Wisconsin and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore: and no amend-
eing made, it was reported to the Senate.
red, That it pass to a third reading.

bill (S. 64) to provide for the more effectual publication of the laws
United States, was read a third time, by unanimous consent.
leed, That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
red, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of
entatives in this bill.

Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration
bill (S. 12) to reduce and graduate the price of the public lands, and
er purposes.

mendment having been proposed by Mr. Calhoun:

notion by Mr. John M. Clayton, to amend the amendment by striking ection 1, lines 12 and 13, the following words: "when all that emains unsold shall be ceded to the States within which they reely lie:"

as determined in the affirmative, Yeas,

Nays,

On motion by Mr. John M. Clayton,

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yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, se who voted in the affirmative are,

srs. Archer, Atherton, Cameron, Cilley, Thomas Clayton, John M. n, Corwin, Crittenden, Davis, Dayton, Dickinson, Dix, Evans, ld, Greene, Huntington, Johnson, of Maryland, Mangum, MoreNiles, Pearce, Pennybacker, Phelps, Simmons, Sturgeon, Turney,

1.

se who voted in the negative are,

srs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Bagby, Barrow, Benton, Breese, , Calhoun, Chalmers, Hannegan, Houston, Johnson, of Louisiana, Rusk, Semple, Sevier, Westcott, Woodbridge, Yulee.

he question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Calhoun, ed as follows:

rike out all the bill after the enacting clause, and, in lieu thereof,

at all public lands which shall have been offered for sale ten years
e on the first day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, shall
ter be subject to entry at one dollar per acre, until the first day of
, one thousand eight hundred and fifty; all then remaining unsold,
e subject to entry at seventy-five cents per acre until the first day of
, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three; and all then remaining
, shall be subject to entry at fifty cents per acre until the first day of
, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, when they shall be sub-
entry at twenty-five cents per acre until the first day of March, one
nd eight hundred and fifty-nine.

c. 2. And be it further enacted, That all public lands which, after
st day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, shall
cen offered for sale ten years or more on the first day of March, one
nd eight hundred and fifty, shall then be subject to graduation and
in like manner and at like periods of three years; and that all public
which shall have been offered for sale ten years or more at the next
ding period, or any subsequent one, shall be subject in like manner
luation and entry, at like periods of three years as they consecutively

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"SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon every reduction in th prices of said lands which shall take place by the graduating process this act, the occupants or settlers upon any of the said lands shall have th right of pre-emption at such graduated or reduced prices, which right sha extend to a period of six months from and after the dates at which the r spective graduations shall take place; and any land not entered by th respective occupants or settlers within that period, shall be liable to entered or purchased by any other person until the next graduation or r duction in price shall take place, when it shall, if not previously purchase be again subject to the right of pre-emption for six months, as before, an so on from time to time as said reduction shall take place: Provided, Th nothing in this act contained shall be construed to interfere with any rig which has accrued or may accrue by virtue of any act granting pre-em tions to actual settlers upon the public lands.

"SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts provide for an exemption from the imposition of taxes upon land sold b the United States for five years from and after the day of sale, be, and th same are hereby, repealed:"

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Atherton, Bagby, Barrow, Bento
Breese, Bright, Calhoun, Chalmers, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield, Hann
gan, Houston, Johnson, of Maryland, Johnson, of Louisiana, Lewis, Pe
nybacker, Rusk, Semple, Sevier, Turney, Westcott, Yulee.
Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Archer, Cameron, Cilley, Thomas Clayton, John M. Clayto Corwin, Crittenden, Davis, Dayton, Evans, Greene, Huntington, Ma gum, Niles, Pearce, Phelps, Simmons, Sturgeon, Upham, Woodbridge. No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senat and the amendment was concurred in.

On motion by Mr. Huntington, to amend the bill, section 1, line 5, inserting, after the word "fifty," the word "seven:" It was determined in the negative.

On motion by Mr. Crittenden, to amend the bill by striking out all af the enacting clause, and inserting the following: "That authority and p mission be and is hereby given to any State of the United States to ius tute a suit in the name and for the benefit of such State against the Unit States, by bill in equity filed in the Supreme Court of the United State which bill shall set forth and state fully and specially the right, title, claim which such State has or claims to have in law or equity to the lan or proceeds thereof, or to any part or proportion of such lands, or the p ceeds thereof, as still remain unsold or otherwise not disposed of by t United States, and which were ceded and conveyed to the United Stat by deed of cession of the State of Virginia, of the first of March, 178 by like deed of the State of South Carolina, of the ninth of August, 178 and by the articles of agreement and cession entered into between t

States and the State of Georgia, on the twenty-fourth of April, 1802.
shall be the duty of said Supreme Court fully to hear and deter-
aid suit between the parties aforesaid, according to the rules and
les of equity, and especially to decide and determine by its decree
aim, right, or title said State hath, if any, to the said lands or the
Is thereof, or to any part of the same; by what tenure and for what
United States hold said lands, whether as the absolute property of
ited States, or in trust for the several States composing the Union;
in trust for the said several States, to declare the uses and the pro-
s of use or benefit belonging to each, or the rule by which the same
e determined. And further to decree and declare whether said
States is bound in equity to distribute among and pay over to said
States the proceeds of said lands in the proportions so as aforesaid
eclared by said court. And if the said court shall find and decree
e said lands are held in trust for said States by the United States,
at the said United States are bound to pay over the proceeds of said
o and among said States, then and in that case it is hereby made the
the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to pay over, on
quisition made to and among the said several States that now are or
er may be members of the federal Union, the proceeds of said lands
same shall from time to time accrue and come into the treasury of
ited States, according to the respective proportions of each State, as
and declared by the principles of said decree:"

SYeas,

as determined in the negative, Nays,

On motion by Mr. Crittenden,

yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, se who voted in the affirmative are,

rs. Archer, Cilley, Thomas Clayton, John M. Clayton, Corwin, den, Davis, Dayton, Evans, Greene, Huntington, Johnson, of MaMangum, Phelps, Simmons, Upham, Woodbridge.

se who voted in the negative are,

rs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Atherton, Bagby, Benton, Breese, Calhoun, Cameron, Chalmers, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield, Hanneouston, Johnson, of Louisiana, Lewis, Niles, Pennybacker, Rusk, , Sevier, Sturgeon, Turney, Westcott, Yulee.

he amendment was not agreed to.

notion by Mr. Dayton, to amend the bill by striking out the followtion:

vis, Dickinso land, Johns Phelps, Rus Woodbridge, Ou the qu

c. 4. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts as for an exemption from the imposition of taxes upon land sold by ited States for five years from and after the day of sale, be, and the re hereby, repealed:"

Yeas,
Nays,.

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as determined in the negative,
On motion by Mr. Dayton,
yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
se who voted in the affirmative are,

rs. Archer, Cilley, Thomas Clayton, John M. Clayton, Dayton.
se who voted in the negative are,

=rs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Atherton, Bagby, Barrow, Benton, Bright, Calhoun, Cameron, Chalmers, Corwin, Crittenden, Da.

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Woodbridge, Yulee.

On the question, "Shall this bill be engrossed, and read a third tim
It was determined in the affirmative, Yeas,

On motion,

Nays,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present
Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Atherton, Bagby, Barrow, Bent Breese, Bright, Calhoun, Chalmers, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield, Han gan, Houston, Johnson, of Maryland, Johnson, of Louisiana, Lewis, P nybacker, Rusk, Semple, Sevier, Turney, Westcott, Yulee.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Archer, Cameron, Cilley, Thomas Clayton, John M. Clayt Corwin, Crittenden, Davis, Dayton, Evans, Greene, Huntington, M gum, Niles, Pearce, Phelps, Simmons, Sturgeon, Upham, Woodbridge

So it was

Ordered, That this bill be engrossed, and read a third time.

On motion,

The Senate adjourned.

THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1846.

Mr. J. M. Clayton presented the petition of A. B. Durand and oth artists, of the city of New York, praying that the government of the Uni States may purchase the collection of George Catlin, of paintings, tumes, and other memorials, illustrative of the Indian tribes of No America: which was referred to the Committee on the Library, and orde to be printed.

Mr. Cass presented a document in relation to certain private land cla at the Sault St. Mary, in the State of Michigan: which was referred to Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed.

On motion by Mr. Cass,

Ordered, That the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, relativ land claims at the Sault St. Mary, in the State of Michigan, communica the 18th May last, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Clain Mr. Ashley submitted the following resolution; which was consider by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inq into the expediency of extending the criminal laws of the United St over the Indian territories.

The following message was received from the President of the Un States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I communicate herewith a report from the Secretary of the Treasu transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Public Lands, in repl the resolution of the Senate of the 22d of June, 1846, calling for infor tion of the "progress which has been made in the surveys of the min region upon lake Superior, and within what time such surveys may pro

prepared for the sales of the lands in that country.
In answer to
tion of the resolution which calls for the "views" of the Executive
ting the proper mode of disposing of said lands, keeping in view
rest of the United States, and the equitable claims of individuals
nder the authority of the War Department, have made improve-
ereon, or acquired rights of possession," I recommend that these
e brought into market and sold at such price and under such regu-
as Congress may prescribe, and that the right of pre-emption be
to such persons as have, under the authority of the War Depart-
ade improvements or acquired rights of possession thereon. Should
ss deem it proper to authorize the sale of these lands, it will be
ry to attach them to suitable land districts, and that they be placed
he management and control of the General Land Office, as other
ands.

HINGTON, July 9, 1846.

message was read.

ed, That it be printed.

JAMES K. POLK.

Vestcott, from the Committee on Territories, to whom was referred lution (H. R. 9) affirming a certain act of the legislative assembly of sin, reported it without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. Westcott, from the Committee on Territories, to whom was referred (H. R. 439) disaffirming all laws of the Territories of Iowa and sin, granting banking privileges, reported it without amendment, t it ought not to pass.

Vestcott, from the Committee on Territories, to whom the following re referred:

. 14. An act to define the boundaries of the State of Iowa, and to o much of the act of the 3d of March, 1845, as relates to the bounf Iowa;

. 105. An act to enable the people of Wisconsin Territory to form tution and State government, and for the admission of such State Union;

them, severally, without amendment.

Dickinson, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred tion of John Devlin, reported a resolution (S. R. 32) for the benefit of evlin: which was read the first and second times, by unanimous

bill (S. 221) to establish and organize an executive bureau under usive direction and control of the President of the United States," d the second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole:

On motion by Mr. Benton,

ed, That it be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
bill (S. 12) to reduce and graduate the price of the public lands,
other purposes, having been reported by the committee correctly
ed, was read a third time.

e question, "Shall this bill pass?"

affirmative,Yeas,

s determined in the affirmative, Nays,

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Territories
a third time
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cordingly.
The Ser

bill (S. 76) of the Uni republic of reported a and a furth

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