RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS. PART VI. MEMORIAL AND JOINT RESOLUTION [Relative to swamp and overflowed lands.] To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress now assembled: WHEREAS, A bill has been introduced and is now pend- Preamble. ing in the senate of the United States extending the provisions of the act of congress of September 28, 1850, and the 2d of March, 1855, relative to swamp and overflowed lands in Nebraska, and other new states; AND WHEREAS, It is but simple justice that the new states organized since the passage of said acts and amendments should enjoy the same rights under laws, while assuming the same obligations of their older sisters, to pass bill. THEREFORE, your memorialists, the legislature of the congress urged state of Nebraska, would most respectfully urge upon your honorable body the passage of said bill, Senate file 780. tary of state. Resolved, That the secretary of state be and is hereby Duty of secreinstructed to transmit two certified copies of this memorial and joint resolution to each one of our senators and members of congress without delay, who are hereby requested to use all means to secure the passage of the same. Approved, January 29, A.D. 1879. Preamble. Resolution. Duty of secretary of state. MEMORIAL AND JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to five per cent on sale of public lands. WHEREAS, By the third subdivision of section 4 of the Enabling Act, under and by which Nebraska became a state, the people of the then territory were required to forever disclaim all right, title, and interest in and to all unappropriated lands lying within the limits of the proposed state, and to relinquish the highest sovereign right, that of taxation of the said lands belonging to the general government; and WHEREAS, By the twelfth section of the said act the United States government guaranteed five per cent of the proceeds of all the public lands lying within the said state for the use of the common schools; and WHEREAS, There is now pending in the house of representatives of the United States a bill which provides for the adjustment and settlement of said claim of this and other states, reported favorably, and now on the calendar of said house, therefore be it Resolved, That our senators and representatives in congress be and they are hereby requested to use all honorable means to secure the passage of said act. Resolved, That the secretary of state be and is hereby directed to forward copies of the foregoing preamble and resolution to our senators and representatives in congress. Approved, February 13, A.D. 1879. A JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Depart ment. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the state of Nebraska: That the Indian Bureau should be transferred to the Resolution. War Department, believing it will give greater protection to our exposed settlers, and that it will result in curtailing the expenses of the nation, and our senators and representatives in congress are hereby requested to use all honorable means to accomplish the above named transfer at as early a date as possible. tary of state. Resolved, That the secretary of state be and is hereby Duty of secreinstructed to transfer a certified copy of this memorial and joint resolution to our senators and representatives in congress. Approved, February 13, A.D. 1879. MEMORIAL AND JOINT RESOLUTION With reference to the Santee Sioux Indians and Relief of Knox To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled: We, your memorialists, the legislature of the state of Preamble. Nebraska, would respectfully represent to your honorable body that a part of the Sioux nation of Indians |