In pursuance of law, I, Andrew Jackson, President of the United States
of America, do hereby declare and make known that public sales will be
held at the under-mentioned land offices, in the State of Louisiana, at
the periods designated, to wit:
At the land office at New Orleans on the first Monday in November next,
for the disposal of such of the public lands within the limits of the
under-mentioned fractional townships as are not covered by private land
claims, viz:
Fractional townships 6, 7, and 9 south, of range 12 east; fractional
townships 9 and 10 south, of range 13 east; fractional township 11
south, of range 15 east; fractional township 12 south, of range 16 east;
fractional township 12 south, of ranges 20 and 21 east; fractional
township 13 south, of range 21 east.
The above-described lands are adjacent to and binding on the Mississippi
River.
At the land office at Ouachita, on the third Monday in November next,
for the disposal of the public lands within the limits of the
undermentioned townships and fractional townships, viz:
Fractional townships 3 and 4 north, of range 1 east; fractional
townships 2 and 3 and townships 19 and 20 north, of range 2 east;
fractional townships 2 and 3 and townships 7, 13, 14, 19, and 20 north,
of range 3 east; fractional township 3 and townships 8, 9, 13, 14, and
19 north, of range 4 east; township 9 north, of ranges 5 and 6 east;
township 10 north, of range 7 east; townships 10, 11, and 12 north, of
range 8 east; also township 8 north, of range 9 east, and townships 8
and 9 north, of range 10 east, including the Lake St. John and part of
Lake Concordia, near Natchez; township 21 and fractional township 22
north, of range 12 east; fractional townships 21, 22, and 23, of range
13 east, in the vicinity of Lake Providence; fractional township 4
north, of range 1 west; fractional townships 5 and 6 north, of range 2
west; fractional townships 5 and 6 and township 7 north, of range 3
west.
At the land office at St. Helena on the third Monday in November next,
for the disposal of the public lands within the limits of the
undermentioned townships and fractional townships, viz:
Township 4 and fractional townships 5 and 7, of range 1 west; townships
1 and 2 and fractional townships 3, 4, and 5, of range 2 west; townships
1 and 2 and fractional township 3, of range 3 west; fractional townships
1 and 2, of range 4 west; townships 4 and 5, of range 1 east; township
4, of range 2 east; township 4 and fractional townships 7 and 8, of
range 10 east; townships 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and fractional township 8, of
range 11 east; townships 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and fractional township 8, of
range 12 east; townships 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8 and fractional townships 4
and 9, of range 13 east; fractional townships 1, 2, 3, and 10, of range
14 east; fractional township 10, of ranges 15, 16, and 17 east.
The townships and fractional townships will be offered in the order in
which they are above designated, beginning with the lowest number of
section in each.
The lands reserved by law for the use of schools or for other purposes
are to be excluded from sale.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, this 5th day of June,
1830.