| Show LAND BUSINESS IN CON gregs gress PRESS ofle following extracts are from the report of the proceedings of the house of representative jan G as published in the congressional record SALE OF DESERT LINDS nir mr air LANE from the committee on public lands reported back the bill H B R no to provide cpr fon for the sale of desert lands in certain states and territories ories with the recommendation that it do pass the bill which was read in the first section provides that it shall be lawful for any citizen of the united states or ir any person of requisite age who may be entitled d to become a citizen citizens and who has filed his declaration to become such to file a declaration with the register and the receiver of the land district in which any desert land is situated that he intends to reclaim a tract of desert land not exceeding one section by upon the same within the period briod of three years thereafter said baid declaration la shall describe particularly said section of land if lf surveyed and if shall describe the go same gome me as nearly neatly as possible without a survey at any time within the period of three years after filing ing said declara declaration tl 0 n upon u making sat ia factory tory proof f of the re resia resla la matlon mation of said bald tract of land laud ia in the mann manner a aforesaid fore fofe sald said I 1 and upon the payment to tb the receiver of the sum of per acre for a tract of land not exceeding six bix hundred and forty acres to any anyone ond person a patent for tho same sha shall persons I 1 be issued to him the bill in the second section provides that all lands exclusive of timber lands and mineral lands which will not without irrigation produce some agricultural crop shall be deemed desert deseri elands within inthe the meaning of the act the bill in the tha third section provides that the act shall only apply p to and take effect in the states stat es of california oregon and nevada and the territories of washington idaho montana utah wyoming arizona new mexico and dakota nir mr air LANE JLANE I 1 demand the pro question the the tho previous question was waa seconded 0 and the main question ordered and arid under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time and being engrossed jt A was according read the third time and passed nin mr air LANE moved to reconsider the vote by byl which the bill was passed and also moved that the ahe motion to reconsider be laid on the table the latter motion was agreed to DEFECTIVE ENTRIES OF land 1 mr LAWRENCE by unanimous un consent conent introduced 1 eed ced a bili bill H H R no for the relief of the holders of defective entries of band and which was read react a first and second time ordered to be printed r referred r to the committee on the tho judiciary and also ordered to be published in thee the ecord record as foi fol follows lows lowb A bill for the relief of ot the tha holders of defective entries of land jaud be it il enacted by the senate kouse souse of representatives of tle tia ay iy states stales of america i in n congress assembled that in all easse casse eased cased A where hero here an entry has been or may be made by any person other than corporations in good faith faiths at 4 the the he proper local land office of any fraet of land lawfully sub subject eject to entry which may be informal irregular defective or void and whenever sueh such entry shall be cance canceled the ther person or persons persona having made such entry their he heirs irs devisees devi sees or assigns shall have the first aid and preferable right night t to make a lawful entry of or and procure a patent fory fors for such lands within one year affer after notice of such cancellation AS herein required but nothing herein herel u shall divest any light heretofore acquired I 1 whenever any entry or p shall be canceled t the afo commissioner of the general land office shall civo notice thereof by mail maii I 1 if f practicable to the person clairl claiming ing ung the land under such entry oi or if it be impracticable to ascertain the name and post office address of such person then notice shall bhail be given by publication in such manner as said commissioner may deem proper the commissioner of the general land office shall have power to prescribe all proper rules and regulations to carry this act att ato ito into nir bir r lawre LAWRENCE SM talais a measure of bf very prest grest greit importance and should receive prompt action acion |
