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Show ritCK IIOMMIEID II I L 1.1 4 Bl ran K Ad vera llprl I'mnlefrc. imrf am II It, WAaliiNUTo.N, Jan. Hi. Tu Houru eummitlev on pubHo landt baa received re-ceived from Htiorvtery Hmith amror'R advera report aaiuot th fre hunt ttead bill. ContnilMloner l.amoreatiK of the general land l 111 op, In a rwKrt art"n?-pauylutC art"n?-pauylutC i-ivurvtary Hiiiilu'a batur, uritra teveral reaaona why th blll ahuii Id not pa, and tayt: The payment of money contldera Konarur landa by eatllera thereon In the oaxH, appaara to be the foundation founda-tion on which Ih whol Irantictl u between them aud the ovrnuiiit waa baaed, and without which tbe Kuveriiniout would not nave entered Into euktaKvinent with th Indiana (y whiuh tbu at-quiiitlon of title by oltlera na ruudbred poaalble. 'J'ne purpoe-i ol lb bill iwmi to be to re-(al re-(al all th prnvlaloua of eitatlttit lawauodsr which liiuif-tad eutrlea havrbftun ma)e for public land a fr which a certalu price par acre la to be paid by th vutrynien, 'ljrge tracia ul Untlt hmv been ao-qulrvd ao-qulrvd Ihruuifh purchai from lu-,ii lu-,ii bus for Bum of this landtnelit-dlanahavo landtnelit-dlanahavo already Leeo paid by the Kovtirnmeat and for other portiouN tlie Kovrumnt la atlll reaptintlble. There areelau abandoned military rmerv tlona Involvod which bate become valuable betrnua uf their location, uaually lu eettled enntmunitlr aud pereone euterliiK them i.avu bJ a Uti-tluct Uti-tluct uudrrataudluie Ida. they were to pay ftr them l a certain prlc per acr.' |
