Mr. Pomeroy asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in a bill (S. 392) to set apart certain tracts of land, being near the head-waters of the Yellowstone River, as a public park; which was read the first and second times, by unaniouse concent, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.

BILLS INTRODUCED.

     Mr. POMEROY. I ask leave to introduce a bill to set apart a certain tract of land lying near the headwaters of the Yellowstone as a public park. It has been ascertained within the last year or two that there are very valuable reservations at the headwaters of the Yellowstone, and it is thought they ought to be set apart for public purposes rather than to have private preemption or homestead claims attached to them. There are valuable hot springs, geysers. Professor Hayden has made a very elaborate report on the subject. This bill is to set apart that whole tract, about forty miles by fifty, as a public park, and put it under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, keep it from preemptions and homestead entries and from sale, and reserve it from any grants that may be made, to be disposed of hereafter as Congress may direct.

     By unanimous consent, leave was granted to introduce a bill (S. No. 392) to set apart a certain tract of land lying near the headwaters of the Yellowstone river as a public park; which was read twice by its title, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.