Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-02-28
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sen ate

iournment.
TUESDAY, February 2O.-The house bill for
extending the time for filing the Alabama
claims was passed with amendments The
tariff bill was then taken up and passed by
vote of AZ to 10. Mitchell, of Pennsylvania.
was the only republican senator who voted
against the bill.
WEDNESDAY, February 21.-A bill was passed
apprOpriating 1876, 900 for the erecting of a
monument at Washington's headquarters at
Newburgh, N Y. The army appropriation
bill occupied the attention of the senators dur
ing the remainder of the day.
THURSDAY, February 22.-The senate took
up the naval appropriation bill. After extended
debate the paragraph appropriating 81, 100000
for the completion of ironclads was agreed to
--27 to II. The other amendments to the bill
were agreed to-. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, February 23.-The naval appropria-
ton bill was passed. as was also the District of
Columbia appropriation bill. The Utah biz
was then taken up, the pending question being
on Blair's amendment, making prohibition of
voting apply only to ''persons tried and con
victed of polygamy or bigamy," instead of to
all females. Hostages 6, noes 81. Ingalls,
moved to amend section of the bill, so as to
pro hibit the voting of women in any territory
of the URited States. A vote showed no quo
rum, and the remainder of the day was wasted
by flhbustering.
SATURDAY, February 24.-The legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill was
taken up by the senate The committee amend
ment making the salary of the public printer
"a, 900 per annum was adopted after debate
The committee having recommended an appro-
priation of $50, 900 for the employment of adj
dItlOnai temporary clerks for the sole purpose
Of disposing of accumulated work in the gen
eral land office, Edmunds moved to amend the
paragraph SO as to require these clerks to be
employed under the provisions of the civil ser
vice act. Agreed TO. The bill was reported to
the senate and the amendments made in COM
lnlttee of the whole were agreed to, except the
provisions for the repeal of the law authoriz-
ing the appointment of assistant secretaries of
war and of the navy respectively which
struck out. The bill then passed.
House.
MONDAY, February 19.-The report was sub
mitted and laid over in the contested election
case of Cook vs.. Cults, of Iowa, declaring the
contestant entitled to a seat. Kelley moved
to suspend the rules and pass the bill to re-
duce internal revenue taxation. The motion
was lost after an exciting debate-162 to 96-
not the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative
:. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, February 20.-The house spent the
day on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
WEDNESDAY, February 21.-The house spent
the day in committee of the whole on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill,
THURSDAY February 22.-The bill creating
three additional land districts in Dakota was
passed. The house went into committee of
the whole on the sundry civil appropriation
bill. Pound offered an amendment, which was
adopted, repeating the pre-emption laws, to-
gether with all laws authorizing the filing of
decaratory statements for the entry Of public
lands by agent or attorney. Following is the
full tex of the amendment: Provided that the
pre- emptiOn laws, together with all laws
thorizing the filing of declaratory statements
for entries of public lands by agent or attor-
ney, be and the same are hereby repealed; pro-
vided further, that this repeal shall not affect
the disposal of lands under the treaty of stip-
ulations with Indian tribes. not be deemed to
impair any legal rights heretofore acquired
under the laws hereby repealed but all exist
| ing entries settlements or filings may be per-
| fected upon the proper proof of the lawful
| and bona tide character of said claims, and of
the due compliance with the provisions and re-
| quirements of the laws under which such en-
| tries settlements or fling were made; and pro-
vided, further, that any person who has here
| tOfore made, or may hereafter make, a bona
tide entry of public lands under homestead
laws, shall have the privilege of paying the
minimum price for the quantity of land SO en-
tered at any time before the expiration of five
years from the date Of the entry, and after his
actual residence, improvement and cultivation
has been maintained for a period of not less
than five years (tTo and half years after the
entry, and it shall be the duty of the
commissioner general of the land
Office to require evidence of actual compliance
with the requirements Of the law in respect to
settlement, residence, improvement, and cult
walton IN ali cases in which title now is or may
be hereafter claimed under the homestead, or
other settlement Or improvement laws of the
United States; and provided, further. that any
person. applying for the benefits of timber
culture laws, shall make bis entry in person,
at the proper local land Office, and shall make
an affidavit that he is an actual resident Of the
county and state, or territory In which the land
Is situated, and that he has not entered into
any contract agreement to relinquish the
entry he may make, and that he has no present
or prospective purpose of making any such re-
hnquishment, and of offering for sale as
matter of traffic and speculation. The
linquishments of the entries made under the
provisions of the timber culture laws shall be
deemed pT'59nG f0cle evidence that such en-
uies were made for speculative purposes and
not in good faith as required by law, and
such entries shall thereupon be liable to can
collation. by the commissioner of the general
land Office, and the land covered thereby shall
be deemed subject to entry by the first legal
applicant; the first section of the act of May
Il, 1880, {" authorizing lands covered by re
linquished claims to be held open to settle
ment and entry, without further action by the
commissioner CT the general land office, and
all other acts and parts of acts Inconsistent
herewith, are hereby repealed; and provided,
further, that when a timber culture entry
shall have once been made on tract OF pubic
land subject to such entry and the same shall
be cancelled or relinquished, the land covered
thereby shall hereafter be subject to entry
only under the timber culture laws, and no
patent shall be issued for such lands until the
requirements of such laws shall have been fully
complied with.
FRIDAY, February 23.-The sundry civil ap
preparation bill was taken up. The clause
relative to the Yellowstone National Park hav-
ing been reached McCook moved to strike out
the proviso authorizing the secretary of the in
terror to lease portions of the park under GER
&oip ofin nd n i'm thereof
proyiso preventing the secretary from leasing
any portion of the Yellowstone National Park
to any person, company or corporation for any
purpose whatever. declaring of no force or eff
feet any lease, agreement, exclusive privilege
or monopoly already granted or entered. and
authorizing the secretary of war to make the
necessary detoils of troops to prevent trespass-
ers or intraders entering ubon the park with
the object of destroying game ther Elm or for
any other purpose prohibited by law. The
amendment was adopted. :. Adjourned.
SATURDAY, February 24.-The sundry civil
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