Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-01-22

Senators Wilson aud sal.cndi introduced bills
70 Increase the pensions Of widows or mimi
chhdren OF deceased soldiers and sailors cf
ne ohi'ed states IN the late war, from IS to
sl2 per month. Tho bill of senator MiteheaI
ALSO provides thatth fact that a soldier or sail
or was regularly mustered into the service shall
that time.
sEsArK-Ths bill TO repe,l the pre-. smptiou.
desert lands and timber culture laws, and 10
amend the homestead Law, passed the senate.
Inc frst section provides for the repeal OF the
presumption Law, this repeal, however. not 10
anect the rights of any person which are
aaccr9ing On the passage of the act
son who has h5t heretofore had Tie
penent OF the pre- emptioa law, and who
has rallied from any cause 10 perfect the title
on land heretofore entered by him under the
homestead laws, may make a second home
stead entry in lieu of the pre-empton privi-
NY Mnlch Is repealed. Section 2 repeats
.le lumber culture law, with the proyiso that
u shall not interfere with existing rights.
second . amends the revised statutes so
Ihst persons who have svailed themselves OF
the homestead laws may paw q minimum
price Tor lands, after eighteen months from
aao OF entry, provided they file a prelimi-
nary notice six months before. Section 4
repeats the desert land act, except as 10
claims which exist Of the date of the passage
OF the act Section 5 provides that no public
lands except abandoned military or other res
eryations, mineral lands and other lands, the
sAie OF which has been authorized by a special
ACT or congress, shall he sold ~ public auc.
hon or by special or private entry; all offered
Pubic lands are withdrawn fro - market, aud
shsu DC disposed Of as unofferod public lands.
Mr. Edmunds introduced a bill authorizing
we president to appoint and place IN the re-
nred list OF tho army one person from among
those who had been generals commanding the
armies of the United States, or a generaI-in-
ehlef OF said army. Mr.. Edmunds expressed
the nope that unanimous consent would be
given Tor Immediace consideration OF the bill.
AZ would authorize the president TO appoint
Zen, Grant to the retired list. In its form it
2oylated the difficulty observed in the Fitz
John Porter case.
House The following bills passed: Great
ing a United States judicial district in South
ern California; limiting the time for presenta-
ton of bounty and back pay claims to three
years from the passage of this act, aud all 9TH
er claims except pensions 10 six years,
and providing claims hereafter arising must
De presented within six years from the
tim they originated; authorizing the sery
wee OF civil and criminal processes issued
by territorial courts within military and Indian
reservations and the Yellowstone Park amend
ing session 1889, revised statutes, so as 10 pro-
hiblt territorial legislatures from granting pri-
waite charters; regulating appeals from the SUI
preme court Of the District OF Columbia and SUI
prems courts OF territories. 1t provides that
no appeal or writ of error shall hereafter be al
lowed from any Judgment or decree in any suit
at law or IN equity in the supreme cou I OF tho
District of Columbia or in the supreme court
IN any of the territories Of the United States,
unless the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs,
exceed 5000; to extend the laws of the United
states over certain unorganized territory south
OF the State OF Kansas; repeating so much Il
section 1918, revised statutes, as PROHIBITS the
promotion to the position OF commissioned or
non-commissioned officers in the regular army
OF any private soldier who has served two years
since September, 1869: TO regulate the effect
Of Judgments and DEGREES Of United States
courts in any state by providing they shall take
effect by way OF lien or otherwise 10 the same
extent and in like manner as judgments and
DEGREES Of courts in such state. A number Of
minor bills were passed, and the house ad-
iourned in respect TO the memory OF Hon
Schuyler ColfaL-