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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



March 



public lands of the United States, re- 

 ported it without amendment and sub- 

 mitted a report thereon. 



The bill (S. 122) authorizing the Sec- 

 retary of the Interior, at his discretion, 

 to restore to public entry lands em- 

 braced in whole or in part within segre- 

 gations for reservoirs, was reported with- 

 out amendment and passed. 



In the House : Mr. Volstead, from 

 the Committee on the Public Lands, to 

 which was referred the bill of the Sen- 

 ate (S. 1558) to grant to the State of 

 Minnesota certain vacant lands in said 

 state for forestry puposes, reported the 

 same without amendment, accompanied 

 by a report (No. 605), both of which 

 were referred to the Committee of the 

 Whole House on the state of the Union. 



By Mr. Powers of Massachusetts : A 

 bill (H. R. 11209) to repeal the act pro- 

 viding for the sale of timber and stone 

 lands, the desert-land act, and the com- 

 mutation provision of the homestead 

 act. To the Committee on the Public 

 Lands. 



January 28. 



In the Senate : Mr. Stewart, from 

 the Committee on Indian Affairs, to 

 whom was referred the bill (S. 2860) 

 to further amend an act to amend an 

 act approved January 21, 1903, entitled 

 "An act to amend an act entitled 'An 

 act to provide for the use of timber and 

 stone for industrial purposes in the 

 Indian Territory,' approved June 6, 

 1900," reported it with amendments 

 and submitted a report thereon. 



February J. 



In the House, by Mr. Norris : A bill 

 (H. R. 11520) providing for an addi- 

 tional homestead entry under certain 

 conditions. 



February 3. 



In the House, by Mr. Dixon : A bill 

 (H. R. 1 1673) for the survey and allot- 

 ment of lands now embraced within the 

 limits of the Flathead Indian Reserva- 

 tion in the State of Montana, and the 

 sale and disposal of all surplus lands 

 after allotment. 



February 4. 



In the House: Mr. Wadsworth, from 

 the Committee on Agriculture, reported 



a bill (H. R. 11825) making appropri- 

 ations for the Department of Agricul- 

 ture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1905, which was read a first and second 

 time, and, with the accompanying re- 

 port, referred to the Committee of the 

 Whole House on the state of the Union, 

 and ordered to be printed. 



February 5. 



In the Senate ; Mr. Perkins intro- 

 duced a bill (S. 4134) granting to the 

 city and county of San Francisco for 

 water-supply purposes the use of cer- 

 tain lands in a forest reservation in the 

 State of California. Referred to the 

 Committee on Public Lands. 



In the House : The House resolved 

 itself into the Committee of the Whole 

 House on the state of the Union. Mr. 

 Wadsworth brought up for discussion 

 the bill (H. R. 11825) making appro- 

 priations for the Department of Agri- 

 culture for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1905. The bill \vas passed. The 

 section relating to the Bureau of For- 

 estry reads as follows, as amended: 



' ' General expenses, Bureau of For- 

 estry : To enable the Secretary of Ag- 

 riculture to experiment and to make 

 and continue investigations and report 

 qn forestry, forest reserves, forest fires, 

 and lumbering ; to advise the owners of 

 woodlands as to the proper care of the 

 same ; to investigate and test American 

 timber and timber trees ; to seek through 

 investigations and the planting of na- 

 tive and foreign species, suitable trees 

 for the treeless regions, including the 

 erection of the necessary buildings, 

 provided that the cost of any building 

 erected shall not exceed $500 ; to collect 

 and distribute valuable economic forest 

 tree seeds and plants ; for the employ- 

 ment of local and special agents, clerks, 

 assistants, and other labor required in 

 practical forestry, and in conducting 

 experiments and investigations in the 

 city of Washington and elsewhere, and 

 for collating, digesting, reporting, illus- 

 trating, and printing the results of such 

 experiments and investigations ; for the 

 purchase of all necessary supplies, ap- 

 paratus and office fixtures ; for freight, 

 and express charges and traveling and 

 other necessary expenses, $363,000, of 

 which sum not to exceed $15,500 may 



