The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-10
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


| after some time spent therein,
Adjourned
HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIYE
The Journal o. yesterday was read and approved
THE GRADUATION BILL.
| The SPEAKER announced the unfinished bust
ness to be the resolution offered by Mr. McCLER
sAsp, and pending at the adjournment last eve
ming providing that all debate IN Committee Of tn,
Whole the state Of the Union, this bill, should
cease at IL o'clock this day.
On which resolution the previous question had
been demanded
Mr.. MeCLERNAND modified his resolution SC
as to substitute one o'clock for twelve.
Mr.. MCKAY suggested hoo O'Clock.
Mr.. McCLERNAND finally modified the reso,
Mr.. TRUMAN SMITH asked leave to make
report.
The SPEAKER said it could only be done by
general consent.
Objections were made.
The question recurring on the demand for the
previous question,
Mr.. DRoMGooLE asked Mr.. McCLERs.sp to
withdraw his motion for the previous question, so
as TO admit an amendment prolonging the time for
discussion until tomorrow at ~ o'clock. The de-
bate had taken start since the Senate bill had
come here. Several gentlemen were DESTROYS to
address the committee, and there were now, in fact
two bills before 1t instead of one.
Mr.. McCLERNAND said il would give him
pleasure TO accommodate the gentleman from Vir-
genia, Mr.. DRoaoooLE, but there were many gen.
demen him who were anxious that the de-
bate should be closed at 2 o'clock to-day.
Mr.. DROMGOOLE. | shall vote against il al
any rate.
Mr.. McCLERNAND. The gentleman can aet
his pleasure.
The question again required on the demand fpr
The previous question.
which refused.
The question on the demand for the previous
| then taken, and there a second.
The main question was ordered; and, being taken
the resolution adopted
Mr.. McCLERNAND moved that the House re-
| solve itself into Committee Of the Whole on the
state Of the Union.
ST.. THE PRIVATE CALENDAR.
Mr.. LEAKE made an Intellectual effort to go in.
to Committee Of the Whole for the purpose Of pro-
ceeding the consideration of the private calendar
THE GRADUATION BILL.
The motion of Mr.. McCLEeNANp having been
agreed to- the House resolved itself into Committee
of the Whole on the state Of the Union (Mr. FIcK-
LIN of Illinois, in the chair) and resumed the con-
sideaton of the bill from the Senate "to reduce and
graduate the price Of the public lands and for other
purposes" &C., and is in the following words:
BE enacted by the Senate House Of REORGANIZATION
Of the United Sates Of .fmerica Coagres assembled
That all public lands which shall have been offered for
sale ten years or more on the first day of March
hundred and shall thereafter be subject 10 entry
at dollar until the first day of March, thou
sand hundred and y ali then remaining unsod shall
be 10 entry seventy per until
first day Of March, thousand eight hundred and fifty
three and all then remaining pnsold shall be to
thousand eight hundred and tysx; when they shall be
suhecto entry at twenty Ave cents PER acre until the rst
Size andbe further enacted, That all public lands
which after the hrsday Of March, thousand eight hun
Trad shall
years the first day of March, thous and
eight hundred fifty, shall then he subject graduation
years; and that all public lands which shall have offer.
sale ten at the next succeeding period
graduation and entry, at like periods Of three years
as they consecutvey occur: Provided, That per-
under the provisions of this act shall be authorized
purchase than section the lowest
fifty and twenty five cents per ..... w..
ton in the prices OF said land. which shall take place by the
graduating OF this the occupants settlers up
such graduated reduced prices which right shah
tend to period of six months from after the dates
which d the W. shall take place and
within that period shall be liable to be entered purchased
BY any other until the next gauaOn or Reduction
purchased be again subject to the right OF for
six months as before and from time to time said
reduction shall take place: Prorded That nothing in this
act contained shall be construed to interfere with any right
which has accrued or may accrue by virtue Of act
lands. - -
SEC .and b. further enacted That all acts and parts of
acts as provide for an exemption from the imposition of
taxes upon land sold by the United States for five
from and after the day of sae be- and the hereby
repealed. -....r
Mr.. vINToN was entitled to the floor, but yield
ed for the moment, to
Mr.. MCDOWELL, Of Virginia, who gave notice
OF an amendment, in explanation of which he said
a few words scarcely heard by the reporter) The
amendment was read as follows:
BE enacted by the Senate and House of Repres,ntares
Of
That all the public lands which shall been offered
for sale ten years or more the LIST day Of March,
shall be subject to entry at dollar per acre
after that day until the first Of March, $780, all which
shall have been Offered for fifteen years or said
tyve cents per acre and after that day until the
March, sa9 that all which shall have offered
y years or more by and before the time aforesaid shall
subject to entry at y cents per from that time until
lie lands which shall have been offered more
and be still unsod the first of March, 1917 shall be sub.
ect to entry at wentyve cents per acre. until the first
Be further enpcfed That every person applying to en-
ter Of the aforesaid lands according Of
this act shall be required first to make affidavit before the
register or receiver Of the proper land Office make
affidavit under all the pains and penalties Of law against
use, with the bona 6de purpose Of actually settling
upon and cutivatng it, of adding to some adoinins
her and that together with the thus entered Re or bs
has not acquired from the United States under The
ons o. h act more than $40 acres according to the public
Bsh also enacted, That nothing herein contained
ing and purchasing the public lands al 81 % per scre as
now au.hoied and provided by law nor shall anything
herein contained be construed to interfere with any right
ton to actual settlers upon the public lands
BE further enacted That the quantity of land which the
President Of the United States shall proclaim and
offer for sale in any year shall exceed moo 600 III
acres This act shall go into force from and after It's pas
sage. -
Mr.. VlNTON then resumed the floor and adj
dressed the committee in opposition to the bill RE
remarked that the subject was very old one in this
House, having been here, under discussion, for
twenty years or more. During that time the Senate
had repeatedly given IFS sanction to bill of this de-
scnpon, but il had uniformly been rejected here.
And Of all the debates that had taken place on this
question he did not think that there had been any
better than those to which we had listened on this
occasion
This public land system was older than the con-
stituuon under which Congress wa. sitting. Those