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THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE (P. 484--January 22,1872)
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and
sailors, their widows and orphan children, to acquire homesteads on the
public lands of the United States, have unanimously directed me to report
it back with amendments. this bill is one of very great importance,
and I desire now to call the attention of Senators to it so that they may
examine it. It haves a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of
land to each officer, soldier, sailor, or marine who shall make his application
within six months and occupy actually in person the premises for eighteen
months. then the rest of the time that he served in the Army is to
be deducted from the five years now required under the homestead law for
the settler to remain on the land. These are the main features of
the bill. It has been very carefully examined by the committee, and
is, I think, an excellent measure. I ask the attention of Senators
to it, so that, when it is called up for action they may know what it is.
Mr. HAMILTON, of Texas, from
the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. C.
B. Conant, praying that pensions be granted to the widows of soldiers of
the war of 1812 who were married since the time stipulated in the act of
February 14, 1871, asked to be discharged from its further consideration;
which was agreed to.
He also, from the same committee,
to whom was referred the petition of Eli b. Stevens, praying for a pension,
asked to be discharged from its further consideration; which was agreed
to.
He also, from the same committee,
to whom was referred the petition of Anne E. Boyle, widow of the late Commodore
Junius J. Boyle, United States Navy, praying for a pension, asked to be
discharged from its further consideration; which was agreed to.
Mr. POMEROY. I am
instructed by the Committee on Public Lands to report back and recommend
passage of the bill (s. No. 392) to set apart a certain tract of land lying
near the headwaters of the Yellowstone river as a public park. It
will be remembered that an appropriation was made last year of about ten
thousand dollars to explore that country. Professor Hayden and party
have been there, and this bill is drawn on the recommendation of that gentleman
to consecrate for public uses this country for a public park. It
contains about forty miles square. It embraces those geysers, those
great natural curiosities which have attracted so much attention.
It is thought that it ought to be set apart for public uses. I would
like to have the bill acted on now. The committee felt if we were
going to set it apart at all, it ought to be done before individual preëmptions
or homestead claims attach.
The VICE PRESIDENT.
The Senator from Massachusetts and the Senator from Kentucky both gave
way only for current morning business, but the Senator from Kansas now
asks unanimous consent for the consideration of the bill which he has just
reported.
Several Senators objected.
Mr. POMEROY. Then
I withdraw the report for the present.
Mr.
PATTERSON, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was
referred the bill (S. No. 385) to regulate the admission of pupils into
the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, reported it without amendment.
Mr. KELLOGG, from the Committee
on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. No. 114) to incorporate
the Shreveport and Red River Improvement Company, asked to be discharged
from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the Committee
on Public Lands; which was agreed to.
He also, from the same committee,
to whom was referred the bill (S. No. 169) to amend an act passed March
2, 1831, entitled "An act allowing the duties on foreign merchandise imported
into Wheeling, Vicksburg, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Nashville, and Natchez
to be secured and paid at those places," reported it without amendment.
Mr. COLE. The Committee
on Appropriations, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. No. 625) making
appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for salaries
and contingent expenses of the Post Office Department for the current fiscal
year, have instructed me to report it back without amendment. It
is a very short bill, and I think need not trouble the Calendar.
I ask that it be read and put on its passage now.
Mr. DAVIS, of Kentucky.
I object.
Mr. COLE. It will go
on the Calendar, then.
The VICE PRESIDENT.
The Senator can withdraw the report or have the bill placed on the Calendar.
Mr. COLE. Let it go
on the Calendar.
Mr. MORTON, from the Committee
on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred the bill (S. No. 58)
to prescribe the time for holding the election for electors of President
and Vice President in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes, reported
it with an amendment.
He also, from the same committee,
to whom was referred the bill (H. R. No. 284) to pay William P. Preston
the sum therein mentioned, reported it without amendment.
HOUSE BILLS REFERRED.
The bill (H. R. No. 876) to
fund the debt of the city of Washington existing June 1, 1871, was read
twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.
The bill (H. R. No. 1074)
providing for the survey of the harbor and river at Washington, District
of Columbia, was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee
on Commerce.
The bill (H. R. No. 1076)
establishing certain post roads in Vermont was read twice by its title,
and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.
The following bills were read
twice by their titles, and referred to the Committee on Pensions:
A bill (H. R. No. 1068) granting
a pension to Martha B. Williams; and
A bill (H. R. No. 1073) granting
a pension to Sarah Whiting.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr. BLAIR asked, and by unanimous
consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 504) in regard to entries
by preëmption under the act of Congress approved September 4, 1841,
entitled "An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public
lands and to grant preëmption rights," and to amend the same; which
was read twice by its title, referred to the Committee on Public Lands,
and ordered to be printed.
Mr. HITCHCOCK asked, and by
unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 505) granting
lands to certain institutions in the State of Nebraska; which was read
twice by its title, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered
to be printed.
Mr. COLE asked, and by unanimous
consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 506) to establish military
prisons; which was read twice by its title, and referred, together with
a communication from the Secretary of War on the same subject, to the Committee
on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. FENTON asked, and by unanimous
consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 507) to authorize the
establishment of ocean mail steamship service between the United States
and Mexico; which was read twice by its title.
Mr. FENTON. I believe
the propositions contained in this bill have been before the Committee
on Post Offices and Post Roads from the same parties in another form, and
I move the reference of this bill to that committee.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. HARLAN. I present
a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing letters from
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the superintendent of the northern
superintendency, together with the draft of a bill for the relief of certain
tribes of Indians in the northern superintendency. I ask that the
bill be read twice by its title, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs,
and ordered to be printed, together with this communication.
There being no objection,
leave was granted to introduce a bill (S. No. 508) for the relief of certain
tribes in the northern superintendency; which was read twice by its title,
referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and with the accompanying
communication, ordered to be printed.
Mr. HARLAN. I present
similar papers from the Secretary of the Interior in regard to other Indians,
with a draft of a joint resolution, and I ask that they may take the same
course.
The VICE PRESIDENT.
By the practice of the Senate, the resolution will be changed to a bill.
By unanimous consent, leave
was granted to introduce a bill (S. No. 509) to enable the Secretary of
the Interior to use for the removal of scattering hands of Chippewa Indians
to their reservation near White Earth Lake, Minnesota, to subsist them
thereat for six months, and for improvements on their reservation, the
unexpended balance on the books of the Treasury heretofore appropriated
for those purposes; which was read twice by its title, referred to the
Committee on Indian Affairs, and with the papers from the Department, ordered
to be printed.
Mr. CORBETT asked, and by
unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 510) for
the improvement of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in Oregon; which
was read twice by its title, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and
ordered to be printed.
He also asked, and by unanimous
consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. no. 511) to amend and act
entitled "An act to provide for the payment of expenses incurred by the
Territories of Washington and Oregon in the suppression of Indian hostilities
therein in the years 1855 and 1856," approved March 2, 1861; which was
read twice by its title, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs,
and ordered to be printed.
Mr. DAVIS, of West Virginia,
asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S.
No. 512) to provide for the erection of a building suitable for the use
of the United States courts, post office, and other necessary offices at
Charlestown, West Virginia; which was read twice by its title, referred
to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. FERRY, of Michigan, asked
and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 513)
to extend the time for the completion of the military road from Fort Wilkins,
at Copper Harbor, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, at Green Bay,
in the State of Wisconsin; which was read twice by its title, referred
to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. RAMSEY asked, and by unanimous
consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 514) for the relief
of Albert Wieland; which was read twice by its title, referred to the Committee
on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. NYE asked, and by unanimous
consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 515) authorizing the
construction of a railroad from Pioche, Nevada, to the Utah Central railroad,
in Utah Territory; which was read twice by its title, referred to the Committee
on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. WILSON asked, and by unanimousGo
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