Procedure surrounding the passage of S. 680, which became "An Act to encourage the Growth of Timber on western Prairies" (17 Stat. 605), known as the Timber Culture Act, in the Third Session of the 42nd Congress.
Widely-scattered pages selected from a much longer document. These pages reflect the reading and passage of the bill (essentially without debate) by the House, the House's notification to the Senate of the bill's passage, the signing of the bill by the Speaker of the House and the Vice-President, and its signing by President Grant.