The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-12-25
FORTY,SlXTH CONGRESS-.
SENATOR MORGAN INTRODUCES A
RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION
TO BAYARD'S.
Also One for the Forfeiture Of Railroad Grants
Bills and Amendments Before the Senate
and House.
SENATE.

bENAlE.
Washington, Dec. 17.-Mr. Davis Of West Va,
introduced bill to repeal all certain permanent
annual appropriations. Referred
Mr., Thurman presented memorial from cit.
Sens Of Ohio, largely interested In stock raising
for the appointment OF commission to inVesti.
gate the subject Of contagious diseases Of domes.
tic animals, and to adopt and enforce under the
sanction Of the Secretary Of the Treasury rules
for the prevention and treatment Of such dis.
eases. Referred.
Mr. Pendleton from the Committee on Census
reported bill to amend the act to provide for
taking the tenth and subsequent centuses II
| provides for free transmission through the
mails Of correspondence between the census off.
GERS and the Department Of the Interior. It also
amends said act by striking out Of the 18th sec
tion 80 much as provides for schedule four, con.
tanning the inqHiry relating TO the ownership Of
the public debt OF the United States. II also
amends section II SO as to allow the report OBJ
tanned from the railroad corporations, express
telegraph, and insurance companies to be made
for the fiscal year of the incorporated company
having its termination nearest 10 the first of June
$780, 1t amends section 10 so aa to require the
enumeTators to commence June 1st 1880, and to
require the enumeration in cities, being over
1OOO) Inhabitants to be taken within two weeks
from that date. Ordered to be printed and laid
on the table,
FORFEITURE OF RAILROAD LANDS.
Mr.. Morgan introduced the following Joint res
olution which was referred to the Committee on
| Judiciary:
Whereas, Congress has heretofore granted to
| States and corporations to aid in the cOnstruc.
ton Of railroads, large grants Of public lands OF
| the United States amounting in the aggregate to
more than one hundred millions OF acres, much
Of OF the most valuable character remaining in
the possession OF the Government and said States
and corporations have failed to perform the con.
diuons Of their respective grants and have failed
or neglected In the whole or In part to earn said
| lands by the construction OF railroads through
| them within the time prescribed; and,
Whereas, Large bodies OF such condltionally
granted lands have been, and remain withdrawn
from sale, emption and settlement for the
| benefit OF such States and railroad corporations,
which have slept on their rights and privilege to
the manifest detriment OF the public wolfsre and
| the development of national resources; and,
Whereas, Justice and public policy require
that all such land should be restored 10 the pub.
lie domain, and that no further grants or extern
sions or further grants should now be made;
| therefore, be 1t
ReSolVed By the, Senate aud House of Repre-
| sentatiVes that all OF the public lands which
have been granted by Congress to aid in the con.
struction OF the following named railroad and
telegraph lines which have not been earned un.
der the said grants by the construction OF the Sec
ton OF railroad contiguous and adjacent thereto
are hereby declared forfeited to the United States
and the privilege to 80 acquire title to the same
is hereby revoked, aud said lands are restored to
the public domain and shall hereafter be dis
posed OF az other public lands Of the United
States. And be 1t further
ReSolued, That the Secretary Of the Interior Is
hereby instructed within sixty days after the
passage OF this act to give public notice Of the
date Of publication when such lands shall be
opened to settlement, pre.emption and home.
stead entry under the. laws provided for said
purpose
THE ROADS AFFECTED
The following shows the railroads affected and
the amount of land held by each Gulf & ship
Island railroad, 652 8ErPcres; Alabama & Florida
railroad, 419,52O acfa4 Coosa & Tennessee rail
road, 1872 4S0 acreS Mobile Girard, $40 $50 acres
CoOsa & Chattanooga, 900 acres; Alabama &
Chattanooga, formerly northeast q Southwest Al
ALBANIA and WINS Valley railroads, 897 800 acres
Pensalola Georgia, 729 acres Florida, At
lantic & Gulf Central, 1888 1853 acres; North Louis
lana Texas, formerly Vicksburg, Shreveport &
Texas railroad, $50 acres; New Orleans, Baton
Rouge & Vicksburg, 100000 acres st. Louis &
Iron Mountain, $40 600 acres; Little Rock and Ft
| AiNN"IASO
42O acres; Houghton & 0ntonsgon, formerly Mar
quette ontonagon, 552 615 acres; North Wiscon
sin, formerly St. Croix d Lake Superior, and
branch to Bayfield,, Wisconsin Central formerly
Potage, Winnebago & SUPERIOR 100000 acres
st. Paul & Pacific, st. Vincent Extension, former
ly branch to the Red river Of the North 1000 OOC
acreSj St. Paul Pacific, Brainerd branch, for
merly branch to the Lake Superior, $50 OOC
acres Hastings & Dakota $4,000 acres Oregon
Central, 100000 acres; Atlantic q Pacific, 1900,
O09 acres Texas d Pacific, 100000 acres; North
ern Pacific, S47. .OOOO 900 acres. &.
The following were also introduced and re
ferred:
By Mr.. Call-To repeal section S,49O of the Re
viSed Statutes, which prohibits the payment o.
any claim against the Government which ac
crued prior to 1861, in favor Of any person who
engaged in the late war
By Mr.. Eaton-Authorlzlng the appointment o.
Tariff Commission.