The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-02-13
CALIFORNIA CONGRESS-
MEN.
What They Fave Tried to do
for Their state.

Washington, 11.-Since the open
ing OF the present Congress the fol-
lowing bills of int crest to California
have been introduced and referred
to the public lands committee.
By ROSecTans, to TelinQuish the
title of the United States to property
now in p session Of the trustees of
the Ladies Seamen's Friends So
ciety, to the state of California.
By Berry, granting to California
per cent. of the net proceeds of the
state.
By Converse, of Ohio, authorizing
the President to reserve from the
state and set apart as public parks
such tracts or parcels of land in
which are growing red wood and
big trees, not exceeding in an ag-
gregate two townships of lands.
BY Page, providing that all money
derived from the sale of public
lands donated for college purposes
be invested and constituted a per-
petual fund for the support mainlet-
ance and endowment of a college
for instruction in agriculture and
mechanic arts.
By Mr.. Page, to authorize the
secretary Of the interior to make an
allowance of rent from United
States land offices.
Page, for the relief of homestead
settlers on public lands, to allow
such settlers time to file homestead
applications and perfect original
entry, as now allowed settlers under
the presumption law.
a bill was introduced by Page
providing for the TepaymentsOf fees,
purchase money and commissions
on entries of public lands, after
wards found to be void by innocent
persons.
By Page, providing that fees al
lowed registers al d eceiYers of pub.
lie lands for reducing TO writing
testimony fOrclaimants in establish
ing presumption md homestead
right, and mineral entries shall not
be considered in the detern ilel of
the maximum of compensation of
said offices.
By Rosecrans, granting the right
of way to the San Francisco s.
Ocean Shore Railway Company
across Preside Military Reservation
and Black Point.
BY Rosecrans, to adjust the claims
of owners of land without the limits
of Klamath Indian Reservation in
the state of Oregon, providing that
upon delivery to the commission of
the general land Office of a deed con-
veying to the United States all right,
title and interest OF the Oregon
Central Military Wagon Road Com
pany to lands within the reservation
conveyed to said company by act of
1864, the commissioner shall issue
land scrip to the California and
Oregon Land Company.
By Berry, providing for land scrip
: compensation to A. p. Jackson, Jas.
: Wood, G. S. Fay, A. B. Meacham,fJ.
NJ. Gapen, James Mccoy, Nj. B.
} Tacket,C. II. Graham, w. H Turner,
) n. w. Richardson and Philip Pal
mer, for lands of which they were
deprived by process of law, by the
existence of paramount title to their
lands when they were patented to
them.
; By RoseGrans, to extend two
years the time for making proof and
payment on desert land entries I'M
der the act of n, when failure re-
suits from want Of water or other
causes not prejudical to the good
faith of the party making the entry.
By Berry, Page, Pacheco and
Rosecrans to enable the state to
take other lands in lieu of the six
, tenth and thiry-sixth sections
, found to be mineral lands.
Page, providing that all actual
settlers on lands within the limits
of the late MonagelmOs ranch, be
J authorized to Renter these lands and
receive patents therefore under the
| -emption and homestead laws.
II BY Pacheco, known as the "brush
} fence" bill, providing that the Occu-
: patton or Enclosure of any tract of
surveyed or unsurveyed public
/ lands in larger quantity than was
. authorized by law, shall not prevent
| the entry thereon by one duly quail
: fled and intending in good faith to
: acquire title under any law of the
: United States; but where such tract
: has been enclosed, appropriated OF
is occupied for the purpose of ac-
3 curing title thereto under any law
!. Of the United States, the occupation
8 shall be held valid for such lesser
quantity as occupant is authorized
: by law to acquire, provided the Oe-
/ cupant or several occupants, if more
8 than one, shall in ten days after, file
! a written document designating the
9 metes aud bounds of such lesser
s quantity by well defined marks ;that
9 in case Of neglect or refusal to do so
s such occupant be deemed a tress-
3 passer and the whole tract may be
o entered on by persons duly qualified
}. and intending in good faith to &C
s quire title under any law of the
+ United States, and such demand OF
d neglect or refusal shall be held to
bar recovery in any action brought
against any person so entering; the
act not to apply to school sections
or lands taken in good faith under
any grant of the United States.
? OF these bills only the two last
i. mentioned have been acted on by
q the committee, theJe two are on the
q calendar of the House, bnt it is