next, for the disposal of the public lands within the aforementioned townships 10 wit: N0rth of he base line Gnd iceSt of the mertdtan Sections five six, and seven in township six, of range eighteen;

 The north halves of sections one and two, and sections hirty-one and thrty-tw u township sev- en, of range eighteen.

 Township four, of ranges twenty twenty-one, twenty five and twenty-six

 Township eleven, of range twenty -thIee; Townships three and four, of range twenty-six; Townships one, two, three, and four, of range thirty;

 Townships three, four, and elcscn, of range thir- ty-one;

 Townships three and four, of ranges thirty two and thirly-three.

 Al the tdhd once at WASHINGTON, commencing on Monday, the eighteenth day of August next, for the disposal of the pubic lands within the under mentioned townships, 10 wit.

 South of he base i,Rc and west of Hte meridian. Townships one and two, of ranges twenty -one, twenty two, and twenty three;

 Sections twenty and twenty nine, east of Red yiy! CT, in township fifteen, of range twenty five; Townships four, five, six, and seven, of range thiry.one.

 At the land office at FAYETTEVILLE, commencing or Monday, the first day of September next for the disposal of tic public lands within the uRdermen- i toned townships, to wit:

 North 0f he base line aad ooeSt of the meridian. Townships eighteen and nineteen, of range twen- l ty-six;

 Township thirteen, of range thirty-one-

 At the land office at LITTLE RocK commencing on Monday, the twenty fifth day of August next, for the disposal of the public lands within the un- dermentioned townships, to wit:

 SouM of Hte btse line and ,eest of Me meridian. Township four, of range seventeen.

 North of the base ttae and tcest of tbe Reridian. The southwest quarter of section fifteen, sections seventeen eighteen, and nineteen; the north hafan southeast quarter of section twenty section twenty one, and the northwest quarter of section twenty two, in township six, of range thirteen;

 Section six. the north half and southwest quarter of section seven, fractional sections twentY-eigh and thirty-three and the southwest quarter Of sec ton twenty six, in township four, of range four teen

 Fractional section thirty-one in township five, of rahge fourteen;

 The south half of section one section twelve, and the north half of section thirteen in township four, of range fifteen.

 At the iad office at CHaMPAGNoLE, commencing on Monday, the eleventh day of August next, for the disposal of the public lands within the under mentioned townships, to wit:

 South Of the base line and ,cest of tte meridian. Township fourteen, of range ten,

 Townships eleven, seventeen, and eighteen, of range fifteen;

 Townships eleven, sixteen, seventeen, and nine teen, of range sixteen;

 Township seventeen, of range seventeen Lands appropriated by iaw for the use of schools, military, and other purposes, will be excluded fron sale

 The sales will each be kept open for two weeks. (uness the lands are disposed of) and no lon- ger; and no private entries of land in the townships so off red will be admitted until after the expiration of the two weeks.

 Givcn under my hand at the city of Washington, this ninth day of May, anno Domnl one thousand eight hundred and fcrty five. :, ,o, By the President:

 JAS. SHIELDS,

 Cousmissioaer cfhe Gen1 Land Office. i NOTICE TO PRE- -EMPTION CLAIMANTS. Every person entitled to the right of pre-emption to any lands within the limits of the townships above enumerated, is required to establish the same to the satisfaction of the Register and Recelver oi the prop 1 er land office and make payment therefor, as practicable afler seeing hS notice, and before the day appointed for the commencement of the Tulic sale of the township embracing the tract claimed, (above designated ) otherwise such claim will ha forfeited.

 JAS SHIELDS,

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