Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-02-06
Congressional.

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Turney presentedn petltion,th hat soldiers
who served in Mexico, may notl@be re.
! quired to surrender their certificates 81
''honorable discharge" in drawing their
bounty land.-Referred.
Mr.. Jones presented the memorial oil
!, James A. Bayard, late receiver O. public
\ moneys at Fairfield, Iowa, asking 10 be
released from the payment of certain mo.
ney Of which he was robbed while on his
waysto.deposite the same to hescredit Of
the United States; referred 10 committee
on Public Lands, n..n 1880, ,..,.,
A Bill for the above object, was also
introduced by Mr.. Jones and refe rred I'd
some committee sal y5l nj a}lc, ste al bo..
The House bill lowing the assignees
Of Bounty Land Warrants The same priv.
ileges as were guaranteed to the soldier,
J who assigns his warrant, was discussed
| and further postponed. saza ,yalDn"I
The House bill for the supply Of def.
! clencsles coming. up, an int resting de-
bate arose upon the question of appropri-
ating So, 400 for tho purchase Of instru.
men,s'to be used upon the Coast Of Chill
IN making astronomical observations Ii
finally passed SO to 10. .--., ~, I-.4 =,
a,u 81 CALIFORNIA;, LANDS, osp 70.
The following motion of instructions To
the committee on Public lands was offered
/ by Senator Benton, of Mo-, in the Senate Of
: the United States md ordered to be printed
on the 18th UT: u" -. .-..% s''''.. 3. ne
.<s1ar"1 3T4 q INsTRECrIoNs.ul- 3iyn III,
+ ivlnquifs into the expediency of reporting
! q bill for ascertaining the public and I'M
appropriated lands in the territory Of Cal
ifornia, and for surveying and selling the
same, and fol, granting donations to &C
tual settlers, and permits to work the
gold mines; and for that purpose to pro
list. For the appointment ola rcco RIDER of
land titles, who shall ha, e the custody of all
the public archives in relation to the dispo
sition Of the public lands, and Shall record
all the grants and all claims that shall be
discovered or made known to him, and sha,l
make two abstracts Of the same, one to be
Transmitted to the General Land Office in
Wash ington city, the other 10 be delivered
to the surveyor general of California, that
ne may lay down the grants and claims on
map to be retained in his office, and of
which map copy to be transmitted to the
General Lard Office. and another to be filed
with the recorder of land titles in California.
"a. To provide for the rtainment of
invalid grants, or possessions, By authoriz-
ing scire tacias to be issued from the Uni
ted States district court against the party
in possession. to come in and hear the OBJ
jections to his claim, aud to show cause
why the grant should not be annulled, or
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which the recorder of land titles upon con
sutatlon with'thc district attorney, or by
orders from the General Land Office, shall
be so instructed. shall be of opinion that the
same is not valid under the treaty with
Mexico, tire law Of nations, and the decis
ions of the Supreme Court of the United
States-the decision Of the district court
to be final, if against the United States in
all cases where the land in question shall
be worth less than S. 600. But no pueblo
or rancheria Indians to be disturbed in their
possessions without speciol orders from the
general government. ..'
Sd. TO provide for the appointment of q
surve, o. general. and for the establishment
ofthree land offices.
4th., 10 provide for donations of land to
actual settlers, heads of families, willows,
and single men over IL years of age, and an
allowance of land for children under Is
years of age, and for the wife in her own
right, according to the prov sion. ~fsLs o1H
proposing donations to settlers in Oregon,
which passed the Senate January 3, 1913.
9Th. To provide for preserving order in
working gold mines, by appointing an a.
gent to grant permits for working small lots
and settling summarily. and on the spot, all
questions OF boundary or reference among
the diggers; the said permits to continue in
force while the lot is worked by the person
receiving it, and to be limited to - feet
square.
Mr.. Jones moved that the Senate pro-
coed to the consideration Of Executive
business. During this session, as we
learn, the nomination of Col. G. H. Booth,
as Surveyor General Of tho District OF
Wisconsin and Iowa, was confrmed.)
HousE.-Mr. billiard gave notice of a
bill for the admission Of California into
the Union as State.
Saturday Jan. 13th,-SENATE.-not in
session.
HousE.-Mr. Thompson of Iowa, pre-
sen,ed memorials Of The General Assem-
bly, Of the State Of Iowa, for the establish,
ment Of a Marine hospital at Rock Island
in the Mississippi river. L
| Also for an increase Of the pension OF
Isaac w. Griffith, who lost all arm in the
Mexican war.
Also for grant Of lands to aid in i'm.
proving the Iowa river.
Also joint, Resolution Of the General
Assembly accepting the preliminary sur
vey of contemplated railroad from Du-
buque, via Iowa city, to Keokuk, and in
structing their Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress to procure grant Of
land TO aid in its construction: all Of
which were referred TO appropriate com.
mittees. - 1893 -. d.
Monday Jan. l5th,- SENArE.-A petit.
zion from Mr.. Wilks, was presented, ask.
ing aid in constructing rail road from
S. w. Point on the Mississippi river to the
Pacific Ocean. Referred. 40. 2
The bill 10 settle the land title and do.
nations rights in California coming up
Mr.. Benton made speech in opposition
and offered substitute which we pub