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Dated. 



Senate 1641 



Senate 1826 . 



U. K. 6315 . . . 

 H. K. 6997 . . 



H. R. 7509 . . . 



Senate 2496 



H. It. 4757... 



II. K. 832... 

 Senate 1258 



H. K. 4811 . . 

 H. R. 5206 . . 

 Senate 1544 



Senate 1188 . 



Senate 1824 . 

 Senate 2451 . 



Senate 581 . 



H.K.3TO... 

 H. K. 2946 . . 



Object of bill. 



Senate 551 . 

 H.R.5558. 



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Senate 16 .. 



Senate 16 . 



Senate 540 . 

 Senate 5U6 . 



Action taken. 



To amend act at 1878, so as to allow any one in Western 

 States and Territories to remove timber from mineral 

 hinds for any purpose, under rules and regulations of the 

 Secretary of the Interior and payment of $2.50 per acre 

 for the timber. No timber to be cut by mill owners or 

 lumber manufacturers. 



For the preservation of woods and forests adjacent to 

 sources of navigable rivers. Same as bill introduced in 

 House, First session, Forty-fourth Congress. 



For the preservation of woods, etc. Same as Senate bill 

 next above. 



To provide for the classification and disposition of pine, 

 timber lands. Sueli lands, eliielly valuable for their tim- 

 ber, not to be subject to preemption or homestead entry, 

 but to be appraised by the Sen-el a ry of the Interior, and 

 sold from time to time at public sale, for not less than 

 two-thirds the appraisement. Mineral lands exempt from 

 the act. 



To regulate the sale of ther timber lands of the United 

 States. Similar to last bill above, but lauds remain ing 

 unsold to be subject to private entry at the appraised 

 value. 



For the protection and preservation of the forests of the 

 United States. One hundred thousand dollars to he 

 appropriated to Colorado for the establishment of an 

 experiment station under the direction of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Act to exclude the public lands in Alabama from the oper- 

 ation of laws relating to mineral lauds. (In reality an 

 acttosell all mineral lands in Alabama as agricultural 

 lands, at private sale, in unlimited |iiantities, and at the 

 reduced rate of $1.25 per acre, to citizens or aliens.) 



For the classilication and disposition of pine-timber lands. 

 Same as above bill presented in Forty-seventh Congress. 



For the preservation of woods and forests adjacent to 

 sources of navigable rivers, etc. Same as bill in Forty- 

 seventh Congress. 



To prevent cutting of tim her on military or Indian reserva- 

 tions. 



For the protection, preservation, and extension of the for 

 ests of the United States. To establish an experiment 

 station in connection with the Department of Agricul- 

 ture west of the Mississippi River. To propagate and 

 distribute forest trees, investigate qualities, time of 

 growing, profit, etc. One hundred thousand dollars ap- 

 propriated. 



Act to establish a forest reservat ion on the head waters of 

 the M issonri and Columbia Rivers. 



For the protection of forests on the public domain. With- 

 draws all tinibcr land from sale under existing laws. 

 Forest commission to be appointed to examine and class- 

 ify forest lauds and determine what should bo perma- 

 nently reserved. Timber on reserved lands to be sold 

 under direction of the Commissioner of the Land Ollice. 



To establish a forest reservation in Montana. Same as bill 

 S. 1824, in Forty-eighth Congress. 



To repeal act of 1878 for the sale of timber lands in Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory. 



For the preservation of woods and forests adjacent to 

 sources of navigable rivers, etc. Same as bill ottered in 

 Forty-eighth Congress, 

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To define and punish the olleuso of setting fire to woods or 

 forests belonging to the United States. 



For the protection of forests in California. To withdraw 

 from sale Government forest lands in California not 

 suited to agriculture. Such lands not to be alienated 

 from the Government, but to be placed temporarily under 

 the management of the forest commissioners of Califor- 

 nia. Fifty thousand dollars appropriated to carry out 

 the act. 



To set apart from the public domain in the State of Ore. 

 gon, as a public park for the benefit of the people of the 

 United States, townships 27, 28, 29, 30. and 31, in ranges 

 5 and 6 east of the Willamette meridian, in the State of 

 Oregon. 



To cancel certain reservations of lands on account of live 

 oak in the southwestern land district of the State of 

 Louisiana. 



To establish a forest reservation on the headwaters of the 

 Missouri River and the headwaters of Clarks Fork of the 

 Columbia River. 



For the preservation of the woods and forests of the 

 national domain adjacent to the sources of the navi"a- 

 ble rivers and their affluents in the United States. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lauds. 



Uef'erred toCommitteeon Agriculture. 



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Keferred to Committee on Public 

 Lauds. 



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Kel'envd to Committee on Appropria- 

 tions. 



Approved by the President March 3, 

 1883. 



Referred to Committee on Public 



Lands. 

 Referred to Committee on Agricult ure. 



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Referred to Committee on Indian Af- 

 fairs. Passed in Senate April 23; in 

 House of Representative* referred 

 to Committee on Indian Affairs. 

 Uriel-red to Committee on Agricul- 

 ture and Forestry. 



Passed Senate June, 1884. In House 

 printed. 



Referred to Committee on Agricul- 

 ture. Reported favorably. 



Referred to Committee on Agricul- 

 ture. Reported favorably. Passed 

 Senate. In House on calendar. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Referred to Committee on Agricult ure. 



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Ki-ferred to Committee on Judicial y. 

 Reported at second session, with 

 amendments, and placed on the Cal- 

 endar. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Reported favorably. 



Reported back adversely and indefi- 

 nitely postponed. 



Referred to Committee on I'otilir 

 Lands. Reported back. 1'asseil Sen 

 ate. Referred to House Committee 

 on Public Lands. Reported laek. 

 Amended and passed House. Sen- 

 ate concurs in House amendment. 

 Examined and signed. Approved 



a President, 

 rred to Committee on Agriculture 

 and Forestry. 



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