FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



February 



lands, except as an actual settler, who 

 had lived five years on the land, as re- 

 quired by the original Homestead Act, 

 and that no grant of public lands should 

 ever be made to any state or territory 

 for any purpose whatsoever, and that 

 there should be no extension of the pro- 

 visions of the Carey Act. 



I\t-solvcd further > That we urge upon 

 Congress the prompt enactment of a 

 measure which will compel the imme- 

 diate location or retirement of all lieu 

 lands scrip of every description, and that 

 no more such scrip shall ever be issued. 



Resolved further, That the secretary 

 of this board be, and he is hereby, in- 

 structed to immediately transmit a copy 

 of the foregoing resolutions to the Presi- 

 dent of the United States, and to every 

 Senator and Representative in Congress, 

 and also to every organization which is 

 a member of this board, and request 

 their earnest cooperation to secure the 

 passage of the bills above referred to, 



and to the enactment of all legislation 

 necessary to carry these resolutions into 

 effect. 



Resolved pirthcr, That the Committee 

 on Forestry and Irrigation of this board 

 be continued, to cooperate with the sec- 

 retary and commissioner of this board in 

 carrying into effect the foregoing reso- 

 lutions, and to report to the next annual 

 meeting of this board, and that the said 

 committee be composed of all members, 

 of the last committee of this board on 

 Forestry and Irrigation and of this com- 

 mittee who have attended this annual 

 meeting, being the following-named per- 

 sons : William H. Chadwick, F. B. 

 Thurber, F. L. Hitchcock, George H. 

 Anderson, R. S. Lyon, George H. Max- 

 well. 



Respectfully submitted. 

 R. S. LYON. 

 GEORGE H. MAXWELL. 



(Unanimously adopted.) 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION IN CONGRESS 



A BULLETIN OF NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE MEASURES CONCERN- 

 ING FORESTRY, IRRIGATION, AND THE DISPOSAL OF THE 

 PUBLIC LANDS, FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION. 



January 4, J904. 



In the Senate: Mr. Nelson presented 

 a petition of the Southwestern Lumber- 

 men' s Association, praying for the en- 

 actment of legislation to enlarge the 

 powers of the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission. 



Mr. Cockrell, at the instance of the 

 Southwestern L,umbermen'sAssociation, 

 introduced a bill (S. 2860) to further 

 amend "An act to amend an act ap- 

 proved January 21, 1903, entitled 'An 

 act to amend an act entitled "An act to 

 provide for the use of timber and stone 

 for domestic and industrial purposes in 

 the Indian Territory," ' approved June 

 6, 1900." 



Mr. Mitchell introduced a bill (S. 

 2993) to amend the first section of an 

 act entitled "An act authorizing the cit- 

 izens of Colorado, Nevada, and the ter- 

 ritories to fell and remove timber on the 



public domain for mining and domestic 

 purposes," approved June 3, 1878. 



Mr. Burton introduced a bill(S. 2980) 

 authorizing the taxation of arid public 

 lands under certain conditions for the 

 purpose of settlement and reclamation. 



Mr. Hansbrough introduced a bill (S. 

 3004) providing for the appointment of 

 a supervising engineer who shall have 

 immediate charge of all construction 

 work under the act of June 17, 1902, 

 entitled "An act appropriating the re- 

 ceipts from the sale and disposal of pub- 

 lands in certain states and territories 

 to the construction of irrigation works 

 for the reclamation of arid lands. ' ' 



In the House: Mr. Mondell introduced 

 a bill (H. R. 8684) to extend by ten 

 years the time for the selection and seg- 

 regation of public lands provided for 

 by section 4 of the act entitled "An act 

 making appropriations for sundry civil 



