HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
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Almost directly after the meeting Of the
House, the graduation bill was taken up in COM
mit,ee Of the whole on the state of the Union.


The time to which the debate was limited
arrived al two o'clock, when various amend
ments were voted on, but none adopted


The committee rose and reported the bill as
il came from the Senate, which provides for
graduation as follows: lands offered for sale
ten years or more, on the first OF March, l847 /,
to be subject to entry at 81 an acre until the
lst of March, 1850; all then remaining unsold
shall be subject TO entry at seventy-6ve cents
per acre until tie lst day Of March, 1853; all
then remaining unsold shall be subject to entry
al fifty cents per acre until the LIST Of March,
1856, when they shall be subject to entry at
twenty-five cents per acre until the first day Of
March, 1859. The above is contained in the
first section.


The House refused to order the bill to be
read third time--that is, rejected h-yeas a.,
nays 90.


A motion was made to reconsider the vote,
and it prevailed--yeas 90, nays 89.


Mr.. Cobb offered an amendment to make
the bill acceptable, and pending motion 10
lay the bill and amendment on the table,


The House adjourned.