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the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pny
10 sucl! states per cent OIL the atnount Of lands
located by military: scrip and land srrants. esti-
mating slid 1aads af tho rate Of sl.25 psr acre:
I',opidsd, Tint tic Secretary Of the Interior
shall exclude from his estimate and certificate
ali lat.tls 81 entered upon which the said & per
cent har bcen paid
PROTECTION or THE RIO oRANDH BORDER.
Tic Texas Senators and Representatives hare
M ese ne sepioptia,es % 10! e pafpo.e 0 q
erecting suci, military posts on or near the Rio
trands frontier as m ~ be deemed necessary by
the Secretary Of War for the adequate protsctlol'
thereof
INDIAN CLAIMS.
Mr.. Voorhees, has a blll vesttng the Court, Of
Cl8ms With Jurisdiction to try and determine
oil claims against the United States, Of indian
iribcs, or tudl'iduai mcmbers Of Indian tribes,
growing out Of Or nr!sng Under such trcnt!cs, ar
anr law pertaining thereto: md oil clnstnh grow
Ing ont Of alleged dcprcdatlona BY such Indians
or tribes uron the persons or property Of citIzcHs
q the untc't sta.cs; an.i all claims Of such In
ttos u citizens Of The United States upon the
persons or property Of such tribes or Indiana.
ABsENTRE snAwHKB LANDS.
Senator Plumb. OF Kansas, has introduced a
bill for the relief of settlers upon the Absentee
Shawnee lands In Kansas, which extends tile
so as to allow any bona. issla settler now occupy
Ing those laut1s, md having made improvements
thereon, or the llelrs-at'law Of such wllo ts \
citxcu Of the United Stntes or whu Ina dec1ared
bis Intention to bccomo such aecorliny to the
Naturalization 1aHs, 10 purchase Tor casll tho
latmt 80 occupied and improved by him, not to
exceed 16O acres IN each cast at not less t'lun
$2-t0 pcr acre, at any tfmo within QUO yGar after
tllc paksago OF this nct, Under such rules atltl
regulations rs thu Secretary Of tho Interior may
prescribe.
ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
The attempt to equip nn Arctic expedition, IN
which Cnpt. Howgaec, owing to tlc parstnony
e @ " Gose s oa s tf.s IT, ss is.sTsa a, assad2 +
introduced bin nuthor1zlng The President to
norsl! OF tue 8lst degree q north atitade, On or
ncar Ing shore Of Lady franklin. Bay, for pur'
pOses Of scsentllc obsergatton and exploration,
and to develop or discover new whaling
grounds; to detail suc1l officers OF other per~
Suns Of the public service to take part IN thu
same aB may be necessary; and to use ans pub
purpose OF Transporting tho members Of said
COLONY nlla :lcir necessary suppltes, and for
such other duty In connection, With said coiony
Us may be required from timo 10 tHG'
NEW DAKOTA LANp.D1srRtcr.
Ser, Senator T., Cameron: Of Wisconsin; has intro
town, In the Territory Of Dakota. It provides
tlut ill the public lanla in the Territory Ut
Dakota, lying III the Counties Of Barnes, stilts-
man, Lamonrc, Logan, Kldder, 0tnEras, Foster.
Dcsmct, Ramsey, Cavll!er., aid Rofctte. shall
jamestown District.
Local TAXATION OF LroALrTsNDEns.
Henatos AfcDoHald's GrunGcr proposition, to
authorize >uca1 taxation of lcEal-tepdcr notcs.
reads as to1toWs:
Thsat, from ana aftcr the PASSAGE of this act
proviio for including In thv valuation oi tls pcf.
tsndot satrs Of tic UnItsa states denoaa1ea 3 s"
"laHtul money! owned OF held by my purs0n or
corporation. hi assessing tnxca imposed by tic
authority Of such state u Territory, and may n
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greater rate than Ia unlicensed OF imposed upon gold
silver coin u tic United ssatos III 1ao hands Of
TNss!tory.
/ UNITED STATES COURTS In ERpHAstsA.
/ '8euator l'a4Itlack presents +. bill to uprortdc
term III thu United 2tateB Circuit a,id District
Courts at the city, q Lincoln, y thu State Of
divisions. The bill provides llat the Southern,
Division shall comprise al that part Of tile
State lying south Of the South Platte River;
ind the Northern: Division shall eomprtsu tue
remainder Of the State.
nRANCI MINT At oMs1A.
Senator pallsl0ck Is tic first Ut tho Western
to cstnblsl n Branch Mint In tho Mississippi
Valley. llc. o( course, wishes to hayu tt To-
cntcd ut Omaha.
Hn1puE ACROSS TIE MISSOURI.
Senator Paddock l,as also presented bit fur
tic construction Of bridge arross tic Mlssour
River ut DECATUR, Not., with tho following III
corp0Fators: Ffanrts Smith, George ". Smith,
| and Augustus Kountze, Of Sew York; John A.
CREIGHTON. John A. Horbach, II. Kounlxc. 4. D..
Nebraska; i. D. lIolorook, N. 4. Whiting, aud
y. A. Frcrland, Of Iowa; Russell B!akeiy, Of
| Minnesota.
PENSION TO col, M'NulTA.
| Among thu lnws Of thu last Congress Just
| published Ia one authorizing tho Secretary Of
name Of John ArNulta. late CoIoucl Ut tile
| Ninety-four.A Regiment Ut Illinois Volunteers,
nllll pay lin pensiuu Of f50 per tnunth frolri
atd utter tho passage of this act In lieu Of tn.