Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-28

ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION ron
CERTAIN inplAHs.
IL Chang. ,hr 0esrssi System Of the
sot rnment

wAsnfSITuN Feb. lT.--rbe con.
l,rves on tao Till Tor n repeal ~ the
timber cultlrr Law aud anrnlaiory Of
the hand laws generally, have pracll.
caliy reached an agreement on AN en-
tifcly new bill, which will uc Brought
iOiwarl at The nr-, opportunity. The
sub nct matter " the OH has for the
past two Congresses been In dispute he.
tween thu House aud Senate, aud for a
long time the conferees duriug this
Congtcss failed 10 come TO au under
standing.
The bill agreed upon viii change tbs
genefni land system Of thoUOvernmcnt
The bill Int repeats the timber culture
act with n reservation In favor VI oyHa
no claims heretofore Initiated. Ia
computing the period u cultivation on
claims already nccruing. " l. provided
that the time shall rtin from the date
OF entry. The preparation % land and
planting OF trees shall bu construed M
acts Of cultivation. Persons who have
compiled with tho provisions Of the
timber culture net fof four ycafr may
prove up their claims by aging Sl.g5
per acre.
The desert land act IL amended 10y
requiring the Hing " q map, showing
tho proposed methods Of reclamation,
aud no person shall receive patents foI
land under the act unless lie Inns ex.
pended Ia the work Of reclamation nj
least 81 per acre, 81 10 b. expended
within each year. After four years,
title may bc secured by the payment Of
81 per acre.
Section 22ss, Revised Statutes, IL
amended 10 that any bona.fido settler
may have the right 10 transfer any
portion Of his claim for right u way
Tor irrigation purposes, ns well n for
church, cemetery, railroad or school
purposes.
Tho prescription law II also repealed,
except as 10 claims heretofore Initiated,
aud except M 10 pfc.emptions 10y
counties under special law.
Section 22s9 IN amended 10 that per.
sons already holding 100 acres OF land,
or who abandon their residence ON their
own land, shall not have the right To
make homestead entry. Entries may
be suspended for the correction 0f
clerical errors. The United States IL
cstoppeI from the vacation OF any
patient on elaine heretofore initiated,
unless suit IN brought within Ave years
aud on future claims within six years.
II IL provided that In Colorado, Mon.
tana, North and South Dakota, wyo-
ming and the gold and silver regions
Of Nevada and Utah, IL shall be- tufii-
cient defense In any prosecution for
trespass 10 show that timber Is cut for
agricultural, mining, manufacturing
or domestic purposes, and Is not trans
ported out u tho State, this provision,
however, IL not 10 apply to railroads.
Provision II made for townslte entries
In Alaska, and for the acquisition
there " lands necessary for trade or
manufacturing purposes. Towns and
cities, II Is declared, may make town
site entries ON mineral lands, but this
right shall not Interfere with the
working Of underground mineral
claims.
pfovlslou is made Tor grants OF right
Of way for irrigation purposes, but the
reservoir sites are not TO contain any
land necessary for the construction and
maintenance. The mhxlnum amount
Of land which any person may acquire
II limited 10 800 acres. The President
Is given the right 10 sot apart and TO.
serve In any Territory forest lands rs
public reservations, not slhJcct TO be
entered upon. This viii meet the
principal aim -! what Is known ~ the
Yellowstone Park bill.