CONGRESSIONAL.
{"character_count": 2488, "word_count": 381, "ccnet_language_score": [0.8928999900817871], "ccnet_perplexity": [1341.800048828125], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}


 DEo. 10, 1882. Mr. Moore offered the following resolution:

 Hesofoed, That the Committee on Pub lic ands be instructed to enquire into the eXPedIency of bringing in Bill reducing the priee of the Public Lands, so as to an- thorize Its sale at such price only as will relinburse the United States for the cur rent annual expenditure for administ ering the land system, and discaarging the In. dian annuitles, and also for securing to actual settlers, pre-emptioh right to their Improvements at suce prict as may be established.

 Which, on the 18th, was taken up and adopted.

 The following were asanoaneed as Stand lng Committees during the session;

 On Foreign Reiatioas-M essrs. Forsy tn i, King, Bell, Magnum and Tomlinson.

 Oa FiAeace-Mess Smith, Tyler ,Slls- bee, Johnston and Forsyth. On Commerce-Messrs. King, Dudley, Sllshee, Johnston and Bibb.

 On .HaaVaefuges-M essrs. Uiekerson, Clay, Knight, Miller and Seymour.

 0n .3gricnhhre-Messrs. Seymour, Brown, Robinson, Nagaaman and Foot Iroup, Kane, Clayton and ripton

 On Hte .Hilitia-Messrs. Robinson. Clay ton, Waggaman, Clay ard Hendricks.

 On Narat .4fairs-sI essrs Dallas Smith. Robbins, Webster and Rihb

 On Public Lands. M essrs. k Kane, Tip ton, Moore, Holmes and Prentiss.

 On Pgigate LaaR Ciaig.s-- Mass.s. Poin- dexter, Naudaip, Preatiss, Rnggles and Knight.

 On fadian .4fairs-M Mossrs. Troup, Ben ton, Poindexter, Wilkins and FrelinghuY. sen.

 O.. ciaiaas-@ essrs. nurg,cs, Bell, sau- dain, Brown and Moore.

 Ontae JHd;ciayy-Mes Messrs Wilkins, Web ster, Frelinghnysen, Grundy and NJ Magnum

 0afhe P7ylOHce aud Poa Roads-M Messrs Grundy, Hill, Ewing, Tomlinson and Buck ner.

 On Ro4as and Cenags-Nessrs. Hen- dricks, Spraene, Dallas, Hill aud Buckner. On Peasioes-M Messrs. Foot, Chambers, Dickerson Sprague and poinde4ier.

 On he District of Colambia-alessrs. Chambers. Tyler, Holmesy Clayton and Miller.

 Cehe Contingent -sessrs. Knight, Dudley and Tomiinson.

 On Engrossed Bais-Messrs. Robbins Robinson and Ewing.

 DEc. II. Mr. Robinson offered the fol. lowing resolution

 Resotped, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the Govern or of Arkansas, and his successors in of flee, to lay off the thousand acres of land adjoining the tosqn of Little Rock, which was recently granted to tie Territory of Arkansas, for the purpose of raising a fund to build Court House and Jail in said town. and of disposing of said lots thus laid off.