The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-07-03
CONGRESSIONAL ROCEEDlNGS

a., S,s ~ Dlstr1cg
I maryland Eastern Missouri Kentuckey North
ern Ohio, Northern and Southern Illinois East
s err err Louisiana, Kansas and Eastern Texas, a.,
f EgS eao1 u /; New Hemp srmott, Rhode
Connecticut, Northern Missis sippi, 81 do each,
aad ~ a. II other marshals shall Be paid salary
The Senate has passed the honse; au..I
lhorlze the PRESIDENT to app point two additional
9nshees sof the.s supreme court Of Dakota and
one additional justice Of the supreme court OIL
the Territory Of Washing ton, with the ChllomI
bill pensioping invalid three months volunteers
!: IN the warof the rebel Lion, with their idows
and dependent parents, as an:anendmehf
~ Ihe house on Tuesday passed the bill Y re-
and TO amendahel Homestead law. With refer
that:
An persons entitled TO pre-empt any land
sn ssed i1f a s Tas ssfSFs r.
the legal right to pre- -empt, have located on any
Of the surveyed public lands with the intention
OF entering the same when surveyed, shall have
the right to complete their entries and receive
It also ProYides That the repeal of the timber
culture law shall not proju dice the rights Of
those who have in good faith made entries
under the law and compl ed with the require
ments thereof The second, third and fourth
to the homestead law. The first
amendment d $ applies to gis6js cases
where. person has entered upon land in good
faith intending to homestead and perfect his
title thereto, but is prevented from doing SO by
gfant previously mad the government, or
by the shifting OF the channel Of bed Of any
river whereby his lands may be-! lost 4ori from
any cause over which hefhas no control, with
out fault on his part, he may, BY making salts
factory proof Of the fact, enter another home
ssss sls Secuted gessa
provides that every 5hotnsstsa Ter shalt make
final proof by two credible witnesses tllata he
resided upon, senldy ated and permanently i'm
proved his pr her shomeate for fonr, consec-i
proof is be made ID dup ieate, and one set is
required Ito be filed IN the local land Office and
one in tho general land office for one YEAR and
II no contest is filed or notice given charging
and specifying fraud il the entry Of proof be-
ERE ne expiration q that me patent
!, This, 1t wilt be seen, gives the time between
sLne hing ~ the proof and the issuingEof the
patent to detect fraud, il any on the part OF
applicant The, law nett now stands only re-
quires notice to be ublshed In newspaper, Of
! intention to make this proof Section 4 Of the
I substitute Gamends section z, 301 TO require
thirty calendar months to expire after thu
party files This 4pre-empt ion claim before hois
entitled TO- his patent It also'requi the
r
atleastsiS ~ onths. This amendment, il Is be-
lieyed will tend largely to prevent fraud: q
Tho house on Tuesday, after aprotracted dis
cussion, passed the Eaton subs titute for the.
senate bin fixing the day for The injecting Of
electors Of preside tand syice president, and to
provide forands regulate the counting Of the
votes for ,presid and vice president and the
4 decision Of questions arhing thereon. The,
senate bill provided that the electors Of leach
state shall meet and give their votes on the,
appointment Of such place III each: tate ID; the;
Z Legislature thereof shall direct The yhouse;
bill fixes thesecond MondaY in December 1t
/ is not expected that it will pass the Senate
uesdaE ths its
passed by vote of 49, 80 to 22i7s Theao-called
Mexican pension bill Us Originally introduced
early u the session, progld ed FOR the pension
ing Of the surviving ofic GERS sol efs and Sail
s ors Tor their anrxiying widows who aerYad
fourteen days IN the var ions1 Indian wars be-,
tween 1700 and 18l aEinI the war of 1879, and I'll
4 the war with Mexico n and the who served;
thirty days in the Greek war Of l8S5-1836; IN
the Florida war 81 sS 81 or il the Black
the house on the M Of March last IN tie Son
ate OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES adopted comprising the
substancel of Senator Gnll om'a bill Providing
pensions for inEid Sold and sailors who.
haSes been disshsrged from Vie navy
4 In theWarOf THE; Rebe llion, aud for The widows
and dependent parents 81 licensed pensioner
Another amendment which swas adopted pro-:
y ides that no person ahall be entitled to more
United States. unless that fact be specially II
stated Id the laws ss
In theBenate, an amen meht was adopted
that reports in the Reeord shall
3 be an accurate transcrip tS of the proceedings
s and debates Of congress-, and that no speech
shall be published therein hitch Wag not
Il s they were actual iyersd, except verbal
corrections made by authors Of the speeches,s
and byno other person; and that whenSp Speeches!
z nre reserved BY their autt ors Tor correction!
4 they shall be returned Ito the reporter Of the
I. honse, which they were delivered, within one;
z week, and if mot 80 deliyered they shall be
printea IN the Cong eanional Record from notes
y, A The y house, + large defeated the
bill to forfeit the land grant Of the New Orleans
: Baton Rouge 4 Vicksburg, OF what Is known
& as the Back bones rail Dad company. Tho
( bill was discussed at length by Mr. Lewis Of
B Louisiana, who favored it, Mr. Payson Of lli,
!. I,ois and MI Ellis Of Louisian who opposed,
b and several other members. SnbBtanta. 1Iy the
same principle involved IN the land graft to4
q the backbone Railroad company, fis aIso IN
+ volyed in the grant to the Northern Pacific;
& company The. Northern Pacific bill is pend-s
ing, and judging from the action Of the house,
Il e very likely That twill not paas.
nv Inc tolloWin8f nonfinaaonB were sent to the
Gilbert a Pierce Of illinois, ovarnor Of. Da-
kota; John .Kinkead Of NeYada, governor;
T. OF Alaska; Andrew Robson OF Minnes0 I'd; re-
Y celyer OF the public moneys, Redwood Falls,
MIMI James g of ahington
Falls, Wash; Charles .As WithereIia Nevada.
register of the land office, Carson civ Ma.
svada; Caring on Re KNAPP Cato nm, AGENT
for Indians , Ct Tul5 y. aiyer gsncy al John
Postmaster o. 'Brauhs: Trasss MIN !.
+ Henry %, Basf6rd !, Austin, liinn. 1saa6 Ry. !.
cord, Iowa City, sIowa: Char .s Perkins.i
X onawa, IoWa; w Scott pleton, Iowa !; n.
Elrod, Clark, bak. John IN James C5I hnlbia.s
i OAK. John H Carroll, Desmet Dnk. III III
Y Westoon, Blunt, DakS; D. Ct Grippen. KinnbaIl.;
Oak Henry 3. Rising, Redaeld; aDak David,
r. Mead, Glendiy Mont
= pension and army bills were agreed to- ~ An
unsuccessful attempt was made to consider liz
Northern Paciflo land grant FORT iture bill The
bill to forfeit the Backbone railroad land grant
bills relieve eaftain soldiers q he charge q
desertion and for the relief Of MyrafS Clark
u both honses Friday aome campa talk
inpgsa iaeaas ~ Logan 4 nthes sen.
\ for yics pfeside owned 600 Acres o. land,
II MI Hawley callsy Mo ntion 10 tie senate
to- statelns 70 IN sIl The that Senator Los
salent, he said, was untrue Tho gentleman re-
liz father which nj s ,ad ad INV. q
little, in his own state Of IlliHH Aunding to
"a the same matter, NJ. Iogan said ( Il The state
ment Is utterly false. dcnot propose to give
\ N oIula Of my DrhrArfv ~ bnt