IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, July 13, 1870. Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) That there be printed, for the use of the Senate, three thousand extra copies of the Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office for 1869, with accompanying maps, six thousand copies of the same for the use of the House of Representatives, and three thousand copies of the same for distribution by the Commissioner of the General Land Office; also five thousand copies of a condensed edition of the same with the connected map of the United States, for distribution through the State Department, of which three thousand shall be in German, one thousand in French, and one thousand in Swedish. Attest: GEO. C. GORHAM, Secretary. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 15, 1870. Resolved, That the House concur in the foregoing resolution to print extra copies of the Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the following amendments: Strike out the words "accompanying maps," and insert "connected map of the United States." Attest: EDW. MCPHERSON, Clerk. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, July 15, 1870. Resolved, That the Senate agree to the amendment of the House of Representatives. Attest: GEO. C. GORHAM, Secretary. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Recommendations of the extension of the prohibition of acquisition of title to Geological and mineral interests, geological cabinet of the General Land Office, Status of agricultural lands in mining districts. United States railway system, origin of railways in England and America, rail- Statistical notices of public land States and Territories: First division, Gulf States, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Second division, region of cereals, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, and Dakota Terri- Third division, mineral and grazing region, including Nevada and the Terri- zona... Fourth division, mineral, agricultural, fur, and timber region of the Pacific slope, including California and Oregon and the Territories of Washington Our national growth, influence in that respect of the public land system.... Argument on the want of jurisdiction of the United States courts over matters Suggestion of the establishment of a cabinet of sands, clays, &c.. |