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3350 1 (1896)

handle is hein.usccsset/usconset32809 and id is 1 raw text is: 54TH CONGRESS, SENATE. DOCUMENT 1st Session. No. 101. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. FEBRUARY 4, 1896.-Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The VICE-PRESIDENT presented the following LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, TRANSMIT- TING A REPORT PROM THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE IN RESPONSE TO SENATE RESOLUTION DATED JANUARY 14, 1896, CALLING FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE LANDS CONSTITUTING THE BEDS OF CROSS LAKE, SODA LAKE, CLEAR LAKE, PERRY LAKE, AND CADDO LAKE, EXTENDING FROM THE TEXAS STATE LINE TO OR NEAR THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT, LA. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORY Washington, February 3, 1896. SIR: I have the honor to hand you herewith a report from the Com- missioner of the General Land Office, dated the 30th ultimo, upon Sen- ate resolution dated January 14, 1896, calling for certain information relative to the lands constituting the beds of Cross Lake, Soda Lake, Clear Lake, Ferry Lake, and Caddo Lake, extending from the Texas State line to or near the city of Shreveport, La. The report of the Commissioner, specifically and in detail, furnishes the information in the order asked. Accompanying said report there is transmitted a complete set of the plats of the townships in which the lakes are situated. Very respectfully, HOKE SMITH, Secretary. The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Washington, D. C., January 30, 1896. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, by reference from the Department, for report of Senate resolution dated January 14, 1896, which resolution reads as follows: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to inform the Senate whether the lands constituting the beds of Cross Lake, Soda Lake, Clear Lake, Ferry Lake, and Caddo Lake, extending from the Texas State line to or near the city of Shreveport, La., are claimed by the Department as the property of the United States, and to this end to cause to be examined the character of said lands, and make inquiry in regard to said lakes, with the view of determining whether the area covered by them was land conveyed, or intended to be conveyed, in the opinion of the Department, to the State of Louisiana, under the terms of the swamp land acts of 1849 and 1850. Resolved further, That the area embraced in the beds of said lakes be approxi- mately stated in acres for each lake; also what part, if any, of the beds of said lakes is embraced within the public surveys of the United States, and the extent of the area of said lakes not included in any public survey. Resolved further, That the Senate be informed whether or not the beds of said lakes, or any parts thereof, are claimed by the State of Louisiana, the Caddo Parish levee board, or by private parties; and if so, under color of what authority, claim, conveyance, or title; also whether any parts of the beds of said lakes have been entered upou, inclo:ed, or otherwise taken possession of. S. Doc. 4-1

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