Arizona citizen., 1879-02-22

. legislation which ought to be in the r interest of the settlers.
 The Vice President. The question is on the amendment of the Senator from California, Mr. Sargent The question being put, there were on jiyision-ayes ,, noes 3l Lo quo- rum voting.
 MT. Sargent I give it up.
 The Vice President The amend. ment Is withdrawn.
 Mir. Edmunds. I hope the Chair will be satisfied that quorum is pres ent, because l never like to do busi- ness without a quorum.
 The Vice-President There IS evi dently a quorum pre- ent.
 Mr. ( hatfee. 1 move now 10 strike out section 12 from line l6 to the end of lIne g inclusive.
 The Vice President. The Senator from Colorado moves 10 strike out cer. tain words of section l2 which will be read.
 The Secretary read the words pro- posed 10 be stricken out, as follows:
 Third. No allowance or confirmation
  iitle to any gold, silver, or quicksilver mines CT minerals unless the grant claim ed under provided for and effected the do- nation or saie of such mines or minerals to the grantee; but all such mines and minerals shall remain the property Of the United States, with the right Oi workingl the same; which fact shall be stated ID any patents issued under this act.
 Mr Chaffee. The reasons why Il make this motion are first, that thel property never was the property of lhe Unried States Under the treaty of Guadalupe HidalgO the property be- longing to the residents n these lands was i0 be respected as the property of tho-e individuals. Now. all that the United States does is lo quitclaim its right 10 these lands, the tile tn ihe lands having been obtained from Mex ico or Spain. If the mines are to be exempt from this Quitclaim they will certainly belong he Kingdom of Spain or the Republic of Mexico, not 10 the United States, because under ihe Teaty.lhe United States stipulated that iEis property should be respected as the property of individuals.
 Whenever the United States grants a patent 10 a piece of land for agricul- tnral purposes, or any other purposes, Il carries with it all mines, minerals. ores of all kinds, an ] IS an absolute title to the property; and 1 hold thai whenever Mexico granted lo an indi- dividual eleven leagues or more of land, lhe grant carried whatever there was within that land, and if il did not, the mines do not belong 10 the United States.
 NIT. Edmunds l hope the amend ment will not be agreed upon. That is all want to say.
 The Vice. President The question is on the amendment of the Senator from Colorado, MT. Chaffee.1
 The amendment was rejected. Mr Edmunds To obviate the fear lf my friend from Kansas MT. Plnmbl about the uSe of the words provided for and effected, |" in lines IS and l9 of section 12. which he thinks will i'm pair grant that does carry the miner lls, 1 will move 10 strike out lhe words under provided for and in lines IS and 10; SO as to read:
 Unless the grant claimed effected the donation or sale of such mines or miner Us 10 the grantee.
 The Vice President. To this the Jhair hears no objection, and the : is agreed to. The question : now or the amendment of the com niltee as amended, as a substitute for he original bill.
 The amendment, as amended, was greed to.
 The bill was reported to the Senate s amended, and the amendment was in.
 -f-ff~ "fff uo-5 vf Si-. -><1 A. S-.oe-Nll or a third reading, read the third time, nd passed