The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-04
ARKANSAS SETTLEMENT BILL.
1t Has in a Modified form, Suitable to
the Iron Mountain Railroad Ad-
Vanced to the Calendar.

luS 1IUu MOuuldlu AdilTOdu hu-
vanced to the Calendar.
The Arkansas settlement COM
promise dill which has been pending
in the committee room of the Hou, e
and of which so much has been
said, and caused so much lohbying
on the part of the Iron Mountain
railroad, has again been called up
and the committee report places,
it on the calendar and the bill will
now pass as reported or be rejected.
The bill as drafted reads:
Section l. That the compromise
and settlement effected February
%, 1896, between the United States
and the state of Arkansas, by John
g. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treas
ury, and Hoke Smith, Secretary of
the Interior, on behalf of the
United States, and James p. Clarke,
Governor of Arkansas, on behalf of
the state, which was made under
and by the virtue Of the authority
conferred by an act of Congress ap-
proved August 4, 1894, entitled an
act to authorize a compromise and
settlement with the state of Ark
ansas and an act of the General
Assembly of Arkansas, approved
April 8, 1899, authorizing the Cover
nor to act for that state, be, and
the same is hereby approved and
given full force and effect of law,
upon the declarations and condi-
tions hereinafter provided;
Section 2. That the amount of
$G62.97l 30, with which the state is
credited in said compromise and
settlement, for 132.594.2 acres of
indemnity land at the price of So
per acre be, and the same is hereby
reduced to the amount of. 1891 1876. e
68, the value of said indemni'y Y land
at $2 80 an acre, the double mini
mum price of Government land, and
that the state OF Arkansas is here
by credited with the sum of $331.-
1868 for 165, 1854 acres of ad-
ditional selected unadjusted swamp
land at 81 % per acre, the minimum
price of Government land, leaving
the balance to be paid by the state
of Arkansas to the United States
under said compromise and settle
ment, $16O,57
Section 3. That the title of all
persons who have purchased from
the state of Arkansas any uncon-
firmed swamp land and hold deeds
for the same be ana the same are
hereby conforned and made valid as
against any claim or right of the
United States, and without the
payment by said persons, their
heirs or assigns, of any sum what
ever to the United States or the
state Of Arkansas.
That the state of Arkansas here
by relinquish and quit-claim to the
United States all lands heretofore
confirmed, certified or patented to
the state, which have been entered
under the public land laws; and
does hereby relinqulsh, cede aud
quit-claim ito the United States all
right, title and interest under the
acts of September %, 1850, March
2, 1855, and March 3, 1857, in and to
all the lands in the state which
have been heretofore granted, con-
drmed or certified or patented by
the United States, under any other
acts, and the title to such lands is
hereby confirmed to the grantees.
Provided, That this act shall be
of no force and effect until the
state of Arkansas shall have ac-
cepted and approved the conditions,
limitations and provisions herein
contained, by an instrument in
writing, duly executed by the Cover
nor, under the authority conferred
upon him by the Legislature Of
said state, and filed with the Sec
retary of the Treasury and the
Secretary Of the Interior, within
one year from the approval Of this
act,
JUNE TERM OF COURT.