, 1877-02-28

tsna,tl.nt!s CsmsFH !"ls'' Hs4!,lan 1ar ,S,h ,MS,Gfhss
CockrrIi, Wrrruu1ioo. Wfi.ht..p.
Cooper, morrill,,
A1ifapn. Cmgtn, ingalls,,
i,arnnns. ,awe.. iselIs,
l,sinc., dorsey Mitchell,
noa."c1!, !:alons Soiwt'od'
fin,frs st~'" itsnitr' rsttc. rsttt.s""'
Cjayton, iiasrY. Wet.'
conkllng, Hitchcock, Wjadom-.B,
:Mr. Maxcy called up the House bill to pro-
vide a building for tic use Of courts, 1ost-
oftirc, and internal revenue Office at .tuetlu,
Tex: Passed.
s'ltat thu Rccrctsry of sis.e be u1ll is hereby
directed 10 transmit To the scnalu any contn,tt;-
leatton received by him tlc'namlinr tic payment
can ;oyernnem % from Il tr r us t' Of tbc
United Stntes.'' Agreed to.
Nj. SARGENT cailc,l up tic Iiouse blll to pro-
yhlc for fl,u sale Of desert nnds In tho States uf
California, Oreattr,, and Nevada. and Lie 'fcrri-
tortes Of Washington, Idaho, Moutana, Utal,,
Wyoming. Artzotln, New Mexico and Dakutn
Mr. Sargent submitted an amendment "that
no 1crt''. .hatl he permitted either to reserve
under the avt,'' Agreed to.
Ms. Oglceby submitted MI amendment prc,-
wiling that my person conducting watcr on or
to auv desert 1a1Itt sUr the ftrnos 1f irrigation,
shall ,,ut acquire any exclusive Hight to tic nsc
OF the watcr beyond wi,at erai, be actually
ncpcssary from fe,lecminr and IRRITATING iii,
sanc, but the wntcr In Ill lakes, rivers, mil
other tU11rccs Of water kup,y t,1all bo held for
tbs ,sc of tho public for irr!catinc and mining
purposes, Agreed to.
Mr.. boutwell, tubmIttcd an amendment 10 as
to provide that such desert land shall he sur
vcycd i,ciorc reclamation.
Sir. Chatfcc moved 10 postpone further ron.
fidcration Of the bill Until the 1rat Mondav In
December next. 1,clrrtctl-ycns, ta; nays, 81.
Tho amendment nf sir. fIuatwc1l was tften
atluptcd. Aisu ore recurring tho pcrson enter
Ing unnn such land to pay =, cents pcr atre at
nnr firl,r ~ mr. r.r', ,,n,n rrccrintr :, n.tont
th1u thcrt,,r ua' ''t "s'" u''" ''se'''s :" "@'e'@
several othrr tmnortant amendments wcrc
agreed 10, arj inc Iii VIA ,,oss.J.
thc lion. Uayiil Uayis. elrctrh Gnfteti S,atrt
Ernntnr from tie Stntn ~ ii1lno,s' Placed IN
! tIIe "
Thc House bill to amend the revised statutes
tIc nf1co ~ rrrsitInrt nndf E;uI,-asftl.nt no..
read h. lila an.l rcfsr,.d ~ 10 IN. fnmntt"c ta
Privileges and Elections.
NJ f3or,i,r v,rns.ntad nj tho ,+o,,snt1,1. of N.
Him. r Hn1asn ricsea g I,nite s,a,s, 2; na 1a
lar frntn thr S,atc ~ Aishamn' Pi,rsst on III
Mr Wrtr,,t raiicfl nm fhn Tim,.c iii, r., +,r,.
yc for h a,,,M,int tncnt nj oii,5a, .i,ort.hantI
III a"sl 1assctj. a' o'e> 'SA's' >a'''' *e''eA4'
~ ~, r." wininu. Is f,om fin fonut,.cc n, p,h,tc
Lands, renortc,l fayurabiY on thu senatn Iii
1T nmih"rinaa hnmc1tcan m an% .a.'
scttlcrs whose cro,,s were destroycd I,y nrass.
| jnD,ers In 1876 t., ieayc und he uIaent fron,
,',SiI l9n.ls Mm anttl y ~ ls7s ;,,,. 49,. ..,,,.
| nnd when tiio Iours rernsnrd III. Sorw,tosi
raiIc m, ,n Scnsi" l,ii f,r The rciicf ~ 1ih,.
Il. Hni,rrr. Wa,trr In the ifuItr,l statc* ,savr
wlfri ,rus ,Iisr,,sacd md fhcn lnld ovpr mm;Ii
to,,.orrow, With tic undcsslautiro lhat It shsii
~ III. sena,, iI,"n taot n ,r,c,s mil, ~ o,cl,cr
tn-lnorrnw mornEue:
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upon assembling iii. .,orninr, the House
went iuto Committee Of thu Whole, with str.
Buekncr In the chair, on tho Suutlry Civil APP
rrepriatien by, II: pending que.tion being VI
Erauh relating to tho payment OF llues to Hlall
coniruc1urs 1T certain Southern States. There
being hut few members prrsent, the parngrnuh
1ut.ea returned to thu px1astapl. relative iu
public lat,tls.
Atr. Holman moved to Increase ti,e uppropria-
lions ftr tho surrey Ut Act lasslt FROM f50, GU
to kt50.nW. Agreed to.
Mr. Wigglntou offered m amendment rroyill-
ing lint, aitcr the 10th Of june ls7s, thc oIilc,
Of slrveyur.ticl.cra! of tho several s;ntes an.l
Territories fe alo'sl'.l, and the record. Of sci.
nttlccs be transferred tn the General Land
Olllcc.
Mr. Pnge made point that the amendment
was new lcgtslat lon, ind the Chair sustained tho
potnf,
lii, Towsenl novel to increase the ap1,sopr,.
ston flr tic HARDEN surveying expttltttuu ffoin
S@0o0 to 37h0m .agrecl to. Also a motion
for Increasing the approximations for the l'oxell
Tbe next paragraph 10 which question wa,
r,a.tc was thc appropriation of t375,V00 fos the
payil,cnt uf mai tDHtsactn for ma!l,tcryjcv ter.
tofa,el in certaiu Southern statcs In lS5g, lssJ,
mi ls0l. bsfore ttc S,atrs engage, in Tcbcit.
Ion.
Wr. couger withdrew the point wh!cl. he llasl