INDIANA COAST SURVEY.
Mr. Wilson's (of Montgomery) bill [H. R. 359] relating to the operations of the United States Coast and Geodic survey in the State of Indiana was read the third time.
Mr. WILSON said: This is a very simple bill and I hope the House will vote for it. This is a bill similar to the one passed in thirteen States already. As you are all aware, Professor John L. Campbell is making a geodic survey of the State, and it is very difficult to establish stations and protect them without any law on the subject. This bill also provides for the mode of settling the amount of damages to be paid in the case of disagreement between the claimant and the office of survey in regard to the extent of the injury which may be unavoidably committed during the progress of the work.
The bill passed--yeas, 76; nays, 1.
