The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-07-12
CONGRESSIONAL HoUsE June I7lh.

CONGRESSIONAL oUsE June 17th. /,
Mr. HEM. At the request of the COM
mittee on Public Lands, propose to offer an
amendment to this hill, providing for the making |
of surveys through the Territories Of Kansas
and Nebraska. | will send the amendment to
the table 10 be read.
The amendment was reported, as follows:
Andb be 1t further enacted, That the President
of the United States shall be, and he is hereby
authorized TO appoinf, by and with the advice
and consent of The Senate, surveyor general
for the Territories Of Nebraska and Kansas, who
shall locate his Office at such place as the Presi-
dent of the United States shall, from time TO
time, direct, and whose duties, powers, obliga.
| tons, responsibilities and compensa ion shall
be the same as those of the surveyor general
| of w sconsin and Iowa, and who shall be al
lowed the same amount for office rent fuel.
Incidental expenses and clerk hire, as is allow.
ed to SAID surveyor general OF Wisconsin and
Iowa
Sec .4nd be 1t further enacted, That said
surveyor general shall! cause the nece ssary sur
| veys to be made in said Territories, Of standard
meridian, base. and parallel lines, and of town
ship and subdivision lines, under such rules and
regulations as shall be prescribed by the Com
missioner IF the General Land Office.
SIC =. lind be 1t further enacted, That all
The lands to which the Indian title has been.
or shall be extinguished, within said Territories
of Nebraska and Kansas, shall be subject to
the operation Of the presumption acts of4th S"p'
lember, lo4l, and under The conditions, reserva
tons, and stipulations therein mentioned: Prv
cided, ko1eoer That where unsurveyed lands
are claimed by preemp'ion, notice of the specific
:acts claimed shall be filed within three months
ate. the survey has been made in the field and
on failure to file such notice, or to pay for lie
tracts claimed bef' the day fixed for the public
sale of the lands by the proclamation Of the
President of the United States, the parties claim
ing such lands shall forfeit all right thereto
J Prortded, Said n tice may be filed with the sur
veyor general, and to be noted by him on the
township plats, until other arrangements shall
have been made by law for that purpose.
SEc.-and be 1t further enacted, That the
public lands in the Ter. of Nebraska, to which
the Indian title shall have been extinguished
shall constitute new land district, to be called
the Omaha district; Il the public lands in ,heTer
OF Kansas to which the indian title shall have
been extinguished, shall constitute new lane
district to be called the Pawnee district
, the Offices for each of which districts
shall be established at such points as the Presi-
dent may deem expedient; and he is hereby
au' ho.iz ID to appoint, by and with the advice
and consent OF the Senate, register and re
eeiver of public moneys for each of said dis
trcts, who shall be required to reside at the site
OF thei: respective offices; and they shall have
e the SAM powers, perform the same duties ant
be entitled to the same compensation as or may
be prescribed by law in relation to other Lane
officers of the United States; and the Presiden
| is hereby authorized 10 cause the surveyed land
to be exposed for sale from time to time, in III
, sane manser, and upon the same terms ant
conditions as the other public lands of the Unit
ed States.