Mr. RAMSEY. I move to take up for consideration House bill No. 50. The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in ComWhole, proceeded to consider the bill (H.R.No. 50) to amend the 5th section of an act entitled “An act donating public lands to the several States and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, " approved July 2, 1862, so as to extend the time within which the provisions of said act shall be accepted and such colleges established. It prooses to extend the time in which the severa States may comply with the provisions of the act of July 2, 1862, so that the acceptance of the benefits of that act may be expressed within 3 years from the passage of this act, and the colleges required by it may be provided within 5 years from the date of the filing of such acceptance with the ComrGLO. But the States now represented in Congress which have not availed themselves of the grant of lands contained in the act of July 2, 1862, are so to avail themselves of those benefits by complying with the provisions of that act and of this act, according to their present representation in Congress; and when any Territory shall become aState and be admitted into the Union, such new State shall be entitled to the benefits of the act of July 2, 1862, by expressing the acceptance therein required Within 3 years from the date of its a mission into the Union, and providin the gollege or colleges within 5 years after such acceptance. Any State which has heretofore expressed its acceptance of the act shall have the period of 5 years within which to provide at least one college, as described in the 4th section of that act. after the time for providing that college, according to the act of July 2, 1862, shalf have expired. The ComPubLands reported the bill with 2 amendments. The 1st amendment was in line 13, after the word “of fice, ” to strike out the following proviso: Provided, That the Statesnow representedin congresswhich have not availed themselvesof the arant of lands containedin the said notof July 2.1862, be, and they are hereby, entitled to soavail themselves of the benefitsthereofby complyingwith the proVisions of the said set and of this act, accordingto their presentrepresentationin Congress.