The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-08-09

and one Tor the expenses OF investiga-
tion ordered by the serate. BY resol'l-
ticn the secretary of tue treasury was
ordered to receive from II. L. wilson
& Co., and rlace to tho credit of the
Cherokee Nation, $6,740,ODO for the
Cherokee outlet
Among tile laws oe benefit to MGR
chant marine interests enacted was Jne
to prevent collisions at sen, prescribing
u system of signals: one to facilitate the
entry of steamships by authorizing the
cuStomS officers to permit the unload
ing Of vessel of a regular established
line on receivig from the master a
sworn manifest of the cargo; a resolu-
ton directing the secretary Of war to
appoint commission OF engineers to
report upon the cost of the harbors of
Superior and ] nluth, and thei. en-
frances to q uniform depth Of twenty
feet.
The acts pertaining to the judiciary
of the United States included an act
providing that the criminal cases in
the district nf Minnesota shlll be
brought and prosecuted In the district
in which the offer ses were committed.
The secretary Of war was authorized
to 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
Twenty-Secnod regiment, Iowa volIln-
teer infantry, and to donate four obSo-
lete gun carriages to the city Of Mar
shalltown, Iowa.
Much legislation relating to- public
lcrds was accomplished. One :ct ex.
tends to January, 1897, the time with.
in which persons may purchase rail-
road grant lands forfeited to the gov
ernment by the act of Sept. 20, 1890,
under the conditions Of purchase in
that act. AS 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
Iaade each year, under penalty of for
friture, was suspCL ded for the year
1891. An act was passed disQ'd!ify-
iEg registers or receivers Of land offices
from hearing cSses In which they Were
interested. and providing that the sec
ratary of the interior shall designate
special agents TO hear such eases. The
time for making final proof and pay
mcnt for all lands located under the
homestead and dcsect laws was extend
Cd for one year. and the time for final
payments under the pre-emption act,
when entrymen ale prevented from
making payment from causes beyond
their control. The donation act Of 1850
was amended so that persons WHO had
made proof Of settlement in Oregon.
Washington and Idaho, but failed to
file proof of their continued residence
and cultivation, are given until Jan. i,
1896, to make final proof. Other land
acts were: For the protection of par
tiec heretofore allowed to mike entries
for lands within the former Mile Lacs
Indian reservation, confirming entries
which would have been made invalid
! by a decision of the land Office; grant
ing to tie State If North Dakota lands
set apart as 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. Leech Lake,
! Chippewa and Fend du Lac Indian res
! ervations In Minnesota.
Among the bridge bills are: For tic
/ DuJuque 4 Wisconsin Bridge company
across the Mississippi from Eaelc
! Point hnhuque, to Grant county, Wis