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expenses of the government for the In the House : Mr. Lacey called up 



fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, and for the bill (H. R. 8460) providing for the 



other purposes. ' ' transfer of the forest reserves from the 



Also a bill (S. 2994) to amend an act Department of the Interior to the 



entitled "An act authorizing the citi- partment of Agriculture, but upon the 



zens of Colorado, Nevada, and the ter- request of Mr. Hemenway the bill was 



ritories to fell and remove timber on allowed to go over, 



the public domain for mining and do- J anoary 7. 



mestic purposes," approved June 3, j n the Senate- Mr. Stewart introduced 



1878, so that the provisions of said act & bm (g } tQ restore to the public 



shall be extended to and include the domain a portion of the Gila River 



States of Oregon, Washington, and Indian Reservat i O n, in the Territory of 



California. Arizona, and for other purposes. 



In the House: By Mr. Mondell: M r Dubois introduced a bill (S. 3165) 



A bill (H. R. 8682) granting to rail- amendi sec t ion 3 of the act of June 



roads and water companies the right of QQ 



way through public lands and reserva- ~' 



tions of the United States for reservoirs January 5. 



and pipe lines. In the Senate : A message from the 



By Mr Lacey A resolution of the House announced that the House had 



Massachusetts Forestry Association fa- passed a bill (H. R. 9160) to amend an 



voring the preservation of the Big Trees act entitled "An act making appropna- 



in California tions for the Department of Agriculture 



for the fiscal year ending June 30, 



JanuaryS. 1904," approved March 3, 1903, in 



In the Senate : Mr. Mitchell intro- w hich it requested the concurrence of 



duced a bill (S. 3036) for the protection t ^ e Senate. 



of the Bull Run Forest Reserve and j n t he House : By Mr. Smith, of 

 the sources of the water supply of the Texas : A bill (H. R. 9300) to author- 

 city of Portland, State of Oregon. ize the Secretary of Agriculture to make 

 In the House : By Mr. Mondell : experiments in irrigation in the semi- 

 A bill (H. R. 8868) to apply a portion ar ^ reg ionsof the State of Texas, and 

 of the proceeds of sales of public lands to make appropriations therefor, 

 to the endowment of schools or depart- By Mr. Gillett, of California : A bill 

 ments of mines and mining in connec- (H. R, 9310) to exclude from the Yo- 

 tion with the colleges established in the semite National Park certain lands 

 several states under the provisions of therein described, and to attach to and 

 an act approved July 2, 1862, entitled i nc l u de said lands in the Sierra Forest 

 "An act donating public lands to the Reserve. 



several states and territories which may By Mr. Lacey: A bill (H. R. 9321) 



provide colleges for the benefit of agri- to authorize the Secretary of the In- 



, culture and the mechanic arts and for teriorto acquire for the Government, by 



similar purposes." exchanges of public lands, the owner- 



By Mr. Gillett, of California : A bill s hip of the private lands within certain 



(H. R. 8893) to provide for the exami- public parks in the State of California. 



nation and classification of certain lands A similar bill was introduced in the 



in the State of California. Senate (S. 3376) January 13 by Mr. 



January 6. Bard - 



In the Senate : Mr. Hansbrough pre- January J3. 



sented a petition of the American For- In the House : By Mr. Sperry : A 

 estry Association, praying that an resolution of the New Haven and Coast- 

 appropriation be made for the improve- wise Lumber Dealers' Association in 

 ment and construction of roads and favor of a bill to establish a forest re- 

 trails within the national forest re- serve in the White Mountains, 

 serves. In the Senate : Mr. Clapp submitted 



