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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
IN SENATE.
Wednesday, March 8.
Mr.. Sanford from the committee of
Finance, reported a bill for the relief
Of certain sufferers by the FIRE at Sa-
yannah.
Mr.. Wilson, from the committee of
claims, reported bill for the relief of
Joseph Lefebvre.
Both bills were passed to a second
reading.
The report of the committee of Pen
sions, unfavorable to the petition of
Catharine shapley, was taken up and
agreed to.
The bankrupt bill, and several sub
.jects Of inferior Importance, were post
poned until to morrow.
The following messages were receiv-
ed from the President Of the United
States, by the hands of Mr.. ]. J. Mon
roe
TO the Senate Of the United States.
! transmit to the Senate, in pursu-
ance of their resolution of the 4th of
January, last, report from the Secre-
tary of State, with list of fines incur
red under the act of Congress, entitled
"An act in addition to the act for the
punishment of certain crimes against
the United States" which appear from
the records of the Department Of State
to have been RENTED by the Executive
authority of the United States.
JAMES MONROE.
Washington. March 4. 1890.
10 the Senate Of the United States.
transmit to Congress a report from
the Secretary of the Treasury, which,
with the accompanying documents, will
shew that the act OF the Goth of May.
1919, respecting the northern and
western boundaries Of the state Of Ohio,
has been executed.
JAMES MONROE.
Washington, March S, 1890.
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
The Senate took up the bill to change
the mode of disposing of the public
lands--the following amendment there
to, offered by MIR. Walker, of Alaba-
ma, being still under consideration
An be it further enacted, That pur.
chasers Of public lands, which Shall
have been sold prior to tho - day
of - next, shall be permitted to for
felt and surrender the same before the
day CT final payment, by dei,elr Q
their certificates to the Regist r, and
endorsing thereon their Consent that
the land therein described Shall be re
SOLD Whereupon, the SAID certificates
shall be considered as cancelled anu
the lands shall be deemed and taken to
have reverted to the United States, and
shall be disposed Of in all respects iikr
other reverted or forfeited lands, &C
C0rding 10 the provisions of the fourth
section of this act /; but if such lands
should sell for more than enc dollar and
- cents per acre, the excess shall be
paid over to the former certificate hold.
err: Provided, That such excess shall
not be greater than the amount previ-
ously paid on such certificate.
Mr.. Walker submitted number OF
arguments in support of his amend
mcnt and entered into particular
statements of the amount of sales, the
prices given in Alabama and elsewhere,
for public lands, the great amount of
debt due and becoming due, &c. to shew
the propnety of affording the relief
which bis amendment contemplated !;
but, as the Senate was this morning
thin, and the subject before it of great
Importance he hoped its consideration
might Tor the present be postponed.
Mr.. Wilson, though uniformly friend.
ly to the principle OF the bill, was will
ing to defer its consideration until the
Senate should be full. and moved to
postpone it till tomorrow.