Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-11
House Of Representatives.

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House Of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-Bills were intro
duced by Mr.. Oates repeating the pre-
emption laws and amending tue home
stead laws, SO that patents may issue
after three years Of actual occupancy.
By Mr. Bum, declaring forfeited the
lands granted to the following railroad
companies and to states in aid of such
companies, the Gulf & Ship Island;
Alabama & Florida; Coosa 81 Tennessee;
Mobile, Alabama, Girard, Coosa & Chat
tanooga; Alabama & Chattanooga; Pen
sacola & Georgia; North Louisiana &
Texas; New Orleans, Baton
Iron Mountain; Houghton &
| Central, st. Paul IL Pacific, st. Vincent
extension and Brainerd branch, Hastings
| & Dakota, Oregon Central and Texas Pa
| cifc.
Also a2propriating $6,oOO,O0o for i'm
provement of the Mississippi river and the
head passes from Carlo to the Des Moines
rapids.
Also for granting pensions to survivors
| of the Mexican war. ALSO to compel pay
ment by the Kansas Pacific Railroad COM
pany of the last surveying, selecting and
conveying certain lands granted it, and to
create a sinking fund for the Kansas Pa
| cifc, Sioux City and Pacific and Central
branch, Union Pacific railroads.
Also a resolution calling on
the secretary of the interior
for Information in regard to the attempted
assignment and transfer of the lands
! granted the Texas Pacific to the Southern
Pacific, the Arizona, Los Angeles & Cali
fornia.
By Mr.. Rosecrans, to indemnify Cali
fornie for expenses incurred by Indian
wars; also to prevent undue discrimination
of railway transportation; also to Moor
porate the Maritime Canal company, of
Nicaraugar.
By Mr.. Sumner, to fix and establish the
maximum rates Of fares On the Union
Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.
The names of the roads and amount in-
yolved is as follows: Texas Pacific, 49,
100000 acres; California, Arizona & New
Mexico, Gulf & Ship Island, Tuscaloosa &
Mobile, Mobile & New Orleans, aggregat-
ing 100000 acres; Savannah & Albany,
involving 12,000,000; Iron Mountain, and
Arkansas, 1, 100, 1000; Memphis & Charles
ton, 500 600; Mobile & Grand, $4,000;
Ontanonga d State line, $4,000; Oregon
Central, 100000; Eiyton & Boards Bluff,
| 100000; Oregon & California & Oregon,
and California & Oregon un~patented lands,
4,168,O00; parts of Northern Pacific from
| Wallulo to Portland, IS, SOC, 000;New Orleans
and Jackson, 100000; Iron Mountain,
Missouri, 6O1,oOO; part of Atlantic and
Pacific, east Albuquerque and west
Magave, 100000.
By Mr.. Springer, proposing a constitu
4 fJnpol ~ aOdnpn M DrnhJhsSInr oDnnsoI
legislation.
Also a fair rate of promotion and to re-
tire from active service on their own ap-
plication, officers of the army who nave
served in the rebellion, general officers
and volunteers.
By Mr.. Celford, to regulate railroad
traffic.
Also to authorize the appointment of a
special commissioner for promoting COM
mercial intercourse between the United
| States and South and Central America.
Also for providing for sthe deposit of
silver bullion, and the treasury to issue
certificates therefor.
By Mr.. Wait, to limit purchase of
silver by the secretary of the treasury.
By Mr.. Clements, to repeal the internal
revenue laws.
By Mr.. Henderson, to establish a board
OF commissioners on interstate commerce.
By Mr.. Townsend, to abolish postage on
second class mailable matter and to re-
dace the postage.
Also, authorizing the president during
| the recess of congress- to prohibit import
! able articles injurious to the pub
lie health from countries which. on the
same ground, prohibit importation of
American goods.
Also to place a tax on salt used in cur
| ing meats to the same footing as salt used
in curing fish.
By Mr.. Thomas, to equalize the boun-
ties.
Also, to divide Illinois into three judi
cial districts.
By Mr.. Finerty, for the construction of
four gunboats and three additional cruisers
for the navy.
By Mr.. Cobb, to equalize pensions.
Also to prevent the secretary of the in
terror issuing patents to lands granted aid
for the construction of railroads, when
such railroads are not completed at the
time fixed by law
By Mr.. Holman, to limit the disposal of
the public lands adapted to agriculture to
actual settlers uader the homestead laws.
By Mr.. Calkins. proposing a constitu-
tlonal amendment, providing that no state,
public or private corporation, or person,
shall deprive any citizen of equal proteo-
ton of law, nor abridge the rights, priv
leges and immunities on account of race,
color, or previous condition of servitude.
By Mr. Lowry, repeating the Limitation
of the time for filing claims for pensions.
Also a resolution requesting the presi-
dent to communicate to the house any cor
~respondence which has taken place with
the government of Great Britain in refer
snce to the trial of Patrick O'Donnell. q
! citizen of the United States for the alleged
/ murder of the informer Carey.
! By Mr.. Lamb, q resolution calling from
the attorney general an itemized account
of the expenditures for the prosecution of
the star route cases.
By Mr.. Matson, for the appointment of
a commission to investigate the re-is-
| suing Of pension claims.
By Mr.. Holmes, to establish national
| experimental stations in connection with
| agricultural colleges.
By Mr.. Henderson, calling on the secre-
tary of the treasury for copies of all cor
r~esptndence with forsign governments,
touching the introduction of the importa
| ton OF swine.
By Messrs. Weller and Cook, for re-