The Dickinson press., 1894-08-11

and one for the expenses Of investiga-
tton ordered by the senate. BY resOl'i-
ticn tic secretary Of the treasury was
ordered to receive from L. L. wilson
& Co, al.u llace to the credit uf the
Cherokee Nation, $G,74O.OU. for the
Cherokee outlet.
Among tic laws Ot benefit to mcr-
| cllaut :narlne interests enacted was ,ne
to prevent collisions at sea. prescribing
u system Of signals: ollc to facilitate the
entry Of steamships by authorizing the
custOrs officers to pcrlnit the unload
Ing Of vessel of a regular cstablisfGd
line on rcceivig from the master q
| sworn manifest of the cargo; a resOlu-
tiOn directing the secretary Of war to
appoint Il commission of engineers to
report upon the cost of the harbOrs Of
Superior and ] nluth, and tllei: en-
frances to Il 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 II Minnesota shall 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-secnUd regiment, Iowa v0lun-
teer infantry, and to doEate four obsO-
lete gun carriages to the city Of Mar.
shalltOwn, Iowa.
Much legislation relatlrg to public
lSrds was accomplished. One ct ex-
tends to January, 1897, the time with
In which PERSONS may purchase rail-
rold grant lands forfeited to the gov
ernment by the act of Sept. ~, 1891,
under the c0nditiors of purchase in
that act. AS u 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
fciturc, was suspended for tho year
1894. An act was jGass"d disQrA.ify-
lIg registers or receivers of land offices
from hearing cases in which they were
interested. and providing that the Sec
rotary OF the interior shall designate
special agents to hear such cases. The
time for making final proof and pay
mcnt for all lands located under the
/ AAOAnScSSttu dlGN uCs3c!t lSlWS WIS cAtSuu.
Ell for one year, and the time for final
payments under the pre- emption act,
when cntrymen ale prevented from
making payment from causes beyond
th.!r control. The donation act of 1850
was amended SO that persons who had
made proof of settlement III Oregon,
Washington aud Idaho, but failed to
tilc proof Of their continued residence
and cultivation, are given until Jan. l..
1896, to make final proof. Other land
acts were: For the protection of par
tie: heretofore allowed to mike entries
for lands within the former Mile l.acs
1ndiaE reservation, confirming entries
which would have been made invalid
by u decision Of the land office; grant
ing to tile State If North Dakota lands
set apart as q wood reservation for
Fort T0tten, for the use of the state
militia. BILLS granting rights Of way
| We're granted to the Braincrd 4 North
crn Minnesota Railway company
through the Lecch Lake Indian reser-
vltion In Minnesota; to the 81. Paul,
Minneapolis Il Manitoba railway
through the White Earth, Leech Lake,
Chippewa and Fcnd du Lac Indian res
ervations in Minnesota.
Among the bridge bills are: For the
Dubuque i Wisconsin Bridge company,
across the Mississippi from Eagle
Point Dubuque, to Grant county, Wis.