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Serial set 8887	Walter W. Magee. Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States in memory of Walter W. Magee late a Representatives from New York. Seventieth Congress. April 15, 1928.	1
Serial set 8888	Proceedings of the 29th annual encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Indianapolis, Indiana August 26-31, 1928.	1
Serial set 8889	James A. Gallivan. Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States in memory of James A. Gallivan, late a Representative from Massachusetts.	1
Serial set 8890	Ladislas Lazaro. Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States in memory of Ladislas Lazaro, late a Representative from Louisiana, Seventieth Congress, May 13, 1928.	1
Serial set 8891	Maurice E. Crumpacker. Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States in memory of Maurice E. Crumpacker, late a Representative from Oregon, Seventieth Congress, May 20, 1928.	1
Serial set 8892	Eighteenth annual report of the Boy Scouts of America. 1927. May 22, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.	1
Serial set 8893	Annual report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands, 1927. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands, including reports of the heads of the departments of Philippine government, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1927. May 24, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 8894	Historical statements concerning the Battle of Kings Mountain and the Battle of the Cowpens, South Carolina.	1
Serial set 8895	Fixing the Presidential and Congressional term. Proceedings and debate in the House of Representatives on S.J. Res. 47 proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States fixing the commencement of the terms of President and Vice President and members of Congress and fixing the time of the assembling of Congress.	1
Serial set 8896	Income tax in Great Britain including a description of other inland revenue taxes prepared for the Joint Committee on Internal revenue taxation,.	1
Serial set 8897	Sesquicentennial of the discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. Message from the President of the United States transmitting draft of a joint resolution... to invite the government of Great Britain... to participate in the celebration at Honolulu of the Sesquicentennial of the discovery of the Hawaiian Islands... January 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 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 $1,094,609.95, allowed by the General Accounting Office, as covered by certificates of settlement and which require an appropriation. December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Spillways on the lower Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, together with a report dated November 12, 1927, of a special board of officers, on the construction and maintenance of controlled and regulated spillways in the lower Mississippi River. December 10, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Flood Control and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Bookstacks, Library of Congress. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriations under the legislative establishment for the bookstacks in the Library Building, fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $387,000. December 7, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Supplemental estimates for War Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, amounting in all to $990,000; also draft of proposed legislation affecting an existing appropriation of the War Department. January 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. National military park at the battlefield of Stone River, Tenn. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for the War Department, amounting to $95,000, for the establishment of a national military park at the battlefield at Stone River, Tenn. January 23, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Floods control in the Mississippi Valley. Message from the President of the United States transmitting letter from the Hon. Dwight F. Davis, Secretary of War, transmitting with favorable recommendation the report of Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, Chief of Engineers, containing the plan of the Army engineers for flood control of the Mississippi River in its Alluvial Valley. December 8, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Flood Control and ordered to be printed with illustrations. General Accounting Office. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting estimates for the payment of claims amounting to $166.604.75, allowed by the General Accounting Office, under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted. December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting estimate for the payment of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims in the sum of $7,467.953.57, which have been submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury and require an appropriation for their payment. December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments, United States courts. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting estimates for the payment of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts, in the sum of $237,325.30, as submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury. December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. General Accounting Office (claims). Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a schedule covering certain claims allowed by the General Accounting Office, as shown by certificates of settlement transmitted to the Treasury Department for payment in the sum of $3,955.42... December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses of loans and expenditures from repayments of foreign loans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting reports on expenses of loans and expenditures from repayments of foreign loans through the fiscal year ended June 30, 1926. December 6, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses, House of Representatives. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment, in the sum of $4,000 for the fiscal year 1928. December 8, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. J. Alfred Taylor versus E.T. England. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting the contested-election case of J. Alfred Taylor versus E.T. England, from the Sixth Congressional District of the State of West Virginia. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections No. 3 and ordered to be printed. Postal Savings System. Letter from the Postmaster General transmitting annual report of operations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1927 of the Postal Savings System. December 6, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Seventieth Congress, 1927. December 6, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Adjutant General, United States Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Adjutant General, United States Army, of is administration of section 307 of the World War Veterans Adjusted Compensation Act so far as it pertains to the War Department. December 8, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments and ordered to be printed. Knud Welfald versus C.G. Selvig. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting the contested election case of Knud Welfald versus C.G. Selvig, from the Ninth Congressional District of the State of Minnesota. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Election No. 2 and ordered to be printed. Pan American Postal Congress at Mexico City, October 15, 1926. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting resolution from the Second Pan American Postal Congress, and recommending that the remission of the duty on advertising matter be authorized from such countries as reciprocally provide for freedom of duty... December 13, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. St. Louis & O'Fallon Railway Co., and Manufacturers' Railway Co. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission. Suit of the St. Louis & O'Fallon Railway Co. and Manufacturers' Railway Co. v. The United States of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission. December 19, 1927. -- Ordered to be printed. Interior Department, Geological Survey, 1929. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Interior, United States Geological Survey, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, amounting to $12,000. December 15, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Publishing ascertainment of electors for President and Vice President. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1929, for publishing ascertainment of electors for President and Vice President, amounting to $2,000. January 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salaries and expenses of commissioners, Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1929, to be immediately available, amounting to $90,112.50. January 13, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants; Bureau of the Mint; Bureau of Internal Revenue and rental quarters in District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1928... January 30, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Eradication of the pink bollworm of cotton. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1929... to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet an emergency caused by new outbreaks of the pink bollworm of cotton in the State of Texas. January 30, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Alien Property Custodian for the year ended December 31, 1926. December 8, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Tenth annual report of the Federal Farm Loan Board year ended December 31 1926. Salaries and expenses, Forest Service; for the acquisition of lands for protection of navigable streams. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting proposed amendments to estimates for the Department of Agriculture contained in the budget for the fiscal year 1929. January 16, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. H. Warren Hubbard versus Fiorella H. LaGuardia. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting the contested-election case of H. Warren Hubbard versus Fiorella H. LaGuardia, from the Twentieth Congressional District, State of New York. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections No. 1 and ordered to be printed. W.H. Clark versus Hays B. White. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting the contested-election case of W.H. Clark versus Hays B. White, from the Sixth Congressional District of the State of Kansas. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections No. 1 and ordered to be printed. Cumulative sinking fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting report of the cumulative sinking fund. December 6, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Department and ordered to be printed. Purchase of oil painting known as "Peace." Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation under the legislative establishment for the fiscal year 1929 in the sum of $5,000. December 12, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Perry's Victory Memorial Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting eighth annual report of Perry's Victory Memorial Commission for the year ended December 1, 1927. December 19, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. 7th annual report of the Board of Actuaries. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting the seventh annual report of the Board of Actuaries, containing a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and other information as of June 30, 1927. January 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Bureau of Immigration. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1929 for the Bureau of Immigration, Department of Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, amounting to $235,000. January 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed Food, drug, and insecticide administration. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation amounting to $50,000 for the Department of Agriculture, for the fiscal year 1929. January 20, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fremont (Ohio) Post Office and other government offices. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1928, $50,000, also proposed changes in items included in the budget for 1929. January 30, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public buildings, District of Columbia. 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, 1928, pertaining to the office of the Supervising Architect, $2,680,000. January 30, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Pan American Institute of Child Welfare. Message from the President of the United States transmitting recommendation for an appropriation of $2,000 to enable acceptance by the United States of membership in a Pan American Institute of Child Welfare to be established at Montevideo, Uruguay... December 13, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Farmers' produce market in District of Columbia. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting a report, accompanied by exhibits briefs, maps, etc., pursuant to "An Act Authorizing Negotiations for the Acquisition of a Site for the Farmers' Produce Market, and for Other Purposes." December 16, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Relating to officers and employees and services of the House of Representatives. Report from the temporary Committee on Accounts... transmitting report to the House concerning the abolishing of useless offices and what adjustments, if any, should be made in the employment, duties, and compensation... December 16, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Commission relating to the boundary waters between the United States and Canada. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1929, to be immediately available... January 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Safety devices for submarines. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter from the Secretary of the Navy requesting Congress to authorize the appointment of a commission of experts for the purpose of considering the development of safety devices for our submarines... January 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. International Society for the Exploration of the Arctic Regions by Means of the Airship. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report by the Secretary of State concerning the plans of the International Society for the Exploration of the Arctic Regions by Means of the Airship, for the establishment of geophysical observations of the inner arctic regions, toward the accomplishment of which the 19 governments whose countries are represented in the society have been requested to make an annual contribution for five years, for required preparatory work -- the annual contribution requested of the United States is $300. January 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Permanent International Association of Road Congresses. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State, with an accompanying paper, to the end that legislation may be enacted authorizing the President to invite the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses to hold their sixth session... January 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Middle Rio Grande conservancy project, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting status and information relative to development of official plan for flood control, drainage, and irrigation... January 13, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Report of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. Letter from the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation transmitting report by the committee, dated December 22, 1927 (pursuant to the revenue Act of 1926). January 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for the Department of the Interior, amounting to $32,250. January 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting proposed amendment to the estimate contained in the budget for the fiscal year 1929 for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. January 24, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Executive offices. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental and deficiency estimate of appropriations for the Executive Office, departments, and establishments, for the fiscal year 1928, $187,375,587.93; and for prior fiscal years, $7,227,918.92; total, $194,603,506.31... December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Records of judgment by the United States courts. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting records of judgment rendered against the government by the United States district courts in special cases, for $71,587.30... which require an appropriation. December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Record of judgment by United States courts. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts, for the sum of $17,203.96, as submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury... December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered by Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, which have been submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury for the sum of $655,526.76, and require an appropriation for their payment. December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Reports 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 Seventieth Congress. December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Claims for damages to private property by naval vessels. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates of appropriations submitted by the several executive departments and establishments to pay claims for damages to privately owned property and for damages by collision with naval vessels... December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Legislative establishment. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations under the legislative establishment for the fiscal year 1928 and for prior years in the sum of $1,150,246.85. December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments by the United States courts under the Public Vessel Act. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts, under the Public Vessel Act... for the sum of $26,651.94, and requires an appropriation. December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Damages by collision with naval vessels, etc. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates of appropriations submitted by the several executive departments and establishments to pay claims for damages to privately owned property and damages by collision with naval vessels, in the sum of $37,299.88... December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Water boundary, United States and Mexico. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1929 for the water boundary, United States and Mexico, amounting to $65,000. January 25, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	59
Serial set 8898	Naval ordnance plant, South Charleston, W. Va. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting in response to House Resolution 137, seventieth Congress, certain information relative to the United States Naval ordnance plant, South Charleston, W. Va. March 26, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. United States Senate, fiscal year 1928. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriations under the legislative establishment, United States Senate, for the fiscal year 1928 in the sum of $20,000. April 14, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Report of the Director General of Railroads. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the report of the Director General of Railroads covering the period from January 1, 1927, to January 1, 1928. May 16, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Salaries, Library of Congress. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations under the legislative establishment, Library of Congress, for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $34,520. February 13, 1927 [i.e., 1928]. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Customhouse and post office, Fall River, Mass. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, under the provisions of the Public Building Act approved May 25, 1926, $575,000. May 3, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, 1928-29. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation amounting to $200,000 for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1928, to remain available until June 30, 1929, for establishing and maintaining at Bear River Bay, Utah... May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salaries, Library of Congress. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation under the legislative establishment, Library of Congress, for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $2,500. March 7, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Miscellaneous appropriation of the Navy Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriations for the Navy Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and prior years, amounting in all to $2,429,241.59. May 3, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Miscellaneous appropriation for the Department of Justice. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1928, amounting to $204,973; also drafts of proposed legislation affecting existing appropriations. May 3, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation, Department of State. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting deficiency estimate of appropriation for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1927, amounting to $1,293.80, and supplemental estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year 1928 and 1929, amounting to $96.50; in all, $1,390.30. April 21, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. War Department, 1928 and 1929. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1928, and 1929, amounting in all to $2,962,388.52; also a draft of proposed legislation affecting existing appropriation of the War Department. April 25, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Enlarging of the Capitol grounds. Letter from the Commission for the Enlarging of the Capitol Grounds, transmitting plans for the enlargement of the Capitol grounds and recommending legislation which will authorize the Architect of the Capitol to proceed with said plans. April 30, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Traveling expenses, Civil Service Commission. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Civil Service Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, amounting to $31,600. April 30, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claims of Joseph Nelson and J.B. Martin. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting paragraph of proposed legislation, the object of which is to authorize the payment from existing appropriations of two claims for damages to privately owned property, which have been considered and adjusted, in the sum of $51. April 30, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Miscellaneous appropriation, Interior Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1924 and 1927, $28,939.50; for the fiscal year 1928, $517,754.39, and for the fiscal year 1929, $452,500... May 3, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Merger of street railway corporations in District of Columbia. Letter from the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia transmitting an agreement under date of April 7, 1928, by and between the Washington Railway & Electric Co., the Capital Traction Co., and Mr. Harley P. Wilson... April 14, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Public buildings construction, etc. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, for public buildings authorized under the provisions of the act approved May 25, 1926, $1,200,000. April 14, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency estimates of appropriation, Post Office Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1927 and prior years, $23,495.32, and a supplemental estimate for the fiscal year 1929, $25,000; in all $48,495.32... April 14, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Supplemental estimates of appropriation Treasury Department, 1928-29. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1928... also drafts of proposed legislation affecting the use of existing appropriations. April 14, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Veto message relating to Public Health Service. Message from the President of the United States transmitting without his approval H.R. 11026, An Act To Provide for the Coordination of the Public-health Activities of the Government, and for Other Purposes. May 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. May 22, 1928. -- Ordered to be printed. Veto message relating to Edmund F. Hubbard. Message from the President of the United States transmitting without his approval H.R. 10139, an Act for the Relief of Edmund F. Hubbard. May 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. May 22, 1928. -- Ordered to be printed. Remodeling and enlarging public buildings, 1927. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting deficiency estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1927, $387.53. May 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Rural delivery service. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting estimate of appropriation for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1925, $657.83. May 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Medal of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, $1,500. May 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for the District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations for the District of Columbia for 1927 and prior fiscal years, $50,455.67; for the fiscal year 1928, $363,865.86; and for the fiscal year 1929, $8,300... May 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Plant Industry. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation amounting to $35,000 for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1928, to remain available to June 30, 1929. May 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgment against the government by the United States district courts. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts in special cases. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Schedule of claims allowed by the General Accounting Office. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884 (23 Stat. 254), a schedule covering certain claims allowed by the General Accounting Office. May 12, 1928. -- 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 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 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Naval training stations, Bureau of Navigation. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriations for the Navy Department for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1924 and 1925, respectively, amounting in all to $7,592.55. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting records of judgment rendered against the government by the United States district courts under the Public Vessels Act. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Miscellaneous appropriations for several departments. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Department of the Justice for the fiscal year 1926 and prior years amounting to $21,192.49, and supplemental estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year 1928 amounting to $344,030, total $365,222.49; also drafts of proposed legislation affecting existing appropriations. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments against the United States. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts, under the provisions of the act of March 3, 1887 (24 Stat. 505), as amended by Section 297 of the Act of March 3, 1911 (36 Stat. 1168). May 12, 1928. -- 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 supplemental estimate of appropriation under the legislative establishment, House of Representatives, for the fiscal year 1928, in the sum of $15,000. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Department of the Interior, Indian tribal funds. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1928, $322,640; and for the fiscal year 1929, $70,000, amounting to $392,640; proposed authorization for expenditure of $100,000 of Indian tribal funds... May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered against the United States Treasury Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts for the Northern District of California. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses of regulating immigration. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Labor, Bureau of Immigration, for the fiscal year 1928, amounting to $50,000. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Automobile and maintenance for the Vice President. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation under the legislative establishment, United States Senate, for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $500. March 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. William A. Folger, expert services, 1928. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation under the legislative establishment, United States Senate, for the fiscal year 1928, in the sum of $1,200. April 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Federal Trade Commission. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Federal Trade Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, amounting to $85,000. May 2, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Statue of Gen. Simon Bolivar in the City of Panama. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of State for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, amounting to $10,000. April 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Legislative establishment, United States Senate. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriations under the legislative establishment, United States Senate for the fiscal year 1928, in the sum of $15,500. April 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Cape Cod Canal bonds. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1928, for retiring outstanding bonds secured by the Cape Cod Canal, $6,230,000. April 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Capitol power plant. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a paragraph of legislation affecting existing appropriations for the Capitol power plant under the legislative establishment, Office of the Architect of the Capitol. May 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claims for damages, executive departments and establishments. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting estimate of appropriations submitted by the several executive departments and establishments to pay claims for damages to privately owned property and damages by collision with naval... May 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Miscellaneous items 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, 1928... and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929... May 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Federal Radio Commission. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Federal Radio Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, amounting to $134,400. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting records of judgment rendered against the government by the United States district courts under the provisions of the act of August 10, 1917. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses, Senate. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations under the legislative establishment, United States Senate, for the fiscal year 1928, in the sum of $45,000. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Navy Department, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriations for the Navy Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for $785,437. May 14, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Buildings and grounds, District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting draft of proposed legislation affecting an existing appropriation for the District of Columbia, for the fiscal year 1928, with respect to the acquisition of a site in the vicinity of the Dunbar High School for drill, athletic, and playground purposes. May 14, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Construction of buildings, nurses' quarters, Walter Reed General Hospital. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, for the War Department, for the construction of nurses' quarters at Walter Reed General Hospital... May 28, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Property damage and personal injury claims, naval ammunition depot, Lake Denmark, N.J., 1926. Letter from the Comptroller General, transmitting a supplemental report of claims for compensating persons who suffered property damage or personal injury due to the explosions of the naval ammunition depot, Lake Denmark, N.J., July 10, 1926. May 19, 1928.-- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Veto message relating to Capt. George R. Armstrong. Message from the President of the United States transmitting without his approval H.R. 4664, an act for the relief of Capt. George R. Armstrong, United States Army, retired. May 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. May 22, 1928. -- Ordered to be printed. Expenses of inquiries and investigations. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment, United States Senate, for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $100,000. March 27, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriations for the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the United States Employment Service, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, amounting to $120,000. April 23, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Flood relief, Kentucky. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture, amounting to $1,889,994, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to assist the State of Kentucky in reconstructing roads and bridges damaged by the flood of 1927. April 25, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Ethnological researches among the American Indians. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year 1928, to remain available until expended, amounting to $20,000. April 26, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for Department of State. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1929, to be immediately available, amounting to $40,000. April 16, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Veto message relating to Cowlitz tribe of Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting without his approval H.R. 167, "An Act To Amend the Act of February 12, 1925 (Public, No. 402, 68th Cong.), So as To Permit the Cowlitz Tribe of Indians To File Suit in the Court of Claims under Said Act." May 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. May 22, 1928. -- Ordered to be printed. War department, supplemental estimates of appropriation, 1928 and 1929. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the War Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1928 and 1929, amounting in all $215,878... May 8, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Roads and trails, national parks. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a draft of proposed legislation affecting the appropriation for roads and trails, national parks, contained in the Interior Department appropriations for the fiscal year 1929. May 14, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. For the relief of contractors, Navy Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Navy Department of the fiscal year 1928, in the sum of $85,833.45, for the relief of contractors, claims of which have been considered and adjusted by the Secretary of the Navy. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Miscellaneous appropriations, Department of State, 1928 and 1929. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal years 1928 and 1929 amounting to $250,448.15, together with a draft of proposed legislation affecting an existing appropriation. May 14, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Efficiency. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting draft of proposed legislation to make available from the appropriation for salaries and expenses, 1928, for the Bureau of Efficiency the sum of $1,092.33 for payment for certain contract work... May 14, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. United States Botanic Garden. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to legislative establishment, United States Botanic Garden, for the fiscal years 1928 and 1929, in the sum of $10,000. March 29, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Missoula, Mont., post office, courthouse, etc. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, under the provisions of the Public Building Act approved May 25, 1926, as amended, $175,000. April 18, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Franklin Ice Cream Co., Camp Funston, Kans. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, for settlement of the claim of the Franklin Ice Cream Co., Camp Funston, Kans., $23,445.95. April 26, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Architect of the Capitol. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation under the legislative establishment, Architect of the Capitol, to be immediately available and to remain available until June 30, 1930, in the sum of $500,000. April 26, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. National Defense Act. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval H.R. 8550, a bill to amend section 133 of the National Defense Act. April 28, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Relief of contractors, Navy Department. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Navy Department for the fiscal year 1928, in the sum of $92,162.56, for the relief of contractors. May 1, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Federal Oil Conservation Board. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting draft of proposed legislation to continue available until June 30, 1929, the appropriation of $50,000 for the expenses of the Federal Oil Conservation Board for the fiscal years 1925 and 1926... April 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. United States Industrial Reformatory, Chillicothe, Ohio. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Justice... for beginning the construction of the United States Industrial Reformatory, Chillicothe, Ohio, amounting to $400,000. April 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Miscellaneous appropriations for the Treasury Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, $613,153; also drafts of proposed legislation affecting the use of existing appropriations. May 3, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bureau Forest Service and Plant Industry. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1929, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the act approved April 16, 1928. May 3, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Transferring care, etc., of certain buildings from Secretary of War to Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting draft of proposed legislation transferring on July 1, 1928, the care, maintenance, and protection of certain buildings now occupied by the War Department... April 10, 1928. -- 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 supplemental estimates of appropriations under the legislative establishment, House of Representatives, for the fiscal year 1928, in the sum of $28,850. April 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Post Office Department personal or property damage claims. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting deficiency estimate of appropriation for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1927, for the payment of personal or property damage claims in accordance with the act approved June 16, 1921, $1,000. May 8, 1928. -- 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 supplemental estimate of appropriation under the legislative establishment, United States Senate, for the fiscal year 1928, in the sum of $60,000. May 5, 1928. -- 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 $1,492,104.78, allowed by various divisions of the General Accounting Office, as covered by certificates of settlement. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Alien Property Custodian, 1927 -- Trading with the Enemy Act. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the annual report of the Alien Property Custodian on proceedings had under the Trading with the Enemy Act for the year ended December 31, 1927. May 14, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. International Telegraph Conference. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report from the Secretary of the State requesting that the Congress be asked to enact legislation authorizing an appropriation in the sum of $19,800 to pay for the expenditures involved in the participation by the United States in the International Telegraph Conference to be held at Brussels in 1928. May 18, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. J.A. Smith. Letter from the Comptroller General of the United States transmitting report and recommendation to the Congress concerning the claim of J.A. Smith. May 28, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Fiscal relations with the District of Columbia remarks of Hon. Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska in the House of Representatives on February 21 and May 25, 1928, relative to the fiscal relations between the United States and the District of Columbia. Bureau of Animal Industry. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation amounting to $50,000 for the fiscal year 1929, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct certain tests and experiments looking to the control of the cattle grub. February 20, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Ventilation, Senate Chamber and Hall of House of Representatives. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation under the legislative establishment for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $323,000. February 20, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Two rigid airships instead of one. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting an amendment to the budget for the fiscal year 1929 for the Navy Department, so as to authorize the commencement of the construction of two rigid airships instead of one. March 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Explosion at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Lake Denmark, N.J. Letter from the Comptroller General of the United States transmitting pursuant to the Act of March 2, 1927, 44 Stat. (part 3) 1800... a report with recommendation thereon of the claims transmitted by the Secretary of the Navy covering property damage, death, or personal injury. March 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Eradication of the pink bollworm in Texas. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a proposed amendment to an estimate amounting to $400,000 fiscal year 1929... to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet an emergency caused by new outbreaks of the pink bollworm of cotton... February 27, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lake levels. Report of the Special Master Charles E. Hughes to the Supreme Court of the United States, October term, 1927, relating to lake levels. February 2, 1928. -- Ordered to be printed. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1929, amounting to $50,000... February 20, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Market news service from Atlanta, Ga., to Montgomery, Ala. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1929... February 6, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lands proposed for inclusion in the Fremont and Bighorn National Forest, in the States of Oregon and Wyoming. Message from the President of the United States transmitting copies of resolutions adopted by the National Reservation Commission... March 1, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed with accompanying papers. Navy Department, Bureau of Construction and Repair. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for Navy Department, appropriation title "Construction and Repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair," $200,000. March 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Cottonseed industry. Letter from the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission transmitting a report of the Federal Trade Commission on the cottonseed industry, submitted in pursuance of House Resolution No. 439, Sixty-ninth Congress. March 5, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Supplemental estimates of appropriation, Department of Agriculture. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriation amounting to $502,816.88 for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1929, together with two proposed amendments affecting estimates of appropriation contained in the budget for the fiscal year. February 15, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Chalmette National Cemetery, La. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for the War Department, amounting to $32,000, for Chalmette National Cemetery, La. January 31, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public buildings program. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, for public buildings authorized under the provisions of the act approved May 25, 1926, as amended by the act approved February 24, 1928, $15,463,500. April 6, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Inter-American Highway. Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, on H.J. Res. 259, "Authorizing Assistance in the Construction of an Inter-American Highway on the Western Hemisphere" together with a Spanish translation of the report. Memorial to women of the World War. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $50,000. March 23, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public buildings, District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, pertaining to the Office of the Supervising Architect, $9,750,000. April 6, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Gunnison National Forest, in the State of Colorado. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copy of resolutions adopted by the National Forest Reservation Commission at its meeting held on February 18, 1928, together with a copy of a letter from the Secretary of Agriculture relating to proposed addition... March 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Claims for damages of several executive departments. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates of appropriations submitted by the several executive departments to pay claims for damages to privately owned property and damages by collision with naval vessels in the sum of $1,149.21. May 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Payment under settlement of War Claims Act of 1928. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1928, for carrying out the provisions of the settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, $50,000,000. April 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Eleventh annual report of the Federal Farm Loan Board, year ended December 31, 1927. May 22, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed, with papers. Miscellaneous item, Treasury Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1928, $57,000, and for the fiscal year 1929, $242,310; in all, $299,310; also proposed legislation affecting the use of existing appropriations. April 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Post Office Department for 1928 and 1929. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1928, $50,000, and for the fiscal year 1929, $1,750,000; in all, $1,800,000. April 23, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation[s] and ordered to be printed. Annual report of an inspection of the several branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the year 1927. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report submitted by an officer of the Inspector General's Department... December 8, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments. January 31, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. International Aeronautical Conference on Civil Aeronautics. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report... to the end that legislation may be enacted authorizing the President to invite representatives of foreign governments to attend an International Aeronautical Conference on Civil Aeronautics...May 18, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.	109
Serial set 8899	Illinois and Mississippi Canal, Ill. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and Illinois and Mississippi Canal in the vicinity of Mud Creek, Ill. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Morehead City Harbor, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Morehead City Harbor, N.C. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Cockrells Creek, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Cockrells Creek, Va. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Knobbs Creek, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Knobbs Creek, N.C. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Horn Harbor, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Horn Harbor, Va. December 19, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Resurrection Bay, Alaska -- Harbor of refuge at Seward. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Resurrection Bay breakwater or harbor of refuge, Alaska. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Harlem River, N.Y. -- Fixed bridges. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination of Harlem River, N.Y., with a view to determining and reporting to Congress whether fixed bridges should be permitted across said river and, if such bridges are deemed permissible, what clearances should be required in the interest of navigation. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Norfolk Harbor, Va., in the vicinity of Craney Island. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Norfolk Harbor, Va., with a view to providing an anchorage basin in the vicinity of Craney Island. January 16, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustration. Monroe Bay and Creek, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Monroe Bay and Creek, Va. February 8, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Saginaw River, Mich., and entrance thereto. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Saginaw River, Mich., and entrance thereto. February 8, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Coquille River, bar, and entrance, Oreg. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Coquille River, bar, and entrance, Oreg. February 27. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Nansemond River, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Nansemond River, Va. including the western branch thereof. February 27, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Delaware River, N.J. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Delaware River, N.J., in the vicinity of Camden. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Menominee Harbor and River, Mich. and Wis. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Menominee Harbor and River, Mich. and Wis. February 8, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Waccamaw River, S.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers on survey of Waccamaw River, between Conway and Hred Bluff, S.C. December 5, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Tampa and Hillsboro Boys, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Tampa and Hillsboro Bays, Fla., and Tampa Harbor, Fla. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Ketchikan Creek and Saxman Harbor, Tongass Narrows, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Ketchikan Creek and Saxman Harbor, Tongass Narrows, Alaska. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Raritan Bay and Raritan River, N.J. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination of Raritan Bay and Raritan River, N.J. January 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Nantucket Sound, Mass. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Nantucket Sound, Mass., with a view to the removal of shoals in the vicinity of Cross Rip Shoal Light. February 23, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Port Alexander, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Port Alexander, Alaska. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Coos Bay, Oreg. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Coos Bay, Oreg. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Salem Harbor, Mass. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Salem Harbor, Mass. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Savannah River below Augusta, Ga. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Savannah River below Augusta, Ga. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Redwood Creek, Calif., from Redwood City of San Francisco Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and Survey of Channel from Redwood City, Calif., to the main channel in San Francisco Bay, with a view to securing a depth of 30 feet and width of 300 feet. January 16, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Smith Creek, MD. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Smith Creek, MD. February 15, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Tennessee River and tributaries, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on partial survey of the Tennessee River and its tributaries. February 27, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Grand Haven Harbor and Grand River, Mich. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Grand Haven Harbor and Grand River, Mich. December 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Petaluma Creek, Calif. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Petaluma Creek, Calif. February 27, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Dorchester Bay and Neponset River, Mass. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Dorchester Bay and Neponset River, Mass., with a view to securing a channel 30 feet in depth and of suitable width to Squantum. January 24, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.	29
Serial set 8900	Scotts Creek, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Scotts Creek, Portsmouth, Va. February 27, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Great Lakes -- connecting waters, principal harbors, and river channels. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army on preliminary examination and survey of the Great Lakes -- their connecting waters, principal harbors, and river channels, authorized by the river and harbor act approved January 21, 1927. April 30, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on survey of Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Florida, with a view to improvement for navigation and the control of the floods. April 9, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. East Pass Channel from the Gulf of Mexico into Choctawhatchee Bay, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of East Pass Channel from the Gulf of Mexico into Choctawhatchee Bay, Fla. March 30, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Hudson River, N.Y., below Hudson. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Hudson River, N.Y., below Hudson; and Hudson River, N.Y., with a view to deepening the channel in and near Haverstraw Bay. March 30, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Waddington Harbor, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Waddington Harbor, N.Y. May 22, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Norfolk Harbor, Va. -- Channel in the western branch of Elizabeth River. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Norfolk Harbor, Va., with a view to deepening, widening, and extending the channel in the western branch of Elizabeth River. May 7, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Umpqua River and Entrance, Oreg. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination of Umpqua River and Entrance, Oreg. May 21, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Skipanon Channel, Oreg. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Skipanon Channel, Oreg. May 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Puget Sound and tributary waters, Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and plan and estimate of cost of improvement of Puget Sound and tributary waters, Washington, particularly in respect to the condition of the channels and mouths of such rivers, with a view to the clearing of such channels and mouths of sand bars and other obstructions by the use of a suction dredge or otherwise. May 18, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. St. Lawrence River, between Ogdensburg, N.Y., and Lake Ontario. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of St. Lawrence River between Ogdensburg, N.Y., and Lake Ontario. May 21, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Chehalis River, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Chehalis River, Wash. May 21, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Skagit River, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination of Skagit River, Wash. May 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. San Francisco Harbor, Calif. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of San Francisco Harbor. March 9, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Port Jefferson, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers, on preliminary examination and survey of Port Jefferson, N.Y. May 16, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers, between Portland, Oreg., and the sea. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers, between Portland, Oreg., and the sea. March 8, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Big Timber Creek, N.J. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Big Timber Creek, N.J. April 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Elk River, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Elk River, Md. April 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Kanawha River, W. Va. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Kanawha River, W. Va. February 27, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Choptank River, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Choptank River, Md. February 27, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Bellingham Harbor, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Bellingham Harbor, Wash., with a view to improving Squalicum Creek waterway. February 27, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Mouth of Roanoke River, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of mouth of Roanoke River, N.C. April 2, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Port Aransas, Tex. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Port Aransas, Tex. April 7, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Stilaguamish River, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Stilaguamish River, Wash. May 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.	24
Serial set 8901-1	Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1927. (In three volumes.) Volume I.	1
Serial set 8901-2	Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1927. (In three volumes.) Volume II.	1
Serial set 8901-3	Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1927. (In three volumes.) Volume III.	1
Serial set 8902	Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1927, with appendices.	1
Serial set 8903	Combined statement of the receipts and expenditures, balances, etc., of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1927. Treasury Department.	1
Serial set 8904	Message of the President of the United States transmitting the budget for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929.	1

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