215 



Year. 



187G 



187G 



Congress. 



Hou.se in wliicli 

 originated. 



1876 



1877 



1877 



1877 



44tli, 1st sess. 



44tli, Ist sess. 



44tli, Lst sess. 



1878 



45tli, 1st sess. 



45th, 1st sess. 



45tli, 1st sess. 



45th, 2d sess. 



IT. E. GGO, 

 Maginnis. 



H. R. 1191, 

 Sayler. 



H. R. 1310, 

 Dnnnell. 



H, R. 2075, 

 Fort. 



n. E. 797, 

 Maginnis. 



H. R. 1154, 

 Pacbeco. 



II. R. 1525, 

 Herbert. 



Object of bill. 



Action taken. 



For the sale of the timber lands 

 in the Territories. Lands valu- 

 able for timber but not for cul- 

 tivation to be sold at $2.50 i^er 

 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 pre-emption or 

 ^lomestead laws, but to be ap- 

 praised and sold at not less than 

 the appraised value. 



For the appointment of a commis- 

 sion, etc. Same as preceding 

 bill (H. R. 2510). 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lauds. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. Reported 

 with amendments and 

 recommitted. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. No oppor- 

 tunity was afibrded I'or 

 regularactiononthe Dill, 

 but, on motion of Mr. 

 Dunnell, the substance 

 of it was added as an 

 amendment to the gen- 

 eral appropriation bill, 

 and became a law Au- 

 gust, 1877.* 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



187G 44th, 1st sess. H, R. 2075, For the preservation of the forests 



adjacent to the sources of nav- 

 igable rivers and other streams. 

 Such timber lands to be with- 

 drawn fi om sale and a commis- 

 sion to determine what should 

 be reserved so as to prevent 

 scanty supply of water. 



For the sale of timber lands in the 

 Territories. Same as bill (660) of 

 Mr. Maginnis in Forty-fourth 

 Congress. 



To regulate the survey and sale of 

 timber lands of the United 

 States. Same as bills in the For- 

 ty-third and Forty-fourth Con- 

 gresses. 



To put into market certain tim- 

 hei' lands of the United States. 

 Declaring subject to entry, in 

 any quantity, all public limber 

 lands in Alabama, Louisiana, 

 and Minnesota which have been 

 subject to entry in limited quan- 

 tities for twenty years, and 

 after entry of such lands to be 

 no prosecution for trespass or 

 timber cutting. 



H. R. 2658, To provide for the entry of unsur- 

 Magiuuis. veyed 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 agri- 

 cultural laud 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. 



* By this enactment the Commissioner of Agriculture was directed to appoint a competentperson 

 to make the contem]>lated inquiries and investigations. The Commissioner appointed for this work 

 Mr. F. B. Hough, and the prosecution of the work led to the establishment of the Forestry Division 

 in the Department of Agriculture. The result of Mr. Hough's inquiries has been published in three 

 volumes. The work begun by him has been continued by his successors in charge of the Forestry 

 Division, so far as the small appropriation made by Congress for the purpose would allow, and. addi 

 tional reports have been published. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



