The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-05
TIlIIsTIErH CI,NGREss.
SECOND >,sssloN.
Senate.
WARRINGTON. Jan. 8, 1919.
eoldeft day OF the season. Large attendance of
strangers 81 the Capitol
TERRITORIAL LAND BILL.

strangers At the Capitol
TERRITORIAL LAND
IN mot'V Of Mr. BREEsE. tho Senate took up
tne OIL Iev orted from the Committee Public Lands
terntor'J OF Califorpi and New Mexico TO grant do
rights and to provide for the survey OF public
amos therein.
r,Ec 1-rrovides las amended. or as proposed to be
Amended by ths commitsee) for the 80 oointmsnt
OF q surveyor general or register Of lands and
receiver public oneys, who shall act CONFORMITY as
. board Of COMMISSIONER to sdjuaicats iaed cIsims
within the territories Of Csiifor and New Mexico
fI-vidss also that thu salary Of each OF thsss
o1cers shall be 80 COO and that they shak
locate their ofces at the discretion Of the President
S.c. 2-Proviaes for The appointment Of = secretary
10 the board ut 50 600 per amman.
Sxc. S-Specides the duties of the board, and says
that their last session shall terminate the a0ta
iscords Of their abors to the Secretary of the Trea
sary.
SEC 4-Deanes the manner in which land claim
ants, IN der the Me xican Us we'll a. under the 5.
govern ment lay their before the board
specih~s charges and directs conflicting Spanish and
Mexican claims TO be reported to the Secretary OF the
Treasury.
SEC. 6-Commissioners empowered to call and ex.
anime witnesses, impose fues and mprsoumsnts and
to have necessary papers, full nvss-
tieasion Of claims; the board - decide
oseding thousand seres larger claims to be- re-
ported 10 tine Treasury Department for th action of
CopgreSs witnesses to have dollar per day for at
miles travel to be paid by the party moning them.
SEC. Specifies the forms in which the reports Of
The board to be rendered In to the Secretary Of the
SIC. Free white male and female citizens, who
shall cultivate for three years tract Of land, shall be
entitled to grant OF $50 such grant to be
made TO possessing other lands in the terrific
Ey and grants OF this sort to be made Of the NINE
SEC SProvides grants Of loo acres to free white
males and females Of the United States, settling in
these territories before the year s5l grants OF land
OF 10 scrs to chiiren born la sad territories, resi-
&c mt there before 1861; free white cultivate
thsr tract three to patsnt grants to be
limited citizens Of the United States and not to b.
!. made from the mineral lands.
SEC. O., 10 H. IL, Exp lain certain forms Of law
to be pursued BY grantees ia securing their lands
thtmse.vss their hes legal reprsse and
further defines exceptions to be observed In the selso
SEC. i4-Providss for the survey of the mineral
lands Of said territories and the location Of existing
SIC. Is and 1e-Relate further to the surveys Of
the lands, rules to b. observed in the work; and
authorizes the mineral region afer It's survey, to be
offered for fale In let's in regular order, SO.
Src. II Provides for gsologist aud assistants
SEC s-Provdes for the subsistence Of the employees
under this act in California
SEC. 19-Appropriates for the current year and for
the hscal year ending Both June 1850,
For compensation OF Surveyor General Regis
ter Receiver, Geologist and Assistants, Sc.
cretary Clerks packers, laborers, SO. $40 900
Dor surveying pubic lands aud private claims
In California and New Mexico. .....,. 10000
contingent expenses. 10000
Total. .......... ............ $50 600
On motion Of Mr.. BREEsE, the bill and anne Hdmsnta
were read. and then as it was understood that thia
day had been set apart for executive businsss, he
measure Senators would have time to look over it
the inter to calling 1t up again very i'm
portsnt measure and he 1t to the stten
ton Of the Senate. And
The Senate went into executive session.
House of Representatives.
WAsHINGToN, January 3, 1913,
Mr.. RocKwALL, Of Connecticut, offered . resolution,
that In two hours the debate shall the bill to
essblish board Of commissioners for the settlement
Of oiaims This opposed, the grou nd that fun
consideration should be given to . measure Of such
Importance, and that one or two days did not afford
the motion Of Mr.. Venable laid upon the table.
corsrIr urIoNAL rRIvILEcE-rHE RIGHT MEMBERS.
The SPEAKER was about to proceed TO call the states
Mr. HuNr suggested, that there were several Senate
bills ON the Speakers table which ought now to be
The SPEAKER said that these bills, and message
from the President Of the United States n reply
resoluson Of Heuse with reference to the collection
Of duties ct the Mexican ports daring the wary would
be taken up by general consent
Objection was made by several gentlemen.
ME- STANTON, OF Tenns ssee-Then / desire to make
question order-whethsr not call for the read
ing OF the message at this time? design to say one
word upon the susjsst By the eon.ti.usion IT l.
communists information on the state Of the Union to
Congress. presume, - 1t Is made his constitutional
duty Of Congress to listen to the information and
TO receive It. Now, Sir, during the time that
: message from the President, Of an important
character, lay on your tsble for weeks and months
together do not speak Of the respect due to
tie President on the reception Of the message,
but speak Of the privilege Of each member Of the
House and believe that 1t 10 the constitutional pri
viege Of every member to know what 10 the informs-
tion communicated by the President Nov, em
that Of the rules Housa describes the
order Of proceedings: and am aware Of the opinion
entertained by you of the character Of the rules but
Imagine that the President, Notwithstanding, would
have the right to to this House, and make the
eemmun cation and apprehe nd that 1t 10 not In the
power either House refuse to hear the President
believe that It was formerly the custom Of tho FRESH
@ 20 cone N porson n ns annSI %eIsase 20
was the fret to fend written message to Congress,
giving bis reasons for doing 30. And nov, ask,
tie President should come here in person to give in
formation the state of the Union, whether il would
be considered in with the constitution for
him TO do and whether the House would have the
poser put the President of from day to day, and
from month to month! l know Of no clause In the
Sos.titI Th,ch quires him to make ooMmupics'
from time to time to give ON the state Of
the Union ASH what will be entered the journal,
OF tho President to be spread on the journal
Il ~as received yesterday and dated yesterday Will
further information, or wl state weeks henos thatA
mesrage wss ceived from him! believe, am not
n,.s;;asn' that tni: has net hs:n tn: case IN
they, have laid them before the House. Now,
get the table? How do they come thsrsi There Is
NO rule or order to place them there It to
dent IL the duty Of the speaker to lay it before the
House- openly to present It to the House. But how
this b. done, when Il 10 retained privately In tho
hands Of the SPEAKER The rule which prescribss the
order in WHOM the business shall betaksn mp by the
House PROVIDES that the hr-t shall be the ssages
that the rule refers to commu Of ths sort a.
ter they have been laid before the House. and reg
ulsrly the Speakers table. I do not see how the
President In pursuance of this make communal
esten to the House unless BIZ received BY the HOUSE.
IL 10 not uioaton until IL 10 Ia the posses
of the HCuse; and is that the constitution
ovefrdea every rule the House. You decided this
seson, that although rule requires every motion FOX
the printing Of documents to be referred TO the Print
tng Committee, the reference need not be made In
compliance with the rule How, then IL IL with
70 the privilege to receive messages
when the President communicated As . representa-
evs OF the people undelfhs constitution, demand to
Know mat The President desires to communicate to
moer Of this House. IL is privilege which rules
experience OF the rules Of ths House than myself will
have something to say with regard this matter IL
Am In error shall submit, will be obliged to do
ne EREAKEA said that hs underatood thai thu