Mr. HENDRICKS. I feel it my duty to call the attention of the Senate to the last section, which reads: SEC. 10. Abife: That if. upon final investigation and decision it shall be deter mined that there has been confirmed to said State by this act moreland than under the several grants made by Congress it is entitled to, the State shall guy into the sub Treasury of the U.S. at can Francisco a sum equal to 91 25per acrefor each and everynew so conrmed.in excess of any such grant or grants such payments to be made Within one year of such final decision, in such manner as the President or ComrGLO may direct. I believe that section was prepared at the GLO; and when the question was considered in committee I was not able to see, nor am I now able to see, how Congress may impose a duty upon the State of California to pay money into the national Treasury; upon what principle Congress may assert as against a State its obligations to pay money into the Treasury, and provide that that money shall be paid in witfiin a limited time. The purpose of this bill is to confirm to certain citizens in the State of California their land titles. If we confirm to the citizens of California a larger amount of land than the State of California under the various grants is entitled to receive, can we make it a conditiOn that the State shall pay a certain sum of money into the nations. Treasury? This section asserts an obligation against the State. Suppose the State does not my the money, how are we to enforce it? statute book an obligation against a State which it cannot enforce, and which the State in all probability will not regard? Instead of that, fhink it is better to provide thus at the close of the 1st section: And pmidedfurther. That the State of California shall not receiveunder this act agreator quantity of land for schoolor improvementpurposesthan she is entitled to under elisting laws. I understand the purpose of this act to be to relieve titles in California from the irregularity of the proceedings of the authorities of that State. lIi‘or instance, the General government gave the State of California, along with other States, 500,000 acres for internal improvement purposes. Instead of selecting that land in place by the authorities of the State, the State sold certificates, in what quantity I do not know, but sold certificates to her citizens, and the citizens located the certificates upon lands which had not been surveyed by the General Government, but had been surveyed by the State of California. Of course here was a conflict between the proceedings of the General Government and those of the State. To the extent of that 500,000 acres it is proper that we should settle the controversy; but is it the purpose of Congress by this remedial act to give the State more than the 500,000 acres? If the State has sold certificates to a greater amount than 500,000 acres, is it the purpose here to confirm beyond the 500,000 acres?