Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-02-08

reason why shall vote against H. through the form Of
giving instructions to the Committee on Public Lands These
instructions will stand for the reasons why vote against the
bill and ask it, lest my vote may be liable to misappre
hension therefore move TO ecommt the bill with these
instructions for the purpose Of showing my reasons Tor voting
against the BILL and chow what kind Of bill shall be In
favor Of
The instructions Of Mr. BESros were recommt the bill
to the Committee on Public Lands with instructions to
port plan for cheap speedy, equitable, and denve
ceainment Of private land claims In Caiona IN which bill
shall be embraced ell the equitable and favorable provisions
for the beae eft Of the claimants heretofore allowed land
claimants in Upper and Lower Louisiana and in Florida and
especially to report provisions to the following effect:
To contirm town, village, aud pueblo lots, out-lots,
common edlots, and commons to the possessor TO the
same extent such conmaons made in Missouri by The
act Of 1912.
2 To grant all the vacant ground within the limits Of such
towns out-ot and 10 the towns to which such
lots and commons belong.
To confirm 10 the Catholic parish churches the building
and the two hundred varas squsre Of land reserved for the
use Of the parish in the mission secuarizacn act o.
1888.
A. To discriminate between large and small claims,
make the decision Of the tribunal IN California conclusive
in favor Of small claims against the United States.
s. To allow to the clsant in every an appeal to the
Supreme Court of the United States the terms
costs those in which wts of granted to citizens
OF the United States
s. To require the United States pay their own in
all cases
To allow the claimant whose claim is finally confirmed
to bis costs
g. To require the tribunal whether board Of commits
soners district Judge, both, 10 hold their sessions IN
every county in which there claims be examined
s. To discriminate between claims having legal origin,
and only requiring survey define and fix the quantity
and to provide for immediate surveys in al such cases
TO- To decide equiaby in favor of all small claims when
there equity in their favor whether legal title can he made
out or
IL To provide for summary proceedings n the Loui
siana act Of 1912.
L. To found their whole plan upon the principle that
written grant, or actual possession without grant, is prmG
cie evidence OF e and that the United States standing in
the place of Mexico bound do whatever her laws usages
and customs would have required her to do California had
remained under her dominion.
Mr.. GWIN. There are many propositions contained in
these instructions which could for, and which will
for if brought up in separate bills but shall not vote
ecomt this BILL because think ought to be passed in
its present shape.
Mr FOOTE shall vote against this motion; first, be-
cause think that this bill has already occupied time as
long as it is entitled do and second, because it is my
opinion that the investigation Of facts which has taken place
here within the last week has than confirmed
the reasons which assigned nearly twelve months ago for
the votes against the bill originally introduced this subject
Mr.. BENTON ask for the yeas and nays upon the
motion to recommit the bill with instructions.
The yeas and nays erdered and taken with the
following result:
YEAS-Messrs Benton, Davis Of Mississippi, Dodge, Of
Wisconsin, Dodge, of Iowa. Houston Seward, Shields and
Soule-8 ss@a ,.r3Es Y.
NAYS-Messrs Atchi.ou, Badger, Baldwin, Bell, Ber-
Ewing. Fetch. Foor, Greene Gwn, King, Mason, Nor
ton Norris Phelps, Pratt Rusk, Smith, Spruance, Tur-
ney, Underwood, Wales and Walker-5o.
So the motion was not agreed to.
The bill was then read a third lime and passed.
The Senate then adjourned