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Serial set 2395	Report of the Board on Fortifications or Other Defenses appointed by the President of the United States under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1885.	1
Serial set 2396	Plates to accompany the report of the board on fortifications for other defenses appointed by the President of the United States under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1885.	1
Serial set 2397	Cattle and dairy farming. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting to the Speaker of the House of Representatives reports from the consuls of the United States, on cattle and dairy farming and the markets for cattle, beef, and dairy products in their several districts. January 28, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 2398	Enlargement of Fort Douglas, Utah. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate for the enlargement of Fort Douglas, Utah. March 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Penalties, retail liquor dealers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and recommending amendments to the acts in relation to penalties for carrying on the business of retail liquor dealers, without the payment of tax. March 4, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Construction and arrangement of steam boilers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels recommending a modification of the provisions of Section 4435, Revised Statutes, concerning the construction and arrangement of steam boilers. February 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Employes [sic] in the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting list of officers, clerks, and other employes [sic] in that Department, with a statement of the amounts paid each during the year, and reporting that the services of none of them can be dispensed with. January 28, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department and ordered to be printed. Jurors and witnesses. Letter from the Attorney General, asking that an immediate appropriation be made to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for jurors and witnesses for the current fiscal year. February 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salaries, office of Surveyor General of Arizona. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with accompanying papers, a revised estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation for salaries, Office of Surveyor General of Arizona, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887. March 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Clerks and employes [sic] in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of clerks and other persons employed in the Navy Department, the time each has been employed, and the sums paid to each, for the year 1885, and stating that they are usefully employed, and their services are necessary to the dispatch of the public business. February 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed. Pay for work on Capitol terraces. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of Interior, asking that the unexpended balance of appropriation for improving the Capitol grounds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885, be reappropriated for the current fiscal year, and that authority be given to pay the claim of Middleton, Lane & Co. for work on Capitol terraces. March 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Testing-machine, Watertown Arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of an appropriation for testing-machine, Watertown Arsenal, for fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, submitted by the Secretary of War in lieu of former estimate. Questions arising under the Tariff Act of 1883. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to resolutions of the House calling for information upon question arising under the Tariff Act of 1883. February 10, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Emoluments of officers of Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the emoluments of officers of Customs for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885. February 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. United States penitentiary at Boise City, Idaho. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with inclosures, a letter from the Attorney General, recommending an appropriation of $25,000 to enlarge and improve the United States penitentiary at Boise City, Idaho. February 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lands in severalty to Crow Indians, Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation of $2,000 for completing the allotment of lands in severalty to the Crow Indians in Montana. February 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contracts between Southern Pacific Railroad and other companies. Message from the President of the United States relating to House resolution of January 27, 1886, requesting the Secretary of the Interior to furnish certain information. February 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroads and ordered to be printed. Saint Mary's Falls Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers, recommending that improvements be made in the lockage of Saint Mary's Falls Canal. February 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. South Pass, Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from the Chief of Engineers and recommending legislation to enforce regulations concerning the passage of vessels through the South Pass, Mississippi River. February 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Funds of the Miami Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by a draft of a bill authorizing the use of certain funds belonging to the Miami Indians in the Indian Territory. February 4, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Attorney General, with inclosure, relative to the account of John F. Cadwallader for writing back records of United States district court for the Southern District of Illinois. February 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Labor. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for salaries and expenses in the Bureau of Labor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887. February 10, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sinking fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing a statement of the total amount applied to the sinking fund between June 30, 1884, and July 1, 1885, in conformity with resolution of Congress. February 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Licensing watchmen on steam vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels, looking to a new regulation of the laws governing steam vessels. February 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Silver balances and circulation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the resolutions of the House respecting silver balances and circulation. February 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Carriage of passengers by sea. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an amendment to the Bill (H.R. 5286) supplementary to an act entitled "An Act To Regulate the Carriage of Passengers by Sea," February 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. List of claims allowed by accounting officers of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting schedules of claims allowed by the accounting officers, appropriations for which have been exhausted, or carried to the surplus fund. February 12, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Eight-hour law, Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information as to whether the eight-hour law is being enforced by the Post Office Department in respect to letter carriers. February 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Labor and ordered to be printed. Claim of Caeser Gandolfo. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Commissioner of Customs recommending an appropriation to pay judgment recovered by Caesar Gandolfo for refund of proceeds of a Customs forfeiture. February 16, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenditures of the contingent fund, military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund of the military establishment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886. February 17, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Survey connecting Saugatuck River with Long Island Sound. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers inclosing reports of examination and survey with a view of connecting Saugatuck River with Long Island Sound. February 17, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Receipt and distribution of public documents. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a report of the receipt and distribution of public documents on behalf of the government by the Department of the Interior. February 17, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Surveys of South Pass, Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers from the Chief of Engineers, and asking an appropriation for continuing examinations and surveys at South Pass, Mississippi River. February 17, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Census of the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation for taking a census of Indians in the United States. February 18, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sale of Fort Brady, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers in relation to Senate Bill 753, for the sale of Fort Brady, Michigan. February 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Pascagoula River, Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, with reports from Maj. A.N. Damrell, of a survey and examination of Pascagoula River, Mississippi. February 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Education of feeble-minded children, District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates from the Secretary of the Interior of appropriations for the education of the feeble-minded children of the District of Columbia for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1885, and June 30, 1886. February 19, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed Examination of Wacissa River, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from Maj. A.N. Damrell, Corps of Engineers, of an examination of Wacissa River, Florida. February 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Repair of Adobe Palace, Santa Fe. -- Salary of Secretary, New Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with accompanying papers, a letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to an appropriation for repairs at the Adobe Palace, Santa Fe, N. Mex., and to an increase of the salary of the Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico. March 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The Chinese question. Message from the President of the United States relative to Chinese treaty stipulation. March 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Salary of Deputy Comptroller of the Currency. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Comptroller of the Currency relative to the inadequacy of the salary of the Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, and recommending that it be increased. March 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Seventeenth annual report of the Board of Indian Commissioners, the year 1885. Artillery School, Fortress Monroe. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence with officers of the Artillery School at Fortress Monroe, and recommending an appropriation for "extra-duty pay" to enlisted men employed at that school. March 4, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Circulation of standard silver dollars. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information concerning circulation of standard silver dollars, and the policy to be pursued as to payment of silver. March 2, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Balances due from and to the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to a resolution of the House calling for "a report of all balances due to and from the United States" as shown by the books of the offices of the Register and Sixth Auditor of the Treasury. March 2, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Pay of railway postal clerks. Letter from the Postmaster General, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information concerning the application of the sum appropriated for the current fiscal year to pay $1,200 and $1,400 salaries to railway postal clerks of classes 4 and 5. March 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Officers on retired list of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, a list of the officers on the retired list of the Navy, February 24, 1886, with a statement showing the relative rank of each officer, date of his retirement, annual pay, and reasons for retirement. March 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Repairs of public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communication from the Supervising Architect, and recommending special appropriations for alteration and repairs of certain public buildings. March 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Hennepin Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers of additional surveys, by Maj. Thomas H. Handbury, of routes for Hannepin Canal. March 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Santee River, South Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a request of the River and Harbor Committee, letters from the Chief of Engineers in regard to the improvement of Santee River, South Carolina. March 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Norfolk Navy-yard. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting certain papers in response to resolution of the House calling for information in reference to the Norfolk Navy-yard. March 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Light artillery batteries. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from Capt. E.R. Warner, Third Artillery, recommending that the present defective organization of light artillery batteries be remedied. March 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Galveston Harbor, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with accompanying maps, a report from the Chief of Engineers upon the improvement of the entrance to Galveston Harbor. February 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Arkansas River from Fort Gibson to Wichita, Kans. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers of an examination and survey by Capt. H.S. Taber, Corps of Engineers, of Arkansas River from Fort Gibson to Wichita, Kans. February 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Estimate for increased appropriation for San Francisco Mint. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Director of the Mint, recommending an increase in the estimate of an appropriation for workmen from $150,000 to $170,000 for the next fiscal year. February 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Funds seized at New Orleans during the late Civil War. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, a statement of moneys and funds seized by Generals B.F. Butler and N.P. Banks at New Orleans during the late Civil War, and of the disposition thereof, as shown by the records of the Treasury Department. March 2, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. United States public store, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing a letter from the appraiser, port of New York, relative to the necessity of increased accommodations for the United States public store at that port. March 2, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Printing, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury asking an increase in the appropriation for printing for the use of the Treasury Department for the current fiscal year. March 2, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse at Gray's Harbor, Washington Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Lighthouse Board asking an additional appropriation for a light at the entrance of Gray's Harbor, Washington Territory. February 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. March 2, 1886. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public schools, District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the service of the public schools in the district. February 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Printing and binding, Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of State of an appropriation for printing and binding for the Department of State for the current fiscal year. February 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Clerical force, Indian Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an amended estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation for clerical force, Indian Office, for the next fiscal year. February 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Repair of water-tank at Freedmen's Hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation to repair water-tank at Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C. February 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Change in the wording in the estimate for support of the Signal Service. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief Signal Officer, recommending a change in the wording of the estimate for the support of the Signal Service for the next fiscal year. February 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Removal of lighthouse at Humboldt Harbor, California. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Lighthouse Board, recommending appropriation for removal of lighthouse at the entrance of Humboldt Harbor, California, and for the purchase of a new site. February 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Additional estimates of appropriations for the service of the Quartermaster's Department, United States Army. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates from the Secretary of War of appropriations for the service of the Quartermaster's Department, United States Army. February 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Completion of pension building. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation for the completion and decoration of the Pension Office. February 24, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. March 2, 1886. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salaries, Office of Register. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, referring to estimates of appropriations for "salaries, Office of Register," and submitting additional estimates of appropriations for that office. February 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. March 2, 1886. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	65
Serial set 2399	Substitute employes [sic], State Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th instant, relative to the employment of substitutes. April 2, 1886. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling upon the Secretary of State for correspondence relating to the claims of certain governments. March 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Department substitutes. Letter from the Postmaster General, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information as to the employment of substitutes in the several departments. March 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting to Congress correspondence relating to the revision of the tariff, being additional to Senate executive document No. 72, 1st session, 49th Congress (Treasury Department document No. 781). March 25, 1886. Public building, Hannibal, Mo. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Supervising Architect in regard to increasing the limit of cost of the public building, Hannibal, Mo. March 30, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Portrait of Vice President Hendricks. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of an additional appropriation for copies of portraits of the late Vice President Hendricks. March 30, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Franchise of the Green and Barren River Navigation Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report from the Acting Chief of Engineers in response to a resolution relative to the proposed purchase of the franchise of the Green and Barren River Navigation Company by the United States. March 30, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Board of Pension Appeals, salaries. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending that the salaries of members of the Board of Pension Appeals be increased. March 31, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Enlargement of penitentiary, Wyoming Territory. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Acting General, recommending an appropriation for the enlargement and repair of the penitentiary in Wyoming Territory. April 1, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Light on Governor's Island, New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Lighthouse Board, asking an appropriation of $100 for establishing a light at Governor's Island, New York. April 2, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Claim of Hon. James Crooks, a British subject. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State in relation to the claim of the late Hon. James Crooks, a British subject, for the seizure of the schooner Lord Nelson, in 1812. April 2, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Direct-tax apportionment -- statement of account between the United States and states and territories. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, a statement of account showing the apportionment of the direct tax, under act of August 5, 1861, among, and assessments upon and collections from, the respective states and territories; also showing claims and set-offs applied on such tax, with other information respecting said account. April 1, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Substitute employes [sic]. Letter from the Attorney General, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information in regard to the employment of substitutes in the several departments. April 1, 1886. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Appropriation to pay increased widow's pensions. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Interior Department of an appropriation to pay additional pensions allowed under the act approved March 19, 1886. April 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Substitute employes [sic]. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information respecting the employment of substitutes in the several departments. April 1, 1886. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Increase of salary and number of pension medical examiners. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to an increase of number and salaries of medical examiners in the Pension Office. April 6, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Silver dollars, subtreasury, Boston. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, stating, in response to a resolution of the House, that the payment of silver dollars is not refused at the subtreasury at Boston. April 6, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed. Substitute employes [sic], War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information relative to the employment of substitutes in the several departments, and inclosing a circular order of the Secretary of War, dated July 2, 1883, prohibiting such employment in that Department. April 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Mutilated United States securities. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing draft, and recommending the passage of a bill authorizing the cancellation and destruction of securities of the United States mutilated in process of printing or remaining in excess of amount required for issue. April 8, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Mercantile marines of foreign countries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State in relation to the mercantile marines of France, Germany, Great Britain, and Italy. April 10, 1886. -- Referred to the Select Committee on American Ship-building and Ship-owning Interests and ordered to be printed. Stamp tax penalties. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with draft of a bill to amend Section 12, act of March 1, 1879, and recommending its passage. March 30, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Substitute employes [sic], Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information in regard to the employment of substitutes in the several departments, and transmitting a list of substitutes employed in the Treasury Department, showing their respective home post offices, and the compensation received by each; also, the names and salaries of the regular employes [sic] whose places are so filled. April 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Substitute employes [sic], Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, stating, in response to a resolution of the House, that no substitutes are employed in that Department. April 8, 1886. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Additional watchmen, Treasury building, Philadelphia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting correspondence recommending that provision be made for four additional watchmen at the silver vaults in the new post office building, Philadelphia. April 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Permanent improvement of the building of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and recommending that a part of the unexpended balances of the appropriation for that Bureau for the current fiscal year be applied to the permanent improvement of the building occupied by the Bureau. April 10, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Building for Artillery School and officers, Fortress Monroe. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter from the commanding officer of the Artillery School at Fort Monroe, and urgently recommending an appropriation to construct a fire-proof building for the use of the Artillery School and of the officers at that post. April 10, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Observation and report of storms. -- Additional appropriation asked. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional estimate from the Secretary of War of an appropriation for the Signal Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887. March 11, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. C.C. Andrews. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Secretary of State, and recommending an appropriation to reimburse C.C. Andrews, late consul at Rio de Janeiro, for extra clerk hire. March 12, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. United States Military Academy, West Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates, from the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, of appropriations for the support of the academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887. March 11, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Commissions of collectors of Internal Revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue, recommending the repeal of the provision of Section 3314, Revised Statutes, allowing commissions of collections to collectors of Internal Revenue. March 12, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Salaries of mint examiners. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Director of the Mint, and asking that the salaries of the examiner of mints and the computer of bullion be increased to $2,500 per annum. March 16, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Indian depredation claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the provisions of the Indian appropriation act of March 3, 1885, lists of Indian depredation claims filed in the Indian Bureau, and remaining unpaid. March 16, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Balances due to and from the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, reports of balances due to and from the United States, from 1789 to June 30, 1885, as shown by the books of the War Department. March 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice, and ordered to be printed. Mileage of western Army officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from Major Larned and others relative to the insufficiency of mileage allowed officers traveling under orders west of the ninety-fifth meridian. March 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sea-wall, Boston Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers in regard to the damage by storms to sea-wall in Boston Harbor. March 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Private land surveys, New Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation for surveying private land claims in New Mexico, in lieu of the estimate heretofore submitted. March 24, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse, Grand Island, Mississippi. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Lighthouse Board, of an appropriation for a lighthouse on Grand Island in lieu of one on Saint Joseph's Island, Mississippi. March 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Expenditures ordnance shop, Washington Navy-yard. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, a statement showing certain expenditures in ordnance shop of the Washington Navy-yard, from March 1, 1882, to February 28, 1886. March 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed. Cape Orford light-station, Oregon. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Lighthouse Board amendatory of the former estimate for the next fiscal year for Cape Orford light-station, Oregon. March 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public parks, District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, with a draft of a bill to regulate the use of public parks in the District of Columbia, and recommending its passage. March 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, in regard to suits against collectors of Customs pending in the Southern District of New York, with accompanying correspondence. Regulating immigration. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting a draft of a bill to regulate immigration and recommending its passage. March 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Storage of silver dollars. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of an appropriation to be immediately available for storage and transportation of silver dollars. March 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Third annual report of the United States Civil Service Commission. January 16, 1885, to January 16, 1886. March 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Special Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Fire-proof building for public records. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Supervising Architect recommending an appropriation to construct a fire-proof building for safe keeping of records of the legislative, executive, and judicial departments. March 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Legislative expenses, Montana Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation for legislative expenses of Montana Territory for the present fiscal year. March 12, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Encroachments of Missouri River upon Fort Leavenworth military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports and maps showing encroachments of the Missouri River upon the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. March 11, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. March 12, 1886. -- Committee on Military Affairs discharged, and referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Accounts of Richard Joseph. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a list of suspensions made by the late First Comptroller in the accounts of Richard Joseph, disbursing clerk of the Interior Department, and recommending legislation conferring authority to pass to the account of said clerk the amounts suspended. March 17, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Oregon Military Wagon Road. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information in relation to lands patented to the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road Company, the Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain, and The Dalles Military Wagon Road Company. March 18, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Heating apparatus for public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Supervising Architect, recommending an appropriation for heating apparatus in certain public buildings. March 18, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Enlargement of public building, Brooklyn, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Supervising Architect, recommending the extension of limit of cost of the public building at Brooklyn, N.Y., and the purchase of additional land adjoining the site. March 18, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Fort Porter, Buffalo, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate for rebuilding Fort Porter, Buffalo, N.Y. March 18, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. West Point Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Superintendent of the Military Academy in regard to the omission, from House Bill 5886, of certain appropriations recommended. March 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.	53
Serial set 2400	Report of the cruise of the revenue marine steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the year 1885, by Capt. M.A. Healy, U.S.R.M., commander.	1
Serial set 2401	Contingent fund, Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, asking authority to apply a certain unexpended balance of appropriation "for fuel, &c.," to supply deficiency in appropriation for "contingent expenses, Treasury Department, gas, &c.," current fiscal year. May 14, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Repairs, New Orleans mint building and custom house, Buffalo, N.Y. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with inclosure from the Supervising Architect relative to cost of repairs of the mint building, New Orleans, La., and of the old portion of custom house, Buffalo, N.Y. May 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. French spoliation claims. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, accompanied by a report of Mr. Somerville P. Tuck, relating to the ascertainment of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to July 31, 1801. April 27, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Range-lights, Grosse Isle, Michigan. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting a recommendation from the Lighthouse Board for an appropriation to establish range-lights at Grosse Isle, Detroit River, Michigan. June 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Transportation of minor coin. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation of $5,000 for "transportation of minor coin." May 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Minor nickel and copper coin. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, recommending that Section 3529, Revised Statutes, be so amended as to authorize the reissue from the mint at Philadelphia of redeemed minor nickel and copper coin. April 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Items covered by estimates for the Signal service. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement from the Chief Signal Officer showing the items covered by the estimates for the Signal service for the next fiscal year. April 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claim of Thomas Simons, counsel fees. April 14, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Assistant Paymaster Francis J. Painter. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of proceedings in that department relative to the retirement from active service of Passed Assistant Paymaster Francis J. Painter. April 16, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Weather map of the Signal Bureau. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with inclosures, a letter from the Chief Signal Officer concerning the claim of the American Graphic Company for publishing the weather map of the Signal Bureau, and recommending its payment. April 17, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Transfer of appropriation, pay of Army, &c. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Secretary of War, with inclosure, asking that the sum of $200,000 of the appropriation for "pay, &c., of the Army" for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885, be transferred to the same appropriation for the current fiscal year. April 24, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Seamen at Liverpool. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of State of an appropriation for expense of shipping and discharging seamen at Liverpool for the current fiscal year. April 24, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Building repairs, Department of Justice. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Solicitor General of an appropriation for fitting up a portion of the building occupied by the Department of Justice. April 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Commissions of Internal Revenue collectors. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, urging the immediate passage of a bill to amend Section 3314, Revised Statutes, repealing commissions to collectors of Internal Revenue. April 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Santo Tomas de Yturbide Colony claim. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the late Surveyor General of New Mexico upon the private land claim of Santo Tomas de Yturbide, No. 139, New Mexico; also report of the present Surveyor General upon the same. April 27, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Secretary of the Navy, with inclosure, asking an appropriation to supply deficiency in appropriation for contingent, Bureau of Ordnance, for the current fiscal year. April 27, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Paul Bonaveris. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, submitting an estimate of an appropriation to pay judgment in the case of Paul Bonaveris against the District of Columbia. April 27, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Assistant custodians and janitors. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an amended estimate of appropriation for pay of assistant custodians and janitors to supply deficiency in the appropriation for the current fiscal year. April 27, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Cable at Block Island Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from the Chief Signal Officer in regard to submarine cable at Block Island Bay. April 27, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Leavenworth Military Prison appropriations. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting letter from the Adjutant General, and recommending that authority be given to use the surplus appropriation for Leavenworth Military Prison for the current fiscal year to make up deficiencies in other items. April 27, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claims allowed by accounting officers of the Treasury. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the House, a list of claims allowed by the accounting officers on [i.e., of] the Treasury for which appropriations have not been made, with reports on War and Navy and Post Office Department claims, by the Second Comptroller and Sixth Auditor, respectively. April 27, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Light-station, Two Harbors, Minn. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate from the Lighthouse Board for a light-station at Two Harbors, Minn. April 29, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Provisions, Marine Corps. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional estimate from the Secretary of the Navy of an appropriation for provisions, Marine Corps, for the next fiscal year. April 29, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Imported bituminous coal. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives requesting a report of the effect and operation of the provision of law under which a drawback is allowed on imported bituminous coal used for fuel on steam vessels. April 28, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. United States commissioners. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Attorney General inclosing an additional estimate by the First Comptroller for fees of commissioners [of] United States courts for the current fiscal year. April 29, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public building, Wichita, Kans. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Supervising Architect of the Treasury relative to the proposed increase of limit of cost of the public building at Wichita, Kans. May 1, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Land Grants, New Mexico. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, inclosing communication from the Surveyor General of New Mexico, relative to legislation for the adjustment of private land claims in that territory. May 1, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Commercial and industrial congress, Bordeaux, France. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a dispatch from the American minister at Paris, inclosing letter from the President of the Philomathical Society of Bordeaux, relative to the congress for the discussion of technical, commercial, and industrial education to be held at Bordeaux; also transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Labor, recommending that the United States be represented in said congress. April 30, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting copies of correspondence relating to the claim of the French Compagnie General Transatlantique growing out of alleged illegal collection of tonnage tax. April 30, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Repairs of public and marine hospital buildings. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Supervising Architect urging the immediate appropriation of $10,000 for repairs and preservation of marine hospital, also referring to estimate heretofore submitted for repairs and preservation of public buildings for the current fiscal year. May 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Legation, Tokio, Japan. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State asking an appropriation to pay annual rental of the legation premises at Tokio, Japan, for the year ending March 15, 1887. May 4, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Claims and suits against the United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Assistant Attorney General asking an increase in the appropriation for "defending suits in claims against the United States" for the next fiscal year. May 4, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War for the purchase of additional ground at Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor. May 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the sanitary condition of the United States Treasury Building. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with accompanying reports, a letter from the chief of that Department and submitting an estimate of an appropriation to place the building of the Department in proper sanitary condition. May 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation for the protection and improvement of Hot Springs, Arkansas, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887. May 4, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public grounds and signal service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate from the Secretary of War for "Contingent Expenses War Department," "Improvement and Care of Public Grounds," and for the "Signal Service." May 4, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Armament of the new steel cruisers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with inclosure, an estimate from the Secretary of the Navy of an appropriation to supply deficiency for the armament of the new steel cruisers. May 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Barge office building, New York City. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Supervising Architect, recommending a special appropriation for repairs and alterations of barge office, New York City. May 6, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Mescalero Indian Reservation. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting draft of a bill providing for the payment of improvements made by settlers on the lands of the Mescalero Indian Reservation, in the Territory of New Mexico. May 6, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Portraits of ex-attorney general. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with inclosures, a letter from the Attorney General, asking that authority be given for the allowance by the accounting officers of the Treasury of certain vouchers for portraits of ex-attorneys general. May 11, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Supplemental list of claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, supplemental lists of claims allowed under appropriations which are exhausted or the balances carried to the surplus fund. May 8, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses, Department of Justice. Letter from the Attorney General, asking that in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill provision be made to determine definitely whether discretion rests with the Attorney General, in the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Department of Justice, to decide what articles are necessary for the use of that Department. May 8, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. French spoliation claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting from the Secretary of State an estimate for an additional appropriation for procuring evidence relating to French spoliation claims. June 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Eleanor C. Bangham. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without his approval, House Bill No. 1582, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Eleanor C. Bangham." May 28, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Furniture, governor's office, Utah. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of Utah for the purchase of furniture for the office of the governor. June 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Additional floor, new Pension Building. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with inclosures, an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for construction of an additional floor in the new Pension Building. June 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Rebecca Eldridge. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without his approval, House Bill No. 2145, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Rebecca Eldridge. May 28, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Claim of George K. Shearman. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Third Auditor, in relation to the claim of George K. Shearman, of Harrison County, Indiana, and recommending an amendatory act to the act approved May 17, 1886, providing for the payment of said claim. June 8, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on War and ordered to be printed. United States Mint, Carson City, Nev. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Director of the Mint in relation to an appropriation for the United States Mint at Carson City, Nev. June 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Navajo Indian reservation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for sinking artesian wells and constructing irrigating dams and reservoirs on the Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. June 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Army transportation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of appropriation to pay claims of Central Pacific Railroad for the fiscal years 1887 and 1886 and prior years. June 12, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. United States Mint, Philadelphia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with inclosures, an estimate from the Director of the Mint for an appropriation for changing the boiler plant for the United States Mint at Philadelphia, Pa. June 15, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Signal service appropriation. Letter from the Secretary of War, with accompanying papers, relative to the omission from the Army appropriation bill of the appropriation for the Signal Service for the next fiscal year. May 28, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Weil and La Abra Silver Mining Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State concerning the claims of Benjamin Weil and La Abra Silver Mining Company against Mexico, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives of May 13, 1886. June 16, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Construction of steel cruisers. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to the resolution of the House calling for information concerning progress made in the construction of steel cruisers. April 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fees of witnesses, United States courts. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communication from the Attorney General, and submitting an estimate of an appropriation for fees of witnesses, United States courts, for the current fiscal year. Fees of jurors, United States courts. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional estimate from the Department of Justice for "fees of jurors, United States courts," for the current fiscal year. April 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Foreign petroleum tax and leaf-tobacco exports. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, relating to the taxation of petroleum by foreign countries and the exportation of leaf tobacco to the United States, accompanied by correspondence relating thereto. April 15, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Force and salaries, sub-Treasury, New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury transmitting estimates of force and salaries of Office of Assistant Treasurer at New York, in lieu of estimates heretofore submitted for the next fiscal year. April 15, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimates for the purchase of land and erection of buildings at Fort Leavenworth and other points. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate from the Secretary of War of appropriations for buildings at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, purchase of land opposite, and building quarters near, Jeffersonville Depot, Indiana, and purchase of land at Neptune Island, New York. April 15, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Restrictions on American pork. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives of April 8, 1886, relating to the restrictions on the importation of American pork. March 15, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Additional Surgeon General, Marine Hospital Service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, recommending that provision be made for an additional Surgeon General of Marine Hospital Service. April 21, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Manufacture of milk sugar. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State, together with a series of reports from consular officers of the United States in Switzerland, relative to the manufacture of milk sugar in that country. April 21, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Denver and New Orleans Railroad. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, a letter from the Commissioner of Railroads inclosing copies of correspondence and documents relating to discriminations against the Denver and New Orleans Railroad by other land-grant railroads. April 21, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroads and ordered to be printed. Census division, Department of the Interior. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Acting Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation for the force in the Census division of that Department for the current fiscal year. April 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Improvements of Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting report of judgments against the United States for flowage damages caused by improvements on the Fox and Wisconsin rivers in Wisconsin. April 30, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. East wing Interior Department building. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Acting Secretary of the Interior for the reconstruction of the east wing of the Interior Department building, with diagrams of the proposed plan of improvement. May 11, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. District of Columbia public school buildings. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an additional estimate by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for buildings for public schools for the current fiscal year. May 8, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Olcott Harbor, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, submitting an additional estimate for repairs of works at Olcott Harbor, New York, rendered necessary by damage caused by recent storms. May 8, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Abigail Smith. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without his approval, House Bill No. 3019, entitled "An Act To Increase the Pension of Abigail Smith." May 8, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Public printing and binding. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Public Printer, submitting an estimate and requesting an appropriation to supply deficiency for public printing and binding for the current fiscal year. May 8, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Andrew [i.e., Alfred] J. Hill. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without his approval, House Bill No. 1471, entitled "An Act Increasing the Pension of Andrew [i.e., Alfred] J. Hill." May 8, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Indian agent, Mackinac. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of additional compensation to the Indian agent at the Mackinac Agency, Michigan, for the next fiscal year. May 12, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. Message from the President of the United States, relating to the acceptance and inauguration of the colossal statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. May 12, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Title to old post office property, New York City. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of claim of Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York for expenses in perfecting the title to the old post office property in New York and on account of certain liens thereon, and recommending payment. May 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments against the United States in the Court of Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of claims rendered against the United States in the Court of Claims, and recommending an appropriation for their payment. May 12, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public building, Rochester, N.Y. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Supervising Architect asking an appropriation of $100,000 to continue work on the public building at Rochester, N.Y. May 13, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Customs districts and ports of entry. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution calling for information in regard to Customhouses or ports of entry at which the expense to the government exceeds the revenue collected, and submitting a draft of a bill to fix salaries of collectors and officers of Customs, and to consolidate Customs districts. May 14, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Assistant collector, port of New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of appropriation for one assistant collector, District of New York. May 18, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fouling of the dredge boat Sampson, by the U.S.S. Despatch. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury submitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Navy of an appropriation to pay W.H. Beard for damages to dredge boat Sampson caused by fouling of the U.S.S. Despatch. May 19, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Carpenter for Navy Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Navy for salary of carpenter at the Navy Department. May 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Stationery accounts of postmasters. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of amounts disallowed postmasters for stationery for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1883, on account of inadequate appropriation, and recommending legislation authorizing their allowance. May 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Discontinuance of Customs districts. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, referring to his letter of the 12th instant in reply to resolution in regard to Customs districts, and recommending the discontinuance of additional districts. May 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Fees of witnesses and jurors. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the First Comptroller of the Treasury relative to the resolution for an appropriation to pay fees of witnesses and jurors for 1883 and prior years, reported on May 20 adversely by the Committee on Appropriations. May 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Draughtsmen, Bureau of Steam Engineering. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional estimate from the Secretary of the Navy for three draughtsmen in the Bureau of Steam Engineering for the next fiscal year. May 21, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railway. Message from the President of the United States, returning, at the request of the House of Representatives, House Bill No. 6391, entitled "An Act To Authorize the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railway Company to Construct and Operate a Railway through the Indian Territory, and for Other Purposes." June 2, 1886. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with inclosures, an estimate from the Secretary of State of expense of inaugurating the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. May 29, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Armament of fortifications. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, recommending that $50,000 of the amount appropriated by act of March 3, 1883, for armament of fortifications, 1884, be reappropriated and made available for construction of guns. June 4, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Steam oyster-boat J.P. Thomas. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting correspondence, and recommending an item in the deficiency bill refunding to Thomas Thomas, master of the steam oyster-boat J.P. Thomas, the remitted portion of a fine. June 4, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Additional clerk in the disbursing office of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the disbursing clerk of that Department, recommending that provision be made in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill for an additional clerk in his office for the next fiscal year. June 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Taxation of petroleum and export of leaf tobacco. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting further report of the Secretary of State, with correspondence and dispatches between the Secretary of State and the minister of the United States at The Hague, relating to taxation on petroleum in Holland and in the Dutch colonies, and the export there from of leaf tobacco. June 2, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Simmons W. Harden. Message from the President of the United States returning, without his approval, House Bill No. 1406, entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to Simmons W. Harden." May 28, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Salaries charges d'affaires and interim. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Secretary of State, recommending an urgent appropriation of $8,100 to supply deficiency in appropriation for salaries of charges d'affaires ad interim for the current fiscal year. June 8, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Trust funds, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a communication from the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury in response to a resolution of the House calling for information concerning trust funds and unexpended balances in the custody of the several heads of departments. June 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Fish-ways, Great Falls. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, inclosing report from Major Lydecker, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information relative to the erection of fish-ways at the Great Falls of the Potomac. June 15, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Unpaid judgments against the United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of unpaid judgments against the United States by the Court of Claims, and recommending an appropriation for their payment. June 16, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Secretary of Arizona Territory. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the late Secretary of Arizona Territory, and recommending an appropriation to pay him certain items disallowed in his accounts. June 17, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Transportation of mails over non-subsidized railroads. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates from the Postmaster General of appropriations for transportation of mails over non subsidized railroads controlled by the Central Pacific Railroad for part of the current fiscal year and prior years. June 21, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Navy-yard, Mare Island, California. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Navy of appropriations for officers' cottages and repair of barracks, &c., at Navy yard, Mare Island, California. June 18, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. American shipping interests. Message from the President of the United States, relating to supplemental legislation in connection with the approval of House Bill No. 4838, entitled "An Act to Abolish Certain Fees for Official Services to American Vessels, and to Amend the Laws Relating to Shipping Commissioners, Seamen, and Owners of Vessels, and for Other Purposes," and requesting that it receive the immediate attention of Congress. June 19, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on American Ship-building and Ship-owning Interests and ordered to be printed. Repairs of lighthouses. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Lighthouse Board submitting an amendment to the annual appropriation for repairs of lighthouses. June 11, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. War Department library. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence and recommending legislation in the sundry civil appropriation bill excepting the War Department library from the restrictions now imposed. June 10, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Unexpended balances, Department of Justice. Letter from the Attorney General, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information as to trust funds and unexpended balances in the custody of the several heads of departments. June 11, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Trust funds, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to resolution of the House of Representatives calling for a schedule of trust funds, &c., in his hands. June 18, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Alien consular officers' salaries. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate from the Secretary of State for salaries of consular officers not citizens of the United States for the current fiscal year. May 18, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Cree Indians, Montana. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Acting Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation for the relief of certain renegade British Cree Indians in Montana, and to prevent their starvation. May 10, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed	106
Serial set 2402	Commercial relations of the United States with foreign countries during the years 1884 and 1885.	1
Serial set 2403	The American schooner Ounalaska. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying copies of papers relative to the case of the American schooner Ounalaska, which was condemned by the government of Salvador for having been employed in aid of an insurrection against that republic. June 29, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. James Carroll. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 4642, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Abner Morehead. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 3304, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Lewis W. Scanland. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 3043, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. James T. Irwin. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 3640, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Oleomargarine. Message from the President of the United States, approving House Bill No. 8328, entitled "An Act Defining Butter, also Imposing a Tax upon and Regulating the Manufacture, Sale, Importation, and Exportation of Oleomargarine." August 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Imprisonment of A.K. Cutting in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting certain correspondence and documents relating to the arrest and imprisonment at Paso del Norte, by Mexican authorities, of A.K. Cutting, a citizen of the United States. August 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Public building at Clarksburg, W. Va. Message from the President of the United States, approving House Bill No. 4335, calling attention to the existence of an excess of appropriation over the limit, and suggesting that it be returned to the Treasury. August 2, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Duncan Forbes. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 8336, with his objections thereto. August 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Balances due to and from the United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances due to and from the government of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, passed on the 27th instant. July 30, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Trust funds, State Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State in relation to trust funds. July 30, 1886. -- Committed to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Julio Santos. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to the House resolution, a report from the Secretary of State, and papers relating to the imprisonment and subsequent release of Julio Santos in Ecuador. July 28, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. July 30, 1886. -- Ordered to be printed. Jennette Dow. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 3363, with his objections thereto. August 2, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Public building at Springfield, Mo. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 1391, with his objections thereto. July 31, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Rachel Barnes. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 9106, with his objections thereto. August 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. George W. Cutler. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 3551, with his objections thereto. August 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Susan Hawes. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7234, with his objections thereto. August 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Abraham Points. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 8556, with his objections thereto. August 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883. Elizabeth Luce. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill No. 5997, entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to Elizabeth Luce." June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. National Museum. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Director of the National Museum for the "preservation of collections," current fiscal year. June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. John Taylor. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill No. 3826, entitled "An Act for the Relief of John Taylor." June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. John W. Farris. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill No. 6136, entitled "An Act Granting an Increase of Pension to John W. Farris." June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Joel D. Monroe. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval, House Bill No. 4058, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Joel D. Monroe." June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Carter W. Tiller. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill No. 4002, entitled "An Act To Grant a Pension to Carter W. Tiller." June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Henry Hipple, Jr. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill No. 6897, entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to Henry Hipple, Jr." June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Fred. J. Leese. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill No. 3624, entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to Fred. J. Leese." June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Fort Niagara, New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of an appropriation for the protection of the site of Fort Niagara, New York. June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Elijah P. Hensley. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill No. 1707, entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to Elijah P. Hensley." June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Supplemental list of claims allowed by accounting officers of the Treasury. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a supplemental list of claims allowed by the several accounting officers of the Treasury under appropriations the balances of which are exhausted or carried to the surplus fund. June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Trust funds and unexpended balances. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, with accompanying schedules, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information concerning trust funds and unexpended balances in the custody of the several departments. June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Philip Arner. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6266, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Anna A. Probert. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7703, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Mary A. Van Etten. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6170, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men, Signal Corps. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a memorial from enlisted men in the Signal Corps, and recommending that the provisions of the sundry civil appropriation bill for commutation for rations, quarters, and fuel to enlisted men in the Signal Corps be amended. June 24, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Round Valley Indian Agency, California. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of deficiency in the appropriation for incidental expenses of Indian service in California, current fiscal year. June 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Andrew J. Wilson. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7108 with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Maria Hunter. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7167, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Hezekiah Tillman. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7614, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Samuel Miller. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7401, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Charles Schuler. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7298, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Mary S. Woodson. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7073, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. David T. Elderkin. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 5995, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Jackson Steward. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7979, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Clark Boon. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7931, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Louisa C. Beezeley. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 576, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. James D. Cotton. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6117, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Improvement of grounds, Agricultural Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate by the Commissioner of Agriculture of a deficiency appropriation to pay Joseph Paul for paving grounds of the Department of Agriculture. June 26, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Robert H. Stapleton. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 4797, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. H.L. Kyler. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 1818, with his objections thereto. July 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. William H. Nevil. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 3623, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Francis Deming. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 2971, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Mary Karstetter. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 2043, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Public building at Duluth, Minn. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 5550, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Edward M. Harrington. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6648, with his objections thereto. July 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Margaret A. Jacoby. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 5021, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Fannie E. Evans. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 4426, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Sallie Ann Bradley. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 5394, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Aretus F. Loomis. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7018, with his objections thereto. July 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Roxana V. Rowley. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 5306, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Elizabeth McKay. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 4782, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Maria Cunningham. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 5414, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Catherine McCarty. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 5603, with his objections thereto. July 7, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. William Dermody. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 1505, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Heating apparatus, etc., for public buildings. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Supervising Architect recommending appropriations for approaches to and heating apparatus in certain public buildings. July 12, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Daniel H. Ross. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 524, with his objections thereto. July 10, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Surrender of Sitting Bull. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a communication from Sir Lionel West relative to the Bill (H.R. 4553) to compensate Jean Louis Legare for services and expenses in procuring the surrender of Sitting Bull. July 12, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Joseph Romiser. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 1059, with his objections thereto. July 9, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Inspection of steam vessels. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing letters from local inspectors of steam vessels, New York City, and recommending the early passage of Senate Bill 2719, "To Amend the Laws Relating to Inspection of Steam Vessels." July 12, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on American Shipbuilding and Ship-owning Interests and ordered to be printed. Public building at Asheville, N.C. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 5546, with his objections thereto. July 12, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. International copyright. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State, inclosing correspondence between the Department of State and the government of Switzerland and Italy relating to the subject of international copyright. July 10, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. John Hunter. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval House Bill No. 1990, entitled "An Act Granting a Pension to John Hunter." June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. River and harbor works. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending provision be made for the wants of the service for the river and harbor works now in progress in the event of the failure of the river and harbor appropriation bill; also transmitting a statement from the Chief of Engineers and a recommendation of $500,000 for said purposes. August 4, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Hanson v. United States -- land survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office concerning a decree of survey in the case of John M. Hanson v. The United States in the United States circuit court, Northern District Florida, with an estimate of the cost of the survey. June 29, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Giles C. Hawley. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 424, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Mary Anderson. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7436, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. George W. Guyse. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 3205, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. James H. Darling. Message from the President of the United States, rerurning [i.e., returning] House Bill No. 7257, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Charles A. Chase. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6372, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Callie West. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7222, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Joseph Tuttle. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7109, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. William H. Starr. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6718, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Alice E. Travers. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6753, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Trust funds, etc., Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information concerning trust funds and unexpended balances in the custody of the several departments. June 29, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Mary Norman. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6192, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Martha McIlwain. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 7162, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. William Bishop. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6688, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Julia Connelly. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6257, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Army and Navy hospital, Hot Springs, Ark. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Surgeon General of the Army, and recommending an amendment to sundry civil appropriation bill providing for the maintenance of the Army and Navy hospital at Hot Springs, Ark. June 23, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bruno Schultz. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6774, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Sarah Harbaugh. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 6895, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. William Boone. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 473, with his objections thereto. July 3, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Trust funds, Interior Department. Communication from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House, furnishing a full and complete schedule of all trust funds held by the chiefs of bureaus in the Department of the Interior. July 20, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. R.D. Lancaster. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House, giving the reasons why a clerk was not detailed to investigate a settlement made by R.D. Lancaster, and transmitting papers connected therewith. July 21, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Ann Kinney. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 5389, with his objections thereto. August 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Aurelia C. Richardson. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 1584, with his objections thereto. August 5, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Mary Ann Miller. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill No. 1816, with his objections thereto. June 25, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.	97
Serial set 2404	Report of the Director of the Mint upon the production of the precious metals in the United States during the calendar year 1885. June 22, 1886. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 2405	Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, 1886.	1
Serial set 2406	Henry Blair Smith. December 21, 1885. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Inventory of property belonging to the United States in the possession of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 9, 1885. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the order and findings of that court in the case of James H. Ayres against the United States. December 12, 1885. -- To lie on the table and ordered to be printed. communication from L.F. Warder, Acting Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report and an inventory of the property of the House under the charge of the Doorkeeper, December 9, 1885. December 12, 1885. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Alphabetical list of members and delegates of the House of Representatives, and the standing and select committees of which they are members. Forty-ninth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 7, 1885. List of members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Forty-ninth Congress, first session. Commencing December 7, 1885. Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-ninth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 7, 1885. Rules of the House of Representatives. December 9, 1885. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Report of expenditures by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting report of expenditures from June 30, 1884, to June 30, 1885. December 9, 1885. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Reception of correspondents. December 16, 1885. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. report from L.F. Warder, Acting Doorkeeper of the House, submitting an inventory of all the books and public documents in the folding and storage rooms of the House of Representatives, December 7, 1885. December 12, 1885. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Proposed new rule. December 16, 1885. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Rules House of Representatives. December 9, 1885. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Commissioner of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company to the first session of the Forty-ninth Congress for the year ending November 30, 1885. December 12, 1885. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Congressional Record. December 21, 1885. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Widow of Leander A. Robb. December 21, 1885. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Bulletins of the United States Geological Survey. Vol. III. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Vol. V, for 1885	25
Serial set 2407	Monographs of the United States Geological Survey. Volume X. [Dinocerata: A Monograph of an Extinct Order of Gigantic Mammals, by Othniel Charles Marsh.] Revision of rules of the House of Representatives in the Thirty-sixth and Forty-sixth Congresses. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey. Volume XI. [Geological History of Lake Lahontan: A Quaternary Lake of Northwestern Nevada, by Israel Cook Russell].	3
Serial set 2408	The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. [Trans-Mississippi Theater: Operations north of Boston Mountains/Operations to suppress the Sioux uprising/Operations near Cache River/Operations on the White River; April-November 1862; Series 1, Vol. 13, Chapter 25]	1
Serial set 2409	The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. [Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach: Expedition to Saint John's Bluff/Naval Attacks on Fort McAllister/Secessionville/Operations against the Defenses of Charleston/Operations against Tampa; April 1862-June 1863; Series 1, Vol. 14, Chapter 26]	1
Serial set 2410	Official Register of the United States, containing a list of officers and employes in the civil, military, and naval service on the first of July, 1885; together with a list of ships and vessels belonging to the United States. Volume I. Legislative, executive, judicial.	1
Serial set 2411	Official Register of the United States, containing a list of officers and employes in the civil, military, and naval service on the first of July, 1885. Volume II. The Post Office Department and the postal service.	1
Serial set 2412	United States consular reports. Reports from the consuls of the United States on the commerce, manufactures, etc., of their consular districts. For the months of January, February, March, and April, 1885, and special report on cholera in Europe.	1
Serial set 2413	United States consular reports. Reports from the consuls of the United States on the commerce, manufactures, etc., of their consular districts, for the months of June, July, August, and September, 1885, and special reports on trade guilds of Europe, the licorice plant, and pounding and polishing rice in England and Germany.	1
Serial set 2414	Mineral Resources of the United States. Calendar years 1883 and 1884. Albert Williams Jr., Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology.	1

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