Show preemption pre emption and aad homestead fl Ent entries ldes ia U S HOUSE ov OP TIVES may 11 the reio KElt the tile question Is 6 on the motion of the gentleman from iowa mr orr to d the tho rules and pass the bill H ino iko ja no to confirm preemption pre pro emption amy ani homestead entries of public lands within the tho limits of railroad grants in cases where such untried have been made under the re regulations of the land department the bill will be read tead s the billias bill was lead al a rol follows lows be it enacted etcy etaf that all preemption and homestead entries of tile the public lands made in good faith upon tracts of arld alid land arid within the lim linw 1 its of any land grant prior to tho the tim ewhen notice of th the withdrawal of the lands embraced in such grant was received at the local land office of the district in which sueh such lands land sare are situated crafter or after their restoration to to market by order of the general land office and where the R preemption pre re emption and homestead laws have ave avo ben beu absen complied with and proper proofs thereof have been made by the parties holding such tr tracts ac ts or p parcels a re 9 they tiley shall be confirmed fi md arnd annd patents for the same sh shall shail all ali issue to th the tho parties entitle d thereto SEC 2 that when the time of such withdrawal as aforesaid valid preemption pre emption or homestead claims existed upon any lands within the limits of any such grants which afterward were abandoned and under the decisions and rulings of the land department were reentered entered re by preemption pre emption or homestead claimants who have complied with tile the laws governing preemption pre emption or homestead entries or shall make the proper proof required under such laws such entries shall be deemed valid and patents shall issue to the persons entitled thereto SEC 3 that all such pre emp tion and homestead entries which may have been made by permission of the land laud department or in pursuance 0 the rules and instructions thereof within tile tiie limits of any land grant at a time subsequent to expiration of such grant or when the grantee was in default in the performance of any of cf the c adl eions imposed by such grant shall be deemed valid and a compliance with the laws and the making of the proofs required shall entitle the holder of such claim to a patent mr KELLOGG Is this reported from any committee mr ORR it is recommended by the committee on the public lands mr LOWE I 1 have the consent of the mover ol of this proposition to submit an amendment to the first section of the bill to insert after the words preemption pre emption and homestead entries tho the words or entries in compliance with any law of the united atz states tes mr ORR ork I 1 accept that and include it in my motion the motion to suspend the llie rules was then seconded and two thirds voting in favor thereof the rules werF we suspended and the bill was passed congressional vo record |