Call Number (LC) Title Results
Serial set 9343 Washington the National Capital. 1
Serial set 9344 Lee S. Overman. Memorial addresses delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in memory of Lee S. Overman, late a Senator from North Carolina. Seventy-first Congress. 1
Serial set 9345 Appropriations, budget estimates, etc. Statements for the Seventy-first congress, third session (December 1, 1930, to March 4, 1931), showing: I. Appropriations made during the third session, Seventy-first Congress, consisting of regular annual, deficiency, and miscellaneous (pp. 5 to 520). II. Specific and indefinite permanent annual appropriation (pp. 521 to 534). III. Recapitulation of appropriations... 1
Serial set 9346 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 ended June 30, 1930. December 3, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed with an illustration.
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 November 29, 1930. December 3, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Aircraft purchased by the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of designs, aircraft, aircraft parts, and aeronautical accessories purchased by the Navy Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930. December 3, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Florida. A report to the United States district engineer, Jacksonville, Florida... relative to the Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, with special reference to navigation and flood control. Submitted by Okeechobee Flood Control, District of Florida. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. December 3, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed with an illustration.
Claims and expenses under the State Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report by the Secretary of State recommending the enactment of legislation for: relief of Raimunda Valladares de Calderon; reimbursement of Demetrio Valle... January 5 (calendar day, January 12), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Employment survey made by agents of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Letter from the Chairman of the President's Emergency Committee for Employment, transmitting in response to Senate Resolution No. 409, an employment survey recently made by the agents of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. January 21 (calendar day, January 24), 1931. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims amounting to $2,519,805.26. January 5 (calendar day, January 8), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claim of George J. Salem against the government of Egypt. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to the claim of George J. Salem against the government of Egypt due to the improper exercise of jurisdiction over Mr. Salem by the native courts of Egypt respecting a charge of forgery of deeds. January 26, 1930. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Architect of the Capitol. Letter from the Architect of the Capitol, transmitting the annual report of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930. December 8, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Reimbursement of the State of California. Letter from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution No. 277, the balance found due the State of California expended in aid of the United States during the War between the States. December 2, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a letter from the judge of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia submitting a report covering the work of the Juvenile Court during the year ended June 30, 1930. December 4, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Study of battlefields in the United States for commemorative purposes. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report by the Secretary of War of a study and investigation on battlefields in the United States for commemorative purposes, together with his recommendations for further operations. December 9 (calendar day, December 10), 1930. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Emergency construction on certain public works. Mr. Jones, from the committee of conference, submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 14804) making supplemental appropriations to provide for emergency construction on certain public works, during the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, with a view to increasing employment. December 15 (calendar day, December 16), 1930. -- Ordered to be printed.
Surplus hydroelectric power generated at Wilson Dam, Ala., sold to the Alabama Power Co. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting in response to Senate Resolution No. 307, photostatic copies of contract under which surplus hydroelectric power generated at Wilson Dam, Muscle Shoals, Ala., is being sold to the Alabama Power Co. December 3, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.
Treasury and Post Office Department[s] appropriation bill, 1932. Mr. Moses submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 14246) "Making Appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1932, and for Other Purposes." December 19, 1930. -- Ordered to be printed.
Relief of farmers in the drought and/or storm stricken areas. Mr. McNary from the committee of conference submitted the following conference report on the Joint Resolution (S.J. Res. 211) for the relief of farmers in the drought and/or storm stricken areas of the United States. December 19, 1930. -- Ordered to be printed.
Money in circulation in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in response to Senate Resolution No. 367, information showing the amount of money in circulation in the United States for the year 1919 to 1930. December 19, 1930. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Simon Bolivar. Bibliography of the liberator Simon Bolivar (compiled in the library of the Pan American Union). Presented by Mr. Bingham. December 17, 1930. -- Ordered to be printed.
Taxes paid to the government by the New York Stock Exchange. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution No. 366, information showing the amount of taxes paid to the government by the New York Stock Exchange in connection with exchange transactions for the years 1919 to 1930. December 19, 1930. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Interstate movement of electric energy. Letter from the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution No. 151, the final report of the Commission on the quantity of electric energy transmitted by any means from the state in which it is generated into any other state.
Claims allowed by the General Accounting Office. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, schedules of claims allowed by the General Accounting Office amounting to $46,120.19. January 5 (calendar day, January 8), 1931. -- 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 a supplemental estimate of appropriation for contingent expenses, United States Senate, amounting to $40,000. January 5 (calendar day, January 12), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claim allowed by the General Accounting Office. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting pursuant to law certain claim allowed by the General Accounting Office, as shown by certificate of settlement transmitted to the Treasury Department for payment, amounting to $29,365.40. January 5 (calendar day, January 8), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
American Samoan Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the American Samoan Commission appointed pursuant to Public Resolution No. 89, Seventieth Congress, and Public Resolution No. 3, Seventy-first Congress. January 5 (calendar day, January 9), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Claims for damages to privately owned property. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates of appropriation submitted by the several executive departments to pay claims for damages to privately owned property amounting to $1,500.33. January 5 (calendar day, January 8), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
International Water Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State relative to the authorization of an appropriation of $287,000 to defray the expenses of the American section of the International Water Commission, United States and Mexico. January 5 (calendar day, January 9), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Judgment rendered by the Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting pursuant to law a record of judgment rendered by the Court of Claims amounting to $2,866.35. January 5 (calendar day, January 8), 1931. -- Read; 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 pursuant to law, records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts, amounting to $9,996.79. January 5 (calendar day, January 8), 1931. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Claim for damages by collision with a naval vessel. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Navy Department to pay a claim for damage by collision with a naval vessel in the sum of $1,388.93. January 5 (calendar day, January 8), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Ratification of the Constitution and amendments by the states. Data on the ratification of the Constitution and amendments by the states, prepared by the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress. Presented by Mr. Fess. January 5 (calendar day, January 6), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
International Geological Congress. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to the authorization of an appropriation of $110,000 for the expenses of the sixteenth session of the International Geological Congress to be held in the United States in 1932. January 5 (calendar day, January 17), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Indians of Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Oil Springs Reservations, N.Y. Letter from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting... a preliminary report on the audit made of receipts and expenditures of moneys arising from the leasing of oil, gas, and other lands of the Cattaraugus, Allegany, and... January 5 (calendar day, January 13), 1931. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
American branch factories abroad. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce transmitting... a report on American branch factories abroad, together with the economic factors involved in the branch factory movement. January 22 (calendar day, January 23), 1931. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Monument to the memory of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State relative to an appropriation of $4,000 as a contribution of the United States to the construction of a monument at Saint-Gaudens, France, to the memory... January 21, 1931. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Marine products imported in alien vessels. Letter from the Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission, transmitting a partial report in response to Senate Resolution No. 314, relative to an investigation of the entries of fish and other marine products into the United States in vessels owned or chartered by aliens... January 21, 1931. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Conference on the limitation of the manufacture of narcotic drugs. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report from the Secretary of State relative to an appropriation of $35,000 for the expenses of participation by the United States in the conference on the limitation of the manufacture of narcotic drugs to be held at Geneva, Switzerland. January 21, 1931. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Appointments and dismissals in the civil service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting in response to Senate Resolution No. 398 list of appointments made by executive order on August 22, 1925; list of permanent civil service employees from states whose quotas are in arrears who were discharged in 1926 in accordance with the executive order of June 4, 1925, also the number of said employees who were reemployed at reduced salaries. January 26 (calendar day, January 28), 1931. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 1932. Mr. Smoot, from the committee of conference, submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 14675) "Making Appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1932, and for Other Purposes." January 26 (calendar day, February 7), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
Investigations by the United States Tariff Commission. Letter from the Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission transmitting in response to Senate Resolutions No. 295 and No. 313, directing an investigation of the differences in the cost of production between the domestic, and foreign article of woven-wire fencing, wood flour, pigskin leather, straw hats, maple sugar, wool floor coverings, ultra marine blue. January 26 (calendar day, February 7), 1931. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Cost of crude petroleum. Letter from the Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission transmitting pursuant to section 332 (F) of the Tariff Act of 1930, information relative to the approximate average costs of crude petroleum delivered to Atlantic seaboard refineries. January 26 (calendar day, February 7), 1931. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Unlawful entry of aliens into the United States. Letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution No. 355, certain information relative to aliens who have unlawfully entered and now in the United States and what number are subject to deportation. January 5, 1931. -- Referred to the Committee on Immigration and ordered to be printed
Claims of certain Chinese citizens against the Navy Department. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report of the Secretary of State relative to an appropriation of $4,657.20 to pay the claims of certain Chinese citizens against the Navy Department as a result of injuries... January 26, 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed
Capitol buildings and repairs. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for Capitol buildings and repairs under the Architect of the Capitol, amounting to $7,000. January 26 (calendar day, February 2), 1931. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 		43
Serial set 9347-1 Federal Employment Stabilization Board. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Commerce, Federal Employment Stabilization Board, amounting to $90,000. February 17 (calendar day, February 19), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Department of vehicles and traffic, District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the department of vehicles and traffic, District of Columbia, amounting to $34,300. February 17 (calendar day, February 27), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Facilities for radio research investigations, Bureau of Standards. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation, for the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Standards, for radio research investigations, amounting to $147,000. February 17 (calendar day, February 20), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Seminole Indians. Survey of the Seminole Indians of Florida.
Annual reports of the public utility companies of the District of Columbia for the year ended December 31, 1930.
Construction of public buildings. Mr. Swanson, from the Committee of Conference, submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 16297) entitled "An Act To Amend the Act Entitled 'An Act To Provide for the Construction of Certain Public Buildings, and for Other Purposes,' Approved May 35 [i.e., 25], 1926 (44 Stat. 630), and Acts Amendatory Thereof." January 26 (calendar day, February 11), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
Paving Missionary Ridge Crest Road and Crest and Gap Road, Georgia. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department, for paving Missionary Ridge Crest Road and Crest and Gap Road, Georgia, amounting to $18,885. February 17 (calendar day, February 19), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Construction of vessels by the Navy Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the construction of vessels by the Navy Department, amounting to $10,000,000. February 17 (calendar day February 19), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Construction of post office, Texas City, Tex. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting draft of a proposed provision pertaining to an existing appropriation for the Treasury Department for sites and construction, Public Building Act, post office, Texas City, Tex. February 17 (calendar day, February 19), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Veto message relating to claims of Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval the Bill (S. 3165) entitled "An Act Conferring Jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims To Hear, Consider, and Report upon a Claim of the Choctaw and Chickasaw... February 17 (calendar day, February 20), 1931. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Survey for flood control, Salmon River, Alaska. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department, for survey for flood control, Salmon River, Alaska, amounting to $800. February 17 (calendar day, February 19), 1931. -- Read, 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 pursuant to law, schedules of claims allowed by the General Accounting Office, amounting to $16,327.38. February 17 (calendar day, February 20), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Fourth Pan American Commercial Conference. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation to enable the Pan American Union to meet the expenses of the Pan American Commercial Conference to be held in Washington in 1931. February 17 (calendar day, February 21), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Injunctions in labor disputes. Statement by the Hon. Henrik Shipstead a Senator from the State of Minnesota on the bill (S. 2497) to amend the Judicial Code and to define and limit the jurisdiction of courts sitting in equity, and for other purposes together with a memorandum on the substitute bill by Winter S. Martin. Presented by Mr. Thomas of Oklahoma. February 17 (calendar day, March 4), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
Federal Power Commission. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting draft of a proposed provision pertaining to existing appropriations for the Federal Power Commission. February 17 (calendar day, February 23), 1931. -- Read; 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 pursuant to law, a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, which have been submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury, amounting to $226,373.83. February 17 (calendar day, February 20), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Drift toward dictatorship. Mr. Thomas of Oklahoma presented the following article entitled "Drift toward dictatorship," prepared by Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr. February 17 (calendar day, March 4), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claims for damages to privately owned property. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates of appropriations submitted by the executive departments to pay claims for damages to privately owned property amounting to $1,488.20. February 17 (calendar day, February 20), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States Marines in Nicaragua. Message from the President of the United States transmitting in response to Senate Resolution No. 386, a report by the Secretary of State relative to the maintenance of United States Marines in Nicaragua. February 17 (calendar day, February 21), 1931. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Proposed merger of Roosevelt Steamship Co. and International Mercantile Marine Co. Letter from the Vice Chairman of the United States Shipping Board transmitting in response to Senate Resolution No. 431, information relative to the merger of the Roosevelt Steamship Co. and the International Marine Co. February 17 (calendar day, February 27), 1931. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Vocational education in the United States. The program of cooperation of the federal government with the states in vocational education and vocational rehabilitation of the disabled. Presented by Mr. Sheppard. February 17 (calendar day, February 26), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ocean mail contracts. United States Senate. Digest of statements and comments in the Congressional Record, third session, Seventy-first Congress, relative to ocean mail contracts under Title IV of the Merchant Marine Act, 1928, and to Senate Document No. 210, entitled: The truth about the postal contracts. Presented by Mr. McKellar. February 17 (calendar day, March 2), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claim of H.W. Bennett. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for payment of an indemnity to the British government on account of losses sustained by H.W. Bennett, a British subject, amounting to $400. February 17 (calendar day, February 25), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Construction of buildings on Government Island, Alameda, Calif. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for Department of Agriculture and Department of the Treasury for the construction of certain buildings on Government Island, Alameda, Calif. February 17 (calendar day, February 21), 1931. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Packers' consent decree. A history of legislation pertaining to the meat packers leading up to the packers' consent decree of 1920 and subsequent thereto, with a summary of the various court decisions growing out of the consent decree, including the decision of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, January, 1931, modifying the decree. Presented by Mr. Brook. February 17 (calendar day, March 2), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claim for damages to privately owned property. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Department of the Interior to pay a claim for damages to privately owned property, amounting to $49. February 17 (calendar day, February 25), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Air mail contracts. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting... certain information relative to air mail contracts, existing air mail routes in the United States, new routes to be established, and names of officers and attorneys that have been employees of the United States government within the past five years. February 17 (calendar day, February 28), 1931. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Claim for damages to privately owned property. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, to pay a claim for damages to privately owned property, amounting to $156.34. February 17 (calendar day, February 26), 1931. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Advances to the reclamation fund. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation for advances to the reclamation fund, amounting to $5,000,000. February 17 (calendar day, March 4), 1931. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
National cemeteries. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a draft of a proposed provision pertaining to an existing appropriation for the War Department for national cemeteries, fiscal year 1929. February 17 (calendar day, February 20), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Tablet to Nancy Hart. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for an additional amount for furnishing and erecting a tablet or marker to commemorate the memory of Nancy Hart, amounting to $650. February 17 (calendar day, February 21), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimates, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriation for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, amounting to $240,000. February 17 (calendar day, February 23), 1931. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Completion of dam no. 2, etc., at Muscle Shoals. Mr. McNary, from the Committee of Conference, submitted the following conference report on the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 49) to provide eor [for] the national defense by the creation of a corporation for the operation of the government properties at and near Muscle Shoals in the State of Alabama, and for other purposes. February 17 (calendar day, February 19), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
Philippine independence. Brief prepared by Daniel R. Williams, relative to the constitutional power of Congress to alienate sovereignty over the Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. Bingham. February 17 (calendar day, March 4), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
Printing and binding United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for printing and binding for the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, amounting to $2,900. February 17 (calendar day, February 21), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Construction of public buildings, Omaha, Nebr., and, Bingham Canyon, Utah. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting draft of a proposed provision pertaining to an existing appropriation for the Treasury Department, for sites and construction, public buildings, Act of May 25, 1926, as amended. February 17 (calendar day, February 21), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Modernization of battleships. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the modernization of three of the older battleships by the Navy Department, amounting to $10,000,000. February 17 (calendar day, February 28), 1931. -- Read, 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 pursuant to law records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts, as submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury. February 17 (calendar day, February 20), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Pay and subsistence of the Army, 1931. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting draft of a proposed provision pertaining to existing appropriations of the War Department, "Pay of the Army, 1931," and "Subsistence of the Army, 1931." February 17 (calendar day, February 23), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Outstanding loans of federal land banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution No. 393, certain information regarding federal land banks, National Farm Loan Association, and joint-stock land banks. February 17 (calendar day, February 27), 1931. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Hospital and domiciliary facilities and services Veterans' Administration. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Veterans' Administration, for hospital and domiciliary facilities and services, amounting to $5,000,000. February 17 (calendar day, March 4), 1931. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for drought relief. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting in response to Senate Resolution No. 479, certain information relative to the $20,000,000 contained in the Interior Department appropriation bill for drought relief. February 17 (calendar day, March 2), 1931. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
International Exposition of Colonial and Overseas Countries, Paris, France. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for an additional amount for expenses of participation by the United States in the International Exposition of Colonial and Overseas Countries to be held at Paris, France, in 1931. February 17 (calendar day, February 25), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Senator from Alabama. In re the contest of J. Thomas Heflin v. John H. Bankhead for a seat in the United States Senate from the State of Alabama. Petition of J. Thomas Heflin. February 17 (calendar day, February 24), 1931. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed.
Court of Claims building, Washington, D.C. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting draft of a proposed provision to an existing appropriation for the Treasury Department, construction of Court of Claims building, Washington, D.C. February 17 (calendar day, February 23), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Veto message relating to disposition of Muscle Shoals. Message from the President of the United States returning without approval the Joint Resolution (S.J. Res. 49) entitled "A Joint Resolution to provide for the national defense by the creation of a corporation for the operation of the government properties at and near Muscle Shoals in the State of Alabama; to authorize the letting of the Muscle Shoals properties under certain conditions; and for other purposes. February 17 (calendar day, March 3), 1931. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
National Hydraulic Laboratory. Progress report. Designs, estimates of cost and comparisons of designs relating to the National Hydraulic Laboratory at the United States Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., prepared by John R. Freeman, consulting engineer, Providence, R.I. Presented by Mr. Hebert. February 17 (calendar day, February 26), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed with illustrations.
George Washington Bicentennial Commission. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for expenses of the District of Columbia George Washington Bicentennial Commission, amounting to $100,000. February 17 (calendar day, February 25), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Letter from the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the tenth annual report of the Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement Fund. February 17 (calendar day, March 3), 1931. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and ordered to be printed.
Statistics of foreign and domestic wages, prices, freight and tariff rates, and of domestic exports. Presented by Mr. Barkley. February 17 (calendar day, February 26), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
Veterans' Administration. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Veterans' Administration for the fiscal year 1932, amounting to $2,000,000. February 17 (calendar day, February 28), 1931. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Second polar year program. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to an appropriation for participation by the United States in the second polar year program, August 1, 1932--August 31, 1933, amounting to $30,000. January 26 (calendar day, February 10), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed with an illustration.
Claim of Rederiaktiebolaget Nordstjernan, a Swedish corporation. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of State for the expenses of arbitration between the United States and Sweden of the claim of Rederiaktiebolaget Nordstjernan, a Swedish corporation amounting to $56,000. February 17 (calendar day, February 19), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Stabilization of coal industry. Extracts from report of the Royal Commission of New South Wales, appointed to inquire into the coal industry, together with extract from Special Circular No. 744, Minerals Division, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Presented by Mr. Bulkley. February 17 (calendar day, March 3), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, records of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims amounting to $36,145. February 17 (calendar day, February 21), 1931. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 		55
Serial set 9347-2 Virginia campaign and the blockade and siege of Yorktown, 1781, including a brief narrative of the French participation in the Revolution prior to the Southern Campaign. By Colonel H.L. Landers, F.A. Historical Section, Army War College. Presented by Mr. Bingham. February 7, 1931. -- Ordered to be printed with illustrations and maps. 1
Serial set 9347-3 Story of the campaign and siege of Yorktown. Presented by Mr. Swanson. February 17 (calendar day, February 28), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
Journal of the siege of Yorktown. Unpublished journal of the siege of Yorktown in 1781 operated by the general staff of the French Army, as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French Department of the College of William and Mary. Presented by Mr. Fess. February 17 (calendar day, March 3), 1931. -- Ordered to be printed. 		2
Serial set 9348 Aeronautics. Sixteenth annual report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1930, including technical reports Nos. 337 to 364. 1
Serial set 9349 Annual report of the Public Printer, 1930. 1
Serial set 9350 Report of the National Academy of Sciences, fiscal year 1929-1930. 1
Serial set 9351 Annual report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Wm. Tyler Page, giving names of statutory and contingent-fund employees of the House and their respective compensations, including clerks to members; the expenditures from the contingent fund and from certain specific appropriations; the amounts drawn from the Treasury... December 1, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 9352 Thirtieth annual report of the Governor of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the thirtieth annual report of the Governor of Porto Rico, including reports of the heads of the several Departments of the Government of Porto Rico, and those of the auditor and the Chief of the Bureau of Commerce and Industry, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930. December 5, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed with appendixes. 1
Serial set 9353 National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Report of the Board of Managers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930. December 1, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 9354 Fourteenth annual report of the Federal Farm Loan Board for the year ended December 31, 1930. March 3, 1931. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed, with accompanying papers and illustrations. 1
Serial set 9355 Proceedings of the stated convention of the 32d National Encampment United Spanish War Veterans. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 17-20, 1930. January 27, 1931. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1
Serial set 9356 Proceedings of the twelfth national convention of the American Legion, Boston, Massachusetts, October 6 to 9, 1930. March 4, 1931. -- Referred to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1
Serial set 9357 Journal of the sixty-fourth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Cincinnati, Ohio, August 24 to 29, 1930. December 16, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1
Serial set 9358 Annual report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands, 1929. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands, including the reports of the heads of the departments of the Philippine government, for the calendar year 1929. December 5, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 9359 Casper-Alcova irrigation project Wyoming. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting engineering report by J.R. Takisch, engineer, and land classification and economic report by W.W. Johnston, associate reclamation economist, Bureau of Reclamation. December 8, 1930. -- Referred to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation and ordered to be printed with illustrations. 1
Serial set 9360 Yellowstone National Park Boundary Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the final report of the Yellowstone National Park Boundary Commission on an inspection of areas involved in the proposed adjustment of the southeast, south, and southwest boundaries of Yellowstone National Park... January 5, 1931. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1