The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-06-16
NUMBER 40.
EXTRACT FROM DEBATE ON Def
# CIENCY BILL IN THE SENATE

EXTRACT FROM DEBATE ON DEF
CIENCY BILL IN THE SENATE.
WAsnIxGroS. May 30.
! Mr.. Jones, of Iowa. Mr.. President, ! desi,
to submit amendment providing for an nl
preparation for the survey OF the northern bour
Diary Of the State Of Iowa.
The President. What is the su,hortv'
i Mr.. Jones, Of iowa II is on the authors,
Of the Secretary Of the Interior The estima,
was submitted by the surveyor general to III
Commissioner IF the General Land Office, an
bv 'he Commissioner of the General Ian
Office IN the Secretary of the Int or hol
! in my hand recnmme ndation that The appro
| priation should be made. The commissioner
now upon the ground, surveying the northar
boundary Of Iowa and unless the appropriation
is made and put into this deficiency bill, tn
surveyor will be obliged to suspend operation.
and wait till the appropriation is made in tn
general appropriation bill.
/ The President. Will the senator send the rs
timnte to the Chair.
! Mr.. Jones, Of Iowa. Here is letter Of tn
surveyor general.
| The President. The rule makes it imper,
tive that there should be an estimate from tn
hes Of dcpnrfmrnt
J
by the Secretary of the Interior, and sen b,
| him to the chairman of the Committee Of Wav
and Means in the House Of Representative
| II did not, however, reach that committee unit
II was too late for their action, and it was trans
mitted 10 this body through my agency. fount
that it was not included in the bill, and wen
! 10 the department in relation to the matter
This letter believe explains it:
DEPARTMENT or THE Isr1Rson,
WAsHISeroS, April 22, 1852.
Sra: understanding from the Hon. Geo w
Jones, Of the Senate that the Committee on
Finance had received no estimate from the
de partment for an appropriation to continue the
survey Of the northern boundary Of lown, beg
leave to submit here with copy Of a cnmnu-
nication addressed to the chairman Of the Com.
rnittee of Ways and Means Of the House nj
Representatives on the lntn of February las,
and TO request that further appropriation OF
$i5, 900 may be made 10 meet the deficiency
in the appropriation Of 30th Of September,
1880
When this estimate was submitted to the
House it was not deemed necessary to send il
to the Senate, as the bill had not then reached
there and it was supposed that the Committee
of Ways ana Means would, as matter Of
course, forward to the Committee on Finance
any special estimates nr explanations sent to
them lring the tendency of the bill in the
House.
am, sir, with much respect, your obedent
servant,
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
Acting Secretary.
Hon. r. NJ. T Hunter, chairman Of the Com.
mttee on Finance, Senate Of the United
States
Mr. Hunter. No such estimate came from
the Committee on Finance but one of the mem
bers Of the Committee Of Ways and Means told
me that he was certain that such an estimate
has been sent to that committee and lost. do
not know precisely for what purpose it is design
ed, whether for a common or geological survey
Mr.. Jones, Of Iowa. 1t is for the su vey of
the northern boundary Of Iowa.
The Presiding Officer. The Chair j. under
the impression that the letter shows that an
amendment has been furnished, bringing it
within the rule, and that it can properly be offer
ed.
MIR. Hunter. have no doubt Of il, sir.
The amendment was then read, as follows:
"For determining, running. and making the
northern boundary Of the State Of Iowa. on the
parallel of 43 deg. 80 min north latitude, in
addition to the appropriations heretofore made for
the same object, $l5,oo0
The question being taken on the amendment,
it was agreed to.
Mr. Jones, of Iowa. | have an amendment
which wish to offer now. It is very small
matter, and should be very much pleased ifthe
Senate would now adopt il. offer it with the
consent of the Committee on Indian Affairs,
before whom the matter has been investigated,
who have unanimously reported in favor Of it,
both at the last and at the present session.
The an,epdme Mt ia fo insert
"For payment to James ". Marsh, tn cover
the loss Of his property, destroyed by band Of
Sioux Indians in the month of July, le49, while
. offending the second correction line ofthe pub
lie surveys in th., State of Iowa to the Missouri
river, under contract with c. H. Booth, Surveyor
General Of the United States, 81, l,2U0."
The Presiding Officer, (Mr. Mamgum.)-
The Chair is under the impression that, under
the rule, this amendment is excluded, as it pro-
v,drs for private claim.
Mr. Jones. This gentleman was a govern
ment surveyor. He was executing contract
under the government Of the United States
His property was taken from him by the Indians
while in the discharge Of his duties as govern
ment surveyor, and this payment is guaranteed
tn him under the intercourse law IF 1884 -
Under these circumstances, think this ought
not tn be considered as private claim. 1t it Is
ruled out upon that ground, shall not press the
matter now, but shall offer the amendment
when the rule is changed, which hope will be
done to morrow, as understand that my friend
from North Carolina Mr.. Badgerl Intends to
offer an amendment to the rule.
The Presiding officer If the case simply
came within the principles of the intercourse law
it might come within the provisions Of the rule
which says that
"No amendment proposing additional appro.
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priation bill, unless it be made to carry out the
provisions Of some existing law
But the impression Of the Chair IS that this il
strictly private claim, and that it is therefore
excluded by the rule.
No further amendment being offered, the bill
was reported 10 the Senate as amended.
Ans,vAD Our old and esteemed fellow citf
zen John A. Mccormick, Esq, rerched home