The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-01-28
F0RTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
WAsHINGToE, January q.
SENATE.
Practices I'm the Treasury

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Treasury which has grown up in usage
or has been authorized by law.
Mr.. Boutwell, said when the report wa
prepared q bill was submitted to the
Committee on Ways and Means OF The
House which that committee
approved and was passed by the House
but it failed in the Senate
That bill was for the purpose Of cor ect
ing all such errors and practices. He
thought the report prepared by the
chief clerk OF sufficient importance to be
printed for the use of the Senate, and
therefore moved to have it printed
Agreed to.
Mr.. Clayton gave notice that on Tues.
day of next week he would call up Sen
ate bill to amend section 1888 OF the Re
vlsed Statutes OF the United States, in re-
gard to the restrictions on the disposal oi
public lands in Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida.
Mr.. Morrill, called up House Joint reso-
luton to authorize the Commissioners of
the District OF Columbia to pay interest
on bonds issued IN pursuance to the act
of Congress of June 20, 1874, ont of any
funds IN the United States treasury sub
ject to the requisition of said Commits
sioners.
Amendments were reported by the
Committee on Appropriations to strike
out of House bill the clause prohibiting
any further issue of 3.65 bonds, and that
nothing in the bill shall be construed as
binding upon the Government of the
United States to pay the interest or prin-
cipal of bonds issued contrary to or in
pursuance OF the law. Agreed to.
The bill was discussed until the expira-
ton of the morning hour, when it was
laid aside and the consideration of the
bill to confirm the pre-emption and
homestead entries of the public lands
within the limits of the railroad grants
in cases where such entries have been
made under the regulations of the lands
department was resumed.
The morning Hour expired and the
chair laid before the Senate unfinished
business, being a bill to confirm the pre-
emption homestead entries of public
lands within the limits of railroad grants.
Mr.. Davis submitted joint resolutions
of the Legislature OF his State relating TO
the sale of leaf tobaccoi asking appropria-
lions 10 continue the improvement OF the
Monongahela river, for the improvement
of the Ohio river; ard It's tributaries, and
TO improve the navigation of Elk river,
all Of which were referred.
1r hat la
unfinished business be laid aside in
formally, and that the Senate proceed
with the consideration of the bill pro.
vidIng that entries which may have been
made by permission OF the lIsnd Depart
ment or in pursuance OF the rules and
instructions thereof within the limits of
any land grant Mt Il time subsequent to
the expiration of such grant, shall be
deemed valid, and the making of the
proof required shall cntitle the holder OF
such claim to patent therefore. Agreed
to.
Mr.. Merrimon submitted an amend
ment providing that the act shall not be
so constructed as to imply any obligation
of the United States TO compensate any
person on account of any claim or right
embraced or affected by 1t. Rejected;
yeas l6, nays 81.
The bill having been considered as in
Committee OF the Whole was reported
TO the Senate and the amendment made
by the Committee agreed to. The ques-
ton being on the passage Of the bill the
yeas and nays we're ordered and 1t was
passed; yeas "A, nays9.
The Bill n. Passed IL as FO'IOws:
BE II enacted bythe Senate mt House ct
Representatives of the United States Of
america IN Congress dssembLed:-That
all pre-emption and homestead entries, or
entries in compliance with any law of the
United States, ofpublic lands. made IN
good faith by actual settlers upon tracts
of land of not more than one hundred and
sixty acres each, within the limits OF
any land grants prior TO the time when
the uotice of the withdrawal of the lands
embraced IN such grant Vas recelyod at
the local land Office of the district in
which the lands are situated, or sfter their
restoration TO the market by order Of the
general land office, and where pre-emp-
ton and homestead laws have been conf
piled with, and proper proofs thereof been
made by the parties holding such tracts
or parcels, they shall be confirmed and
patents for the same shall be issued 10 the
parties entitled thereto.
SEC. .. That where at the time OF such
withdrawal as aforesaid, = valid pre-emp-
tion or homestead claim exists
upon any lands within the limits
Of any such land grants which
afterwards were abandoned and, under
the decision; and ruling Of the Land De-
psrtment, were re-entered By pre-emp
ton or homestead claimants who have
complied With the laws governing pre-
emptIon or homestead entries, or shall
make the proper proofs required under
such entries shall be deemed valid and
patents shall be issued therefor 10 per-
sons entitled thereto.
SEC. 8. That si such preemption and
homestead entries which may have been
made by the Land Department, or in
pursuance of the rules and instructions
thereof within the limits Of any
land grant at time Subsequent 70 the
expectation OF such grants, shall be
deemed valid, and a compliance with the
laws. and the making Of proof required,
shall entitle the holder Of such claim 10
a patent therefor.
On motion of Mr.. Morrill,, of Maine,
the bill to provide for the payment Of
interest on 365 District Of Columbia
bonds, was taken up 50 as 70 come up as
unfinished business tomorrow, and the
Senate adjourned.
HOJsE-
A question Of privilege Was caused by
a, IN sn~.a