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section of Colorado, or entered by 

 homesteaders eligible to patent for 

 less than 640 acres, provided that 

 the Secretary of the Interior may 

 exclude irrigable lands and lands 

 which will support a family in tracts 

 of 180 acres or less. 



H. R. 5361 ( Rep. French) Leaves of 

 absence to homesteaders. See S. 

 91, reported on to Sec. Jan. 30. 



H. R. 6025 (Rep. Lacey) Amend- 

 ment of commutation provisions of 

 homestead law. 



S. 2456 (Sen. Hansbrough) Proofs 

 in homstead and other claims to pub- 

 lic lands and punishing false swear- 

 ing therein. 



H. R. 8107 (Rep. Mondell) Extend- 

 ing public land laws to certain In- 

 dian lands in Wyoming. 



H. R. 1 1268 (Rep. Jones) Ratifying 

 and confirming agreement with Col- 

 ville Indians in Washington (S. 

 3005, Ankeny). 



S. 2 10 1 (Sen. Gamble) To permit 

 second homestead entries. 



S. 311 (Sen. Gamble) Regulating 

 public land accounts between U. S. 

 and the several States. 



S. 1031 (Sen. Perkins) Five per cent 

 to California of proceeds of sale of 

 public land. 



S. 2292 (Sen. Fulton) For the relief 

 of entrymen and settlers within the 

 Northern Pacific Railway's land 

 grant between Wallula, Wash., and 

 Portland, Oregon. Reported back 

 with amendments (S. Report 351). 

 Amended and passed Senate. Re- 

 ferred to House Com. on Public 

 Lands. 



S. 2454 (Sen. Hansbrough) Disposal 

 of timber on public lands chifly val- 

 uable for timber. 



il. K. 308 (Rep. Kinkaid) Amend- 

 ment to "An Act for the relief of 

 settlers on public land (Sec. 2, Ch. 

 89, Sup. to R. S.. Vol. I, 2d edition, 

 p. 2S2 ). In place of Sec. 2 a section 

 providing for notification by land 

 officers to contestant when he has 

 procured cancellation of any home- 

 stead entry or allotment of any In- 

 dian lands, thirty days to be allowed 

 him to enter said lands ; provided 

 that the register be allowed a fee 

 of $1 for giving such notice, to be 

 paid by contestant and not reported. 



H. R. 3133 (Rep. Burke) Rsgulating 

 public land accounts between U. S. 

 and the several states (S. 311)- 



H. R. 8440 (Rep. Lacey) Granting 

 5 per cent of public land sales of 

 Military Land Warrants to the pub- 

 lic land states. 



II. R. 10067 (Rep. Jones) Disposi- 

 tion of surplus and allotted Yakima 

 Indian lands in Washington (S. 

 3005). 



H. R. 9719 (Rep. Lacey) For relief 

 of certain entryemen and setlers 

 within limits of Northern Pacific 

 Railway's land grant. 



H. R. 8439 (Rep. Martin) Amend- 

 ing reclamation act to provide that 

 when charges under projects are 

 more than $20 per acre the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior may adjust an- 

 nual instalments so that not over $2 

 per acre need by paid each year. 



II. R. 10700 (Rep. Curtis) Granting 

 to railroads right of way through 

 the public lands in Arizona, New 

 Mexico, and Oklahoma, heretofore 

 reserved for public buildings, etc. 



