Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-09

I ~ concentrations for the necessary
,nerotjops of tie government for pei
| IONS ard for the DIstricr OF COLUMBIA.
| rbev were twice extended tor thirty
I.vs from June 30 and fifteen days
,rnm .July 30 and a resolution contlnu-
NO for thirty days the employment OF
| mechanics and lGborers under lhe LaVy
1epartment was passed under he Same
circumstances by resolution the secre-
| ,ary of the treasury was authorized 10
| make partial ps yments on vessels QUIT
nv contract. the amount not 10 exceeu
! X per cent of the work done, II 10
| advance to the publLc printer sums not
exceeding four-fifths OF his Dond 10
oay for work and materials. Two
special appropriation bills for salarles
| IF employees of Col greSs was necessary,
and n for the expenses or lnVestlga-
lion ordered by the serate. BY resort
ion the secretary of the treasury was
| ordered to receive from Il. L. wilson
& Co., and Place to the credit OF ue
Cherokee Nation, S ,74O,OU Tor the
Cherokee outlet.
Among tie laws Ot benent 10 MGR
chant marine interests enacted was one
10 prevent collisions at sea. prescribing
, system of signals; one TO facilitate tne
entry Of steamships by authorizing the
customs officers to permit n unload
ny of a vessel Of a regular established
line on receiyig from the master 4
sworn manifest of the cargo; a resolu-
lion directing the secretary or war 10
aDpoiut q commission OF engineers 10
report upon the cost Of h harDors or
Superior and uluth, and thel: en-
frances to a uniform depth of twenty
feet.
The acts pertaining to the judiciary
Of the United States included an act
providing that the criminal cases Ia
the district IT Minnesota shlll be
brought and prosecuted in the district
in which the offeI ses were committed.
The secretary of war was authorized
10 restore to the State of Michigan two
flags Of the 1wenty-third regiment,
Michigan volunteers, among the re-
captured flags in the war department,
and to the State of Iowa the flag of the
Tweuty-secnod regiment, Iowa Volun-
teer infantry, and TO donate four oDso-
Iete gun carriages to the city of Mar
shaIltown, Iowa.
Much legislation relatIrg to public
lcrds was accomplished. One let eX-
tends to January, 1897, the time with
in which persons may purchase ran-
road grant lands forfeited to the gov
eminent by the act of Sept. %, 1890,
under the conditions Of purchase in
that act. AS a measure of relief to
the West. during the business depres-
sion. the requirement that on each
mining claim located not less than 500
worth of improvements or labor be
made each year, under penalty of for
feiturc, was suspcI dcd for the year
1894. An act was passed d~isQ"a!ify-
lrg registers or receivers of land offices
from hearing cases in which they were
Interested. and providing that the sec
rotary of the intcriUr shall designate
special agents tC hear such cases. The
time for making final proof and pay
munt for all lands located under the
| homestead and dcSe"t laws was extend
81 for one year, and the time for final
payments under the presumption act,
when entrynIeu ale prevented from
! making payment from causes beyond
the;r control. The donation act OF 1880
was amended so that persons WHO had
made proof of settlement in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, but failed to
Gle proof of their continued residence
and cultivation, are given until Jan. J.,
1896, to make final proof. Other land
| acts we're: For the protection Of par
tiec heretofore allowed to mike entries
| for lands within the former Mile Laos
Indian reservation, confirming entries
which would have been made invalid
| by a decision of the land office; grant
ing to the State IF North Dakota lands
set apart as a wood reservation for
Fort Totten, for the use of the state
militia. Bills granting rights Of way
We're granted to the BrainCrd & North
| ern Minnesota Railway company
through the Leech Lake Indian reser-
| walton in Minnesota; to the st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba railway
through the White Earth. Laech Lake,
Chippewa md Fond du Lac Indian res
ervations in Minnesota.
Among the bridge bills are: For the
Dubuque l. Wisconsin Bridge company,
across the Mississippi from Eagle
Point Dubuque, to Grant county, Wis.