217 



Year, 



1882 



1882 



1882 



1882 



1883 



1883 



1883 



House in whicli 

 OTiginatecl. 



47tli, 1st sess. 



47t]], 1st sess. 



47th, 1st sess. 



47tli, 2(1 ses 



47tli, 2d sess. 



47th, 2(1 scvss. 



47th, 2(1 sess. 



48th, 1st soss. 



1883 48th, 1st sess. 



1883 1 48th, 1st sess. 



48th, 1st sess. 



1884 I 48th, 1st sess. 



Senate 1641, 

 Teller. 



Senate 1826, 

 Sherman. 



n. E. 6315, 

 Bnttorworth. 



H.R.6997, 

 Strait. 



n.R.7509, 

 Dwio-bt. 



Senate 249G, 

 Tabor. 



11. Tv. 4757. 



H.E.832, 



Strait. 



Seuatel258, 

 Sherman. 



n. R.4811, 

 Hatch. 



H. Tl. 5206, 

 Deuster. 



Senate 1544, 

 Dawes. 



Object of bilL 



To amend act of 1878, so as to al- 

 low any one in AVestern States 

 and Territories to lem.ove tim- 

 ber from mineral hinds fur any 

 purpose, under rules and lejiu- 

 iations of the Secretary of the 

 Interior and payment of $2.50 

 per acre for the timber. ISTo tim- 

 ber to be cut by mill-owners or 

 lumber manufacturers. 



For the preservation of woods and 

 forests adjacent to sources of 

 navigable rivers. Same as bill 

 introduced inH. E. 1st session, 

 Forty-fourth Congress. 



For the preservation of woods, etc. 

 Same as Senate bill next above- 



To provide for the classification 

 and disposition of pine timber- 

 lands. Such lands, chiefly valu- 

 able for their timber, not to be 

 subject to pre-emption or home- 

 stead entry, but to be appraised 

 by the Secretary of the Interior, 

 and sold from time to time at 

 public sale, for not less than two- 

 thirds the appraisement. Min- 

 eral lands exempt from the act. 



To regulate the sale of the tim- 

 ber-lands of tlio United States. 

 Similar to last bill above, but 

 lands remaining unsold to be 

 subject to i)rivate entry at the 

 appraised value. 



For the protection and preserva- 

 tion of the forests of the United 

 States. One hundred thousand 

 doHars to be appropriated to 

 Colorado for the establishment 

 of an experiment station under 

 the direction of the Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Act to exclude the public lands 

 in Alabama from tlie operation 

 of laws relating to mineral lands. 

 (In reality an act to sell all min- 

 eral lands in Alabama as agri- 

 cultural laud-?, at private sale, 

 in unlimited cjuantities, and at 

 the reduced rate of $1.25 per 

 acre, to citizens or aliens.) 



For the classification and disposi- 

 tion of pine timber-lauds. Same 

 as above bill presented in Forty- 

 seventh Congress. 



Forthe preservation of woods and 

 forests adjacent to sources of 

 navigable livers, etc. Same as 

 bill in Forty-seventh Congress. 



For the preservation of woods, 

 etc. Same as last bill above. 



For the preservation of woods, 

 etc. Same as last bill above. 



To prevent cutting of timber on 

 militarv or Indian reservations. 



Action taken. 



Eeferred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



Eeferred to Committee on 

 Agriculture. 



Eeferred to Committee on 



Agriculture. 



Eeferi'ed to Committee on 

 the Public Lands. 



Eeferred to Committee on 

 the Public Lands. 



Eeferred to Committee on 

 Appropriations. 



Approved by the President 

 March 3, 1883. 



Eeferred to Committee on 

 the Public Lands. 



Eeferred to Committee on 



Agilcult.urc. 



Eeferred to Committee on 

 Agriculture. 



Eeferred to Committee on 

 Agriculture. 



Eeferred to Committee on 

 Indian Affairs. Passed 

 in Senate April 23. In 

 H. E. referred to Com- 

 mittee on Indian Affairs. 



