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Serial set 8258 Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. XVII. 1
Serial set 8259 Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. Volume XVIII. 1
Serial set 8260 Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. Volume XIX. 1
Serial set 8261 Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. Volume XX. 1
Serial set 8262 Annual report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Wm. Tyler Page, giving names of statutory and contingent-fund employees of the House and their respective compensations, including clerks to members; the expenditures from the contingent fund and from certain specific appropriations; the amounts drawn... December 5, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 8263 Combined statement of the receipts and disbursements, balances, etc., of the United States during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1923. 1
Serial set 8264 Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives of the United States, with a digest of the practice, Sixty-eighth Congress, first session, by Lehr Fess, clerk at the Speaker's table. 1
Serial set 8265 Thirteenth annual report of the Boy Scouts of America. Letter from the Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, transmitting copy of the thirteenth annual report of the Boy Scouts of America. December 13, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 8266 Twenty-third annual report of the Governor of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting twenty-third annual report of the Governor of Porto Rico... December 17, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed. April 17, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed with the accompanying papers. 1
Serial set 8267 Annual report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting annual report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands, together with the reports of the heads of the departments... December 17, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed. April 17, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed with accompanying papers. 1
Serial set 8268 Intracoastal waterway from the Mississippi River at or near New Orleans, La. to Corpus Christi, Tex. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of intracoastal waterway from the Mississippi River... April 12, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with 12 illustrations. 1
Serial set 8269 Statue of Sequoyah. Proceedings in Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol upon the unveiling and presentation of the statue of Sequoyah by the State of Oklahoma, Sixty-fifth Congress, June 6, 1917. 1
Serial set 8270 Hudson River, N.Y. -- Hudson to Troy. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination and survey of Hudson River, N.Y., from Hudson to the dam at Troy, with a view to securing a depth of 27 feet, with suitable width. June 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1
Serial set 8271 Fourteenth annual report of the Boy Scouts of America. Letter from the Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, transmitting copy of the fourteenth annual report of the Boy Scouts of America. June 4, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and ordered to be printed with illustrations. 1
Serial set 8272 Traffic in habit-forming narcotic drugs. Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Sixty-eighth Congress, first session, on H.J. Res. 195, authorizing an appropriation for the participation of the United States in the two international conferences for the control of the traffic in habit-forming narcotic drugs... 1
Serial set 8273 Supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, amounting to $692,694. January 12, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Disputes arising incident to federal control that have been liquidated. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Director General of Railroads and agent of the President submitting a summary of the progress made to December 31, 1923, in liquidating... January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed.
John J. Gorman v. James R. Buckley. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting contested election case of John J. Gorman v. James R. Buckley from the Sixth District of the State of Illinois. January 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections No. 3 and ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the Alien Property Custodian. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Alien Property Custodian submitting his annual report of the proceedings had under the Trading with the Enemy Act for the year ended December 31, 1923. January 14, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Martin C. Ansorge v. Royal H. Weller. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting contested election case of Martin C. Ansorge v. Royal H. Weller for a seat in House of Representatives for the Sixty-eighth Congress of the United States for the Twenty-first District, State of New York. December 20, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections No. 1 and ordered to be printed.
United States penitentiary, McNeil Island, Wash. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, $4,500 for McNeil Island Penitentiary, Wash. February 19, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimate of appropriation to pay claims adjusted under the act of December 28, 1922. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Postmaster General submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $2,824.74, to pay claims which he has adjusted... December 13, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the operations, Postal Savings System, 1923. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the annual report of operations of the Postal Savings System for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1923. December 10, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Claim of Moran Towing & Transportation Co., New York, N.Y. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of Labor submitting a claim for damages to property of the Moran Towing & Transportation Co., New York, N.Y.... December 13, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
Obligations of foreign governments. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Secretary of the Treasury on purchase of obligations of foreign governments and purchase of United States bonds from repayments by foreign governments. December 6, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Salem River, N.J. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination and survey of Salem River, N.J. December 13, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Claims adjusted by the Secretary of the Navy which require an appropriation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $40,149.04 to pay claims which he has adjusted... December 15, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, amounting to $5,000. February 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Department of Commerce. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, $15,000. February 8, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claim adjusted by the Secretary of the Agriculture. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of Agriculture submitting a claim for damages to privately owned property in the sum of $196.93, which has been adjusted and which requires an appropriation... February 9, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims requiring an appropriation for their payment. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting communications from the Treasury Department under dates of December 14 and 22, 1923, and January 8, 1924, submitting claims in the sum of $709.32, which have been adjusted and which... January 14, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the Federal Farm Loan Board. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the seventh annual report of the Federal Farm Loan Board for the year ending December 31, 1923. February 12, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Agriculture experiment station on the Island of Guam, Oregon and California Railroad lands, and Coos Bay Wagon Road lands. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924... March 8, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation to maintain automobile for the Vice President. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative branch of the government for... driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the President pro tempore. March 8, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous expenses of the Federal Farm Loan Board. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1924, for miscellaneous expenses pertaining to the activities of the Federal Farm Loan Board... March 8, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Offer of Union Carbide Co. for Muscle Shoals. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a proposition submitted by the Union Carbide Co. of New York to manufacture nitrates at Muscle Shoals. January 23, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Federal Board for Vocational Education. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Federal Board for Vocational Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, amounting to $75,682.09. January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Columbia River between the mouth of Willamette River and Vancouver, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting... reports on preliminary examination and survey of Columbia River between the mouth of Willamette River and the City of Vancouver, Wash., with a view to determine whether the United States... January 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered against the United States government. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts requiring an appropriation for their payment. January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims adjusted by the Postmaster General requiring an appropriation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Postmaster General submitting claims for damages to privately owned property in the sum of $2,548.63, which have been adjusted... January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Adjusted claims requiring an appropriation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting claims, in the sum of $612.85, which have been adjusted and which require an appropriation for their payment. January 8, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims which have been submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury and which require an appropriation for their payment. January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for the American Battle Monuments Commission. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the American Battle Monuments Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, $95,750. January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Augmenting reclamation fund by crediting thereto repayments by water users, etc. Letter from the Comptroller General, transmitting report of the General Accounting Office of January 2, 1924, relative to augmenting the reclamation fund by crediting thereto repayments by water users, etc. January 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Expenses incurred on account of the sickness and death of President Harding. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, to defray the expenses incurred on account of the sickness and death of President Harding, $28,000. January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claim of Powell Grocery Co., Asheville, N.C. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting communication from the Secretary of the Treasury... for damages caused by the negligence of an employee of the Public Health Service in the sum of $201.25, which requires an appropriation for its payment. February 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Frankfort Harbor, Mich. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Frankfort Harbor, Mich. February 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Port Orchard Bay, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination and survey of entrance to Port Orchard Bay, Wash. December 13, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Don H. Clark v. R. Lee Moore. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting contested-election case of Don H. Clark v. R. Lee Moore for a seat in the House of Representatives for the Sixty-eighth Congress of the United States for the First District, State of Georgia. December 20, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections No. 2 and ordered to be printed.
Walter M. Chandler v. Sol Bloom. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting contested election case of Walter M. Chandler v. Sol Bloom for a seat in the House of Representatives for the Sixty-eighth Congress of the United States for the Nineteenth District, State of Georgia. December 20, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections No. 3 and ordered to be printed.
Claims adjusted and settled by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from Secretary of War submitting claims for damages by collisions in the sum of $5,538.92, which have been adjusted and settled by the Chief of Engineers... February 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Great Sodus Bay Harbor, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Great Sodus Bay Harbor, N.Y. February 9, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
Claims requiring appropriations for their payment. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting schedules of claims amounting to $1,458,297.09 allowed by the various divisions of the General Accounting Office, which require appropriations for their payment. January 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the General Accounting Office, 1923. Letter from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the General Accounting Office for the fiscal year 1923. December 5, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Cumulative sinking fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the cumulative sinking fund. December 6, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Expenses of loans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Secretary of the Treasury on expenses of loans through the fiscal year ended June 30, 1923. December 6, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Duwamish Waterway, Seattle harbor, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Duwamish Waterway, Seattle harbor, Wash., with a view of widening or deepening, or both widening and deepening, the channel... December 13, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Legislative establishment of the United States. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the legislative establishment of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, amounting in all to $50,835.40. February 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimates of appropriation for the Smithsonian Institution. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924... amounting in all to $7,500. January 21, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Charges against two members of Congress. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting letter in response to House Resolution No. 211, directing him to transmit to the House the names of the two members of Congress mentioned in the report of the grand jury... and the nature of the charges made against such members of Congress. March 8, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Sixth annual report of the War Finance Corporation for the year ended November 30, 1923.
Appropriation to pay claims which have been adjusted. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $6,316.74 to pay claims which he has adjusted under the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922... December 20, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Waterway connecting Gravesend Bay with Jamaica Bay, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of waterway connecting Gravesend Bay with Jamaica Bay, N.Y., including consideration of any... December 13, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Claims adjusted under act of December 28, 1922, amounting to $12,701.48. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting four communications from the Postmaster General... to pay claims which he has adjusted and which require an appropriation for their payment. December 13, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Eradication of foot-and-mouth and other contagious diseases of animals. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924... for the eradication of the foot-and-mouth and other contagious diseases... March 1, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Tolovana River, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Tolovana River, Alaska. February 9, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Appropriation for legislative establishment, Public Buildings Commission, $10,000. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States, Public Buildings Commission, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924... February 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Plan for the development of Muscle Shoals. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a plan for the development of Muscle Shoals presented jointly by the Tennessee Electric Power Co., the Memphis Power & Light Co., and the Alabama Power Co. January 21, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Salaries and expenses of the Board of Survey, Appraisal, and Sale, with headquarters at the Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Letter from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting report of use by the Navy Department of public moneys, proceeds of sales of government property, to pay certain expenses... January 21, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Relief of earthquake sufferers in Japan. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting draft of proposed legislation to be included in one of the deficiency bills: "The Paymaster General of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to expend from the naval supply account fund... for the relief of sufferers in Japan..." February 14, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for special service in the office of the Judge Advocate General. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for special services in the office of the Judge Advocate General... January 25, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Navy Department for gunnery and engineering exercises. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Navy Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for gunnery and engineering exercises, $24,300. January 25, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Alien Property Custodian. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Alien Property Custodian for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for the expenses of the protection and return of... January 25, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations for the Department of the Interior. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Department of the Interior for 1923 and prior fiscal years, $76.478.79, and supplemental estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924... January 29, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations for the Department of Justice and a draft of proposed legislation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates of appropriations for the Department of Justice, amounting in all to the sum of $237,667.69; also a draft of proposed legislation authorizing the use... January 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency estimates of appropriations for the United States Veterans' Bureau. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the United States Veterans' Bureau, vocational rehabilitation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, $900,000, and for hospital facilities... January 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations for the Department of Labor. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a deficiency estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1920, $125.29, and supplemental estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, $328,555, for the Department of Labor... January 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency and supplemental estimates of appropriations for the legislative establishment of the United States. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency and supplemental estimates of appropriations for the legislative establishment of the United States... January 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency and supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Treasury Department. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal years 1922 and 1923, amounting to $173,282.54, and supplemental estimates of appropriations... January 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims settled by the Postmaster General requiring an appropriation for their payment. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Postmaster General submitting claims for damages to or loss of privately owned property in the sum of $2,238.21... January 29, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Proposed authorization to permit the Treasury Department to use an appropriation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a proposed authorization to enable the Treasury Department to use the existing appropriation "Collecting the internal revenue, 1924," for the rental of quarters... January 29, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Additional offer made by the Tennessee Electric Power Co. to manufacture nitrogen and fertilizers at Muscle Shoals. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an additional offer from the Tennessee Electric Power Co., and its associates, covering the manufacture of nitrogen and fertilizers at Muscle Shoals. January 25, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Oil leases made on naval reserves. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting an estimate of appropriation... for the purpose of insuring enforcement of either civil or criminal liability pertaining to oil leases made on naval reserves and the protection of the interests of the United States... January 29, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations for the Department of Agriculture. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, amounting to $65,000. January 29, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for water and sewers at military posts, $55,000. January 29, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for the District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, $8,400. January 29, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Special legal services for the Public Utilities Commission. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the District of Columbia for the employment of special legal services for the Public Utilities Commission for the fiscal year ending... February 16, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Indian service. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1924, pertaining to the Indian service, amounting to $300,000. February 16, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Central heating plant for the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting draft of proposed legislation making available until June 30, 1925, $75,000 of the appropriations for the fiscal year 1924... for the purpose of erecting a central heating plant... February 19, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Printing and binding, Department of Commerce. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for printing and binding, $20,000. February 19, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
To pay claim of J. Maury Dove Co. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, submitted by the War Department for the payment of a claim of the J. Maury Dove Co. for $9,505.08. January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Puyallup River, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Puyallup River, Wash., with a view to preparing plans and estimates of cost for the prevention and control of floods on said river and its tributaries... March 13, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Flood Control and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Adjusted claim requiring an appropriation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting communication from the Acting Secretary of Commerce submitting a claim for damages to privately owned property in the sum of $20, which claim has been adjusted... January 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered against the government by the United States District Court of New Mexico. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting judgments rendered against the government by the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico in connection with condemnation proceedings... January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Adjusted claim requiring an appropriation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting communication from the Assistant Secretary of Commerce submitting a claim for damages to privately owned property in the sum of $294.25, which claim he has adjusted... January 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States Housing Corporation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the United States Housing Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and June 30, 1924, for ground rent for the government hotels for government workers... January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Flushing Bay and Creek, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Flushing Bay and Creek, N.Y. January 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Calaveras River, Calif. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary survey of Calaveras River, Calif., with a view to the control of its floods. March 11, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Flood Control and ordered to be printed.
Adjustment of salaries, officers and employees of Congress. Letter from the Chairman of the Joint Committee To Readjust the Salaries of Officers and Employees of Congress, transmitting the report of the Joint Committee for the Readjustment of Salaries... January 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Special Committee on Readjustment of Salaries of Officers and Employees of Congress and ordered to be printed.
Indian problem. Resolution of the Committee of One Hundred appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and A review of the Indian problem, by Mr. Joseph E. Otis, a member of the Committee. Presented by Mr. Snyder. January 7, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered against the government by the district courts of the United States. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a list of judgments rendered against the government by the district courts of the United States, as submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury... January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered against the Government in admiralty. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, sitting in admiralty, requiring an appropriation. January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Legislative establishment. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, in the sum of $345,000. January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Smithsonian Institution. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for the laying of water mains and the erection of fire hydrants in the Smithsonian grounds, $8,500. January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Legislative establishment. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency and supplemental estimates of appropriations for the legislative establishment of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1923, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, amounting in all to $23,232.02. January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Glencove Creek, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Glencove Creek, N.Y. February 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Adjusted claims requiring an appropriation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting communication from the Acting Secretary of Commerce submitting claims for damage to privately owned property in the sum of $262.09, which claims have been adjusted by the Commissioner of Lighthouses... January 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, in the sum of $125,000. January 12, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations for the Post Office Department. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Post Office Department for 1923 and prior fiscal years, $3,774,433.40, and supplemental estimates of appropriations... January 29, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for the Department of Justice. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1924, to be available during the fiscal year 1925, amounting to $450,000. February 14, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of Commerce. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, amounting to $154,000. January 25, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and a draft of proposed legislation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924... January 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Acquiring land at certain military reservations. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for completion of the acquisition of land at certain military reservations, amounting in all to $204,350. February 21, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at the Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, S. Dak. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for the National Home for Disabled Soldiers... January 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Deep River, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Deep River, Wahkiakum County, Wash., and entrance thereto. March 13, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Stationery for senators, committees, and officers of the Senate. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, in the sum of $5,000. February 23, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimates of appropriations for the District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, amounting to $418,960.28. January 25, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Capitol power plant and Capitol grounds. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States providing $166,000 for the Capitol power plant and the Capitol grounds. March 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Chilocco Indian School, Chilocco, Okla. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for making replacement of losses occasioned by the fire at the Chilocco Indian School... February 21, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Agriculture distress in the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting special recommendations for legislation by Congress for the relief of distress in agricultural districts in the United States. January 23, 1924. -- Referred to the Committees on Agriculture and Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Claims adjusted by the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau submitting claims for damages to or loss of privately owned property in the sum of $626.16... February 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States Coast Guard. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1924, for increasing the equipment and personnel of the United States Coast Guard, amounting to $13,853,989. February 1, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Onancock River, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Onancock River, Va. March 13, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Report to be made to Congress. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of reports to be made to Congress by public officers during the Sixty-eighth Congress. December 5, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Cambridge harbor, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Cambridge harbor, Md. February 29, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
National Park Service. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of the Interior, pertaining to the National Park Service for the fiscal year 1924, amounting to $27,700. February 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Federal Power Commission. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Federal Power Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for printing and binding, $1,000. January 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Report of Tax Simplification Board. Letter from the Chairman of the Tax Simplification Board, transmitting report as to recommendations made to the bureau, the condition of the work, and recommendations as to legislation regarding the simplification of the administration of the internal revenue laws. December 10, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Annual message of the President of the United States to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives, December 6, 1923.
Mississippi River at Nauvoo, Ill. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Mississippi River at Nauvoo, Ill. December 13, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustration.
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Serial set 8274 Administrative expenses, World War Adjusted Compensation Act, United States Veterans' Bureau, 1924. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the United States Veterans' Bureau for the fiscal year 1924 and 1925, amounting to $127,817,898... May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Probation system, Supreme Court, District of Columbia, salaries and expenses Court of Appeals, District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925... May 28, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Refunding income taxes under title 12 of Revenue Act of 1924, 1924 and 1925. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department, pertaining to the Internal Revenue Service, for the fiscal year 1924, amounting to $16,140,000. June 4, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous expenses, Supreme Court, District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a deficiency estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1923, $50.62; and supplemental estimates... for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, $41,000, for the District of Columbia... May 14, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Collecting statistics, Bureau of Census. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, for collecting statistics, Bureau of Census, $30,000. May 19, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Sabine-Neches Waterway (salt water guard lock), Tex. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, supplementary report on survey of Sabine-Neches Waterway (salt water guard lock), Tex. April 10, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Hilo harbor, Hawaii. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Hilo harbor, Hawaii. April 10, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Elevator repair, State, War, and Navy Department Building. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Office of the Superintendent [of] State, War, and Navy Building... for rebuilding elevators, $25,000. May 12, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Coconut scale control in Guam. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for the control and eradication of the coconut scale on the Island of Guam... May 5, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
American Hawaiian Steamship Co. v. United States, and Prince Line (Ltd.) v. United States. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting judgments... as submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury, under the War Department, $427,511.45. May 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims which have been submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury, and require an appropriation for their payment... May 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses, public moneys. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for expenses in connection with the handling of the public moneys, $10,000. May 24, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Alligator Creek and Four Mile Creek, S.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Alligator Creek and Four Mile Creek, S.C. April 12, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Eight claims adjusted by the Secretary of Agriculture. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of Agriculture submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $2,545.89, to pay eight claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property... May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries, officers and employees, House of Representatives, 1925. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the legislative establishment of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925... $172,553.90. May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
For a bathing beach and bathhouse for the colored population, Washington, D.C. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the improvement and care of public buildings, District of Columbia, fiscal year 1924... $50,000. May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims adjusted by the Acting Secretary of Commerce. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting two communications from the Acting Secretary of Commerce submitting estimates of appropriations in the sum of $1,712.15, to pay claims... May 29, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy in Hawaii. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Labor... to carry into effect the provisions of an act relative to the promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity... May 16, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Pay, miscellaneous, 1921, Navy Department; refund to the Panama Railroad Co., 1924; also drafts of proposed legislation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a deficiency estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1921... also drafts of proposed legislation affecting certain existing appropriations. May 14, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
War Department automobiles for American Battle Monuments Commission abroad. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to make the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for the expenses of the American Battle Monuments Commission... May 16, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Eradication of foot-and-mouth and other contagious diseases of animals. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924...$3,500,000. May 28, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries and equipment, White House Police, fiscal year 1925. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Executive Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925... required in accordance with the provisions of the act approved May 27, 1924... May 31, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Capitol power plant. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States for the fiscal year 1924 and to remain available during the fiscal year 1925, in the sum of $38,000, for improving Capitol power plant. May 19, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for the Treasury Department, 1924 and 1925. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1924, $45,000 [i.e., $45,400], and for the fiscal year 1925, $8,330,100; in all $8,375,500... May 17, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Twenty-four claims allowed by the Postmaster General. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting two communications from the Postmaster General submitting an estimate of appropriation... to pay claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property... May 17, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Valuation of property of carriers. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Interstate Commerce Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, for valuation of property of carriers, $350,000. May 21, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Income tax tables under the Revenue Act of 1924. Prepared by Hon. W.C. Hawley. June 7, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Cowlitz River, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Cowlitz River, Wash., with a view to preparing plans and estimates of cost for the prevention and control of floods. March 15, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
General and Special Claims Commissions, United States and Mexico. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of State for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, for the General and Special Claims Commissions, United States and Mexico, $171,930. May 9, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Naval Observatory. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Navy Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, to complete the purchase of land lying within the Naval Observatory Circle, $4,041. May 5, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations for government departments, fiscal year 1925. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year 1925, required to provide for employees of the field services of the several departments and establishments... May 24, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Rent Commission, District of Columbia, 1924-25. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, to pay salaries and expenses for the continuance of the Rent Commission... May 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Administrative expenses, World War Adjusted Compensation Act, Navy Department. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Navy Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925... May 24, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 1924 and 1925. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Department of the Interior... May 24, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Hudson River Channel at Weehawken and Edgewater, N.J. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Hudson River Channel... May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Seven claims adjusted by the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $374.03... May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries of employees under the Architect of the Capitol. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the legislative establishment of the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925... $24,785.80. May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, House of Representatives. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924... May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Government hotels, Washington, D.C. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the United States Housing Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, for rent of grounds owned by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.... $74,315. May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Two drafts of proposed legislation affecting appropriations in the War Department. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting two drafts of proposed legislation affecting existing appropriations of the War Department. May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committees on Appropriations and Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Salaries, officers and employees, Senate. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the legislative establishment of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, salaries, officers and employees, Senate, $94,045.30. May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
General expenses, Bureau of Chemistry. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925... $10,000. May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Investigations in connection with war transactions. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924... to continue investigations in connection with war transactions, $2,187,000. March 1, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
One hundred and eighteen claims adjusted by the Postmaster General, requiring an appropriation for their payment. Communication from the President of the United States... submitting estimate of appropriations in the sum of $6,413.81, to pay 118 claims which have been adjusted and require an appropriation for their payment. May 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Lease of court room in New York City and appropriations for the Department of Justice. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year 1923, $953.23, and supplemental estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, $51,000, for the Department of Justice... May 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Oregon Short Line Railroad. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Acting Secretary of Commerce, submitting a claim... in the sum of $487.39, which claim has been adjusted by the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey... May 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate. May 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims of Jeremiah E. Kelley and 49 others. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $40,149.04, to pay claims of Jeremiah J. Kelley and 49 others... May 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims of Texas Oil Co. and 22 other claimants. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $6,316.74, to pay claims of Texas Oil Co., Port Arthur, Tex., and 22 other claimants... May 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Richard P. Moore. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Treasury Department under date of March 4, 1924, submitting the claim of Richard P. Moore in the sum of $42.82 which has been adjusted and which requires an appropriation for its payment. May 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations for the District of Columbia... with certain proposed legislation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations for the District of Columbia... together with certain proposed legislation. May 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Electrical Communications. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate... to defray the cost of representation of the United States at the meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Electrical Communications... May 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Completion of frieze in the rotunda of the Capitol. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States, for amount required in connection with the completion of the frieze in the rotunda of the Capitol... June 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses, United States, miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924... May 12, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Administrative expenses, World War Adjusted Compensation Act, War Department. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, to remain available until June 30, 1925... May 24, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Nineteen claims adjusted by the Secretary of the Navy. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $24,333.16, to pay 19 claims for damages for which Navy vessels were found to be responsible... May 13, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Increasing the appropriation to patrol the Canadian and Mexican borders. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation amending the act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice... the Judiciary... Commerce and Labor... May 28, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Additional laundry machinery and equipment for government hotels, Washington, D.C. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation which will authorize the United States Housing Corporation, Washington, D.C.... May 28, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Reimbursement to Nisqually Indians, Washington. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, to compensate certain Nisqually Indians, of Washington... $85,000. May 27, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for the Department of State, 1924 and 1925. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of State... also... making the appropriation for the embassy building in London, England, available until June 30, 1925. May 29, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses, House of Representatives. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a deficiency estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, in the sum of $7,285.08. May 14, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Shipyard River, S.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Shipyard River, S.C. May 16, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Cooperative vocational education in agriculture, trades, and industries in Hawaii. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Federal Board for Vocational Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925... May 16, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Relocating main canal, Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho, 1924 and 1925. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of the Interior... from Indian tribal funds for the fiscal years 1924 and 1925, amounting to $100,000. May 31, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
James W. Boyer, Jr. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation for the relief of James W. Boyer, Jr. May 31, 1924. -- Referred to the Committees on Appropriations and Claims and ordered to be printed.
Reclamation service. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of the Interior, pertaining to the Reclamation service, for the fiscal year 1925, amounting to $1,146,500. May 21, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Reorganization of the executive departments. Report of the Joint Committee on Reorganization created under the joint resolution adopted December 17, 1920, as amended by resolution approved May 5, 1923. Presented by Mr. Mapes, from the Joint Committee on the Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government. June 3, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
Public schools, District of Columbia, 1925. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, amounting to $1,151,970, for public schools. June 4, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Secret Service, suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes, 1923. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a deficiency estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department, pertaining to the Secret Service, for the fiscal year 1923, amounting to $756.62. June 4, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency and supplemental estimates of appropriation for the Post Office Department. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1923, and prior fiscal years... in all $6,236,469.01. May 10, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Printing and binding, Supreme Court of the United States. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Supreme Court of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for printing and binding, amounting to $4,000. May 8, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Th. Brovig v. the United States (steamship "Babcock"). Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting record of judgment rendered against the government by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting in admiralty, in the case of Th. Brovig v. the United States (steamship "Babcock")... May 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses, Senate, kitchen and restaurant. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, contingent expenses, Senate, kitchen and restaurant, $20,000. May 26, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Fighting and preventing forest fires. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for fighting and preventing forest fires, $125,000. June 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Thirteen adjusted claims. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting two communications from the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $3,115.03, to pay 13 claims which he has adjusted and which require an appropriation for their payment. May 13, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Recorder of Deeds. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, for rent of offices for the Recorder of Deeds, $6,800. April 30, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Land near Camp Knox, Ky. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department amounting to $35,000 to remain available until June 30, 1925, for the compensation of owners for land taken and for damages suffered... May 16, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Soldiers' adjusted compensation. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval the Bill H.R. 7959, "To Provide Adjusted Compensation for Veterans of the World War and for Other Purposes." May 15, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Vocational rehabilitation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a deficiency estimate of appropriation for the United States Veterans' Bureau, vocational rehabilitation, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, $900,000. May 14, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency and supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of Justice to June 30, 1924. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year 1923 and prior years... for the Department of Justice, amounting in all to the sum of $223,443.47. May 16, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Scrapping of naval vessels. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Navy Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, to remain available until June 30, 1925, for scrapping of naval vessels, $3,000,000. May 16, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda harbor, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda harbor, N.Y. May 16, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with two illustrations.
Estimates of appropriations for Metropolitan Police, 1925. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the District of Columbia... in all, $1,338,192.21. May 31, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Green Bay Harbor and Fox River, Wis., from Oshkosh to its mouth. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Green Bay Harbor and Fox River, Wis., from Oshkosh to its mouth. May 17, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with three illustrations.
Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, for general expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics (crop and livestock estimates), $50,000. May 19, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Rev. S.T. Matthews. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Treasury Department under date of May 5, 1924, submitting claims of Rev. S.T. Matthews in the sum of $97.85, which has been adjusted and which requires an appropriation for its payment. May 17, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Repair of government-owned bridge across the Missouri River at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, to remain available until June 30, 1925... $49,115. June 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, Calif. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, Calif. June 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
Crisfield harbor, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Crisfield harbor, Md. June 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Virgin Islands of the United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting draft of proposed legislation to extend the provisions of the National Bank Act to the Virgin Islands of the United States. March 25, 1924. -- Referred to the Committees on Banking and Currency and Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Fernandina harbor, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Fernandina harbor, Fla. March 24, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with three illustrations.
Delaware River, Pa. and N.J. -- Philadelphia to Trenton. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Delaware River, Pa. and N.J., with a view to securing increased depth and width in the channels between Philadelphia and the... March 24, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Senate Resolution 195, regarding Clarence C. Chase. Message from the Senate of the United States, transmitting copy of the Senate Resolution (S. Res. 195) relating to Clarence C. Chase, collector of the Customs at the port of El Paso, Tex., together with certain testimony... March 25, 1924. -- Resolution ordered to be printed, and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Maintenance, Senate Office Building, 1925. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States for maintenance, Senate Office Building, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, in the sum of $24,405. March 29, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Mints and assay offices. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1924, pertaining to mints and assay offices, amounting to $300. March 14, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Seven claims adjusted by the Secretary of War. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting two communications from the Secretary of War submitting claims for damages to or loss of privately owned property in the sum of $4,496.23, of seven claimants, which have been adjusted and which... May 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Norfolk Harbor, Va. -- channels in southern and eastern branches of Elizabeth River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Norfolk Harbor, Va.... March 24, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with three illustrations.
Four claims adjusted by the Commissioner of Lighthouses. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Acting Secretary of Commerce submitting claims for damages to privately owned property in the sum of $390.64... which require an appropriation for their payment. May 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Kingdom of Hungary. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the World War Debt Commission, together with a copy of the agreement referred to therein, providing for the settlement of the indebtedness of the Kingdom of Hungary to the United States of America. April 25, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
For the construction of a road at Fort Story (Va.) Military Reservation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for the construction of a road at Fort Story, Va., to remain available until June 30... May 5, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
For the relief of sufferers from earthquake in Japan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation for the relief of sufferers from earthquake in Japan. April 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Eight claims adjusted by the Secretary of the Navy. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $1,947.33, to pay eight claims which he has adjusted and which require an appropriation for their payment. May 2, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Illinois River and tributaries, Illinois -- flood control. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Illinois River, Ill., with a view to preparing plans and estimates of cost for the prevention and control of floods on said river and its tributaries... May 14, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Flood Control and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Four judgments rendered against the United States. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a list of judgments rendered against the government by the district courts of the United States, as submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury... May 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation... for expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including compensation to stenographers, $100,000. April 15, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims allowed by the General Accounting Office. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting schedules of claims amounting to $1,190,870.49 allowed by the various divisions of the General Accounting Office, as covered by certificates of settlement, the numbers of which are shown... May 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Eradication of foot-and-mouth and other contagious diseases of animals. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924... for the eradication of foot-and-mouth and other contagious diseases... April 11, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries, General Accounting Office, 1925. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the General Accounting Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925... $75.240. May 27, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
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