The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-12-11
CALL OF BILLS,
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IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE
YESTERDAY.
Reducing Railroad Fare Forfeited
LANDS River Improvement
On the Free List -Fe-
male Suffrage.
Tur GENTLEMAN FROM KANSAS.


HOUSE.
/ WAsHNGroN, December 10 The bill,
lnttOducei to-day were as follows:
by Oates, repeating the presumption
laws aud amending the HON stead laws
81 that patents cou be issued only after
three year, actual occupancy.
by DUN, decl triug forfeited the lands
that have been granted to the following
railway companies and to states in
uii OF such companies: Gulf Il snip
Island, Alabama & Flo ida. Coo-ay h
rcnne- see, Mobile, Albania, Girard
Coosay & Ch,ttauouga Alabama n chat
tauoogn, Pensacola n Georgia, North
Louisiana & Texas, New Orleans, Baton
Rouge x Nluksburg, st. Lpui- 6 Iron
Mountaid, Huughtpn & Outonag VI.
North Wisconsin, Wisconsin Central,
81 Paul n Pacific, st Vincent Extension
4 Braiurrd Branch, Hastings n Daku ta,
Oregon Central and Texas Pacific.
Also, one HpprpprlatiuE monies for
the Improvement OF the Mississippi
river at the head Of he passes and from
Cairo to DesMoiucs rapids.
Also, one granting pensions to sur
yivors of tue Mexican war
Also, one compel the payment by
the X nsas Il Pacific railway ( the eos 4
OF surveying, selecting aud convey ing
certain lands granted to 1t, and to crea' T.
q sinking fund for the Kansas Pacific,
Sioux CITY Il Pacific aud the utrnl
bra ca OF the Union Pac tic railways.
Also, Il reao'u iou calling on the .ecre-
tary OF the intcriEr for information re-
gardug the attempted n,slgumrnt aud
transfer OF lands granted 10y Texas Pa
ctic o he Southern petite railway, IN
New Mexico, and he Southern Pac H. IN
Arizona, aud Los Angelica Il Sudlago IN
California.
by Summer to fix and establish maxi
mum rates IN the affair Of the Union Pa
enc and Genital Pacific railway. The
bill provides that after forty day from
the pns.R2e OF the act it will be urlHw.
iuI for those companies to charge moro
than cents per mile for iirstclass pas
sengers, > cents per mil" for second class
aud ! - cents per mile fHr thIrd.class
pnss myers, by Iully, to declare forte ted
all unesrn d l'ud gr mt, in California;
by Pay on, declaring forfeited the land
grant of large numbered road inNulV.
ny many million acres Of land.
The names OF the roads and amounts
involved are as follows.
Texas Petite, l5,0OOODO acres; Califor-
Sin I.lamJ Tnscaionsa { Wn,ua Nn.
lila 4 M 6rIeuns ,,,,,,r,.,,stin,, 5nn
un1 nara q. = ,ya,,,,b l. Nlhany ,rvol i,,o
IS0 NM .cr.s. Liam NIann' %y N,kam~s
.ns 19O ann. NI.,n,,bia 4 rh.rI.utnr
s06 ON 3crcs. MnhiIc & Girnrd isD ON,
acres Oatonnuon n Statc Lana. 10 00l
Trre-, Oregon C.ntrnI / IA ONn nc ga
! Elyton & Brsrd's RIM SOOOnO ncres
/ Orr.nn 4 California md Cnl,fornIn {
! Oregon. uupatrnted lands. l.lGs OOt
! acres: mart of the Northern Picltic from
/ WalIuln to Portland. 5,5OOOOO acres
| New Orleans A Jackson, 100000 nrres
/ Iron Mountain NJ Missouri. 81, O7O acre
/ uIrt OF Atlantic & Pacific. east Of AIbu
uucraue and west Of Mpi,rp. $1,000 UOl
[ Mares
/ Bill bv Springer. nroposiug "A cons /.
tutIonnl amendment prohibiting sueri,
/ lcyislatIon: ALSO one 10 facilitate tn,
nr,motion and re ire from nrtrye ger
/ vice ON their own applicatiop. olliccrs oil
/ the army.
B"I,,fd. TO regulate the railway traf
/ fc: also Que 10 author 70 the appoint
ment Of a special commissioner for III,
promotion Of commercial intercours,
/ between the lulted States aud sou
and g ntral America; also one provId
lug Tor the deposit Of .ilvrr bullion il
the treasury ana the issue Of certificate
therefor.
Waite. to limit the purcba.r of silyc
by tbe secretary Of the treasury.
Clements. TO repcal the internal reye
me lnws,
Henderson. to establish n bonrd o
commits ioners on inter.srnt, commerce
I townsend. to abolish hostage on sec
ond class matter and reduce the postng
of transient newspapers also one an
thorizing the president during the r,
cess OF G 1ngrrss to prohibit the impOrti
tion o articles injurious to the publ
health from countries which. on TIA
same gronnds. prohibit the importntio
~ American grounds: also one To- plac
n tay on .,it n.ed in curiup meats ON Nh
"o,,,. r,ot,n,, ~ ,hrauIt in lise for cnrin
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