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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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The act (S. 7288 ) increasing the time 

 for making proof and payment for all 

 lands taken under the desert-land law 

 by members of the Colorado Coopera- 

 tive Colony for a further period of three 

 years was received from the Senate and 

 referred to the Committee on the Public 

 Lands. This committee reported the 

 same without amendment, and with a 

 report (No. 3704), both of which were 

 referred to the House Calendar. 



A joint resolution of the Idaho State 

 Legislature, relating to the stone and tim- 

 ber act, was referred to the Committee 

 on the Public Lands. 



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February 12. 



A message from the Senate to the 

 House announced that it had passed the 

 bill (H. R. 12098) entitled "An act to 

 amend section i of the act of Congress 

 of May 14, 1898, entitled "An act ex- 

 tending the homestead laws and provid- 

 ing the right of way for railroads m the 

 district of Alaska." 



A bill was introduced by Mr. Lacey 

 (H.R. 17393) to authorize registers and 

 receivers of United States land offices to 

 furnish transcripts of their records to 

 individuals. Referred to the Committee 

 on the Public Lands. 



A joint resolution of the legislature 

 of Wyoming, indorsing the irrigation 

 investigations of the Department of 

 Agriculture, was referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Agriculture. 



February J6. 



A message to the Senate from the 

 House announced that it had disagreed 

 with the amendments of the Senate to 

 the bill (H. R. 12098) to amend section i 

 of the act of Congress approved May 

 14, 1898, entitled "An act to extend the 

 homestead laws and provide for a right 

 of way for railroads in the district of 

 Alaska. ' ' A conference was asked. 



Senator Foraker introduced a me- 

 morial from the Chamber of Com- 

 merce,Honolulu,Hawaii,remonstrating 

 against the enactment of legislation pro- 

 viding for the extension of the land laws 

 of the United States to that territory; 

 which was referred to the Committee on 

 the Pacific Islands and Porto Rico. 



The bill (H. R. 14511) authorizing 

 the relinquishment to the United States 



of claims and patented lands within the 

 national parks in the State of California 

 and permitting the settlers and owners 

 thereof to secure other lands outside of 

 said parks, in accordance with section 

 24 of the act of Congress approved 

 March 3, 1891, was reported from the 

 Committee on the Public Lands, to which 

 it had been referred, with amendments 

 thereto and a report. 



The House of Representatives passed 

 the bill (S. 7288) extending the time 

 for making proof and payment for all 

 lands taken under the desert-land laws 

 by members of the Colorado Coopera- 



tive Colony for a further period of three 

 years 



The bm ( H R I59 8 5 ) to confirm 

 certain forest !i eu selections made under 

 the act approve d June 4, 1897, and the 

 bm (S 6968 ) grant i ng to the Central 

 Arizona Railway the right of way 

 through the San Francisco Mountains 

 p orest Reserve also passed. 



A bill ( H R ^280) authorizing the 

 open ing for settlement of 505,000 acres 

 of land in the K i owaj Comanche, and 



Apache Indian reservations in Okla- 

 homa Territory failed to pass. 



The bill ( S> 62go ) ( with a report (No. 

 3 6 2O ) on the same) was re f e rred to the 

 Comm i ttee of the Whole House on the 

 stat e of the Union by the Committee on 

 the Pu bli c Lands. The bill is to ex- 

 tend the prov i s i on s of section 2455 of 

 the Revised Statutes of the United 

 States as amended by an act of Februarj^ 

 2 6, 1895, relating to public lands 



Resolutions m support of the bill (H 

 R - 17*03) permitting the payment of 

 the value of public lands to persons en- 

 titled to make entry upon such lands m 

 certain cases were received from tnree 

 Grand Army posts m Michigan, and 

 referred to the Committee on the Public 

 Lands. 



The bill (H. R. 15985) to confirm 

 certain forest lieu selections made under 

 the act approved June 4, 1897 having 

 Passed the House, went to the Senate, 

 and was there referred to the Commit- 

 tee on the Public Lands 



A memorial of E. B. Voorhees, di- 

 rector of the New Jersey Agricultural 

 Experiment Stations, New Brunswick, 

 N. J., to the Senate, remonstrating 



