FEDERAL POSESTEY LEGISLATION. 



195 



Year. 



1875 



1876 

 187G 



1876 



1876 



1877 



1877 



1877 

 1878 

 1878 



Congress. 



44th, 1st sess 



do 



do 



do 



1878 

 1878 



1878 



1873 



1879 



1879 

 1880 

 1880 



1880 

 1880 

 1880 



1882 



►...do 



45tli, 1st sess 



— do 



....do 



45th, 2d sess — 



do .... 



House in 

 which origi- 

 nated. 



Senate G 



H. R.6G0..., 

 H. It. 1191... 



H.R.1310... 



do 

 do 



do 

 do 



4oth, 3d sess 



4tith, 1st sess 

 4Gth, 2d sess . 

 — do 



do 



— do 

 — do 



47th, 1st sess. 



H.R.2075 .. 



ILK. 797.... 

 H.R.1154... 



H.R.1525... 

 H.R.2G58... 

 II. It. 3981... 



Senate 92G . . 



H.R.3800... 

 Senate 20... 



H. R.6087... 



H.R.1164... 

 n. R.G321. .. 

 H. R.G430... 



Senate 1812 

 H. R G371... 

 H. R. 1846... 



Senate 7G0 . . 



Object of bill. 



For sale of timbei lands in California, Oregon, and the Ter- 

 ritories. Same as previous bills with similar title. 



For the sale of the timber lands in the Territories. Lands 

 valuable for timber, but not for cultivation, to be sold at 

 $2.50 per acre, not more than 40 acres to one person. 



To regulate the survey and sale of the timber lands of the 

 United States. Lands valuable chiefly for timber not to 

 be subject to entry under preemption or homestead laws, 

 but to be appraised and sold at not less than the ap- 

 praised value. 



For the appointment of a commission, etc. Same as pre- 

 ceding bill (JEL 11. 2540). 



For the preservation of the foiests adjacent to the sources 

 of navigable rivers and other streams. Such timber 

 lands to bo withdrawn Irom sale and a commission to de- 

 termine what should bo reserved so as to pi event scanty 

 supply of water. 



For the sale of timber lands in the Territories. Same as 

 bill (H. It. 660) m Forty-fouith Congress. 



To regulate the survey and sale oi timber lands of the 

 United States. Same as bills in the Forty third and 

 Forty-fourth Congresses. 



To put into market certain timber lands of the United 

 States. Declaiing subject to entry, in any quantity, all 

 public timber lands m Alabama, Louisiana, and Minnesota 

 which have been subject to entry in limited quantities 

 for twenty years, and after entry of such, lands to be no 

 prosecution for trespass or timber cutting. 



To provide for the entry of unsurveyed timber lands. 

 Allowing the owner of a mine to take 160 acres of timber 

 land for every 20 acres of mineral land owned by him, 

 and the owner of agricultural land 40 acres for every 

 quarter section, and for every $20,000 expended on a mill 

 or furnace 640 acres may be taken at $2.50 per acre. 



■Withdrawing lands chiefly valuable for timber from entry 

 under preemption or homestead laws. Such lands to be 

 surveyed and divided into ''timber lands" and "min- 

 eral timber lands." On the latter the timber only to be 

 sold. Timber lands to be appraised and sold by commis- 

 sioners. Such lands as are needed for irrigation pur- 

 poses to be withheld from sale. 



$25,000 appropriated to suppiess depredations on public 

 timber. 



Allowing sale of timber lands unfit for cultivation in Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory at 

 $2.50 per acie. No one person or association to enter 

 more than 160 acres. 



Bill similar to next below 



Allowing residents of Colorado, Nevada, and other Terri- 

 tories and all mineral districts to fell and remove, for 

 building and other domestic purposes, tiees on mineral 

 lands. 



To regulate the survey and sale of timber lands. Same as 

 bill presented December, 1875 (H.R.323), providing that 

 timber lands more valuable for lumber than for agricul- 

 tural purposes be reserved from entry under homestead 

 or preemption laws, appraised, and sold to highest 

 bidder, but not for less than appraisement. 



To regulate the survey and sale of timber lands of the 

 United States. Same as last bill above. 



To prevent depredations upon timber in the Indian Terri- 

 tory. _ 



Authorizing citizens of Colorado, Nevada, and the Terri- 

 tories, to fell and remove timber on the public domain, 

 for mining and domestic purposes. Extending the act 

 of June, 1878. 



To prevent depredations upon timber on Indian reserva- 

 tions. 



To prevent depredations upon timber on the Indian res- 

 ervations. Same as last bill above. 



Act condoning trespass on public lands prior to March, 

 1879. Persons against whom suits were pending prior to 

 that date to enter lands trespassed upon and pay accrued 

 costs, thereupon suits to bo discontinued. At same timo 

 price to be paid for lands to be reduced from $2.50 to $1.25. 



For the classification of the public lands in Colorado and 

 the sale of timber thereon. The Secretary of the Interior 

 to regulate the sale, and reserve timber on head waters 

 of streams and on mountains. 



Action taken. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Passed Senate February, 

 1876. In House February, 1876, re- 

 ferred to Committee on Public Lands. 

 March, 1877, Houso refused to sus- 

 pend rules and pass the bill. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Reported with amendments 

 and recommitted. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. No opportunity was af- 

 forded for regular action on the bill, 

 but, on motion of Mr. Dunnell, the 

 substance of it was added as an 

 amendment to the general appropri- 

 ation bill, and becamealaw August- 

 lh77.a 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Bo. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Reported by Committee on Public 

 Lands as a substitute for several 

 bills. Recommitted. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Passed Senate. Reported 

 to and passed House. Approved by 

 President June 3. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. Amended and passed by 

 Senate. Passed House and signed 

 by President June 3. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



Do. 



Referred to Committee on Indian 



Affairs. 

 Referred to Committee on Public 



Lands. 



Reported from the Committee on, 



Indian Affairs. 

 Referred to Committee on Indian 



Affairs. 

 Approved by the President June 15, 



1880. 



Referred to Committee on Public 

 Lands. 



a By this enactment the Commissioner of Agriculture was directed to appoint a competent person to make the contemplated inquiries 

 and investigations. 



