EXHIBIT Q Statement showing vacant land at date of definite location of the lands within the indemnity limits of the grant to the Northern Pacific Railway Co. under the resolution of May 31, 1870, and acts supplemental thereto Washington. Oregon. Less area within the "Tacoma overlap,' being granted to the company under the act of July 2, 1864 and not under the joint resolution of May 31, 1870. 1 Total of mineral losses, all vacant land in the mineral indemnity limit, in excess of same can not be used. EXHIBIT R . Statement showing vacant land December 31, 1921, of the lands within the indemnity limits of the grant to the Northern Pacific Railway Co. under the resolution of May 31, 1870, and acts supplemental thereto 1 Includes 80.34 acres, charged to company, as relinquished act July 1, 1898, thereafter available and selected by company. * Total mineral losses, 1,205.81 acres; available in primary limit and charged to company in this adjustment, 1,167.21 acres; balance, 38.60 acres; all available in the mineral indemnity limit in excess of that area can not be selected and is therefore eliminated. sections of the first and second indemnity limits selected by the company under lieu acts.. Net deficiency. STATEMENT OF NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY AS TO ITS LAND GRANTS To the members of the joint committee appointed pursuant to House Joint_Resolution No. 237, approved June 5, 1924, to inquire into the Northern Pacific land grants, Washington, D. C. GENTLEMEN: House Joint Resolution No. 237, approved June 5, 1924, is as follows: PUBLIC RESOLUTION, No. 24, SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS (H. J. Res. 237) Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to withhold his approval of the adjustment of the Northern Pacific land grants, and for other urposes is Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior hereby directed to withhold until March 4, 1926, his approval of the adjustment of the Northern Pacific land grants under the act of July 2, 1864, and the joint resolution of May 31, 1870, and he is also hereby directed to withhold the issuance of any further patents and muniments of title under the said act and the said resolution or any legislative enactments supplemental thereto or connected therewith, until after Congress shall have made a full and complete inquiry into the said land grants and the act supplemental thereto for the purpose of considering legislation to meet the respective rights of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and its successors and the United States in the premises: Provided, That this act shall not prevent the adjudication of any claims arising under the public land laws where the claimants are not seeking title through the grants to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, or its successors, or any acts in modification thereof, or supplemental thereto: Provided further, That the inhibition against the approval of said land grants and the issuance of patents and muniments of title thereunder shall unless further extended terminate on March 4, 1926, unless on said date said land grants and the proceedings thereunder are being adjudicated at the direction of Congress in the courts, in which event the approval of said land grants and the issuance of patents and muniments of title shall await the final adjudication thereof. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to advise Congress of the status of the said Northern Pacific land grants, recommending such action as he believes right and proper for the further adjustment thereof. SEC. 3. That a joint committee of both Houses of Congress is hereby created, to be composed of five Members of the Senate to be appointed by the President thereof and five Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of that body. Any vacancy occurring on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The said committee is hereby empowered and directed to make a thorough and complete investigation of the land grants of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and its successor, the Northern Pacific Railway Company, under the act of July 2, 1864 (Thirteenth Statutes, page 365), and the joint resolution of May 31, 1870 (Sixteenth Statutes, page 378), and any other acts of Congress supplemental thereto or connected therewith, and the facts and the law pertaining thereto and arising therefrom, and to report to Congress its conclusions and recommendations based thereon. Said committee or any subcommittee thereof is hereby empowered to sit and act during the session or recess of Congress or of either House thereof in the District of Columbia or elsewhere in the United States; to require by subpoena or otherwise the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, documents, and papers; to take the testimony of witnesses under oath; to obtain documents, papers, and other information from the several departments of the Government or any bureau thereof; to employ stenographers to take and to make a record of all evidence taken and received by the committee and to keep a record of its proceedings; to have such evidence, record, and other matter required by the committee printed and suitably bound; and to employ such assistance as may be deemed necessary. The chairman of the committee or any member thereof may administer oaths to witnesses. Subpoenas for witnesses shall be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or the chairman of any subcommittee thereof. And in case of disobedience to a subpoena this committee may invoke the aid of any court of the United States or of the District of Columbia within the jurisdiction of which any inquiry may be carried on by said committee in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents under the provisions of this resolution. And any |