...December, 1829, Mr Foot, of Connecticut, introduced the following resolution into the Senate : ' Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of limiting, for a certain period, the sales of the Public Lands, to such lands only as have heretofore...

...report and resolution were read. Mr. LLOYD submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the justice and expediency of granting land for the purpose of education within the limits of the old States,...

...Buffalo Gap, to Millboro'ugh, in the county of Bath. On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Virginia, Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an additional appropriation of land to satisfy the warrants in scrip, which have been issued,...

...Ordered, That Mr. Van Benthuisen have leave of absence for three days. On motion of Mr. Krum, Resolved, That the committee on public lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the act so as to extend the time of filing the bond for the payment of a portion of the...

...Ordered, That Mr. Van Benthuisen have leave of absence for three days. On motion of Mr. Krum, Resolved, That the committee on public lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the act so as to extend the time of filing the bond for the payment of a portion of .the...

...A Resolution has been offered in the Senate of the United States, at its present session, proposing that the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making a grant of lands to one or more colleges in each of the new States, for educating the poor...

...A Resolution has been offered in the Senate of the United States, at its present session, proposing that the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making a grant of lands to one or more colleges in each of the new States, for educating the poor...

...Hon. SAM HOUSTON, Senator from Texas, presented to the Senate the following resolution: " Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting to each family, (not landholders, or the owners of property worth the sum of $1,500,) cilizens...

...roads, reported a bill for that purpose, which was read, and ordered to a second reading. Resolved, That the committee on public lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of ceding on reasonable terms to the states in which they are (ituate, the public lands annually inundated...

...submitted the following motion ; which was considered, by unanimous consent. and agreed to : Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting one hundred thousand acres of land to the State of Michigan, the proceeds of which shall...