215 



Tear. 



Congress. 



riouso ill wliicli 

 originated. 



Object of bill. 



Action taken. 



187G 



iUh, 1st sess. 



ir. 11. CGO, 

 Maginnis. 



For tbo sale of tlio tiinliev lands 

 in tlio Territories. Lands v;ilii- 

 ablo for timber but iiol for cnl- 

 tivation to bo sold at $'J.50 per 

 acre, not more tban 40 acres to 

 one person. 



Referred (o Committee ou 

 Public Lands. 



187G 



nth, 1st S08S. 



IT. R. 1191, 

 Sayler. 



To regulate tlie survey and siile of 

 tbe timber lands of tbe United 

 States. Lands valuable cbietly 

 for timber not to be subject to 

 entry under pre-emption or 

 homestead laws, but to be ap- 

 praised and sobl at not less tban 

 the appraised value. 



Referred to Committee on 

 I'ublic Lands. Reported 

 with amendments and 

 recommitted. 



1876 



44 tb, 1st sess. 



IT. E. 1310, 

 Dunuell. 



For tbe appointment of a commis- 

 sion, etc. Same as preceding 

 bill (H. R. 2510). 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. No oppor- 

 tunity was afibrded for 

 regularaction on the oill, 

 but, on motion of Mr. 

 Bunnell, the snbstance 

 of it was added as an 

 amendment to the gen- 

 eral appropriation bill, 

 and became a law Au- 

 gust, 1877.* 



187G 



44tli, 1st sess. 



n. 11. 2075, 

 Fort. 



For tbe preservation of tbe forests 

 adjacent to tbe sources of n'jv- 

 igablo rivers and other streams. 

 Such timber lauds to be with- 

 drawn fiom sale and a commis- 

 sion to determine what should 

 bo reserved £0 as to prevent 

 scanty supply of water. 



Referred to Committee ou 

 Public Lands. 



1877 



45tli, 1st sess. 



II. R. 707, 

 Maginuis. 



For the sale of timbcrlands in the 

 Territories. Same as bill (G60)of 

 Mr. Maginnis in Forty-fourth 

 Congress. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



1877 



45l.li, 1st sess. 



n. R. 1154, 

 raclieco. 



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. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



1877 



45tli, 1st seas. 



II. R. 1525, 

 Herbert. 



To put into market certain tim- 

 ber 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 lor trespass or 

 timber cutting. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



1878 



45tb, 2a sess. 



H. R. 2G58, 

 Maginrris. 



To provide for the entry of unsur- 

 veyed timber lands. Allowing 

 tbe owner of a mine to take IGO 

 acres of timber laud for every 

 20 acres of mineral land owned 

 by him, and tbo owner of agri- 

 cultural 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. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



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

 to make the contemplated incpiiries and in ve.-.tigations. Tbo Commissioner appointed for this work 

 Mr. F. r>. Hou^b, and tbe proscciilion of the work led to the establishment of the Forestry Division 

 ill tbe Dej)artuieiit of Agriculture. The result of Mr. Hough's inquiries has been imblished in tbree 

 viiluines. Tbewoik begun by him has been continued by bis successors in cliarge of tbe Forestry 

 Division, so far as tlie sm;ill appropriation made by C ingress for tbe i)urpose would allow, and. addi 

 lional reports bavo bccu pubJisbcd. 



