217 



Tear. 



Cou^iess. 



Ilouse in wliich 

 oiifrinated. 



Object of bill. 



Action taken. 



m 



47 111, Lst sLv^s. 



Seiial.' 1G41. 

 Teller. 



To ainend act of 1S7S. so as to al- 

 low any one in ^^'('sl(M■n States 

 and Territories to remove tim- 

 ber from minei'al lands f ir any 

 purpose, nnder villi's and i('i:u- 

 lations of the Secictary of the 

 Interior and payment of $2.50 

 per acre for the timber. Xo tim- 

 ber to be cut b\' mill-tj ^v Iters or 

 lumber manufacturers. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Public Lands. 



1882 



47th, 1st scss. 



Senate 1820, 

 Sherman. 



Tor tuepreservation of woods and 

 forests adjacent to sources of 

 navigable Vivers. Same as bill 

 introduced in H.R. 1st session, 

 Fortv-fouilh Congress. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Agriculture. 



1882 



47th, 1st sess. 



H. R 63] 5, 

 Bntter worth. 



For the preservation of woods, etc. 

 Same as Senate bill next above- 



Referred to Committee on 

 Agriculture. 



1882 



47lli, 2ci sess. 



n.R.G997, 

 Strait. 



To provide for the classification 

 and disposition of pine timber- 

 lands. Such lands, chietly valu- 

 able for their timber, not to be 

 subject to pre-em]itionor liome- 

 .stead entry, but to be appraised 

 by the Secretary of the Interior, 

 and sold I'rom time to ti;:ie at 

 public sale, for not less than two- 

 thirds the appraisement. Min- 

 eral lands exempt from the act. 



Referred to Committee on 

 the Public Lands. 



1883 



47th, 2(1 sess. 



U.K. 7509, 

 D wight. 



To regulate the sale of the tim- 

 ber-lands of the United States. 

 Similar to last bill above, but 

 lands remaining unsold to be 

 subject to private entry at the 

 appraised value. 



Referred to Committee on 

 the Public Lands. 



1883 



47th, 2(1 sess. 



Senate 2493, 

 Tabor. 



For the protection and preserva- 

 tion of the forests of the United 

 States. One hundred thousand 

 dollars to be appropriated to 

 Colorado for the establishment 

 of an experiment station under 

 the direction of the Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Appropriations. 



1883 



47th, 2d sess. 



H. R. 4757. 



Act to exclude the public lauds 

 in Alabama from the operation 

 of laws relating to mineral lands. 

 (In reality an act to sell all min- 

 eral lands in Alabama as agri- 

 cultural iand^, at private sale, 

 in UT]limited (juantities, and at 

 the reduced rate of $1.25 per 

 acre, to citizens or aliens.) 



Approved by the President 

 March 3, 1883. 



1S83 



48th, 1st sess. 



H.R. 832, 

 Strait. 



For the classification and disposi- 

 tion of pine timber-lands. Same 

 as above bill presented in Forty- 

 seventh Congress. 



Referred to Committee on 

 the Public Lands. 



1883 



48lL, 1st sess. 



Seuatel258, 

 Sherman. 



■ 



Forthe preservation of woods and 

 forests adjacent to sources of 

 navigable rivers, etc. Same as 

 bill in Forty-seventh Congress. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Agriculture. 



1883 



48th, l.st sess. 



n.R. 4811, 

 Hatch. 



For the preservation of woods. 



Referred to Committee on 

 ,A.^ I i cu It lire . 



1883 



48tb, 1st se.ss. 



U. R. .52UG, 

 Deuster. 



For the preservation of woods, 

 etc. Same as last bill above. 



Referred to Committee on 

 Agriculture. 



1884 



48th, 1st sess. 



Senate 1541, 

 Dawes. 



To prevent cutting of timber on 

 military or Indian reservations, 



Referred to Cominittco on 

 Indian A flairs. Passed 

 in Senate April 23. lu 

 H. B. referred to Corn- 



