Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-10-04
BILLS ve1oeO.

me president Retoes the Bill permitting
the Union Pazzfic Road TO Purchase q
sof the Fort Wallace Military hcsersH
zion, atd Also the Bill Author.zIns .Hs
& Secretarx of tie Interior to Certify Lands
to the State.
WASHINGTON, Sept. e5..The President
Yesterday vetoed House bill $50 provld-
inx for the disposal of the Fort Naiiace
(Kan.) military reservation. le permits
the Unione Pacific Railroad Company to
purchase within limited time certain
part of the military reservation, which Is
particularly described, at the rate OF Soo
per acre. The President says that he Is
Informed that this privilege might, ny
reason of q faulty description Of the lands,
enable the railroad company to purchase
at the price named property in which pri-s
vate parties have interests acquired under
the laws. It is evident, he says, that the
description of the land which the railroa&
company is allowed the option of purchase
ing should be exact and certain for the in
terests of adj concerned. Section % the
bill grants q certain portion OF the military
reservation heretofore set apart by ehe
military authorities as q cemetery 60 we
city of Wallace, for cemetery purposes
The President held that in his opinloe
there should be q provision that no bodies
heretofore inferred in this ground shouies
be. disturbed and that when it should no
longer be used as cemetery it should f66
vert to the Governments. .is
The President also sent in the following
veto-message to the House OF Represents
&fves: -T@
am unable to give my assent % joias rescue
ton No. IA, and entitled q joint resoiu<ion "
n1tAufse the Secretary of the interior to cess
tify lands to the State OF Kansas for the beneAS
Of agriculture and the mechanical arts, ana -
therefore return the same with q stzSement q
Wy objections thereto.
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certain public lands were granted TO such OF ting
ssvnral States as should provide colleges cog
the benefit OF agriculture and the mechanicas
aftA. Under the terms OF this act me stare g
Kansas Wa entitled to $3.50 acres Of lanoS
subject however, to the provisions of said stazr
ute. which declared that when lands which haze
been raised 70 double the minimum price, IL
consequence OF railroad grants, should be So
iected by State such lands should be como
puted At the maximum price and fhe numoex %
acres propostlonately diminished.
or tbs lands selected by Che State Of Eaasae
and which have been certified 1852 92-100 eeree
were in certain limits Of . railroad grant anG
had therefore been raised TO the double minis
mum In price. 50 that the lumbef OF acres ne4
dooed and thus situated really stood for doublG
that number o. acres in filling the grams 20
which the State OF kansas Vas entitled.
It IS now claimed that after the selection d
these lands the route of said railroad was abarS
doned and another one selected, and Ia coase5
Quence thereof such lands included within Is
6rss location we're reduced 90 Che minimuzE
price and TeStored 20 public market at shes
rate II is supposed on these allegations fhae
Justice and equity require Shat an additionsS
grant should nov be made to the State al KaER
eas from the public lands equal 20 the nufnbe7
OF ceres selected within the limita OF the hEs6
railroad location. But an examination discloseS
that the joint resolution predicateo 1p1E,
N entire misunderstanding of the Facts.
The lands heretofore described. selectee eST
the State of Kansas and charged at double that
amount. because theirprlce had been raised 90
the double minimum in consequence OF the5F
being within railroad location. have ALI ea-
cept 800 acres remained either In tbs new 55
old railroad location up 20 the present time
and. If now vacant, would be held by The Cos
eminent At the double miniaum price.
1t seems clear to me that She State Of Es1G
sas has been granted all the publie lane e
which it can lay any legal or equitable claiEa
under the Law of 1861 GROVER CLEvEL4EE