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private sale, by force threats, or fraud, and the
measures taken since the date aforesaid to pre-.


vent, defeat, or punish such fraudulent practices,


and illegal entries upon the public lands.
| Resoloed, That the Secretary of the Treasury
prepare and lay before this House, on the first
day of the next session, statement of all grants
and donations of public lands, or of the proceeds
Of sales thereof, to the States, by the United
States, distinguishing the amount made to each,
and the purposes and considerations upon which
made; and accompanying the said statement with
an estimate Of the amount to which each State
would be entitled of similar grants and Donations
according to the proportions specified in the sew
eral deeds of cession from the several States to
the United States. .


Secondly. statement Of the whole quantity
Of public land now surveyed, and an estimate of
the quantity unsurveyed- distinguishing each,
and where situated; and accompanying the same
with separate plans for dividing the said lands,
and the proceeds of sales thereof, among the
States, in the proportions aforesaid, on such con-
ditOns as to the time and manner of division and
sale, graduation, reduction of price, and reserva-
ton of title in the United States, and final dspo-
sition, as may be best calculated to effect the OBJ
ects of this resolution, in conformity with the
original compacts entered into between the seve-
raj States and the United States relating to the
said lands.


Thirdly. A plan for recognizing the land
system on such principles as will best secure the
Public against loss from illegal entries. frauds,
&c. pointing out the defects or advantages Of the
present system, more particularly in reference to
pre-emption and sales at public auction; and in
general suggesting such alterations as experience
may have shown to be necessary.


Mr. ROBERTSON asked for the suspension Of
the rules, in order to enable him to move to con-
slider these resolutions at the present time, and
asked the yeas and nays, which were ordered;
and the House refused to suspend the rules, by a
vote Of lO4 yeas to 10 nays. And, on motion of
Mr.. CALHOUN, Of Massachusetts,, the resolu-
tions were ordered to be printed.