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Serial set 5071 Changes in certain street railway tracks in the District of Columbia. Mr. Carter presented the following memorial in support of the amendment to Senate Bill No. 6147, entitled "A Bill Authorizing Changes in Certain Street Railway Tracks within the District of Columbia, and for Other Purposes." January 7, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Vestry of Lambs Creek Protestant Episcopal Church, King George County, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the vestry of Lambs Creek Protestant Episcopal Church, of King George County, Virginia, against the United States. January 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Vestry of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church of Haymarket, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of vestry of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, of Haymarket, Prince William County, Va., against the United States. January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Lower Band of Chinook Indians of the State of Washington. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the Lower Band of Chinook Indians of the State of Washington against the United States. January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Penalty provision mail matter, Smithsonian Institution. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, submitting a record of mail matter entered at the Washington Post Office under the penalty privilege by the Smithsonian Institution. January 15, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Ordinance of Executive Council of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an ordinance... relative to an extension of the time fixed for the completion of the line of steam railway between the Town of Vega Alta and the Town of Dorado. January 18, 1907. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed.
Helen Bryant. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Helen Bryant, granddaughter of William Black, deceased, against the United States. January 3, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Irrigating lands on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. Mr. Dubois presented the following letter, to accompany his amendment to the Indian appropriation bill for the purchase or condemnation of lands necessary to construct a reservoir for storing water for the purpose of irrigating lands on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. January 21, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Permanent consular improvement, etc. Mr. Lodge presented the following resolutions of the National Business League, of Chicago, Ill., for permanent consular improvement and commercial enlargement. January 17, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Authority for keeping certain post offices open on Sundays. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of January 9, 1907, the Post Office Department's authority for the present practice of keeping open certain post offices for brief periods on Sundays. January 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Estelle Landry. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Estelle Landry, administratrix of the estate of Joseph A. Landry, deceased, against the United States. January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Forest Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, Dumfries, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of Forest Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, of Dumfries, Va., against the United States. January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Nicholas Pratt. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Nicholas Pratt against the United States. January 3, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of Laust E. Degn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William L. Degn, Annette N. Degn M'Coy, Minnie H. Degn Wilson, and Albert L. Degn, heirs of Laust E. Degn, deceased, against the United States. January 3, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
James M. Flint. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James M. Flint against the United States. January 3, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Benjamin Fenton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Benjamin Fenton, surviving partner of firm of Fenton & Co., against the United States. January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Gibson County, Tenn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of Walnut Grove Baptist Church, of Gibson County, Tenn., against the United States. January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Capitalization of funds of various Indian tribes, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting drafts of seven items for incorporation in the Indian appropriation bill, etc., for the capitalization of funds... under treaty stipulations. January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
G.B. Wallace, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of G.B. Wallace, administrator of Robert N. Blake, deceased, against the United States. January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Increase in estimate of appropriation for support of Indians of Klamath Agency, Oreg. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting for consideration in connection with the Indian appropriation bill, etc., a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an increase in the estimate of appropriation... January 8, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report of National Publicity Bill Organization. Mr. Patterson presented the following first annual report of the National Publicity Bill Organization. January 8, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Vestry of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, Edisto Island, South Carolina. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of vestry of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, on Edisto Island, South Carolina, against the United States. January 10, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Edward Buford. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Edward Buford, administrator of William R. Elliston, Maggie E. Fall, and Sallie Richardson, only heirs of William H. Evans, deceased, against the United States. January 10, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Harry. N. Stearns, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Harry N. Stearns, administrator of Francis Josselyn, deceased, against the United States. January 11, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Imperial Valley or Salton Sink region. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the threatened destruction by the overflow of the Colorado River in the sink or depression known as the Imperial Valley or Salton Sink region. January 12, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed, with accompanying maps.
Adelaide B. Lindenberger. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Adelaide A. Lindenberger against the United States. January 11, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of James Boro. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James Boro and Mary Boro, heirs of James Boro, deceased, against the United States. January 11, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Report of proceedings of the Seventh International Prison Congress, Budapest, Hungary, September, 1905, by Samuel J. Barrows, Commissioner for the United States on the International Prison Commission. January 15, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Elijah Stannard. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elijah Stannard against the United States. January 17, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Decatur Lodge No. 52, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Decatur, Ala. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of Decatur Lodge No. 52, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Decatur, Ala., against the United States. January 21, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Coal for the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of June 29, 1906, a statement relative to the quantities and character of coal purchased during the last fiscal year for the use of the Interior Department, etc.... with reference to areas of coal land now owned by the United States... January 7, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed, with maps.
Acts of Congress, treaties, proclamations, and decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States relating to noncontiguous territory and Cuba and to military affairs. Fifty-eighth Congress -- March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1905. Supreme Court cases -- January 1, 1898, to December 3, 1906. Compiled in the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department.
Ordinance of Executive Council of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an ordinance... granting to J.G. White & Co. (Incorporated) the right to build and operate a line of railway between the Towns of Rio Piedras and Caguas... January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
Correspondence relative to affair at Athens, Ohio, August 19, 1904. Mr. Foraker presented copies of all correspondence, including letters, telegrams, and orders, that have been found on file in the War Department relative to the affair at Athens, Ohio, August 19, 1904, etc. January 7, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Operations of Panama Railroad Company, etc. Mr. Morgan presented the following letter from T.P. Shonts, President of the Panama Railroad Company, transmitting a statement showing the results of operations of the Panama Railroad Company from January 1, 1903, to October 31, 1906, by years... January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals and ordered to be printed.
Colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. Mr. Nelson presented the following statement in support of Senate Bill No. 6680, entitled "A Bill To Provide for an Increased Annual Appropriation for the Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, Established and Maintained under the Provisions..." January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.
General incidental expenses of the Indian service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting for incorporation in the Indian appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1908 an item for general incidental expenses of the Indian service... January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Salaries of certain officials in Office of Assistant Treasurer, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York requesting that the salaries of certain officials in that Office be increased. January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Irene E. Johnson, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Irene E. Johnson, administratrix of the estate of Leo L. Johnson, deceased, against the United States. January 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Address by Hon. Elihu Root. Mr. Cullom presented the following address by Hon. Elihu Root before the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress, Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday, November 20, 1906. January 11, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Waterway to connect waters of Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the commission appointed by the President to examine and report upon a route for the construction of a free and open waterway... January 14, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with accompanying maps.
Reconnoissance and survey for a land route from Fairbanks to Council City, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter submitting the Engineer's report of reconnoissance and preliminary survey of a land route... for a mail and pack trail along such route. January 14, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed with the illustrations.
Size of battle ships. Mr. Hale presented the following naval papers by Capt. A.T. Mahan, U.S. Navy, and Lieut. Commander Wm. S. Sims, U.S. Navy. January 14, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Georgia E. Morrison, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Georgia E. Morrison, administratrix of George Smith against the United States. January 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Winyah Lodge No. 40, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Georgetown, S.C. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of Winyah Lodge No. 40, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Georgetown, S.C., against the United States. January 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Rosa M. Wyatt. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Rosa M. Wyatt against the United States. January 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Eastern Cherokees. Mr. Long presented the following papers in the cause of the Eastern Cherokees against the United States. January 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Fire control at fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for fire control at fortifications, amounting to $3,800. January 21, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Wages of workmen, assay office at Seattle. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Director of the Mint submitting an amended estimate of appropriation for wages of workmen, assay office at Seattle. January 10, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Mason. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas Mason against the United States. January 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. 		50
Serial set 5072 Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission on block-signal systems and appliances for the automatic control of railway trains under public Joint Resolution No. 46 approved June 30, 1906. February 23, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
Maria L. Rodgers. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Maria L. Rodgers, granddaughter of Andrew E. Long, deceased, against the United States. January 31, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Belle F. Neil, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Belle F. Neil, administratrix of James Watkins Fennell, deceased, against the United States. February 27, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Eastern Cherokees. Mr. Clapp presented the following memorial of the Eastern Cherokees, submitting a certain proposed amendment to the Indian appropriation bill. January 30, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Rubber-producing capacity of the Philippine Islands. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting, pursuant to Senate resolution of February 18, 1907, information as to the rubber-producing capacity of the Philippine Islands. February 27, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed, with the illustrations.
Louis Castinette. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 3671, entitled "An Act Granting an Increase of Pension to Louis Castinette." January 23, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the year 1906. February 12, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church South, Charlestown, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Charlestown, W. Va., against the United States. February 8, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Authorizing acceptance of Japanese decorations. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking that certain persons at present in the diplomatic and consular service of the United States be authorized by Congress to accept certain decorations desired to be conferred by the Emperor of Japan. February 8, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Rules and regulations for enforcement of the Food and Drug Act. Mr. Heyburn presented the following circular from the United States Department of Agriculture, showing the recommendations made in regard to the rules and regulations for the enforcement of the Food and Drug Act, approved June 30, 1906. January 28, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Methodist Episcopal Church, Keyser, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Keyser, W. Va., against the United States. January 31, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of the St. Paul Reformed Church of Woodstock, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the St. Paul Reformed Church, of Woodstock, Virginia, against the United States. January 30, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Albert P. Southwick, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Albert P. Southwick, administrator of the estate of John Southwick, deceased, against the United States. February 13, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South of Stephens City, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Stephens City, Va., against the United States. February 11, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Cherokee Indians. Mr. Long presented the following memorial of the Cherokee Indians, complaining of the effect of certain acts of Congress which operated to deprive them of their rights of property as Cherokee citizens. January 22, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Payment of claims for property taken from Confederate officers and soldiers after surrender. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for the payment of claims for property taken from Confederate... February 28, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Wharf and storehouse at Waaddah Island, Neah Bay, Washington, etc. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, for inclusion in the sundry civil bill, an estimate of appropriation for the construction of a wharf and storehouse at Waaddah Island, Neah Bay, Washington, etc. February 25, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Archibald A. Griggs, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Archibald A. Griggs, administrator of Archibald P. Griggs, deceased, against the United States. January 22, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
The Harvester Trust. Mr. Hansbrough presented the following papers relating to the Harvester Trust. February 21, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Mining laws of the Philippine Islands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting certain proposed amendments to the present mining laws of the Philippine Islands, accompanied by a statement showing the sections proposed to be amended by Senate Bill 8194. January 29, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed.
Employees in Health Department, District of Columbia. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting... names of all employees in the Health Department of the District, with their several duties and titles, and the amount of compensation in each case. February 21, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Persons who conveyed to government lands within forest reserves. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an additional name to the list of those who conveyed or relinquished to the United States lands within the forest reserves prior to the act of March 3, 1905, and who failed to select other lands in lieu thereof, etc. February 21, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Salaries of distributers of stock in Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Mr. Allison presented the following letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Custodian of Dies, Rolls, and Plates... relative to the classification and salaries of the distributers of stock in his Office. February 26, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
C.H. Holbrook. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office submitting a further name of one who conveyed or relinquished to the United States lands within the forest reserves prior to the act of March 3, 1905, etc. February 26, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Changes in methods for letting contracts for supplies. Mr. Allison presented the following letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copies of letters... in relation to the provision in the sundry civil appropriation bill which changes the methods prescribed by law for the letting of contracts for supplies. February 26, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
River and harbor appropriation bill. Mr. Frye presented the following conference report, to accompany H.R. 24991. February 26, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Stephen E. Thayer. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, correcting an error in the report submitted February 20, 1907, containing five names of persons who conveyed or relinquished to the United States lands within the forest reserves prior to the act of March 3, 1905. February 26, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of land adjoining site of Army general hospital, District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for the purchase of land adjoining the site of the Army general hospital in the District of Columbia. February 26, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
William O. Beall. Mr. Clapp presented the following letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 18, 1907, certain papers in the investigation of the official conduct of William O. Beall. February 28, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
D.A. Barbour and Andrew P. Gladden. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of D.A. Barbour and Andrew P. Gladden against the United States. February 27, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Coal for the Department of Commerce and Labor. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor, transmitting a report showing the quantity and character of coal purchased by said Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1906, etc. January 21, 1907. -- Order[ed] to be printed.
Trustees of Missionary Baptist Church, Huntsville. Ala. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Missionary Baptist Church, of Huntsville, Ala., successor to the Primitive Baptist Church, of Huntsville, Ala., against the United States. January 22, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
International Maritime Exposition at Bordeaux, France. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Acting Secretary of State urging that the government of the United States be fittingly represented at the International Maritime Exposition to be held at Bordeaux, France. January 23, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Select Committee on Industrial Expositions and ordered to be printed.
Ordinance of Executive Council of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an ordinance enacted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico relating to telephones in the island. January 23, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
Daniel G. Smith. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 5073, entitled "An Act Granting an Increase of Pension to Daniel G. Smith." January 23, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of St. George's Episcopal Church, Fredericksburg, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of St. George's Episcopal Church, of Fredericksburg, Va., against the United States. January 25, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Calvary Episcopal Church, Dinwiddie Courthouse, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Calvary Episcopal Church, of Dinwiddie County, Va., against the United States. January 25, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Herbert O. Dunn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Herbert O. Dunn against the United States. January 25, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Additional estimate of appropriation for District of Columbia for 1907. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, submitting... expenses, to be included in the urgent deficiency bill, amounting to $750. January 25, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of John Abernethy. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Helen S. Abernethy and Charles H. Abernethy, sole heirs at law of John Abernethy, deceased, against the United States. January 25, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of Lewis Ellison. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Lewis Ellison and Helen Louise Crafford, heirs of Lewis Ellison, deceased, against the United States. January 25, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Mary P. Shirley, executrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary P. Shirley, executrix of the estate of James R. Shirley, only child of Paul Shirley, deceased, against the United States. January 25, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Administrators of Weld N. Allen. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Lucy M. Allen and Joseph A. Holmes, administrators of Weld N. Allen, deceased, against the United States. January 25, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Macedonia Methodist Episcopal Church, Stafford County, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of Macedonia Methodist Episcopal Church, of Stafford County, Va., against the United States. February 13, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Fredericksburg, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of St. Mary's Catholic Church, of Fredericksburg, Va., against the United States. February 13, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Cultivation of the potato. Mr. Hansbrough presented an article entitled "The cultivation of the potato and its significance from the standpoint of political economy," by Dr. W. Behrend. February 13, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Public land situation in the United States. Message from the President of the United States, relating to certain phases of the public land situation in the United States. February 13, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
W.C. York. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of W.C. York against the United States. February 8, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of the United Brethren Church of Boonsboro, Md. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the United Brethren Church of Boonsboro, Md., against the United States. February 8, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Instruction at Military Academy for Jose March Duplat. Letter from the Acting Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of a note from the Venezuelan charge d'affaires at Washington requesting that permission be granted to Jose March Duplat, a citizen of Venezuela, to enter the United States Military Academy... February 14, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Heber L. Thornton and Grayson L. Thornton, trustees. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Heber L. Thornton and Grayson L. Thornton, trustees of the estate of Gottlieb C. Grammer, deceased, against the United States. February 11, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church of Bunker Hill, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Bunker Hill, W. Va., against the United States. February 11, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Rights of certain white persons who intermarried with Cherokee citizens, etc. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the rights and privileges of certain white persons who intermarried with Cherokee citizens and have made permanent and valuable improvements on lands belonging to the Cherokee Nation. February 11, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appointments and regulations under denatured alcohol law. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a full report of all the appointments and all regulations made with his approval under the act known as the denatured alcohol law. February 9, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Cherokee Indians. Mr. Clark, of Wyoming, (by request) presented the following memorial of the Cherokee Indians relating to the matter of the order of the government allowing intermarried white citizens whose rights to take allotments have been denied by the courts to dispose of their improvements. February 11, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Foreign-built battle ships compared with the South Carolina and the Michigan. Mr. Hale presented the following information as to certain battle ships building or recently built abroad in comparison with the South Carolina and her sister ship Michigan. February 11, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of St. John Episcopal Church, of Charleston, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the St. John Episcopal Church, of Charleston, W. Va., against the United States. February 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church, of Winchester, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church, of Winchester, Va., against the United States. February 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Iowa and Oklahoma bands of Sac and Fox Indians. Message from the President of the United States, relating to the controversy as to certain disputed rights between the Iowa and Oklahoma bands of the Sac and Fox Indians, and recommending that a measure be passed by the Congress turning... to the Court of Claims. February 19, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Persons who conveyed to government lands within forest reserves. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting additional lists of names of persons who conveyed or relinquished to the United States lands within the forest reserves prior to the act of March 3, 1905, and who failed to select other lands in lieu thereof, etc. February 20, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Hampton County, S.C. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Hampton County, S.C., against the United States. February 23, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Louisa P. Seaman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Louisa P. Seaman, widow of Stephen Seaman, deceased, against the United States. February 22, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Immigrant station, Honolulu, Hawaii. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor submitting an estimate of appropriation for the immigrant station, Honolulu, Hawaii, etc. February 25, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Government participation in the International Congress on Tuberculosis, to be held in Washington in 1908. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of State submitting an estimate of appropriation... to enable this government to participate... February 25, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Samana Bay Company. Mr. McCumber presented the following petition of the Samana Bay Company, of Santo Domingo, praying the intervention of the United States government to reinstate them in the rights and property of certain lands in the island of Santo Domingo, together with a statement of their claim. February 12, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of the Massaponax Baptist Church, Massaponax, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Massaponax Baptist Church, of Massaponax, Va., against the United States. February 13, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Regulating the immigration of aliens into United States. Mr. Dillingham presented the following conference report on the Bill (S. 4403), entitled "A Bill To Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act To Regulate the Immigration of Aliens into the United States,' Approved March Third, Nineteen Hundred and Three," also a... statement showing the present law and the bill as agreed to in conference. February 13, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ebenezer, Ga. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Ebenezer, Ga., against the United States. February 14, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Stony Creek Presbyterian Church of McPhersonville, S.C. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of Stony Creek Presbyterian Church, McPhersonville, S.C., against the United States. February 9, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Ordinance of Porto Rico granting to Henry D. Sayre the right to utilize waters of Mabilla Creek for mining purposes. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an ordinance enacted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico... February 15, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
Presbyterian Church at Keyser, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the Presbyterian Church of Keyser, W. Va., against the United States. February 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Mount Comfort, Ark. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Mount Comfort, Ark., against the United States. February 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
E.P. Chewning, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of E.P. Chewning, administrator of the estate of Kelles Chewning, deceased, against the United States. February 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Nathan F. Edmonds, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Nathan F. Edmonds, administrator of Henry Show, deceased, against the United States. February 18, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Additional estimates of appropriations for support of Army for fiscal year ending June 30, 1908. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting additional estimates of appropriation for support of the Army... January 31, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Presbyterian Church, Lovettsville, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church, of Lovettsville, Va., against the United States. February 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Russellville, Ky. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of Russellville, Ky., against the United States. February 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the absentee Shawnee Indians. Mr. Clark, of Wyoming, presented the following memorial of the... absentee Shawnee Indians, praying that they be granted title to certain lands in Kansas ceded to the government by treaty with the so-called "Ohio Shawnee" Indians in 1854. February 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Germantown Baptist Church, Shelby County, Tenn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the board of deacons of the Germantown Baptist Church, of Shelby County, Tenn., against the United States. February 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Lutheran Church of Toms Brook, Va., and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Lutheran Church of Toms Brook, Va., and the trustees of the Reformed Church of Toms Brook, Va.... against the United States. February 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Webster, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Webster, W. Va., against the United States. February 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Regents of the University of Kansas. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the regents of the University of Kansas against the United States. February 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South of Jeffersonton, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Jeffersonton, Va., against the United States. February 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of Richard Terrill. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Cornelius F. Terrill, Cordelia I. Terrill, and Vira R. Terrill-Harper, heirs of Richard Terrill, deceased, against the United States. February 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Lorenzo F. Harmon. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1879, entitled "An Act Granting an Increase of Pension to Lorenzo F. Harmon." February 4, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Alice M. Stafford, administratrix. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without approval, Senate Bill No. 2578, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Alice M. Stafford, Administratrix of the Estate of Capt. Stephen R. Stafford." February 4, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Francisco Krebs. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without approval, Senate Bill No. 5531, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Francisco Krebs." February 4, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
John Bullette. Mr. Curtis presented the following petition of John Bullette, praying that he be paid the sum of $3,948.48 out of the funds of the Cherokee Nation collected from royalties on coal lands from allotment of said John Bullette. February 5, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of Broadway Baptist Church, Ardmore, Ind. T. Mr. Clark, of Wyoming, presented the following memorial of the Broadway Baptist Church, of Ardmore, Ind. T., praying the adoption of an amendment... so as to permit the title to certain church real estate to be vested in the churches formerly owning the same. February 5, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
John McKinnan [i.e., McKinnon], alias John Mack. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1160, entitled "An Act To Correct the Military Record of John M'Kinnan, Alias John Mack." February 7, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Louisa A. Crosby. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Louisa A. Crosby, widow of Pierce Crosby, deceased, against the United States. January 26, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Argument against transfer of names of certain Choctaw and Chickasaw freedmen, etc. Mr. Long presented... on behalf of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations against the proposed amendment to the Indian appropriation bill providing for the transfer of the names of certain Choctaw and Chickasaw freedmen from the rolls of freedmen to the rolls of citizens by blood of said nations. February 8, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Petition of Bessie Josephine Lynch. Mr. Cullom presented the following petition of Bessie Josephine Lynch, praying that emolument be paid the children of John A. Lynch for services rendered by him as the projector and promoter of the International American Conference and the Intercontinental Railway. January 31, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed.
Marie S. Perrimond. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Marie S. Perrimond, widow of Xavier Perrimond, deceased, against the United States. January 31, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Marie L. Hermance, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Marie L. Hermance, administratrix of Jeremiah Simonson, deceased, against the United States. February 14, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Christine I. Owen and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Christine I. Owen, Kathleen D. Owen, Albert T. Owen, and Alfred C. Owen, children of Alfred M. Owen, deceased, against the United States. January 31, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Katharine A. Horan. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Katharine A. Horan, daughter of William Langdon, deceased, against the United States. January 31, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Electric smelting of iron ores. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Director of the Geological Survey submitting a report on the progress of the investigation of the electric smelting of iron ores... January 21, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on the Geological Survey and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Heirs of Adam Camp. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Harriet Camp, William A. Camp, Olive M. Allen, Mary B. Brown, Margaret E. Bowie, Clarence Camp, Carrie Camp, Hattie Brannan, and Thomas Brannan, heirs of Adam Camp... January 22, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Ludger Lemelle, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Ludger Lemelle, administrator of Clarisse Donato, deceased, against the United States. January 22, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Reference to report of special board on the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, with reference to the report of the special board, authorized under the River and Harbor Act of 1905, on the Ohio River. January 29, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Enrollment of the Pottawatomie Indians of Wisconsin. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation for inclusion in the Indian appropriation bill for expenses incident to making an enrollment of the Pottawatomie... January 29, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Mr. Clapp presented the following hearings before the Committee on Indian Affairs on the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. January 30, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed
Compensation of attorneys for full-blood Cherokees. Mr. Clark, of Wyoming, presented the following memorial of Frank J. Boudinot, representing full-blood Cherokees, praying that the question as to the value of the services by the attorneys for the full-blood Cherokees... be left to the Court of Claims. February 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Baptist Church, Waterford, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Baptist Church, of Waterford, Virginia, against the United States. February 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Presbyterian Church of Batesville, Miss. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the Presbyterian Church of Batesville, Panola County, Miss., against the United States. February 4, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Employment of Charles S. Hanks by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Letter from the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, submitting a report in relation to the employment by the Commission of Charles S. Hanks, in response to Senate resolution of January 28. February 4, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Baltimore and Washington Transit Company. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting the annual report of the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company, of Maryland, for the year ended December 31, 1906. February 4, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Certain details relating to proposed battle ship. Mr. Hale presented the following letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting certain details relating to a proposed battle ship described in House Document No. 295. February 6, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Affairs in the Indian Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copies of letters which have passed between the President and the Secretary in reference to the report of the Select Committee of the Senate on Affairs in Indian Territory, etc. February 5, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Henry J. Brown, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Henry J. Brown, administrator of the estate of Elmyra Brown, deceased... heirs of William R. Brown, deceased, against the United States. February 7, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Baptist Church, of Hardeeville, S.C. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Baptist Church, of Hardeeville, S.C., against the United States. February 13, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Zion Protestant Episcopal Church, of Charles Town, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of Zion Protestant Episcopal Church, of Charles Town, W. Va., against the United States. February 13, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Agricultural bank in Philippine Islands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a cablegram from the President of the Economic Association of the Philippines expressing appreciation over the approval of the agricultural bank, etc. February 13, 1907. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial concerning manner of conducting schools of Chickasaw Nation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a memorial of the National Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation concerning the manner of conducting the schools of that nation, with reports thereon. February 16, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Invitation to Thirteenth International Congress of Hygiene and Demography. Letter from the Acting Secretary of State, asking legislation authorizing the President to extend an invitation to the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography to hold its thirteenth session at Washington. February 16, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Ordinances granting certain privileges in Porto Rico for railroad purposes. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting two ordinances relating to franchises enacted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico and approved by the President of the United States. February 15, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
Special or temporary employees of Interstate Commerce Commission. Letter from the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission stating that the response to the resolution of February 8 gives the names and compensation of all persons... employed... between June 30, 1906, and February 1, 1907. February 20, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Ga. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, of Atlanta, Ga., against the United States. February 22, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Information regarding employees of certain executive departments. Letters from the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information in regard to employees, amount paid them, etc. February 25, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
George F. Ormsby. Mr. Pettus presented the following data relative to the Bill (S. 810, 58th Cong., 2d sess.) To Authorize the Detail of George F. Ormsby in the Interest of Commerce. February 23, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Allowing intermarried whites of Cherokee Nation to purchase allotments of lands, etc. Mr. Clark, of Wyoming, presented the following petition of the intermarried white citizens of the Cherokee Nation, praying for the passage of a law... to include lands improved by said intermarried whites prior to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. February 22, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of constitutional convention of Oklahoma. Mr. Tillman presented the following resolution... remonstrating against the passage of the bill to authorize the so-called Frisco Railway Company to consolidate and merge certain small branch lines in the Indian Territory. February 5, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Augustin Walsh. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Augustin Walsh, sole surviving partner of the firm of T. & A. Walsh, against the United States. February 8, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. 		124
Serial set 5073 Elijah B. Hudson. Message from the President of the United States, returning, in response to a resolution, Senate Bill No. 6078, entitled "An Act Granting an Increase of Pension to Elijah B. Hudson." March 1, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Special employees of the Department of Justice and the salary paid each. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of February 8, 1907, a list of the special employees in his Department and the salary paid each. February 28, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Indian and freedmen enrollment cases... Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an additional statement in response to a Senate resolution of February 28, 1907, relative to the number of Indian and freedmen enrollment cases pending before the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, etc. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. M.W.G. Smethurst and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the cases of Mrs. M.W.G. Smethurst, Mrs. Kate M'Culloch, and estate of Pierre Z. Doucet against the United States. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of First Presbyterian Church, Harrodsburg, Ky. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Harrodsburg, Ky., against the United States. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Free tobacco bill. Hearings held during the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses on bills for the relief of tobacco growers, H.R. 14896, Fifty-eighth Congress, and H.R. 14972, Fifty-ninth Congress, before subcommittees of the Finance Committee, United States Senate. March 1, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Montgomery Patton and Thomas Smith. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the cases of Montgomery Patton and Thomas Smith against the United States. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
List of employees in Department of Commerce and Labor. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, transmitting, in response to Senate resolutions of February 8 and 14, 1907, a list of the employees in that Department. February 28, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Promotion of the ramie industry. Mr. Heyburn presented the following statements, by S.H. Slaught, in behalf of the ramie industry and its promotion in the United States. March 2, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Rules and regulations governing the Department of State. Furnished in response to a resolution adopted by the Senate February 1, 1907. February 26, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Free alcohol law. Mr. Aldrich presented the following hearings held by the Committee on Finance on H.R. 24816, known as the amendment of the free alcohol law. March 1, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Change in methods of bookkeeping in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an item of appropriation to provide for a change in the methods of bookkeeping in the Treasury Department, for inclusion in the general deficiency bill. March 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims in Indian depredation cases. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of March 1, 1907, a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims in favor of claimants in Indian depredation cases. March 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Limiting the hours of service of railroad employees. Mr. Penrose submitted the following conference report on S. 5133, a Bill To Promote the Safety of Employees and Travelers upon Railroads by Limiting the Hours of Service of Employees Thereon. March 1, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered against the United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of March 1, 1907, the record of a judgment rendered against the United States by the circuit court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama under the act of March 3, 1887. March 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Pending cases of Indian and freedmen enrollment. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statement with respect to the number of Indian and freedmen enrollment cases pending before the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on review from said commissioner... March 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report of the delegates of the United States to the Third International Conference of the American States held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 21 to August 26, 1906. March 1, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Claims allowed by accounting officers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of March 1, 1907, schedules of claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund. March 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in response to a Senate resolution of March 1, 1907, lists of judgments of the Court of Claims. March 1, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
David Marshall and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the cases of David Marshall and others against the United States. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Apollos Hale, administrator, etc. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Apollos Hale, administrator, etc., against the United States. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Sarah Jane Bellah, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sarah Jane Bellah, administratrix of James W. Bellah, deceased, against the United States. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. C.L. Robinson and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the cases of Mrs. C.L. Robinson and others against the United States. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Indiana Circuit Court decision relative to liquor licenses. Mr. Gallinger presented the following decision in full of Judge Samuel R. Artman, of the Circuit Court of Indiana, concerning the unconstitutionality of liquor licenses. March 2, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
S.A. Bates, administrator, and other cases. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of S.A. Bates, administrator of Walter Shirley, deceased, against the United States, and other cases. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Emily E. Bishop. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Emily E. Bishop against the United States. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Climatic provinces and area of coal fields in Alaska. Mr. Piles presented the following data in regard to climatic provinces and area of coal fields in Alaska as compiled by the United States Geological Survey. March 2, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Nicholas M. Hawkins. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 5623, entitled "An Act Granting an Increase of Pension to Nicholas M. Hawkins." March 2, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Operations of Excise Board of the District of Columbia. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia transmitting a report of the operations of the Excise Board of the District of Columbia for the license year ending October 31, 1906, pursuant to act of Congress. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
William N. Bronson. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 7822, entitled "An Act Granting an Increase of Pension to William N. Bronson." March 2, 1907. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Indian and freedmen enrollment cases... Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior... relative to the number of Indian and freedmen enrollment cases pending before the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes and also in the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Development of the foreign mail service, the American merchant marine, and American commerce. Memoranda of the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries on the substitute for S. 529. March 2, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Election of United States senators. Mr. Clapp presented the following abstract of laws relating to the election of United States senators. March 2, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed.
Payment of the salaries of certain district judges. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Acting Attorney General submitting an estimate of appropriation to be included in the general deficiency bill for the payment of the salaries of certain district judges. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Trustees of the Christian Church of Sturgeon, Mo. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court of Claims in the case of the trustees of the Christian Church of Sturgeon, Mo., against the United States. March 2, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. 		35
Serial set 5074 59th Congress, 2d session, beginning December 3, 1906. Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. First edition. Corrections made to November 30, 1906. 1
Serial set 5075 Twenty-third annual report of the United States Civil Service Commission for the year ended June 30, 1906. 1
Serial set 5076 Navy yearbook. Compilation of annual naval appropriation laws from 1883 to 1906, including provisions for the construction of all vessels of the "new Navy," with tables showing present naval strength in vessels and personnel, and amount of appropriations for the naval service. Compiled by Pitman Pulsifer, clerk to the Committee on Naval Affairs, United States Senate. December 17, 1906. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 5077 Special message of the President of the United States concerning the Panama Canal communicated to the two Houses of Congress on December 17, 1906. Second session of the Fifty-ninth Congress. December 17, 1906. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1
Serial set 5078 Summary discharge or mustering out of regiments or companies. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, together with several documents, including a letter of General Nettleton, and memoranda as to precedents for the summary discharge or mustering out of regiments or companies. December 19, 1906. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 5079 Car shortage, etc. Letter from the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, transmitting a transcript of the testimony taken by the Commission at St. Louis, etc., in the matter of car shortage and other insufficient transportation facilities. January 21, 1907. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Testimony taken by Interstate Commerce Commission at Minneapolis, Minn., December 17, 18 and 19, 1906, and at Chicago, Ill., December 20 and 21, 1906, in the matter of car shortage and other insufficient transportation facilities and reports thereon by Commissioners Lane and Harlan. 		2
Serial set 5080 Interstate Commerce law as changed by the act of June 29, 1906. Complied by C.R. Hillyer. January 31, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 5081 Testimony taken by Interstate Commerce Commission, October 15--November 23, 1906, in matter of relations of common carriers to the grain trade. 1
Serial set 5082 Rules and regulations governing the Post Office Department in its various branches. Furnished in response to a resolution adopted by the Senate of the United States February 1, 1907. In two parts. Part 1. The postal laws and regulations of the United States of America. Edition of 1902, in effect April 1, 1902. February 26, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 5083 Rules and regulations governing the Post Office Department in its various branches. Furnished in response to a resolution adopted by the Senate of the United States February 1, 1907. In two parts. Part 2. Supplement of 1907, in effect March 4, 1907. February 26, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 5084 Rules and regulations governing the Department of Justice and its various branches. Furnished in response to a resolution adopted by the Senate of the United States February 1, 1907. February 26, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 5085 Rules and regulations governing the Department of the Interior in its various branches. Furnished in response to a resolution adopted by the Senate of the United States February 1, 1907. In four parts. Part 1. February 26, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed 1
Serial set 5086 Rules and regulations governing the Department of the Interior in its various branches. Furnished in response to a resolution adopted by the Senate of the United States February 1, 1907. In four parts. Part 2. February 26, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 5087 Rules and regulations governing the Department of the Interior in its various branches. Furnished in response to a resolution adopted by the Senate of the United States February 1, 1907. In four parts. Part 3. February 26, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 5088 Rules and regulations governing the Department of the Interior in its various branches furnished in response to a resolution adopted by the Senate of the United States February 1, 1907. In four parts. Part 4. February 26, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 5089 Rules and regulations governing the Department of Commerce and Labor in its various branches. Furnished in response to a resolution adopted by the Senate, February 1, 1907. February 26, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 5090 Rules and regulations governing the Department of Agriculture in its various branches. Furnished in response to a resolution adopted by the Senate of the United States February 1, 1907. In two parts. Part 1. February 26, 1907. -- Ordered to be printed. 1