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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION IN CONGRESS. 



May, 1902. 

 May ! 



(House.) By Mr. Sutherland, from 

 the Committee on Irrigation of Arid 

 Lands, to which was referred the bill 

 of the House (H. R. 3088) to regulate 

 the use by the public of reservoir sites 

 located upon the public lands of the 

 United States, reported the same with- 

 out amendment, accompanied by a re- 

 port (No. 1 851) ; which said bill and 

 report were referred to the House Cal- 

 endar. 



May 2. 



(Senate. ) Mr. Hansbrough submitted 

 an amendment proposing to grant to 

 the State of North Dakota 30,000 acres 

 of the unappropriated public lands of 

 that state, to aid in the maintenance of 

 a school of forestry, which institution 

 has been established by the legislature 

 of that state and located at the village 

 of Bottineau, etc., intended to be pro- 

 posed by him to the sundry civil appro- 

 priation bill ; which was referred to the 

 Committee on Appropriations and or- 

 dered to be printed. 



May 5, 



(Senate.) Mr. Dolliver submitted an 

 amendment authorizing the Secretary 

 of War to lease any stone or grazing 

 lands within the Fort Sill Military Res- 

 ervation and wood reserve belonging 

 thereto, in the Territory of Oklahoma, 

 and use the proceeds of such leases for 

 the support and benefit of the Apache 

 Indians now held as prisoners of war 

 on that reservation, intended to be pro- 

 posed by him to the Army appropriation 

 bill ; w^hich was referred to the Commit- 

 tee on Military Affairs and ordered to 

 be printed. 



(Senate.) Mr. Clark, of Wyoming, 

 introduced a bill (S. 5657) to prevent 

 discrimination in grazing permits on the 

 Uintah Forest Reserv'ation ; which was 

 read twice by its title and referred to 

 the Committee on Public Lands. 



(House.) Mr. Emerson, from the 

 Select Committee on the Census, to 



which was referred the joint resolution 

 of the House (H. J. Res. 182) author- , 

 izing the Director of the Census to com- 

 pile statistics relating to irrigation, re- 

 ported the same without amendment, 

 accompanied by a report (No. 1888); 

 which said joint resolution and report 

 were referred to the House Calendar. 



May 6, 



(Senate.) Mr. Piatt, of New York, 

 presented a petition of the Audubon 

 Society of the State of New York pray- 

 ing for the enactment of legislation for 

 the protection of game in Alaska, and 

 for the transfer of certain forest reserves 

 to the control of the Department of Ag- 

 riculture; which was referred to the 

 Committee on Forest Reservations and 

 the Protection of Game. 



May 7, 



(Senate.) Mr. Mitchell introduced a 

 bill (S. 5705) granting a right of way 

 to the Oregon and Southeastern Rail- 

 road Company within the Cascade For- 

 est Reserve, in the State of Oregon ; 

 which was read twice by its title and 

 referred to the Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



May 8. 



(Senate.) Mr. Piatt, of New York, 

 was directed by the Committee on Print- 

 ing to report a joint resolution provid- 

 ing for the printing of 17,500 copies of 

 Bulletin No. 24, Department of Agri- 

 culture, entitled "A Primer of For- 

 estry," and asked for its immediate 

 consideration. 



The joint resolution (S. R. 95) pro- 

 viding for the printing of 17,500 copies 

 of Bulletin No. 24, Department of Ag- 

 riculture, entitled "A Primer of For- 

 estry, ' ' for the use of Congress and the 

 Department of Agriculture, was read 

 the first time by its title and the second 

 time at length, as follows : 



' ' Resolved by the Senate and House 

 of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled, That 

 there be printed 17,500 copies of Bulle- 

 tin No. 24 of the Division of Forestry 



