i and ri fu � e by their to aid my con nt refuse to e tlie actual of the � ttie i beyond the grasp and of the tell you sir i and the of mr grow forbidding the public of for at least ten years after their survey would secure the great bulk of the lands to and would give them a long pay day and thus save them from the enormous they are now compelled to pay to money it would not reduce the derived by the treasury from the public lands but would only it and this would be far less to the government than it would be to the the government can borrow money at four and a half per cent per while the frequently pay a five per cent per mouth for the money to enter his lands to prevent their sale at public on the first of february the question of the public lands was again before the house the bill house bill no being a bill to secure to actual and being in the words following � bill to to actual et on the public domain l be u by the and house of re of the united of america in ny person who is the head of a or who arrived at the age of twenty one years and is a of tlie united states or who shall filed his intention to become such as required by the bi laws of the united states shall and after tiie passage of this act be entitled to enter free of coat one quarter of vacant and public lands which may at the time the application is be to private entry at per acre or a quantity equal to be in a l in the legal of public lands and after tne same shall have been surveyed s a and be it further tiiat the person applying for the benefit of act shall upon application to tiie register of the land office in he or she is about to make such entry make before the said register that he or she is tlie head of a family or is twenty one years or more of age and that such is made fur his or her exclusive use and benefit and those specially mentioned in act and not either directly ur indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons and upon making the as above and the with the register be or shall thereupon be permitted to enter tlie quantity of land already provided tliat no shall be given or patent issued the of five years from the date of such � and if at the of such time or at any time thereafter the person making such entry or if he be dead his widow or in case of her death his or or in case of a widow making such entry her or in case of her death shall prove by two creditable witnesses that he she or they have continued to reside upon and such land and stiu reside upon the same and have not the same � r any part thereof then in such ease he she or they if � t that a of the united states shall on or dollars be to a patent as in other provided by for law and provided further in ease of tlie death of both and mother leaving an infant child or children under one year of age the right and uie fee shall t tne of � ai i or children he � or r� il u may any time y after death of the parent and in with the laws of the state in soon for the time bet their sell said land for the benefit of sa but for no other purpose and the purchase � hall acquire the absolute title by the purchase and be entitled to a patent from the united states s and be it that the register of the land office shall note all on the tract books and plate of hia office and keep a register of all such and make a return thereof to the general land office together with the proof upon which they have been founded s and be it further that all lands acquired under the provisions of this act in no event become liable to the of any debt or debts prior to the issuing the patent and be it further that if at any time after the the as d in the second section of this act and before the of the five years it shall be after due notice to the to the satisfaction of the ter of the land office that the person having filed such shall have actually changed his or her residence or abandoned the said entry for more than six months at any time then and in thi event the land so entered shall back to the government and be disposed of as other public lands are now by law subject to an to the general land office and be it further that no in shall be permitted to make more than one entry the provisions of this act and that the of the land office is to prepare and issue such rules and consistent with this act as shall be necessary and proper to carry its into effect and that the and of the several land offices shall be entitled to receive tiie same compensation for any lands entered under the provisions of this act that they are now to receive when the same quantity of land is entered money one half to be paid by the person making the application at the time so doing and the other half on the issue of the by the person to whom it may be issued provided that nothing in this act shall be so as to or interfere in any 