Mr. HENDRICKS reported the bill with up amendment, on the 20th of April following. making many material alterations. whichbill is now beforeCongress. The ori i nal obJect of the bill was no doubt good, and c signed to settlemany vexed and doubtful questions affecting land titles in this State. “The 1st section provides that the claims locations and salesof land made by the State of California BfltQflOf to the passage of this act pursuant to the legislative enactmentsof the 500,000acresof land donated by the Government for the purpose of internal 1m proveinents, and other land devoted to the purpx‘slcs o education andswamp and over flowedlauds: l be confirmed': but there are several exceptionswhich are particularly specified . Onc is where a person as becomeentitled to a preemption under the laws of the U.S. by reason of bonus settled upon any legal subdivision of such lands. And fun or, the act does not confirmup location of lands madeunder State authority with im the limits of any town or city which was incorporated at the time or within the county of SanFrancisco is provided by another section that in case personshayo purchased lands of Mexicari grantees in good faith. which have since been reiccted, and have improved the same and been in the actual possessionthereof, may purchase where there is no adverse title exceptthat of the Government. "There is one section of the bill proposedas no t of the amendmentwhich seemsto e objectionabe and calculated to work great injustice to 1,000s of bpnafide settlers upon the public domain. It 5 sectiontwo of the proposedamendment which declaresthat in all cases contemplated by the 1st section of the act which are inconflict wrth prelimtion or other settlement claimsan exemption shal be, heldbeforeacommission, to determine whether thoso‘ claiming under the State selectionsor the preemption or other settlers have the prior right of settlement and the fact of priority mustgovernthe doom ion of the controversy. “A large number of claims to valuable lands are held by speculators, under the selections made by the State cloro she had apy authority to do so, but theselectionsby thoauthonly of the State were made beforethe locatipnsby the actual bonufide settlers and who.supposing their titles good have madeVfl I nobleandpermanent improvements npon such lauds. These honest settlers will be deprived of all their improvementswithout any compensationwhatever ha these remorseless s w0claim eoulators and land sharks underthe selections made b5 the State. if this provision of the bill is not modifie. "It is to be hoped that our delegates to Congress Will see that beforethis setbecomesa law, the proper changes are made, so as to protect the rights and interests of the settlersaswell as the speculators."