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Serial set 8239 Warren G. Harding. Memorial address delivered before the joint meeting of the two Houses of Congress as a tribute of respect to the late President of the United States, by Hon. Charles Evans Hughes, secretary of State. 1
Serial set 8240 Arlington Memorial Bridge. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting... the report of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission... April 21 (calendar day, April 23), 1924. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. April 24 (calendar day, April 25), 1924. -- The Committee on Commerce discharged, and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1
Serial set 8241 Oil concessions in foreign countries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution No. 149 of February 13, 1924, a report of the Secretary of State relative to the diplomatic correspondence in connection with securing oil concessions for American citizens... April 22 (calendar day, April 23), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 8242 Cotton trade. Letter from the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, transmitting a report of the Federal Trade Commission on the cotton trade... April 24 (calendar day, April 28), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 8243 Arizona state memorial stone. Proceedings held in the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., at the dedication of a memorial stone placed in the monument by the State of Arizona, April 15, 1924. Presented by Mr. Cameron. May 12, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 8244 Forestry, Reclamation, and Home-making conference. Proceedings of the Forestry, Reclamation, and Home-making conference, held at New Orleans, La., November 19 to 22, 1923. Presented by Mr. Ransdell. February 13, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. 1
Serial set 8245 Promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine. Proceedings of the International Centennial Celebration of the Promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine, held at Richmond, Va., December 2-4, 1923. May 5, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. 1
Serial set 8246 Conditions in Russia. Speech of Hon. William H. King, a senator from the State of Utah, delivered in the Senate January 22 and April 24, 1924. Presented by Mr. Lodge. May 26, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 8247 Wheat flour milling industry. Communication from the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, transmitting the report of the Commission on the wheat flour milling industry, in response to Senate Resolution No. 212, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session, agreed to January 18, 1922. May 14 (calendar day, May 16), 1924. -- Ordered to lie on the table. 1
Serial set 8248 Taxation and tax-exempt income. Letter from the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, transmitting a report on taxation and tax-exempt income in partial response to Senate Resolution No. 451, Sixty-seventh Congress, fourth session, agreed to February 28, 1923. June 6, 1924. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed with illustrations. 1
Serial set 8249 National Conference on Outdoor Recreation. Proceedings of the National Conference on Outdoor Recreation, held in the auditorium of the new National Museum, Washington, D.C. May 22, 23, and 24, 1924. June 6, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed as a Senate document. 1
Serial set 8250 Constitution of the United States of America as amended to December 1, 1924 (annotated), with citations to the cases of the Supreme Court of the United States construing its several provisions collated under each provision. 1
Serial set 8251 District of Columbia Code. The act entitled "An Act To Establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia" (chapter 854, 31 Stat. 1189) approved March 3, 1901, as amended up to and including June 7, 1924, and certain legislative acts relating to the District of Columbia, of general interest to the legal profession. 1
Serial set 8252 Appropriations, estimates, etc. Statements for the Sixty-eighth Congress, first session (December 3, 1923, to June 7, 1924)... Prepared... by Kennedy F. Rea, clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, and Marcellus C. Shield, clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives. 1
Serial set 8253 Sale of condemned property. Letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the United States Senate, submitting a report of the sale of property condemned in accordance with the statutes and the deposit of the proceeds with the Financial Clerk of the Senate. December 20, 1923. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Adjustment of salaries of officers and employees of Congress. Report of the Joint Select Committee of the Congress of the United States, pursuant to section 10 of the Act (H.R. 14435), Sixty-seventh Congress, directing a select committee to submit to Congress... what adjustments, if any, should be made... December 6, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Arsenic deposits in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting... containing information prepared by the United States Geological Survey on arsenic deposits in the United States available for the manufacture of white arsenic. January 24, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.
Conditions in the Ruhr and Rhineland. A report on present conditions in the Ruhr and Rhineland made to the council, New York Commandery, Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States, by William Seaman Bainbridge, the commander. Presented by Mr. Pepper. January 24, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Public utilities companies. Annual reports of public utility companies of the District of Columbia, transmitted pursuant to law for the year ending December 31, 1923.
Claim of the government of Norway. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State in relation to a claim presented by the government of Norway... on account of losses sustained by the owners of the Norwegian steamship "Hassel"... February 22 (calendar day, February 25), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
British steamship "Baron Berwick." Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State with reference to a claim by the British government on account of losses sustained by the British steamship "Baron Berwick" as a result of collision between that vessel and... February 28, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Postal service. Report of the Joint Commission on Postal Service, submitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to methods and systems of handling, dispatching, transporting, and delivering the mails. Presented by Mr. Sterling. February 7 (calendar day, February 8), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claim of Madame Crignier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State with reference to a claim presented by the government of France on account of losses sustained by Madam Crignier, a French citizen... January 3, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. February 7 (calendar day, February 11), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claim for the death of Samuel Richardson. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State respecting a claim presented by the British government for the death of Samuel Richardson, November 1, 1921, at Consuelo, Dominican Republic... January 14, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. January 15, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the World War Foreign Debt Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury submitting a copy of the report of the World War Foreign Debt Commission dated May 2, 1923, together with a copy of the agreement referred to therein... January 16, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
General Assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State... for the expenses of delegates to the meeting of the General Assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome... March 6 (calendar day, March 7), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Big five meat packing companies. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting a report in response to S.Res. 145, of February 16, 1924, and S.Res. 167, [of] February 20, 1924, containing information and data relating to the suit of the United States of America v. Swift & Co. et al., in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. March 10, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.
Twenty-five per cent reduction in taxes. Message from the President of the United States, recommending the enactment of a resolution for a reduction of 25 per cent in taxes to be paid before the 15th of March for the current year. March 11, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Proposed tax plans. Comparison of the Mellon, Garner, and Longworth tax plans with the present law. Married persons without dependents on basis of unearned income. Presented by Mr. Simmons. March 11, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Reports on Russian affairs. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 14, 1924, a report by the Secretary of State touching Russian affairs, by William Boyce Thompson, Colonel Raymond Robins, General Graves, Governor J.P. Goodrich, Major Slaughter, and Major Faymonville. February 1, 1924. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Civil service retirement and disability fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting... a communication from the Commissioner of Pensions submitting the third annual report of the Board of Actuaries upon the operation of the act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service. January 21, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service. February 1, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Attempt by communists to seize the American labor movement. Prepared by the United Mine Workers of America and published in newspapers of the United States. Presented by Mr. Lodge. January 3, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claims arising out of the occupation of Vera Cruz. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State requesting submission to the present Congress, claims arising out of the occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico, by the American forces in 1914... February 7, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Claim of the government of the Netherlands against the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State recommending an appropriation... to pay Mr. Arend Kamp and Mr. Francis Gort, subjects of the Netherland, for personal injuries... December 20, 1923. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Rents from properties on government-owned sites. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting a report in compliance with law as to rents received from properties on sites of proposed public buildings purchased by the government in Washington. January 23, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
William H.H. Hart. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H.H. Hart against the United States. January 3, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Claim of Mr. Salvador Buitrago Diaz. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State respecting a claim against the United States on account of damage done by United States Marines to the property of Mr. Salvador Buitrago Diaz, owner of the newspaper La Tribuna... January 10, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Surety bonds in favor of the United States. Letter from the Comptroller General, submitting, pursuant to law, a draft of proposed legislation for the standardization of procedure with reference to surety bonds running in favor of the United States. January 16, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
International Statistical Institute at the Hague. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State concerning legislation to enable the United States to maintain membership in the International Statistical Institute at the Hague. January 14, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. January 15, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Income tax returns of certain individuals and corporations. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting... a reply declining... the request to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to turn over to the Senate Committee on Public Lands and Surveys all income tax returns filed by certain individuals... March 6, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys and ordered to be printed.
Cash bonus. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a letter from the Chairman of the Committee on Finance in regard to the Bill (S. 1969) "To Provide Adjusted Compensation for Veterans of the World War, and for Other Purposes." Presented by Mr. Copeland. March 10, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed as a Senate document.
Property report of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. Letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the United States Senate, transmitting, pursuant to law, a full and complete account of all property in his possession and in the Senate Office Building belonging to the United States Senate, December 3, 1923. December 20, 1923. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
One hundred years of the Monroe Doctrine, by Henry Cabot Lodge, senator from Massachusetts, chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations. Presented by Mr. Moses. December 15, 1923. -- Ordered to be printed.
Property report of the Secretary of the Senate. Letter from the Secretary of the Senate, submitting, in obedience to law, an account of all property, including stationery, belonging to the United States in his possession on the 3d day of December, 1923. December 10, 1923. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
National Forest Reservation Commission. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the National Forest Reservation Commission for the year ending June 30, 1923. December 10, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys.
League of Nations, its court, and its law: American cooperation for world peace, by David Jayne Hill. Presented by Mr. Moses. December 15, 1923. -- Ordered to be printed.
Judgments of the Court of Claims. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting, pursuant to law, a statement of all judgments rendered by the Court of Claims for the year ended December 2, 1923, the amounts, the parties, and a synopsis of the nature of claims. December 10, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Atlantic Works v. United States. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Atlantic Works against the United States. December 10, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co. Dissenting opinion of Commissioner Eastman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, in the case of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co., tentative valuation. Presented by Mr. McNary. January 10, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
City of Philadelphia v. the United States. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the City of Philadelphia against the United States. January 28 (calendar day, January 30), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Discontent with democracy. Address by Nicholas Murray Butler before the midwinter meeting of the Republican State Editorial Association, at Indianapolis, Indiana, February 8, 1924. Presented by Mr. Lodge. February 28, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Anacostia River and Flats. Letter from the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, transmitting report of board on reclamation and development of the Anacostia River and Flats. Presented by Mr. Ball. February 7 (calendar day, February 9), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Inter-American Electrical Communications Committee. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State concerning a meeting of the Inter-American Electrical Communications Committee... and requesting legislation authorizing an appropriation... February 7, 1927. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Swedish fishing boat "Lilly." Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report... relative to a claim presented by the Swedish government on account of the sinking of the Swedish fishing boat "Lilly" by the U.S. Army transport "Antigone." January 3, 1924. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. February 7 (calendar day, February 11), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Movement of products of Northwest Pacific states. Letter from the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, transmitting a report concerning the adequacy of transportation facilities in 1922 for the movement of the products of the Northwest Pacific states. February 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Secret history of a great betrayal, by E.D. Morel, M.P., editor of "Foreign Affairs," with a preface by Prof. Raymond Beazley D.Litt., F.R.G.S., professor of modern history of Birmingham University. Presented by Mr. Owen. February 7 (calendar day, February 11), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Diplomatic correspondence with Colombia in connection with the treaty of 1914, and certain oil concessions. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting... a letter from the Secretary of State submitting diplomatic correspondence in connection with the ratification of a treaty... March 14, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
American prosperity and peace. Address of Senator Medill McCormick, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, January 28, 1924, on the subject of American prosperity and peace. Presented by Mr. McKinley. February 13 (calendar day, February 15), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Statement and recommendations prepared for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury, by its Alcohol Trades Advisory Committee, appointed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in respect to the administration of the National Prohibition Act. Presented by Mr. Bayard. February 13, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed with an illustration.
Equestrian statue of General San Martin. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State recommending authorization of the erection in Washington of an equestrian statue of General San Martin; a gift by the people of Argentina. February 13, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
Short and long distance hauls, interstate commerce law. Letter from the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, transmitting... a report on the administration of section 4 of the Interstate Commerce Act. February 13 (calendar day, February 14), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Address of the President of the United States, before the National Republican Club, at the Waldorf-Astoria, February 12, 1924, at 8 o'clock P.M. Presented by Mr. Lodge. February 13, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed
Claims for the death of several Nicaraguans. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State respecting claims against the United States on account of several Nicaraguans killed or injured in encounters with American Marines... January 21, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Third World's Poultry Congress. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report... favoring legislation by Congress sanctioning governmental participation in holding the third World's Poultry Congress in the United States in 1927. February 13, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.
Accrued interest under Trading with the Enemy Act. Letter from the Alien Property Custodian, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution No. 49 of December 12, 1923, information as to certain accrued interest under the Trading with the Enemy Act. December 18, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Warren Gamaliel Harding. Eulogy delivered by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, broadcasted by radio in behalf of the Harding Memorial Association, December 10, 1923. Presented by Mr. Willis. December 15, 1923. -- Ordered to be printed.
Commission of Gold and Silver Inquiry. Progress report of the Commission of Gold and Silver Inquiry, United States Senate, pursuant to Senate Resolution 469, Sixty-seventh Congress, fourth session, creating the Commission of Gold and Silver Inquiry. Presented by Mr. Oddie. February 7 (calendar day, February 8), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Judicial salaries. Report of the committee to consider the salaries of federal and state judges, made to and adapted by the American Bar Association, by Alexander B. Andrews of the Raleigh (N.C.) bar, chairman of special committees. Presented by Mr. Overman. February 22 (calendar day, February 25), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Seventh International Sanitary Conference. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State concerning representation by the United States in the seventh International Sanitary Conference of American States to be held at the City of Habana in November, 1924. January 16, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Erection of public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution 94, information relative to sites acquired and appropriations necessary for the erection of certain public buildings. January 28 (calendar day, January 29), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the Architect of the Capitol for the year ending June 30, 1923. December 10, 1923. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. January 23, 1924. -- Committee on Appropriations discharged and referred to the Committee on Printing. 		57
Serial set 8254 Creation of the American General Staff. Personal narrative of the General Staff System of the American Army, by Major General William Harding Carter. Presented by Mr. Wadsworth. January 22, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing.
Interdepartmental Patents Board. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Interdepartmental Patents Board, together with drafts of bills to authorize the President to withhold from publication any patent which in his opinion would be detrimental to the national defense. December 10, 1923. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Patents.
Practice of ex-officials before the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting... report relative to the appearance of ex-members of the Senate or ex-cabinet officers as attorneys or agents before the Navy Department... April 10 (calendar day, April 19), 1924. -- Letter of transmittal ordered printed and, with accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Deficiency and supplemental estimate for the State Department. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, together with an accompanying letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, pursuant to law, deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Department of State... March 14 (calendar day, March 18), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses, United States Senate. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, together with letters from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget and the Financial Clerk of the Senate, a supplemental estimate of appropriation... March 14 (calendar day, March 15), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Practice by ex-officials before the Department of Justice. Letter from the Acting Attorney General, in response to Senate Resolution 178 of February 26, 1924, furnishing information relative to ex-members of Congress and ex-cabinet officers who since January 1, 1918, have appeared as attorneys or agents before the Department of Justice... April 7, 1924. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Comparison of the tax on specified incomes. Table showing the tax to be paid on specified incomes under the several revenue laws: the present law, the Mellon plan, the House bill, the Simmons amendment. Presented by Mr. Simmons. April 10, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Judgments against the government by United States district courts. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, together with an accompanying letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, a list of judgments rendered against the government... March 14 (calendar day, March 18), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Detail of officers of the United States. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a proposed bill to authorize temporary executive disposition, in the public interest, of the services of officers subject to executive control. March 24 (calendar day, March 26), 1924. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Practice by ex-officials before the Department of State. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting... a report from the Secretary of State relative to the appearance of ex-members of the Senate or ex-cabinet officers as attorneys or agents before the Department of State in advocacy of claims against the government... April 2, 1924. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and ordered to be printed.
Claim for death of Juan Sariano. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State respecting a claim for the death of Juan Sariano, a subject of the Dominican Republic, and recommending the authorization of an appropriation for its payment. April 24 (calendar day, May 1), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Schedule of claims against the United States. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting... schedules of claims amounting to $1,120,204.64, allowed by the various divisions of the General Accounting Office... March 14 (calendar day, March 18), 1924. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Refunding internal-revenue collections. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, together with an accompanying letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924. March 19, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Corporate income and excess-profits tax for 1921. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... information showing the amounts of net income and excess profits tax, by industrial divisions and excess-profits tax brackets, reported to the Treasury Department in the corporate income and excess-profits tax returns for 1921. March 15 (calendar day, March 17), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Maintenance of public convenience stations. 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, for the maintenance of public convenience stations. March 20, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Maintenance, Senate Office Building. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, together with letters of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget and the Architect of the Capitol, a supplemental estimate of appropriation, in the sum of $23,558... March 14 (calendar day, March 15), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Pullman car surcharges. Data furnished by the Interstate Commerce Commission with reference to the surcharges on Pullman cars by rail carriers. Presented by Mr. Smith. April 2, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
International exposition in Rio de Janeiro, 1921. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report by the Secretary of State forwarding in conformity with the joint resolution approved November 2, 1921, providing for participation by the government of the United States in the international exposition... April 24 (calendar day, April 25), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Appearance of ex-government officials before Shipping Board or Emergency Fleet Corporation. Letter from the Chairman of the United States Shipping Board, transmitting... certain information relative to the appearance of ex-cabinet officials and ex-members of the House of Representatives... April 24 (calendar day, April 29), 1924. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed, with the accompanying papers.
Expenses of delegates to the International Institute of Agriculture. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting... a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of State for the payment of the expenses of delegates to the General Assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture... March 14 (calendar day, March 18), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Marine Hospital, Key West, Fla. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting... a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department, fiscal year 1924, in the sum of $5,500, for providing water supply at the Key West (Fla.) Marine Hospital. March 14 (calendar day, March 18), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Practice by ex-officials before the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior... furnishing information relative to ex-members of Congress and ex-cabinet officers who since January 1, 1918, have appeared as attorneys or agents before the Interior Department advocating claims against the government. April 10, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed as a Senate document.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture. 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 19, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims of the government of China. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State... in relation to claims presented by the government of China against the government of the United States... April 21 (calendar day, April 23), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Practice by ex-officials before the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting... information relative to the appearance of ex-senators and ex-members of the Cabinet who since January 1, 1918, have appeared as attorneys or agents before the War Department advocating claims against the government. April 24 (calendar day, April 28), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Nitrogen situation. A general review of the nitrogen situation in the United States, by Harry A. Curtis, chief of the Nitrogen Division, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce. Presented by Mr. Norris. April 10 (calendar day, April 17), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed with illustrations as a Senate document.
Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval the Bill (S. 5) entitled "An Act Granting Pensions and Increase of Pensions to Certain Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil and Mexican Wars and to Certain Widows..." April 24 (calendar day, May 3), 1924. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Investigation of Internal Revenue bureau. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the investigation of the bureau of Internal Revenue by the select committee appointed under authority of Senate Resolution 168, agreed to March 12, 1924. April 10 (calendar day, April 11), 1924. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Trading in grain futures. Communication from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution No. 9, agreed to January 8, 1924, the report of the Grain Futures Commission under the Grain Futures Act, September 21, 1922, in respect to trading in grain futures on the Chicago Board of Trade. April 24 (calendar day, May 3), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Living and office facilities at Tokyo. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State concerning living and office facilities at Tokyo, Japan, for diplomatic and consular officers of the United States. June 3, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
To adjudicate claims of Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Mr. Harreld submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 5325) "Conferring Jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims To Hear, Examine, Adjudicate, and Enter Judgment in Any Claims Which the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians May Have against the United States, and for Other Purposes." May 20 (calendar day, May 22), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claims for damages to foreign vessels. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State in relation to certain claims presented by the governments of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway against the government of the United States... May 31, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed.
Schedules in the Classification Act. Recommendations of the Personnel Classification Board, relative to amending the compensation schedules in the Classification Act of 1923 (H.R. 8928), Public No. 516, by F.J. Bailey, chairman. Presented by Mr. Sterling. May 26 (calendar day, May 27), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service. May 26 (calendar day, May 28), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
New call for disarming. Address by the President of the United States, at the annual luncheon of the Associated Press conference in New York City, April 22, 1924. Presented by Mr. Lodge. April 21 (calendar day, April 23), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Schedule of claims allowed for the service of the several departments and independent offices. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, schedules of claims amounting to $267,040.25 allowed by the various divisions of the General Accounting Office... June 3 (calendar day, June 4), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Federal Trade Commission v. Chamber of Commerce of Minneapolis and others. Findings of facts and conclusions of the Federal Trade Commission in the case against the Chamber of Commerce of Minneapolis and others. Docket No. 694. June 3, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed as a Senate document.
Council of American Shipbuilders (Inc.). Survey of the treaty stipulations limiting the right of the United States to levy discriminatory tonnage and Customs duties in favor of United States vessels. Prepared by Prof. Charles C. Thach of John Hopkins University. Presented by Mr. Jones of Washington. June 3 (calendar day, June 4), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Development of oil shale. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $90,000 for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924... for the development of oil shale... June 3 (calendar day, June 5), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Acquiring fishery rights in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $5,000 for the Navy Department... to pay expenses of condemnation in connection with acquisition of private rights of fishery... June 3 (calendar day, June 4), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Rebuilding dairy barns at Indian School, Carson City, Nev. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Interior Department Indian service... for rebuilding dairy and horse barns, Carson Indian School... June 3 (calendar day, June 5), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Cotton-cloth industry. Letter from the Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of May 12, 1924, a report on the present depression in, and the effect of imports upon, the cotton-cloth industry. June 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
Protecting Alaskan seal and salmon fisheries. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1925, in the sum of $55,000, protecting seal and salmon fisheries in Alaska, 1924. June 6, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, 1924. Letter from Rear Admiral W.L. Rodgers, United States Navy, transmitting the report of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, 1924. June 7, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Classification of the field service. A communication submitting separate views relative to the classification of the field service of the government, by Guy Moffett, member representing the United States Civil Service Commission... Presented by Mr. Sterling. May 26 (calendar day, May 27), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service. May 26 (calendar day, May 28), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed
Supplemental estimate for War Department, flood control. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department in the sum of $38,000, preliminary examination and surveys for flood control... June 3 (calendar day, June 4), 1924. -- Read; 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. Smoot. June 3, 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Organization of the world for peace. A plan by which the United States may cooperate with other nations to achieve and preserve the peace of the world, by Chandler P. Anderson. To accompany Senate Joint Resolution 122. Presented by Mr. Lodge. May 5 (calendar day, May 8), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lease of Muscle Shoals plant. Communication from the Secretary of War, transmitting a proposal of the Union Carbide Co., of New York, for the lease of the government power and nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals and Sheffield, Ala. May 5 (calendar day, May 7), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.
International exposition at Seville, Spain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State relative to participation by the United States in an international exposition of arts, sciences, history, industries, commerce, and resources... May 5 (calendar day, May 7), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Reclassification of postal salaries. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval the Bill (S. 1898) entitled "An Act Reclassifying the Salaries of the Postmasters and Employees of the Postal Service and Readjusting Their Salaries and Compensation on an Equitable Basis, and for Other Purposes." June 7, 1924. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Near East Relief. Report of the Near East Relief for the year ending December 31, 1923. April 24, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service. May 14 (calendar day, May 17), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Status of Swains Island. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State regarding the status of Swains Island, recommending that it be placed under the jurisdiction of the government established in American Samoa. May 20 (calendar day, May 23), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Permanent Court of International Justice. Resolution advising the adherence of the United States to the existing Permanent Court of International Justice with certain amendments, together with the statute of the court as amended in conformity with Senate Resolution 234. Presented by Mr. Pepper. May 20 (calendar day, May 22), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Sixty-two years of the Homestead Law. A review of sixty-two years of the Homestead Law, by George R. Wickham, assistant commissioner of the General Land Office. Presented by Mr. Cameron. May 20 (calendar day, May 21), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
"Providing for the Final Disposition of the Affairs of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina." Mr. Harreld submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 3852) "Providing for the Final Disposition of the Affairs of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina." May 20 (calendar day, May 22), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
R.S. Howard Co. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of R.S. Howard Co. against the United States, Congressional No. 17329. June 3 (calendar day, June 4), 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims 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... June 3 (calendar day, June 4), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments by district courts of the United States v. the government. 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... which require an appropriation for the payment in the sum of $11,713.55... June 3 (calendar day, June 4), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Reclassification of postal salaries. Mr. Edge submitted the following conference report, to accompany the Bill (S. 1898) "Reclassifying the Salaries of Postmasters and Employees of the Postal Service and Readjusting Their Salaries and Compensation on an Equitable Basis, and for Other Purposes." June 3 (calendar day, June 4), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for the Department of Agriculture. Mr. McNary submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 7220) entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1925, and for Other Purposes." May 26 (calendar day, May 28), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
To adjudicate claims of Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Mr. Harreld submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 5325) "Conferring Jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims To Hear, Examine, Adjudicate, and Enter Judgment in Any Claims Which the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians May Have against the United States, and for Other Purposes." May 26 (calendar day, May 29), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed.
Purchase of capital stock of the Inland Waterways Corporation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for the purchase of capital stock of the Inland Waterways Corporation... June 3 (calendar day, June 5), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Land grants, Northern Pacific Railway Co. 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, 1925... together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. June 6, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Army transportation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for Army transportation for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, together with a letter from the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. June 6, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Industries requesting tariff investigations. Letter from the Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission, in response to Senate Resolution 221 agreed to May 12, 1924, requesting the Tariff Commission to inform the Senate of the number of industries which have made requests for tariff investigations... June 6, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Federal Board for Vocational Education for cooperative vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry... June 6, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Shipment of arms to Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting, in response to Senate Resolution 193 dated March 20, 1924, concerning the sale of arms and munitions to the government of Mexico, a supplemental report containing remaining data not covered in letter of March 31, 1924. April 24 (calendar day, April 28), 1924. -- Ordered to lie on the table.
Distinction between legal and political questions. A paper read at the April, 1924, meeting of the American Society of International Law, by Edwin M. Borchard, professor of law, Yale University. Presented by Mr. Borah. May 5, 1924. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing.
United States Veterans' Bureau. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the United States Veterans' Bureau for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, in the sum of $6,850,000 for hospital facilities and services for patients... June 6, 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments of the Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting... a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury and requiring an appropriation. March 14 (calendar day, March 18), 1924. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Independent offices appropriation bill. Mr. Warren submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 8233) "Making Appropriations for the Executive Office and Sundry Independent Executive Bureaus, Boards, Commissions, and Offices for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1925, and for Other Purposes." May 5 (calendar day, May 10), 1924. -- Ordered to be printed. 		72
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Serial set 8256 Annual report of the Public Printer for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1923. 1
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