Show PUBLIC BILL amendments MEET APPROVAL OF HOUSE COMMITTEE TO STUDY BILL entirely new section four Is written into cotton colton school land measure and bill amended to give appeal rights washington D C the colton school land bili bill with certain modifications suggested by b the subcommittee that has been studying the bill for a week was considered by the house housa public lands committee but no action was taken As aa the tha bill was wag read its provisions generally seemed to appeal to members of the committee but chairman sinnott remarked that the bill Is so 80 important and some of the suggested changes are equally important that lie ho wanted time to study it tur fur the before tits his committee acts the chairman gave assurance that the bill would be brought up again but no definite day clay was waa set for resuming consideration olde ration several important changes in the bill were suggested by tile the subcommittee consisting of representative colton morrow winters letts and driver section two of the bill which seeks to lo impose a limitation on the time within which the tha government anty m ay iy question a states title because 11 v the alleged mineral character of school sections Is amended in two particulars the government to Is to be restricted only in its right to institute a suit in any court and the period within which it may be started is made six years instead ot of three years as provided in the colton bill As originally written the bill would have imposed this limitation on proceedings in tile the interior department as yell well as the courts but all reference to departmental activities was stricken out by the subcommittee the subcommittee struck out the first par section three of the bill making reference to rules of practice in school lands cases an entirely new fourth section has been written into the bill prescribing the manner in which the states may appeal to the courts from adverse rulings from the land department the 0 original court appeal provision being abandoned |