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NAYS-Messrs. John Beresheim, Knut E. Bergh, William Butler, Samuel T. Caldwell, Edward Campbell,jr., John Christoph, Frank C. Clark, Cicero Close, James H. Crawford, Warren Danforth, Henry Day ton, Francis A. Duncan, Lauren F. Ellsworth, Robert B. Flenniken, Joseph H. Freeman, George C. Heberling, James Hilton, Benj. F. Keables, John M. Lee, Joseph McClurn, Nathaniel A. Merrell, Fred. O'Donnell, George Paul, Charles G. Perkins, William H. Reed, Lewis Reuther, James Rice, M. J. Rohlfs, Andrew Sandry, Conrad Schweer, James A. Skillen, E. M. Stewart, Washburn A. Stow, Fred. Teale, James Van De Venter, Hugo G. Van Meter, Charles H. Wilson, John R. Wright, and James Wilson, (Speaker)-39.

M. Carleton, G. B. Carll, A. B. Erskine, M. M. Folsome, C. K. Foss, R. H. Goding, E. Gray, A. D. Griffin, E. Hahn, F. Haines, S. K. Hamilton, C. Holden, N. Howard, E. Jepson, G. B. Kenniston, A. G. Lebroke, L. Lord, H. McAllister, J. Nash, J. C. Pierce, O. D. Potter, J. W. Porter, J. W. Perkins. J. J. Perry, G. H. Snow, I. W. Springer, I. B. Thompson, A. J. Tibbetts, S. Titcomb, W. Tufts, A. B. Wells, J. F. Whitcomb, W. Wilson, E. Woodbury, M. M. Evans-41.

NAYS-Messrs. B. M. Baker, J. F. Brackett, J. H. Burleigh, J. Bennett, jr., D. A. Campbell, G. W. Clark, I. Coombs, W. O. Counce, J. H. Crandon, C. Deering, C. A. Erskine, D. Farrar, J. D. Fessenden, E. Fields, J. Fog, A. Gary. I. C. Glidden, J. Harrison, R. Harding, J. O. A. Harmon, H. Harmon, E. Haves, J. Holbrook, C. C. Humphreys, P. C. Kegan,

In the senate, March 29, 1872, the vote was E. Knight, T. N. Lord. E. J. Millay, A. Mitchell. A. as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Charles Beardsley, George W. Bemis, John E. Burke, Frank T. Campbell, John C. Chambers, Alonzo Converse, Robert Dague, Mark A. Dashiell. Joseph Dysart, E. A. Howland, James S. Hurley. E. B. Kephart, George M. Maxwell, M. A. McCoid, John McKean, Samuel McNutt, Martin Read, John Shane, Elish T. Smith, Jacob G. Vale, John P. West, James A. Young-22.

NAYS-Messrs. Benjamin F. Allen, Albert Boomer, Hans R. Claussen, Oliver W. Crary, Samuel H. Fairall, William H. Fitch, Edward J. Gault, Joseph W. Havens, Alex. B. Ireland, James P. Ketcham, Samuel H. Kirine, William Larrabee. John H. Leavitt, Robert Lowry, E. S. McCulloch, Joseph H. Merrill, Joseph D. Miles, Benjamin F. Murray, John J. Russell, John Y. Stone, L. W. Stuart, R. Howe Taylor, George R. Willett, Horatio A. Wonn-24. So the proposed amendments were defeated.

Maine.

Following is the text of a bill, acted upon by the Legislature of Maine, "abolishing all law discriminating between female and male suffrage in the election of President and Vice President of the United States: "

SECTION 1. Every female citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, with the same exception as is applied to male citizens in section one of article second of the constitution of this State, having her residence established in this State for the term of three months next preceding any election for President and Vice President of the United States, shall be an elector for President and Vice President of the United States, in the city, town, or plantation where her residence is so established, in the same manner as now provided by law for male citizens in such elections.

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Moore, J. W. Palmer, W. Paul, W. F. Perry, J. W. Phillips, F A. Pike, W. A. Potter, W. H. Preble, R. Prince. F. M. Ray, A. R. Reed, F. Robie. B. A. Sautelle, W. Silsby, M. Smith, S. Stuart, S. W. Tibbetts, O. D. Turner, I. A. Walker, B. T. Wentworth, A. H. Whitmore, E. Wilson, A. T. Winslow, J. P. Wyman-53.

Massachusetts.

March 16, 1872, the committee on female suffrage, consisting of three members of the senate and eight members of the house, a majority favoring and a minority dissenting, reported a concurrent resolution to amend the constitution of the Commonwealth by adding to it the following article:

ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.

The word male is hereby stricken from the third article of the amendments of the constitution. Hereafter women of this Common wealth shall have the right of voting at all elections, and of holding all offices, upon the same terms, conditions, and qualifications, and subject to the same restrictions and disabilities, as male citizens of this Commonwealth are, and no others.

The resolution required the affirmative vote of a majority of the senators and two thirds of the members of the house present and voting thereon; if thus adopted, to be referred to the general court next to be chosen; and if then agreed to, to be submitted to the people for ratification.

During the first of these three stages the resolution of amendment failed.

Territorial Action.

February 12, 1870, the following became a law of the Territory of Utah: that every woman of the age of twenty-one years who has resided in this Territory six months next preceding any general or special clection, born or naturalized in the United States, or who is the wife, widow, or the daughter of a native born or naturalized citizen of the United States, shall be entitled to vote at any election in this Territory.

This law still remains in force.

In Wyoming the Legislature of 1871 passed the bill to repeal the act authorizing woman suffrage, but the Governor of the Territory, John A. Campbell, vetoed the bill, and the veto was sustained. The act giving the right passed in 1870, and about six hundred voted at the election of that year.

the House:

XIX.

COMMON-SCHOOL BILL.

Common-School Fund.

1872, February 8—The following bill passed Section first provides that the net proceeds of the public lands be forever consecrated and set apart for the education of the people.

The second section requires the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain the total receipts from the sale of public lands, and to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount of the net cash proceeds.

The third section requires the Secretary of the Treasury to invest one half the amount in United States five per cent. bonds, to constitute a perpetual fund to be known as the national education fund, and to certify each year to the Secretary of the Interior the amount so paid into the Treasury.

of the next session of Congress, and then, if such share to be paid, it shall be added to the Congress shall not, at its next session, direct general educational fund: Provided, That no moneys belonging to any State or Territory under this act shall be withheld from any State or Territory, for the reason that the laws thereof provide for separate schools for white children and black children, or refuse to organize a system of mixed schools.

Section nine requires the superintendent of public instruction of each State and Territory and the District of Columbia to apportion the amount certified to his State, Territory, or District to the several school districts therein which shall have maintained free public schools for three months during the preceding year, upon such basis of population, numSection four provides that the Commissioner ber of children of school age, or attendance of Education shall apportion one half of the upon the schools during the preceding year, as net proceeds for the previous year, with the may be by law determined by such State, Terwhole amount of the income of the educa-ritory, or District; the amount to be applied tional fund, to the several States and Territo in payment of teachers.

the

ries and to the District of Columbia, upon basis of population of said States and Territories between the ages of four and twenty-one years: Provided, however, That for the first ten years the distribution of the said fund to and among the several States and Territories, including the District of Columbia, shall be made according to the ratio of the illiteracy of their respective populations, as shown, from time to time, by the last preceding published

census of the United States.

Section five provides that each of the States and Territories and the District of Columbia

that shall, before January 1, 1873, provide by law for the free education of all its children between the ages of six and sixteen years, shall be entitled to its share of the first distribution.

Section six provides that fifty per cent. of the amount received by any State or Territory or by the District of Columbia for the first year, and ten per cent. in any year thereafter, may be applied to the maintenance of schools, for the instruction of teachers of common schools, said sum after the first year to be applied wholly to the payment of teachers. Section seven prescribes the conditions upon which each of the States and Territories and the District of Columbia shall be entitled to receive its share of every apportionment after the first.

Section ten provides that the amount apportioned to the school districts shall be paid upon the warrant of the Commissioner of of the Interior, to the State, territorial, or Education, countersigned by the Secretary District treasury, or to such officer as shall be designated by the laws of such State, Territory, or District; and requires the treasurer or officer to report each year to the Commissioner ments made and the balance on hand; and of Education a detailed statement of the pay

defines "school district."

Section eleven provides that in case any received, or fail to comply with the prescribed State or Territory shall misapply the funds conditions, or to report the disposition thereof, such State or Territory to forfeit its right 10 any subsequent appropriation until the full amount misapplied, lost, or misappropriated shall have been replaced by such State or Territory; that all forfeited apportionments be added to the educational fund; and making the misapplying, misappropriating, squanderable by fine or imprisonment, or by both. ing or embezzling the funds a felony, punish

United States exclusive jurisdiction of all Section twelve gives the circuit courts of the offenses committed against the provisions of

this act.

Section thirteen provides that the existing laws and regulations regarding the payment to Section eight requires the Commissioner of States upon their admission into the Union of Education to certify each year to the Secre-five per cent. of the net proceeds of the sales tary of the Treasury whether each State, Ter- of the public lands within their respective ritory, and District is entitled to its share, limits, shall not be affected by this act.

and the amount of such share. If he withhold a certificate from either, its share to be kept separate in the Treasury until the close

The vote on passing was-yeas 117, nays 98: Bell, Beveridge, Bigby, A. Blair, G. M. Brooks, BuckYEAS-Messrs. Acker, Ames, Banks, Barber, Barry, ley, Buffinton, Burchard, Burdett, W. T. Clark, Cobb,

Coburn, Coghlan, Conger, Darrall, Dawes, Donnan, Duell, Dunuell, Eames, Edwards. Ely, Farnsworth, Farwell, Finkelnburg, C. Foster, W. D. Foster, Frye, Garfield, Garrett, Golladay, Goodrich, Hale, Halsey, Harmer, Harper, G. E. Harris, Havens, Hawley, Hay, Hays, G. W. Hazelton, J. W. Hazelton, Hill, Hoar, Hooper, Kelley, Kellogg, Kerr, Ketcham, Lamport. Lansing, Leach, Lowe, Lynch, Maynard, McGrew, McKee, Merriam, Monroe, Moore, Morphis, Packard, Palmer, I. C. Parker, Pendleton, Perce, A. F. Perry, Platt, Poland, Porter, Potter, Prindle, Rainey, E. H. Roberts, Sawyer, Seeley, Sessions, Shanks, Sheldon. Shellabarger, Slocum, J. A. Smith, W. C. Smith, Snapp, Snyder, T. J. Speer, Sprague, Starkweather, Stevenson, Storm, Stowell, Strong, Sutherland, Sypher, Taffe, Thomas, D. Townsend, W. Townsend, Turner, Twichell, Tyner, Upson. Wakeman, Walden, Wallace, Walls, Wheeler, Whiteley, Willard, Williams of Indiana, J. M. Wilson-117.

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Ambler, Arthur, Averill,

Barnum, Beatty, Beck, Biggs, Bingham, Bird, Brae ton, Bright, J. Brooks, Caldwell, Campbell, Carroll, F. Clarke, Comingo, Conner, Cotton, Cox, Crebs, Critcher, Crossland, Davis, Dickey, Dox, Du Bose, Duke, Eldredge, Forker, H. D. Foster, Getz, Griffith, Haldeman, Hancock, Handley, Hanks, J. T. Harris, Hereford, Herndon, Hibbard, Holman, Houghton, Kendall, Killinger, King, Lamison, Lewis, Manson, Marshall, McClelland, McCormick, McHenry, McIntyre, McJunkin, McKinney, Me Neely, Mercur, Merrick, Morgan, L. Myers, Negley, Niblack, Orr, Packer, H. W. Parker, Peck, E. Perry, Price, Read, E. Y. Rice, J. M. Rice, Ritchie, Roosevelt, Sargent, Sherwood, Shober, Slater, Sloss, Stevens, Stoughton, Swann, Terry, Tuthill, Van Trump, Vaughan, Voorhees, Waddell, Waldron, Warren, Wells, Whitthorne, Williams of New York, J. T. Wilson, Winchester, Wood, Young-98.

There were many votes upon details, the pending bill being that reported from the Committee on Education and Labor. The most important were these:

February 7-Mr. HOLMAN moved to add the following proviso to section two:

Provided, however, That after the passage of this act no public lands of the United States shall be sold except mineral land and town sites, and all the public lands of the United States adapted to agriculture shall be reserved for actual settlers under the provisions of the homestead laws, subject, however, to land warrants and college scrip issued by authority of Congress, and the grants which Congress shall hereafter make in the Territories and new States for the purposes of edu cation.

McJunkin, McKee, Mercur, Merriam, Monroe, Morey, Morphis, L. Myers, Negley, Packard, Packer, I. C. Parker, Peck, Pendleton, Perce, A. F. Perry, Peters, Platt, Poland, Porter, Rainey, E. H. Roberts, Rusk, Sawyer, Seeley, Sessions, Shanks, Sheldon, Shellabarger, J. A. Smith, W. C. Smith, Snapp, T. J. Speer, Sprague, Starkweather, Stevenson, Stoughton. Stowell, Strong. Sutherland, Taffe, Thomas, W. Townsend, Turner, Tyner. Upson, Wakeman, Waldron, Wallace, Walls, Wheeler, Whiteley. Willard, Williams of Indiana, J. M. Wilson, J. T. Wilson-107.

Mr. GOODRICH moved to add to section four the following:

Provided, however, That for the first ten years the distribution of the said fund to and among the several States and Territories, including the District of Columbia, shall be made according to the ratio of the illiteracy of their respective populations, as shown, from time to time, by the last preceding published census of the United States.

Which was agreed to-yeas 125, nays 83: YEAS-Messrs. Acker, Barnum, Barry, Beck, Beveridge, Bigby, Biggs, A. Blair, J. G. Blair, Braxton, Bright, J. Brooks, Buckley, Burdett, R. R. Butler, Caldwell, Campbell, Carroll, Cobb, Coburn, Comingo, Dox, Du Bose, Duell, Duke, Edwards, Ely, FarnsConner, Crebs, Critcher, Crossland, Davis, Dounan, worth, Farwell, Forker, Garrett, Getz, Golladay, Goodrich, Griffith, Haldeman, Hancock, Handley, Hanks, J. T. Harris, Hawley, Hay, Hays, G. W. Hazelton, Hereford, Herndon, Hibbard, Kerr, King, Lamison, Lamport, Lansing, Leach, Lewis, Manson, Marshall, Maynard, McClelland, McCormick, MeHenry, McIntyre, McKee, McKinney, McNeely, Merriam, Merrick, Moore, Morey, Morgan, Morphis, Niblack, Packard. H. W Park I. C. Parker, Perce, E. Perry, Platt, Porter, Potter, Price, Prindle, Rainey, Read, E. Y. Rice, J. M. Rice, Ritchie, E. H. Roberts, W. R. Roberts, Robinson, Roosevelt, Sheldon, Sherwood, Shober, Slater, Slocum, Sloss, Snapp, Snyder, T. J. Speer, Stevens, Storm, Stowell, Swann, Taffe. Terry, Thomas, D. Townsend, Turner, Tuthill, Vaughan, Waddell, Wallace, Warren, Wells, Whiteley, Whitthorne, Winchester, Wood, Young-125.

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Ambler, Arthur, Averill, Banks, Barber, Beatty, Bingham, Bird, G. M. Clark, F. Clarke, Conger, Cotton. Cox, Creely, Brooks, Buffinton, Burchard, B. F. Butler, W. T. Dawes, Dickey, Dunnell, Eames. Eldredge, Finkelnburg, C. Foster, W. D. Foster, Frye, Garfield, Hale, Harmer, G. E. Harris, J. W. Hazelton, Hill, Hoar, Holman, Hooper, Houghton, Kelley, Kellogg, Ketcham, Killinger, Lowe, McJankin, Mercur, Monroe, L. Myers, Negley, Orr, Packer, Palmer, Peck, Pendleton, A. F. Perry, Peters, Poland, Randall, Sawyer, Seeley. Sessions, Shanks, Shellabarger, J. A. Smith, W. C. Smith, Sprague, Starkweather, Stoughton, Strong, Sutherland, W. Townsend, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Van Trump, Voorhees, Wakeman, Walden, Waldron, Wheeler, Willard, Williams of Indiana, J. M. Wilson, J. T. Wil

Mr. HEREFORD moved to add to section eight the following:

Which was disagreed to-yeas 103, nays 107: YEAS-Messrs. Acker, Adams, Ambler, Arthur, Barnum, Beatty, Beck, Beveridge, Biggs, Bingham, Bird. J. G. Blair, Braxton, Bright, J. Brooks, Caldwell, Campbell, Carroll, Coghlan, Comingo, Conner, Cotton, Cox, Crebs, Critcher, Crossland, Davis, Dox, Du Bose, Duke, Eldredge, Ely, Farnsworth, Finkeln-son-83. burg, Forker, Garrett, Getz, Golladay, Griffith, Haldeman, Hancock, Handley, Hanks, Harper, J. T. Harris, Hawley, Hay, Hereford, Herndon, Hibbard, Holman, Houghton, Kerr, King, Lamison, Leach, Lewis, Manson, Marshall, McClelland, McCormick, McHenry, McIntyre, McKinney, McNeely, Merrick, Moore, Morgan, Niblack, Orr, H. W. Parker, E. Perry, Potter, Price, Randall, Read, E. Y. Rice, J. M. Rice, Ritchie, W. R. Roberts, Robinson, Roosevelt, Sherwood, Shober, Slater, Sloss, Stevens, Storm, Swann, Terry, D. Townsend, Tuthill, Van Trump, Vaughan, Voorhees, Waddell, Walden, Warren, Wells, Whitthorne, Winchester, Wood, Young-103.

NAYS-Messrs, Averill, Banks, Barber, Barry, Bigby, A. Blair, G. M. Brooks, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, Burdett, B. F. Butler, R. R. Butler, F. Clarke, W. T, Clark, Cobb, Coburn, Conger, Creely, Darrall, Dickey, Donnan, Duell, Dunnell, Eames, Farwell, C. Foster, W. D. Foster, Frye, Garfield, Goodrich, Hale, Halsey, Harmer. G. E. Harris, Havens, Hays, G. W. Hazelton, J. W. Hazelton, Hill, Hoar, Kelley, Kellogg, Ketcham, Killinger, Lamport, Lansing, Lowe, Lynch, Maynard, McGrew,

Provided, That no moneys belonging to any State or Territory under this act shall be withheld from any State or Territory for the reason that the laws thereof provide for separate schools for white children and black children, or refuse to organize a system of mixed schools.

Which was agreed to-yeas 115, nays 81:

YEAS.-Messrs. Acker, Adams, Arthur, Beck, Biggs, Bird, J. G. Blair, Braxton, Bright, J. Brooks, Burchard, R. R. Butler, Caldwell, Campbell, Coburn, Coghlan, Comingo, Conner, Cox, Crebs, Critcher, Crossland, Davis, Dox, Du Bose, Duke, Edwards, Eldredge, Ely, Farnsworth, Farwell, Forker, H. D. Foster, Garrett, Getz, Golladay, Griffith, Haldeman, Hale, Halsey, Hancock, Handley, Hanks, Harper, J. T. Harris, Hawley, Hay, Hays, Hereford, Hern

don, Hibbard, Holman, Kerr, Killinger, King, Lami- the Constitution and a tyrannical usurpation son, Leach, Lewis, Manson, Marshall, McClelland, of power for Congress to force mixed schools McCormick, McGrew, McHenry, McIntyre, McKinney, McNeely, Merrick, Moore, Morgan, L. Myers, Nib upon the States, and equally unconstitutional lack, Orr. Packard, Packer, H. W. Parker, I. C. and tyrannical for Congress to pass any law Parker, E. Perry, Potter, Price, Randall, Read, E. Y. Rice, J. M. Rice, Ritchie, W. R. Roberts, Robin- interfering with churches, public carriers, or son, Roosevelt, Shanks, Sherwood, Shober, Slater, innkeepers, such subjects of legislation belongSloss, T. J. Speer, Stevens, Storm. Sutherland, Swann, ing of right to the States respectively. Terry, D. Townsend. Tuthill, Tyner, Van Trump, Vaughan, Voorhees, Waddell, Warren, Wells, Whiteley, Whitthorne, Williams of Indiana, J. M. Wilson, Winchester, Wood, Young-115.

Which was disagreed to-yeas 60, nays 86; YEAS-Messrs. Acker, Arthur, Beck, Biggs, Bird, Braxton, J. Brooks, Caldwell, Comingo, Conner, NAYS.-Messrs. Ambler, Averill, Banks, Barber, Crebs, Critcher, Crossland, Davis, Dox, Du Bose, Barry, Beatty, Beveridge, Bingham, A. Blair. G. M. Eldredge, Garrett, Getz, Golladay, Hambleton, HanBrooks. Buckley, Buffinton, Burdett, B. F. Butler, cock, Handley, Harper, J. T. Harris, Hereford, Hill, Cobb, Conger, Cotton, Creeley, Darrall, Dawes, Kerr, King, Leach, Lewis, Manson, Marshall, McDickey, Donnan, Duell, Dunnell, Eames, Finkeln- Clelland, McCormick, McHenry, Merrick, B. F. Meyburg, C. Foster, W. D. Foster, Frye, Garfield, Good-ers, Morgan, Niblack, E. Perry, Potter, Price, Read, rich, Harmer, G. W. Hazelton, J. W. Hazelton, E. Y. Rice, J. M. Rice, W. R. Roberts, Roosevelt, Hoar, Hooper, Kelley, Kellogg, Lamport, Lansing, Shober, Slater, Sloss, Storm, Swann, Terry, Van Lynch, Maynard, MeJunkin, McKee, Mercur. Mer- Trump, Voorhees, Warren, Wells, Winchester, riam, Monroe, Negley, Palmer, Peck, Pendleton, Wood-60. Perce, A. F. Perry, Platt, Porter, Prindle, Rainey, E. H. Roberts, Sawyer, Seeley, Sessions, Shellabarger, J. A. Smith, W. C. Smith, Sprague, Starkweather, Stevenson, Stoughton, Stowell, Strong, Thomas, W. Townsend. Turner, Twichell, Upson, Wakeman, Walden, Wallace, Walls, Wheeler, Willard-81

Mixed Schools.

1872, March 11-Mr. HEREFORD moved to suspend the rules and pass this resolution: Whereas it is one of the fundamental principles of our form of government that Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed: Therefore,

Be it resolved, That it would be contrary to!

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Beatty, Beveridge, Bingham, A. Blair, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, Burdett, B. F. Butler, R. R. Butler, Cobb, Coburn, Conger, Darrall, Dawes, Donnan, Dunnell, Finkelnburg, C. Foster, W. D. Foster, Frye, Garfield, Goodrich, Harmer, Hawley, G. W. Hazelton, J. W. Hazelton, Hoar, Hooper, Houghton, Kelley, Lamport, Lansing, Lynch, McGrew, McJunkin, McKee, Mercur, Merriam, Monroe, Morey, L. Myers, Negley, Orr, Packard, Palmer, I. C. Parker, Peck, Pendleton, Perce, A. F. Perry, Platt, Poland, Prindle, E. H. Roberts, Rusk. Sawyer, Seeley, Shanks, Sheldon, Shoemaker, H. B. Smith, J. A. Smith, W. C. Smith, Snapp, Snyder, T. J. Speer, Sprague, Starkweather, Stoughton, Strong, Sypher, Taffe, W. Townsend, Turner, Tyner. Upson, Waddell, Wakeman, Walden, Wheeler, Whitthorne, Willard, J. M. Wilson, J. T. Wilson-86.

The bill was not considered in the Senate.

XX.

ST. CROIX AND BAYFIELD RAILROAD BILL.

IN SENATE.

1872, February 16-This bill passed: Be it enacted, &c., That in case there shall be completed within one year from the passage of this act forty miles of the road from the St. Croix river or lake to Lake Superior, as authorized by act of Congress approved June 3, 1856, and act of Congress approved May 5, 1864, and the Secretary of the Interior shall be satisfied of such completion, the time for completing the construction of said road as authorized by said acts shall be extended to the State of Wisconsin five years from the passage of this act, and all the grants, rights, and privileges contained in said original acts shall be continued in full force and virtue for said time of five years: Provided, That the word mineral, when used in the acts herein before referred to, shall not be held to include coal, and subject to the further condition that the lands granted by the acts hereby extended, excepting only such as are necessary for the company to which the benefits of this act may inure, reserve for depots, stations, side-tracks, wood-yards, standing-grounds, and other need. ful uses in operating the road, and pine and coal lands shall be sold to actual settlers only, and in quantities not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one person, under such

rules and restrictions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, at such prices as will secure to said company, its successors or assigns, an average price of not more than $250 per acre, and subject to the further condition that the right of way is hereby granted to said company to the extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of said road through the public lands: Provided, That the grant hereby extended shall inure only to the benefit of such company or companies as the State of Wisconsin may hereafter designate.

Yeas 31, nays

7:

YEAS- Messrs. Boreman, Cameron, Carpenter, Chandler, Conkling, Fenton, Ferry of Connecticut, Ferry of Michigan, Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, Hamilton of Texas, Hamlin, Harlan, Hitchcock, Kellogg, Lewis, Logan, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Pomeroy, Pratt, Ramsey. Rice, Sawyer, Scott, Spencer, Sumner. Tipton, Vickers, Windom-31. Hamilton of Maryland, Morrill of Vermont, PatterNAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Casserly, Edmunds, son, Robertson-7.

IN HOUSE.

order on the Speaker's table-
1872, February 28-This bill coming up in

Mr. HOLMAN moved to lay it on the table; which was not agreed to-yeas 78, nays 99:

Arthur, Barnum, Beatty, Bell, Biggs, Bingham,
Bird, Braxton, Buffinton, R. R. Butler, Campbell,

YEAS Messrs. Acker, Adams, Ambler, Archer,

Coburn, Conner, Cox, Crebs, Critcher, Crossland, Dickey, Finkelnburg, Forker, H. D. Foster, Garrett, Getz, Griffith, Haldeman, Hancock, Handley, Harmer, Hawley, Hay, Hays, Hereford, Hibbard, Holman, Kelley, Kerr, Ketcham, Killinger, King, Lamison, Manson, McClelland, McNeely, Mercur, Monroe, Niblack, Packard, Packer, Prindle, Read, J. M. Rice, E. H. Roberts, Shanks, Sherwood, Shoemaker, Slocum, H. B. Smith, J. A. Sinith, R. M. Speer, T. J. Speer, Stevens, Stevenson, Strong, Terry, Turner, Tyner, Upson, Van Trump. Voorhees, Whiteley, Williams of Indiana, J. M. Wilson, J. T. Wilson, Winchester-78.

NAYS-Messrs. Ames, Averill, Banks, Barber, Barry, Beck, Beveridge, Bigby, A. Blair, Boles, Bright, G. M. Brooks, J. Brooks, Buckley, Caldwell, F. Clarke, Comingo, Conger, Cotton, Crocker, Darrall, Dawes, Donnan, Du Bose, Duell, Duke, Dunnell, Eames, Eldredge, Farnsworth, Farwell, C. Foster, Frye, Golladay, Goodrich, Hale, Halsey, Hanks, Harper, G. E. Harris, J. T. Harris, Havens, G. W. Hazelton, Herndon, Hill, Hoar, Hooper, Houghton, Kendall, Lamport, Leach, Lowe, Lynch, Marshall, Maynard, McCormick, McHenry, McJunkin, Merriam, Mitchell, Orr, Palmer, I. C. Parker, Peck, A. F. Perry, E. Perry, Peters, Platt, Price, Rainey, Rusk, Sargent, Sawyer, Scofield, Seeley, Sheldon, Slater, Sloss, Snapp, Snyder, Stoughton, Sutherland, Taffe, Thomas, D. Townsend, W. Townsend, Tuthill, Twichell, Vaughan, Waddell, Wakeman, Walden, Waldron, Wallace, Warren, Wheeler, Whitthorne, Williams of New York, Young-99.

Mr. HOLMAN asked unanimous consent to propose this amendment:

Provided, however, That this grant shall be construed to apply to such lands only as would inure to the benefit of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company if this act had not been passed.

Which was refused, when he moved again to table the bill; which was lost-yeas nays 94.

Butler, Carroll, Coburn, Coghlan, Conner, Cox,
Crebs, Critcher, Crossland, Dickey, Duke, Dunnell,
Ely, Finkelnburg, Forker, C. Foster, H. D. Foster,
Getz, Golladay, Haldeman, Handley, Hanks, Harmer,
G. E. Harris, J. T. Harris, Hawley, Hay, Hays, Here-
ford, Hibbard, Hill, Holman, Kelley, Kellogg, Kerr,
Ketcham, Killinger, King, Lamison, Lamport, Lewis,
Lowe, Manson, Marshall, McClelland, McGrew,
McKinney, McNeely, Mercur, Monroe, Niblack,
Packard, Packer, Prindle, Read, J. M. Rice, E. H.
Roberts, W. R. Roberts, Robinson, Sessions, Shanks,
Shoemaker, Slocum, H. B. Smith, J. A. Smith, R. M.
Speer, Sprague, Starkweather, Stevens, Stevenson,
Strong, Terry, D. Townsend, Turner, Tyner. Upson,
Van Trump, Vaughan, Voorhees, Walden, Whiteley,
Williams of Indiana, J. M. Wilson, J. T. Wilson,
Winchester, Wood-101.

NAYS-Messrs. Ames, Averill, Banks, Barber, Beck,
Beveridge, A. Blair, J. G. Blair, Boles, G. M. Brooks,
Buckley, Caldwell, Comingo, Conger. Cotton, Crocker,
Dawes, Donnan, Du Bose, Duell, Eames, Eldredge,
Farnsworth. Farwell, Frye, Garfield, Goodrich,
Hancock, Harper, Havens, G. W. Hazelton, Hoar,
Hooper, Houghton, Lynch, Maynard, McCormick,
Mitchell, L. Myers, Negley, Orr, Palmer, I. C.
Parker, Peck, Pendleton, E. Perry, Peters, Platt,
Price, Rainey, Rusk, Sargent, Sawyer, Scofield,
Seeley, Sheldon, Sherwood, Shober, Slater, Sloss,
Snapp, Snyder, T. J. Speer, Stoughton, Sutherland,
Taffe, W. Townsend, Tuthill, Twichell, Waddell,
Wakeman, Waldron, Wallace, Warren, Wheeler,
Willard, Williams of New York, Young-78.

March 1-The bill, with various propositions submitted, was recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands, with the right to report it back at any time the next week after Monday.

March 7-The committee reported back the bill with these amendments:

Amend the first section so as to exclude all 80,"coal" lands from the grant; and add the following sections:

February 29-Mr. HOLMAN moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on Public Lands, with these instructions:

To so amend the bill as that it shall grant to the State of Wisconsin all the lands specified in the bill which would inure to the North Pacific Railroad Company under exist ing laws. by any location of said North Pacific road authorized by existing laws, if this grant or extension was not made to said State of Wisconsin; and to limit the grant to the lands which, in the absence of such legislation, would, by fair interpretation of existing laws, inure to the benefit of the North Pacific

road.

SEC. 2. That this act shall be so construed as to grant to the State of Wisconsin all the lands heretofore reserved and embraced in its provisions, which would inure to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, under existing laws, by any location of said Northern Pacific Railroad Company authorized by existing laws, if this grant or extension had not been made to said State of Wisconsin, and as limiting the grant to the lands which, in the absence of further legislation, would, by fair interpretation of existing laws, inure to the benefit of or might be taken by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company: Provided, That this act land to the Northern Pacific Railroad Comshall not be construed to enlarge the grant of

And to further amend the bill so that it shall not be construed to enlarge the grant of land to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, or to authorize said Northern Pacific pany, or to authorize the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to select lands elsewhere in lieu of any lands specified in the pending

bill.

Mr. DONNAN, by unanimous consent, offered the following additional instruction:

Provided further, That all lands hereby granted, which may remain unsold at the expiration of five years after the completion of said road, shall be subject to settlement and preemption like other public lands, at a price to be paid to such railroad company not exceeding $2 50 per acre.

The whole being treated as one amendment, was agreed to-yeas 101, nays 78:

YEAS-Messrs. Acker, Adams, Ambler, Archer, Arthur, Barnum, Beatty, Bell, Biggs, Bingham, Bird, Bright, Buffinton, Burchard, Burdett, B. F.

in lieu of any lands embraced in this act, or Railroad Company to select lands elsewhere which other lands might be selected by said as granting to said State any lands in lieu of Northern Pacific Railroad Company, or as granting any coal lands.

SEC. 3. That the extent of the grant to said State under this act shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General, subject to the approval of the Presi dent of the United States, and shall be reported to Congress by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as such determination is made.

March 15-An amendment was offered by Mr. ELDREDGE to strike out of section two the

words:

"Or as granting to said State any lands in lieu of which other lands might be selected by

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