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Show I SURVEY OF UTAH PUBLIC I LANDS- Ielin(p Cimnoji Obtain an Int-rcitt' t ili Appropria-, Appropria-, liou to :iO.OOO. Pending the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation hill in the house of representatives on tbe 1st instant, tho following proceedings occurred : The Clerk read as follows: K r turv yieg tha pib ic lands in Utah T.-rr.UKy, at nil us ii"t esciAxi:n 0 par linear mi 0 for stand ird loi-s, $L' for tow ship, and $10 for itcti -u hnt-s-iU UuO. Mr. Cannon, of Utah. I move to strike out " twenty " and insert "thirty," so aa to increase tbe appropriation appro-priation from $20,000 to S-3-,000; and iu order to give tlie reasons to the 'omm ttee tor mating this amendment amend-ment I aend to the rlerk a letter Irom General Nathan Kimball, appointed -iu rvey or-general of Uuh.lrom the slate of lu lnn , and ivai that the lextraet I have mvrk'-d be. read. The Cleric read as follow?: United Statu Survey T-g-naral's Office, ! Utah Torr.t ry, Pall L-.k- C f , Dec. 20 1871- iear otr, i tt-o mat in rd'nniin.-'o on appropr at on- hnv.' ubdividei ihe work nnd th t tho mrvevs in Us" torus id i -thear-i I v r. S arwn-thor. L liopti th-.t tne ap,irMpria'j"i-.s wi l no'-be tu.eh iaJ, if ny, tumi I rec-innncnddd in vav lupo't to l''u c-jinrntssionor of the bne al Imd ntBcf. l-ast er ibia ler.iUjry had only $:0,000, whllu Wv-m-inff and vinntttia ial ovt f4,0), 1'nerr) arfl fr m iivu to eleven sutUerf in Utali aeekiiig h"mo on pub ic lands to nn in oith r oT ti e other terruuriei1. A'hywo shou'd o retrdi-d by pueindl .m am unl ii alr-ug . S. t'.lera are anxious anxi-ous to know wh-iifl their lin- are and how th-dr lines may run, and wi b so -ti.all an appr prifti on ii is iiupj.-s-ble to -icciimtO'Jilate tne peopU nskinn f r rur-vey,a.id rur-vey,a.id tioy are i.ot ableto furn ih n n-y io do the work, wh la Co grf-ss -ipproprlaie th -uaandi l"r'ho lurveys ol ianii in oth-r .eTiioriPB thv. will not settled f r yearn lo c mp. Th- people .if 0 ir t rnt-iry art- neb-ctol. The g -min-nt would got an ahno-l immeuinte eiurn f r al m en'iilures for imT"y'm bi- ter- txy an ae t er - re only waiting ne burva. that they inny iuicht-e thu laiid. "lou kinm ihi constant and in-oruain in-oruain iiuni'Eratii n lo our terruo y, and ldo deinaud for homes upon publio lan.l-'. Very truly, your friend and obodiont servant, Nathan Kimbux. Purvey. t-i eneral Ut hT ni'.or.c Hon. G-orire Ki, Ca mo , M.C., WashiLgLOn, i). 0. Mr. Cannon, of Utah. Since the establishment of tho land office in Utah territory, some six years ago, only $Iol,UU0 have been appropriated ;or the survey of public hinds in that territory, while in t-uiiie ol the other ierntJiiie.1 during the last two yeara a; Kill (Kit) li.-iVri Ii.-hh aunroni'iiiLed for '.nesaine purpose. As wilt be seen 'rum th'j hfer of ihu aurveyor-gene-r.il, there is a demand for laul in Ul.ih, aiid tliere are a great many people who want their lines determined; deter-mined; and as a matter of economy it would ho an advantage to increase mis appropriation lor surveying in that territory, I do not wish to draw any couiiast between Utah and the 1 other territories iu this rispect, but ' y an examination of the appropriations appropria-tions it will be found that Utah terri-tery terri-tery has not had one-half as much .ppropriated lor the survey of lands .is some of tho teiritones. As the surveyor-general says, last year two territories, into allien there w.is com-iparatively com-iparatively little immigration, bad doubled Che amount appropriated. I litnow railroad lauds have to be sur-j sur-j veyed in ail the territories, as much in Utah, though, as in tho others. I submit it would bs to theadvauiage ot" i Lie government to make a larger appropriation for this territory. I sC-ir. ely thintt. th it the gsulleman Irom Connecticut (Mr. Starkweather) who has had this m.itl. r in hand, or the committee on appropriations it-sell it-sell as a whole, can object to this amendment being made it tbe house ia willing lo a cept it, for it ia very clear that Utah has nut had au equal proportion with tho other territories. I do not think any ol them iia.e had too much, and it is nut with this view that I alhide to the amounts they have received, but to snow the discrimination dis-crimination there has been made against Utah. Mr. Starkweather. As a member of the cum mi tide on appiopriations 0 whieh this part of the bill was specially referred, I have personally no objection to this amendment. The fact is the delegates, who are clever gentlemen, came to the commit teo and each one wished an increase of the appropriation lor his particular territory. The committee lelt bound 1 must say, looking at the figures, that Utah has had aa much appropriation appropri-ation in proportion to the amount of lands surveyed as Oahtoruia, about which we have had a talk a while ago. For instance, the whole amount surveyed iu -Utah, according to the hgurej I have before me Irom the general laud office, is 515,593 acres. Lheomount settled s bounty lands was 23,857 acre; and under the homestead law 38,790. These amounts are only about one-fiihof'the one-fiihof'the number of acres in Cala-tbrnia Cala-tbrnia that have been eelt'ed under the homestead and other acls, aud we give in this case more than one-fifth of what we give lo California. It is true the amount is not hirge. I think the amount we have hitherto appropriate.! to Utah is smaller than o.-omeof tho other UTiuorhs. Still the committee lelt humid jt u-.r the bill waamadeup to amhor.z- m lo say th -t they thought hub-inntial justice won d be done by this withuut any amendment. The amendment of Mr. Cannon, of Uudi, was agreed m. |