Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-10
Congressional.

10 the Senate, April , Mr.. PJmeroy from
The Committee On Plh.c -" t-- r~p. -'s.t
.~tth am. ndncutz bul d. enc 4urtEc tbt
growth Of timber On the Western pratries d.
authorizing the issuance OF potent for 70
quarter section of land 10 any person win
uas planted and protected for five years 40
acres Of trnrcr thereon.
4 message was received announcing thar
The House had Laid On the table tie sent
substitute for the House b.ll rcpealiu. the
IutIts OF tea and c fee
Mr. Murr %, OF Eerm nt, said the res ,lu-
tiun 90 the llouse was an ,Xtr .Urdinary one,
nd be would not now m We % refer 1t Is G
Finance Committee. bee tuse the S-uat-
might wish % discuss il bsipre referring g..
lie therefore moved that iJ he over aui De
printed. which was agreed t0.
/ the House Mr.. IOupr presented the
memorial IF [ Constitute NAL Convention
pi [ tab for the admission OF that Site INT.
be I'm IN, der the name o. Dcscret. winch
was referred 10 the committee on rerrit ,rie-
Mr. ketchum. IRON the committee on
Public Lands, reported hll making IL un-
lawful for any Register OF Receiver. or sur
veyor OF public Lands, b wife or clerk, t.
ocate or purchase any tract OF public lanI
Or To act ~ agent for the purchase real e.
tate, or Tor the location Ut Ian Z i0r any per
son. Passed.
Various other bills we're reported from tn,
Committee on public lands. explained. and
ptreci.
The vote on ttbIiug the Senate tariff bI.
was yeas 1873, nays o
Oh the 3 4 inst in tile senate. Mr.. Ram
-cy called up the bill To break up the system
Ut straw bids tor carrying the MATS. bv pun.
shing by fiue and imprisonment c)ntracto :
who tan to carry out their con tracts. whIch
was amended, and then ordered TO be printed.
Mr. Morrill,, OF Vt, offered "a resolution
which W.T. agreed to, directing the Commis-
-iOuer OF AgrIcUli ure 10 cJmBunI ate 70 tn
Senate a statement Of the Comparative im-
pOrtatious OF wool anl wOJiens e4el wear oil
the last decade, and ali facts n the fl .ctua-
tons in the production OF sheep and thu
price of wool.
Mr.. Wilson, from the committee on VI Ii
tary Aifalrs. reported, with an amendment
the llOdse bill authorizing the payment Of
bounty TO accepted volunteers who ENLISTED
under the proclamation OF May 3, 1861. phi
or to July p the same year. Also, without
amendment, the House bill author NJ the
Secretary Of War To deliver condemn, ord
nance to certain soldiers monumental asso
Citations.
Ia the House, Mr. Hlwley Of Illinois.
from the committee on pubic. lands reported
bill 10 secure the public lands t. actual
settlers +; providing that all the public lands
except mineral lands and timber lands unfit
for cultivation, shall be only nposel OF un
der the Homestead act OF the 10Th OF Nav.
1862 and repeating all laws Inconsistent
herewith except that it shall not interfere
with any grants, reservations obligations.
pledges. or promises heretofore made or in
CURED by the United Stats under ex sting
avs, OF with granting lands in hmIte1
quantities for educational purposes or works
VI internal improvement and th II the Lands
shall be sold only @ actual settlers IL duan-
titles not exceeding 100 acres 20 any one per
-on, and tor prices not !exceeding 81 50 per
acre.
An effort was made to pass the bill Iunder
The prev GUS question, but it failed, aud the
bill went over till the morning hour to-mor-
row
Mr.. H4Ideman Introduced bill TO en-
courage the planting OF trees and for the
preservation OF woods on the public domain.
Referred.
Among the bills introduced in the Senate
to Incorporate the Romtn Catholic Total
Abstinence Union Of America
Mr.. Cox in the House, offered concur
rent resolution, which was agreed 10, de-
claring that Congress has heard with pro-
found regret of tue deatl-of Prot. Morse,
Whose stlnguished and vari ID abilities have
more than thUse of any other
person to the development and progress OF
the practical arts, aud that his purity of prI-
vate lite, his holiness OF scientific aims and
ms resolute faith IN truth render It cunt
nently proper that the representatives and