The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-06-08

tFrsm The Oongressioeal Oloes. Nay ~
sURv1ypR oKNE1AL's OFFICE.
The Clerk rcad - follows
For rentpf ohls6 of surveyor gensral Of Mooiana
Territory b6shs, statoaesy. ana ether incidental
expenses, 4sOoo aud for clerks In his Office, $4,000
Mr.. Clagett. move 10 amend that clause
20 n to increase the amount for clerk hire
to t2.6O0
49, NJ. Sargent This 10 mt the whole ap.
preparation for your Territory for this pur.
pose.
Mr.. Clagett. know that, but under the
now mining law which Congress passed,
even last year there WAS considerable failure
IN clerks work in this Office
1s. Sargent. This appropriation, taken
in connection with the one In the legislative
ball. is more than was given last year.
Mr.. Clagett. ! will state tn the House,
and % the gentleman from California par
ticulaSly, that tliis year we shall probably
have four times the amount of business we
ever had before. The whole amount of
land entered last year was sixty five thou,
sand aCres. In the last month alone over
forty thousand acres of land were entered.
and the amount will probably run up TO ct
least tWO hundred thousand acres.5 The To-
cation Of the Northern Pacific railroad
through the Territory has stimulated the
entry Of lands by two or three hundred per
cent. Ioffer the amendment to increase the
appropriation for clerical force by the small
amount u $780, I have recsived an appli.
cation from the surveyor general of the
Territory, asking to have it increased to
$S,OO0 only ask ESQ., bt# i
On statement Of Sargent the amendment
was withdrawn.
So g~|I#~ asta~
The Clerk read a. follows: s.t
For surveying the public lands in Montana Terri.
tory At rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear
mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township
and ten dollars tor section lines, $4,000.
Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio. l move to strike
o ut n.y.. 40, ooo' and insert in lien thereof
The ;: amendment wa: agreed to-
Mr.. Clagett. l ask unanimous consent to
go back to page IS Tor the purpose of offer.
ing an amendment.
Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio have no objec-
proper correction. 8aaars-
The Chairman. The Clerk will read the
paragraph which the gentleman from Mon.
tana Mr.. Clagett] proposes to amend.
The Clerk read as follows:
Pvorided That all the foregoing appropriations fos
surveys Of public lands that are within the limits Of
the railroad land grants shall be conditional upon the
compliance Of said companies parties In interest
with the requirements II the twenty first section of
the act Of July Z 1864 entitled IAN act to amend an
act to aid in the construction Of railroad and tele
graph line from the Missouri liver 70 the Pacific ocean,
and to secure to the Government the Of the
for postal military, and other purposes" approved
July I, 1854 Statutcs volume IL. page SIS. r =.
Mr.. Clagett. Ioffer the following amend.
In line six hundred and eleven strike ont the words
conditional upon the compliance of said companies
or parties IN interest WITH and insert the words
''subjcct to- '1'' $50
MI. Holman. object to that amendment
without an explanation.
Mr.. Clgett. will explain II in a mo.
nent. The law referred to in this paragraph
provides that whenever the United States
shall survey the lands that fall within the
limits of o railroai grant the rsilrOad com.
pany shalt reimburse the United States the
money 20 expended. And the way the
clause reads now the expenditure Of the
money in the first place is made conditional
on compliance with thing that can only
happen after the survey 10 made.
Mr.. Holman. That 10 the payment for
tuC SUTvCySg
Mr.. Clagstt Yes, cir. = k,raq arg
Nj. Holman. Why, certainly that il
right. aa
Mr.: Clsgett The survey Is conditional,
and under this provision they cannot OK.
pend the money until the survey is made.
Mr.. Holman. The company, I suppose,
have to advance the money.
Mr.. iClagett.S No. sir. the Government
advances the money in the first instance and
the company reimburse it. sa
Mr.. Garfield, OF Ohio. / find on examin.
alton that this language was used last year.
Mr.. Clagett. That simply referred to one
railroad company. and say, a. it stands
now, in my Territory not one dollar can be
expended on surveys.
Mr.. Holman. l.think 1t 10 safest not to
90 back.
The Chairman. The amendment has
been admitted and discussed, and the ques-
ton Is on it. adoption.
Mr.. Holman. Unanimous consent was
not given to going hack in the bill until
we understood what the amendment was. /
The Chairman. The amendment was I'd.
mittod.i fssI ri gicaa age@ss4 Dos m'sEs-9 aa "a
The. question, vas taken on the amend
n,ent, and II was rejected.
] from the Congressional Globe, May 81 es
J A concurrent resolution passed both
Houses TO priuts15. 600 copia of. Prof. Hay I
den's Report, Including the Yellowstone
Lake survey. ~. -
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