Mr. JULIAN, from the same committee, also reported back Senate bill No. 215, con' cerning certain lands granted to the State of Nevada, with amendments. The bill approves the uppropriation b the constitution o the State 0t evada to educational purposes of the 500,000 acres of land granted to that State by the law of September 4, 1841, for purposes of internal unprovement; land equal in amount to 72 entire sections for the establishment and maintenance of a university in that State is granted to the State of Nevada. The grant made by law of the 2d of July, 1862, to each State. of land equal to 30,000 acres for each of its Sens&Reps in Congress, is extended to the State of Ne vada; and the diversion of the proceeds of these lands in Nevada from the teaching of agriculture and mechanic arts to that of the theory and practice of mining is allowed and authorized without causin a forfeiture of said grant. The POTUS, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, is authorized to appoint a surveyor general for Nevada, who shall locate his office at such place as the SecyInterior shall from time to time direct, whose compensation shall be $3,000 perannum, and whose duties, powers, obligations, responsibilities, and.allowances for clerk hire, office rent, fuel, and incidental expenses shall be the same as those of the surveyor general of Oregon, under the direction of the SecyInterior, and such instructions as he may from time to time deem it advisable to give him. In extending the surveys of the public lands in the State of Nevada the SecyInterior ma, in his discretion, vary the lines of the subdivisions from a rectangular form, to suit the circumstances of the country; but in all cases lands valuable for mines of gold, silver, quick silver, or copper shall be reserved from sale. Until the State of Nevada shall have received her full quota of lands named in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd sections of this act, the public lands in that State shall not be subject to entry, sale, or location under any law of the U.S., or any scrip or warrants issued in par suance of any such law, except the homestead act of may 20, 1862, and acts amendatory thereto, an under the acts ranting and regulating reemptions, but sha 1 be reserved exclusive y for entry and sale by the State for the period of 2 years after such survey shall have been made; provided, the State shall select such lands in her own name and right, and dispose of them only to actual settlers and bonafide occupants. The amendments of the committee were read. as follows: Page 3. line eight. strike out the word "under." Page 3.1ineton. strike out the words “ and sale." Page 3. line 12, after the word "win." insert ‘inPatgreac3t, sof not less than 40 aeres.‘ “ line 13.alter the word " same "insert in tracts not exceeding300 aifi20 acreseach." Page 3, line 14.after the word "occupants." insert “and further proyided, that city and town prppertyshall not besubjectto selection under this ac.“ The amendments were severally agreed to.