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December 4. 



In the House: By Mr. Williamson: A 

 bill (H. R. 5514) to provide for the sale 

 of the unsold part of the Umatilla Indian 

 Reservation, and for other purposes. 



December 5. 



In the Senate: Mr. Ankeny presented 

 a memorial of the legislature of Wash- 

 ington asking for the opening of the 

 south half of the Colville Indian Reser- 

 vation of that state to homestead entry. 



Mr. Hansbrough introduced a bill (S. 

 2120) to amend an act entitled "An act 

 to provide for the sale of desert lands," 

 as amended by the act entitled "An act 

 to repeal the timber-culture laws, and 

 for other purposes," approved March 3, 

 1891. 







December 7. 



In the Senate: Mr. Hoar presented a 

 petition of the National Association of 

 Agricultural Implement and Vehicle 

 Manufacturers, praying for the enact- 

 ment of legislation to carry into effect 

 the recommendations of President Roose- 

 velt, in his message to Congress, on the 

 subject of forestry and irrigation. 



Mr. Burton, from the Committee on 

 Forest Reservations and the Protection 

 of Game, to whom was referred the bill 

 (S. 887) for the purchase of a National 

 Forest Reserve in the Southern Appa- 

 lachian Mountains, to be known as the 

 National Appalachian Forest Reserve, 

 reported it without amendment, and sub- 

 mitted a report thereon. 



Mr. Culberson introduced a bill (S. 

 2130) to provide for the equitable dis- 

 tribution of the waters of the Rio Grande 

 between the United States of America 

 and the United States of Mexico. 



At this point the special session ended 

 and the second or regular session began. 



The President's message was read, 

 commenting upon the removal of fences 

 about unlawful enclosures of public 

 lands, noting the necessity for revision 

 of public land laws, and the progress of 

 irrigation projects in the West, urging 

 support for forest work and recommend- 

 ing that all matters pertaining to forest 

 reserves, except those involving or per- 

 taining to land titles, be consolidated 

 in the Bureau of Forestry of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



In the House : Mr. Cushmaii intro- 

 duced a bill (H. R. 5773) making an 

 appropriation for the administration and 

 improvement of Mount Rainier National 

 Park, Washington. 



December 8. 



In the Senate : Mr. Perkins introduced 

 a bill (S. 2223) providing a means of ac- 

 quiring a title to two groves of Sequoia 

 gigantea in the State of California, with a 

 view to making national parks thereof. 



In the House : Mr. Ryan offered a 

 resolution of the National Association 

 of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle 

 Manufacturers relating to irrigation of 

 arid lands. 



December 9. 



In the House : By Mr. Lacey : A bill 

 (H. R. 6480) to control grazing in 

 forest reserves. 



By Mr. Fordney : A bill (H. R. 6488) 

 to abolish the distinction between offered 

 and unoffered lands in certain cases. 



By Mr. McGuire : A bill (H. R. 6497) 

 for the suppression and punishment of 

 bribery and official corruption in the 

 territories of the United ' States and for 

 other purposes. 



Mr. Acheson and Mr. Dalzell each 

 offered a resolution of the Pennsylvania 

 State Forestry Reservation Commission 

 relative to the preservation of the big 

 redwood trees of California. Similar 

 resolution offered by Mr. Brown Decem- 

 ber 17. 



December 10. 



In the Senate : Mr Gallinger intro- 

 duced a bill (S. 2327) for the purchase 

 of a national forest reserve in the White 

 Mountains, to be known as the National 

 White Mountain Forest Reserve. A 

 similar bill (H. R. 7284) was introduced 

 in the House December 14 by Mr. 

 Currier. 



In the House : Mr. Adams, of Penn- 

 sylvania, Mr. Morrell,ancl Mr. Huff each 

 presented a resolution of the Pennsyl- 

 vania State Forestry Reservation Com- 

 mission urging the preservation of the 

 Calaveras trees of California. 



December J4. 



In the Senate : Mr. W 7 arren presented 

 a memorial of the legislature of Wyo- 

 ming relative to the extension for a pe- 



