FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



February 



an amendmentauthorizing the Chippewa 

 Indians of Minnesota to dispose of the 

 timber on their respective allotments, 

 intended to be proposed by him to the 

 Indian appropriation bill. 



January 14. 



In the House : By Mr. Robinson, ot 

 Indiana : A bill (H^ R. 10010) to pro- 

 vide for the union of Oklahoma and the 

 Indian Territory as one state, and to 

 enable the people thereof to form a con- 

 stitution and state government, and to 

 be admitted within the Union as the 

 State of Oklahoma on an equal footing 

 with the original states, and to make 

 donations of public lands to said state. 



January 15. 



In the Senate : A message from the 

 House announced that, among others, 

 the Speaker had signed the following 

 enrolled bill, which was thereupon 

 signed by the President pro tcmpore : 



A bill (H. R. 9610) to amend an act 

 entitled "An act making appropriations 

 for the Department of Agriculture for 

 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904," 

 approved March 3, 1903. 



Mr. Burton presented a petition of 

 sundry citizens of Rocky Comfort, Mo., 

 praying for the repeal of the present 

 homestead law. 



Mr. Latimer introduced a bill (S. 

 3477) to establish in the Department of 

 Agriculture a bureau to be known as 

 the Bureau of Public Highways, and 

 to provide for national aid in the im- 

 provement of such highways. 



The President pro temporc laid before 

 the Senate a petition asking the aid of 

 the President of the United States in 

 preserving the Calaveras groves of big 

 trees, accompanied by a message from 

 President Roosevelt, cordially recom- 

 mending said petition to the favorable 

 consideration of the Congress. 



January 18. 



In the Senate : Mr. Hansbrough in- 

 troduced a bill (S. 3546) relating to 

 proofs under the homestead laws, and 

 to confirm such proofs in certain cases 

 when made outside of the land district 

 within which the land is situated. 



In the House : By Mr. Needham : A 

 bill (H. R. 10144) to amend an act en- 



titled "An act for the relief of certain 

 settlers on the public lands, and to pro- 

 vide for the repayment of certain fees, 

 purchase-money, and commissions paid 

 on void entries of public lands." 



By Mr. Adams, of Pennsylvania : A 

 petition of the Calaveras Big Tree Com- 

 mittee of San Francisco., Cal., in favor 

 of a bill for the protection of the Calave- 

 ras groves. 



Also by Mr. Hill : A resolution of 

 the Connecticut Horticultural Society 

 of Hartford, Conn., relative to the pres- 

 ervation of the big trees of California. 



January 19. 



In the Senate : Mr. Clapp submitted 

 an amendment intended to be proposed 

 by him to the bill (S. 3546) relating to 

 proofs under the homestead laws, and 

 to confirm such proofs in certain cases 

 when made outside the land district 

 within which the land is situated. 



Mr. Nelson secured consideration of 

 the bill (S. 1558) granting two desig- 

 nated forties of the public lauds to the 

 State of Minnesota for forestry pur- 

 poses, which was passed. 



Mr. Hansbrough secured considera- 

 tion of the bill (S. 371) granting to the 

 State of North Dakota 30,000 acres of 

 the public lands to aid in the mainte- 

 nance of a school of forestry, which was 

 passed . 



In the House : President Roosevelt's 

 message in regard to the Calaveras 

 grove of big trees and the accompany- 

 ing petition from the Calaveras Big Tree 

 Committee were laid before the House 

 as previously before the Senate. 



By Mr. Lacey : A bill (H. R. 10433) 

 authorizing the Commissioner of the 

 General Land Office to quitclaim the 

 title conveyed to the United States for 

 land in forest reservations under certain 

 conditions. 



Also a resolution of the New York 

 Zoological Society relative to the pres- 

 ervation of the big trees of California. 

 By Mr. Sullivan, of New York : A 

 petition of the Outdoor Art League of 

 San Francisco relative to the big trees 

 of California. 

 January 20. 



In the House : By Mr. Daniels : A 

 resolution of the Pioneers of Los An- 



