214 



Year. | Consvees. 



IHonse in wliich' 

 oriirinated. I 



Object of bill. 



Action taken. 



1872 42(1, 2d sess. 



1873 ; 3(1 1st sess. 



H. Pv. 410. 

 Pase. 



1874 43(1. 1st sess. 



Senate 471, 

 BoutTvell, 



Pesolution that the Committee on 

 Agriculture inquire whether a 

 certain percentage of each quar- 

 ter section of public lands sold 

 must be planted with trees or 

 a certain percentage of existing 

 forests preserved for the pur- 

 pose of preventing or remedying 

 drouth. 



Same as Garfiekle bill (274) above . 



For the survey and disposal of 

 the timber lauds of the United 

 States. Miners may buy stump- 

 age, not more thnnlGO acres, till 

 that is cut, at $2.50 per acre. 

 Homesteadeis n: ay buy 40 acres 

 of timber land near agricultural 

 land at same nrice. 



Xo action. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. June 3, re- 

 ported back with amend- 

 ments and recommitted. 

 December, 1874, H. P. bill 

 4 194 reported by commit 

 tee as substitute. Passed 

 February 22, 1875. In 

 Senate February 22, re- 

 ferred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



Eeferred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. Reported 

 with amendments. 



1874 j 43d, 1st sess. H. E. 2497 

 I Hemdon. 



For the appointment of a commis- 

 sion for inquiry into the de- 

 struction of forests and into the 

 measui'es necessary for the pres- 

 ervation of timber. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. Reported 

 back with H. R. 2540 as a 

 substitute. 



1874 43d, 1st sess. H. E. 2540, 

 1 Duunell. 



1875 43d, 2d sess. 



H. R. 4430, 

 Averill. 



1875 44th, 1st sess. 1 H. R. 323, 

 Duunell 



1875 44th, 1st sess. Senate 2. 

 Clavton. 



1875 ! 44th, 1st sess. ! Senate 6, 

 Kelley. 



I For the appointment of a commis- 

 sioner to inquire into the de- 

 struction of forests and into the 



j measures necessary forthepres- 



I ervation of timber. 



I 



i To regulate the survey and sale of 

 the timber lands of"^the Lnited 

 States. Commissioner of tlie 

 Land Office to survey and ap- 

 praise lands more valuable for 

 their timber than for agricultu- 

 ral use. Such lands not to be 

 entered under homestead or pre- 

 emption laws, but appraist-dand 

 ottered at public sale, and if not 

 sold then to be open to private 

 entry at a price not less than I 

 the appraisal. ~ I 



I 

 To regulate the survey and sale of 

 the timber lands of'the United 

 States. Same bill as the pre- 

 ceding. 



To repeal section 2303 of the Re- 

 vised Statutes, thereby opening 

 timber lands in Southern States 

 to private entry in unlimited 

 quantities and at the reduced 

 price of $1.25 per acre. 



For sale of timber lands in Cali- 

 ' fornia, Oregon, and the Territo- 

 ries. Same as previous bills 

 with similar title. 



Reported by Committee on 

 Public Lands as a substi- 

 tute for preceding bill, K. 

 R. 24S7. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



Referred to Commiltee on 

 PubUc Lands. ^ 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. Repoited 

 back and passed. In U.K. 

 referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. Passed 

 H. R. and became a law 

 July 4, 1876. through in- 

 action of the President. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. Passed 

 Senate Febrnarv, 1876. 

 In H. R.. February, 1876. 

 referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. March, 

 1877, House refused to 

 suspend rules and pass 

 the biU. 



