The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-08-05


The wisls of Thursdays session was
occupied by lac Senate op0n ~ Home
stead bill. Mr.. Huutsr moved . sabsti.
,o,s 70, the bill extending pre-enpsion
rights to actual settlers, the same 70 Be
paid for at prices graduating from 9l %
to Is cents also allowing the States in
which the lands lie to take it At the grad.
uated prices for the purposes OF internal
improvements when sanctioned by legis.
la,ive enac,mens Of the said 6tates.-
Before a vote was taken on this substi-
tute, Mr.. Gwin moved to amend the
substitute so tina. pre-emption settlers
may take lands in California at 81 per
acre, and the motion vas agreed to-
Mr.. Fitzpatrick, moved to reduce the
price Of the lands which, have been In
market thirty years to III cents per acre
agreed to. Mr.. Sebastian offered two
amendmen.s--one reserving the Indian
lands, and the other extending the bill
to present presumption settlers, both Of
which were agreed to. Mr.. Hunter then
modified his substitute BY excepting from
its operations the lands reserved along
railroads, and the price Of which has
been fixed At % so per acre. The
question was then taken on Hunters sub
s,i,u,e, and agreed to by vote Of Yea:
"a, Nays Is, Us follows:
YEAS--Messls. Adams, A,chisoa,
Benjamin, Bright, Brodhcad, Brown,
Butler, Cass, Clay, Dodge, Owls. }
Dodge, (Iowa) Douglas, Evans, Fltz.
patrick, Geyer. Gwin, Houston. Hunter,
James, Johnson, Jones. (Iowa) Mallo-
ry, Mason, Petit, Rusk, Sebastian,
Shields, Slidell, S,euar., Thompson,
(Ky.) Thompson, IN. j. Toombs,
Toucey. Walker.
NAYS--Al'en, Badger, Bell. Chase,
Dawson, Fessenden, Fish, Foot, Gil.
le,te. Jones, (Tenn.) Pratt, Sumner,
Wadc~
The bill was then reported to the Sen.
ate, the amendments made in Committee
of the Whole Were concuzrcd in, and
the bin ordered to be engrossed fer q
third reading. The following are the
Homestead provisions in Hunters bill:
SECTION S.--Tha, any free white per.
son who is a, the head OF a family who
has arrived a, the age Of twcnty.one
years, and is capable Of holding lands
under the laws Of the State in which the
lands lie, shall, from and after the pas
sage OF this act, be entitled 10 enter one
quarter section Of vacant and unappro-
pria,ed public lands and no more, which
may at the time the application is made
be sub]ec, to private entry, or quantity
equal thereto, to be located in body
IN conforming with the legal subdivisions
of the public lands.
SECTION 9.--That the person apply
ing for the .benefi, Of the eighth section
Of this act, shall, upon application to the
Register of the Land. Office in which he
or she is abou. to make such entry, make
affidavit before said Register tina, he or
she is the head Of family or is twenty
one years OF age, and tina. such applica.
ton is made for his or her exclusive use
and benefit and those specially mention.
ed herein, and not, either directly or in.
directly, for the use and benef, of any
other person or persons whomsoever !;
and, upon making the affidavit as herein
required aud fling il with the Register,
nc or she shall lhereupon be permitted
to eaie- the quantity Of land specified
pstyi.c-, however, ~. =, certificate
s'f = @,ven, or patent is-aci t.e1e.e..
until the eyo'r1.',n Of IL yosrs t.o..
the date OF suess. c...y and until the per-
son or persons entitled TO the land so en-.
tered shall have paid Tor the same TWEEN.
ty.ilve cents per acre, OF, ii the lands
hav" been Ill the n.arltc, more than twcn-
ty years, l2i cents per acre.
This bill will undoubtedly pass tie
Senate. It's adoption over the Home.
stead bill % The House was for The pur-
pose OF relieving the Presidea. from tie
dialema IN which his veto OF the In.
sane Land bill would have placed hum.
1t is hardly possible that any amount of
casuistry would have preserved his con.
slstency II after vetoing the latter he had
signed the other. The result of the
whole matter most likely will be to pre-.
ven! the passage Of any Homestead bill
the present session, as it is not very
probable that the House will ar. &c to the
Senate's substitute for its owa bill.
The House Of Represer sa,ives passed
the Army Appropriation bill by a vote
OF 80 against 81. A message was then
received from the Presiden, accompanied
by the correspondence of Marshall, late
commissioner to China, with tie State
department, which was referred to the
COMMITTEES on Foreign Relations. The
House then adjourned. -CAeogo DIN