Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-03-24

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norhaps that Of tho Duluoue road
nassn5 ,hrnngb tba committees whore
tLosa corrn,t n,nr,t;ons had heon car.
rind an and he murb nrcfrrrcd irving
tho Lands vho,hnr S,v,rn, or other.
wise IN IN. railroads rather than TO
sucb roscals "a he had described The
comrission of rho General Land Office
had already rejected bocps Swami
Lind claims in the Northwest ,o the
omonnt Of more than sixty thousand
acres One Court Honsc contractor
in a Northwestern county was to
receive one hundred and fifty thous-
and acres of Swami Lands for a
building not worth two thousand dol.
lars. Are not those. Swamp Land
operators rasca!s far above any rail
road men we have seen? So il seem
ed TO him, and he would not protect
such men TO the injury of the railroads
and detriment of the whole country.
Mr. Oliver exnla;ped with reference
to the Swamp lands in the western and
northwestern countics-citing the
Registers report. He thought this
bill would quiet the titles of the actu.
al settlers, while the amendment of the
gentleman from Woodbury. would ruin
hundreds of actual settlers who are
living on these Swamp Lands.
Mr. joys amendment was lost.
Mr.. Bell offered a substitute for the
whole section. providing that a release
10 all actual settlers within the lines
of their grant should be filed by each
of the railroads within one hundred
and - days.
Mr. Russell, Of Jones, opposed the
adoption OF this substitute.
Mr.. Bell said tho line of protection
must be drawn somewhere, and thg
bill placed it at the actual settlers
II it was extended beyond them the
DIOR would he opened to let in all tht
whole host of Vampires who bad Ieer
for years feasting on the Swamp
Lands of the State.
Mr. PirhardS said two.fLiars were
s.ttInd in his Uanso LIST tine. nnres
s;,v of Railroads 81 the nocossit,
nf tos,cring railroad cntoynrisas n,
said tbc ma;oritv in the House did no
wish To- do ANYTHING contrary u tht
interests of the southwestern coun
ties of the State, but they had no righ
to decide questions of law. He wouI,
not vote for checking the railroads t,
benefit Swamp Land swindlers. Sup
pose we do decide this question, til,
Supreme Court is higher tribunal
and can overturn all our action. This
will ouly complicate the titles NOR,
than ever. .-..
On the 18th the Senate passed
hill authorizing independent schoo
districts not incl,ded within the lin
its of incornorated towns, to levy :
tax for the nnrnose of builaiup scboo
houses not to exceed ten mills ON tn
dollar bill TO amend section III q
the Revision of 500 so as TO requir