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The t,sEl surrenlers Co the Govern
ment about : ga ,TsO acres o! Land,
heretofore reserved for the aban-
doned branch across the Cascade
Mountains. and provides for a grant
OF precisely the same number Of
acres TO the Portland, Salt Lake and
South Pass Railroad Company, on
condition that it commence work at
Umatilla within six months, build
twenty-five miles the first year and
at least forty miles annually there
after, and complete the whole road
within five years of the enactment Of
the bill. In case. however, the
Northern Pacific Company fails to
comply with the conditions pre-
scribed regarding the commence
ment and prosecution of work at the
Cascades, the whole land grant from
Portland to Umatilla is to be trans
ferred to the Salt Lake Company,
which shall thereupon construct 80
miles the first year, and 25 miles an
nually towards Umatilla. This part
of the line is in any event to be a
common road for the use of both
companies. The provisions regard
ing the protection of the settlers
rights are the same as those reported
by the subcommittee last week-all
even numbered sections to DO sold
as at present for two dollars and a
half per acre to pre-emption settlers;
but homestead settlers, either pres
ent or prospective, may take one
hundred and sixty instead OF eighty
acres, to which they are now limited
within the railroad grant. All lands
in odd numbered sections are to be
sold by the Government to actual
presumption settlers, at one dollar
and a quarter per acre, until the ad-
jacent five mile section of the road is
completed und accepted, whereupon
the Government is to pay to the
company the proceeds Of lands al
ready sold; and also to give it pa
tents for such lands as have been
sold, or to which presumption rights
have not already been attached. In
the latter case, settlers must be al
lowed to perfect their titles and OBJ
tain their lands at the Governments
price. 1t is stated that the bill was
modified 80 as to allow the COM
mencement of work at the Cascades
instead of at Portland, as a conces-
sion to Mitchell's colleagues, Grover
and Williams, who opposed his orig
inal requirements.
Pages Land Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 28.-The House
Public lands Committee agreed to re-
commend the passage of the bill in
troduced by Representative Page,
last Tuesday, providing for the sale
of timber lands in California, Oregon
and Washington Territory and for
discontinusnce of the prosecution of
parties indicted for violation of Sec
ton 2 ,A6l of the revised statutes on
condition of their payment into court
a penalty of 50 80 for every acre Of
land from which they have caused
timber to be cut or removed. The
only amendment made by the COM
mittee il one TO provide more clearly
that this last named provision and
proposed repeal Of section l.s5l. in