Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-11-02

Improving Cowlitz river, Washington
territory: Continuing improvement, three
thousand dollars.
Improving Skagit, Stelaguamish. Moot
sack, Snohomish and Snoqualmie rivers,
Washington territory: Continuing i'm
provement, fifteen thousand dollars; OF
which five thousand dollars shall be used
Tor Il sna y-boat and outfit.
That the secretary Of war is hereby di-
rected, at his discretion, TO cause exam
nations OF survey, OF both, To be made,
and the COS. oi improvement to be
estim4tel al the following localities, to-
Wit: In the states Of WASH
ington tcrritory-Upper Columbia river,
between Wallula and British line; North
PalOuSe river.
\ bin making the cities OF Seattle
and Tacoma ports OF entry, and eX-
tending to them the benefits Of the
immediate transportation act. has
passed the senate and is how on the
calendar OF the house, having been
favorably reported by the committee
on commerce. This bill will become
law either at this session or the
next.
, A bill has passed tho senate
creating Port Angeles n port of de
livery, which bill is still pending in
the committee on commerce of the
house.
A bill CIR. 1880 for the relief Of
George B. Hansell, introduced by
Mr.. Voorhees,, passed the house on
Mr.. Voorhees, motion, and is now
pending in the senate.
! Mr.. Voorhees, introduced a bill
(H. r. 4435) to reduce the price OF
all even sections within the limits OF
the Northern Pacific grant to Sl.2j
per acre. member of the com
mittee on public lands he success
fully labored to secure its incorpO.
ration in the general land bill'
III. Il. 790l), which bill has passed
the house and is now pending in the
senate.
A bill (H. r. 4i3S) "Permitting
all persons who have lost theil
homestead rights to make new en-.
tries" was introduced by Mr.. VOor'
hees, and was referred to the COM
mittee on public lands of which he
is a member. The substance Of
that bill was incorporated in Sec
% of the general land bilr' above
referred to, as follows:
|, SEC. %. That any person who has no
heretofore had the benefit Of the home
stead or presumption law, and who ha'
failed from any cause to perfect title to :
tract OF land heretofore entered by hin
under either Of said laws, may make /;
second homestead entry in lieu OF the
presumption privilege hereby repealed
or the homestead entry lost.
! 1t will be remembered that Mr.
. VOORHEES, made a favorable report
upon a similar measure, from thu
committee on public lands, in the
10th congress.
A bill H.R. 4439) was introduced
by Mr.. Voorhees,, ITO amend thu
act of March 3, 1879, granting adj
, ditiO1al rights to homestead settlers
within railroad limits" Sec. % O
the general land bilr' before re
ferred to provides:
That any homestead settler who hal
entered less than one hundred and sixt,
acres Of land may enter other and add
tional land lying contiguous to the origi
nal entry, which shall not, with the land,
! first entered, exceed in the aggregate one
hundred and sixty acres; or if such set
tier so elect, he or she may surrender the
lands first entered to the United States
for cancellation, and thereupon be al
lowed to enter lands under the Homestead
laws the same as II the surrendered entry
, had not been made, and the residence
and cultivation Of such settler upon anc
: OF the lands embraced in the first entry
shall be considered residence and cultiva
ton for the same length of time upor
and of the land entered by the additiona
or new entry, and shall be deducted from
the time Of residence and cultivation re-
quired by law, and II such settler ha,
made final proof and obtained title to les.
than one hundred and sixty acres of Lane
under the homestead law, and has, prioI
to the passage of this act, in good faith
sold and conveyed the same, then he Of
she may enter so much Of any other pub
lie lands as may be subject to entry q,
when added TO the quantity previously
acquired and sold shall not exceed one
hundred and sixty acres.
II A bill has passed the senate, and
has been favorably reported from
the committee on public lands, o.
, the house, amending the alien land
law, so as to permit the investment
of foreign capital, in mining prop
. critics, within the territories of the
United States.
A bill g. 1880 "To forfeit GER
tain lands heretofore granted for the
! purpose Of aiding in the construc.
; ton of railroads, and for other pur-
pOses," which only provided for the
! forfeiture of the lands coterminus
, with those portions of the roads IN
: constructed, at the date of the pas
sage of the act, passed the house SO
amended as to secure the forfeiture
J of all lands coterminus with "the
portion of the road not constructed
and completed within the time
specified in the act making the
grant for the construction and com
nj Of Ii