Show HOUSE BILL FOR LAND OFFICE in the washington daily globe of the ith dinst we nind find some action in refer ence to the creation of a arld arid land office in this thia territory mr julian from the committee on the public lauds lands reported back without amendment a it bill to create the office of surveyor general in the territory of utah and establish a land office in said territory and arid extend the homestead and laws over the same the bill which was wag read proposes in the first section to authorize the president by and with the advice an and consent of the senate to appoint a surveyor general for the Ter territory rhory 0 of utah whose annual salary shall bi and whose power authority arid and duties beall be the same as those pro vided aided bylaw by law for the surveyor general vhf of oregon u he re id Is to have proper allow ian lancea lances tan anees ces cea for clerk hire office rent and fuel not exceeding what la Is bokil now allowed bylaw t to 0 the surveyor purveyor burve sor general of oregon the second section provides that the public land within said territory of utah to which the indian title la is or shall ahall be hed shall constitute a new land district to be called the utah district and the president is hereby authorized to appoint by and with the advice and consent of the senate bendte a registrar andre and receiver celver of public moneys for said district who shall be required to 0 o reside at the places at which said offices shall be located and they shall have the same powers perform the ame duties and be entitled to the same compensation as is or may be prescribe 1 d b by law in relation to land laud offices 0 of tiie the united united states in other territories the third section provides that the the secretary secretary of the interior is hereby authorized to locate said offices of surveyor general and registrar t and receiver of public moneys at some suitable place r places in sald eaid territory arld and the fourth and last section provides that the preemption and homestead and other laws applicable to 0 o the disposal of the public lands are hereby extended over said district mr julian explained that the bill was precisely that passed by the house rf f representatives during the thirty ninth congress toward the close of the last session bession he said that the commissioner of the general land office a agreed reed with the committee on public lands of which he be was the chairman that chat there is no valid reason keason why this should not be done As the letter of the commissioner of the general land office may possess some esome interest to our readers we incerti inser ti tit therewith herewith department OF THE INTER INTERIOR fOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE march 20 1868 SIR I 1 had bad this morning the honor to receive your letter of yesterday desiring for the committee the views of this office as to the early extension of the laud system to utah I 1 have therefore to submit the following JW arst the area of utah is square ur miles iles lles equal to acres accord according ng to tile the act of may blay 5 1860 reducing dueing its former limits of which only acres have been surveyed M and ij none ij disposed of as yet leaving acres acrea second it now constitutes part of the surveying district of colorado utah as ordered by the fourth section of the act of congre s approved march 14 1862 vide statutes at large volume 12 page which status is to coutil continue coutilou lu e until otherwise ordered by the president third in tn virtue of the act of con gress gross ress approved september 9 1850 util uni ted notates statutes volume 9 page section 15 reserves in the territory for school purposes sections 16 and 36 in each township the same is also provided aided vided by the second section of au all act to establish the ollice office of surveyor general genera I 1 of utah and to grant land forse bool hool arld arid university purposes approved february 21 1866 6 tatu tutu tes at large volume 10 page 6 gil 11 and furthermore 3 pro vides two townships of land for tile the establishment of a university in said territory these laws merely reserve but confer no title on the territory it being j tile the policy of congress as shown by general legislation to defer the invest j oF title titie for school sections until the Terri territory ory cul cui emerges erges from political pupil a age e to the position of a state of the ua union lon ion it is understood that the present population of utah is about the central pacific railroad will pass over the country and the work may take fifteen thousand employed emp loyes in that I 1 region the influx of sueh such a column of operatives must be felt in the social condition of utah and many that may go there in the road service and by general tim fim immigration migration will doubtless remain I 1 it is the opinion of this office thai thal that our laws in respect to the disposal of the public lands should be promptly extended over that territory and a land office established no practical difficulty is apprehended in regard to the adminis of the preemption homestead townsite town site and other land and laws the principles applicable everywhere iii in the administration of the laud land system will of course apply to utah U tah tab and the extension of that system to the territory will in the opinion of the resul result kin tin in local and national benefit I 1 have the honor to be very respectfully your obed obedient servant I 1 JOSEPH S WILSON I 1 commissioner hos hox GEORGE W JULIAN Ma chairman ffman irman on public landa mouse louse house mouse of representatives mr nir julian demanded the previous loiis quntion this was seconded and the main question ordered and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to ibe be engrossed andreade and read a third time it I 1 was then passed A motion was made ito to reconsider the vote by b y which the bill was passed and it was also moved that the motions to reconsider be laid on the table the latter iatter motion was agreed to so far as it has power the house has now done what it can to give us a ii land omee domce c e 1 it t now remains with the senate to say whether we shall have it or not |