The Arkansas advocate., 1832-02-15
CONGRESSIONAL. L.
SENATE

an act to grant presumption rights to settlers on public lands, was read a third time and passed.
 l Jun. 3.-Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, 1 submitted the following:
 Resotged, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expedency of granting to the Terri r tory of Arkansas, one thousand acres of the unappropriated land below and adioin- ing the town of Little Rock, for the pur- pose of building jail and house flor the use of the United States and sald Fer ritory; and that said land be selected by the Governor of said Territory, and laid off into lots, of such size as he may deem expedient, and sold when said Governor may think 1t proper to be done; and the surplus, If any, after building said iail and eourt-house, to be appropriated in build ing house for the use of the presentand future Governors of Arkansas.
 l Jan. 5-Mr. King, from the Commit tee on the Public Lands, reported a bill authorizing the relinquishment of the sixteenth sections, granted for the use of schools, and the entry of other lands inilieu thereof; which was read. I The bill to reduce the dutyson blan- l<ets and certain other Indian goods, was read the second time, and referred to the committee on Manufactures.
 Jaa. 9.-The Memorial presented by MT. Dallas, from the President, Di- rectors, and Company, of the Bank of the United States, asking a Fewewal of their charter, was. referred to select Committee, consisting of Messrs. Dat- los, Webster, EaOing, Hayne, and John stoa.
 Mir. Cloy laid on the table the follow tug resolution.
 aisesofoed, hat the existing duties upon articles imported from foreign countries, and not coming into competition with sim- Itar articles made or produced within the United States, ought to be forthwith abol- dshed, except the esduties. upon wines and silks, and that they ought to be reduced; :, and thatthe Committee on Finance Le.l ln- strRcted to report sill accordingly.
 Jan. f8.-Mr. King, from the Com. aaittee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and pass. ed to 2 second reading.
 BILL granting to the Territory of Ar
 kansas, Gne thousand acres Of land, for
 the erection of a courthouse and iail at
 Little Rock.
 Be enacted 6y the Senate and House of Representatives of the UlaaeG Sfates of .a- mericG 9at Congress assembled. That there be granted to the Territory of Arkansas. quantity of land not exceeding one thousand acres, contiguous to, and adoin- ing the tewn of, Little Rock. for the erec- tion of q court-house and iail in said town; which lands shall be selected by the Gov ernSr of the Territory by legal sub-diyi- sions, and disposed of in such manner as tue Legislature may by law direct; and the proceeds of the lands so disposed of. shall be applied to such other objects as the Legislature of>said Territory may deem proper.
 MT. Ki'sg also presented the follow ing bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A BlILsu supplemental 10 the act ssgrant- ing the right of pre-emption to settlers
 on the public lands" approved the 29th
 day of May, 1890.
 Be uaeaacted by the 'Sennfe and House of Representatives. of the Uniied iStates of .4- 0aericG. in Congress assembled, That all the occupants and settlers upon the public lands of the United States; who are en- titled to pre-emption according 10 the provisions of the act of Congress, appray- ed the twenty-ninth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty and whc have not been, or shall not be, enabled to make proof and enter the same within the time limited in said act, m consequence of the public sur yeys not having been made and returned or where the land was not attached to any land district, or where the same has been preserved fromNsate on account of disput- led boundary between any State and Ter sritoEy, the said occupants shai be permit ted 10 enter the said lands on the same conditions, Tn every respect as are pre- fserioed in said act, within one year after the surveys are made, or the land attach ed to land district, or the boundary line established; and, if the said lands shall be proclaimed for sale before the expiration of one year as aforesaid, then they shall be entered before the sale thereof.
 Sec. :. .4nd be at further enacted, That the occupants upon fractions shall be per- mitted, ID like manner, to enter the same. so as not to exceed in quantity one ouar- ter section; and, If the fractions exceed a quarter section, the occupant shall be permitted to enter one hundred and sixty acres. to include his or their improve ment, ,at the price aforesaid.
 HOUSE OF RESENTATlyES
 Mr. .Mercer submitted the following i resolutions:
 hesofped, That so soon as the Pubic Debt Of the United States shall have been dlscharged, or such provision made there tor, as shall release the public lands from the claims of the Pnhlic. craai4ara .L