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Serial set 2736	Deficiency appropriations for year 1890. February 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. Supplemental deficiency estimates of appropriations. May 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.	3
Serial set 2737	Treasury Department. Annual report and statements of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on the foreign commerce and navigation, immigration, and tonnage of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889.	1
Serial set 2738	Report on the internal commerce of the United States for the fiscal year 1889. Part II of commerce and navigation: The commercial, industrial, transportation, and other interests of Arkansas, Colorado, Dakota, Indian Territory, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming.	1
Serial set 2739	Appoquinimink Creek, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of preliminary examination and survey of Appoquinimink Creek, Delaware. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Exigency purchases of Indian goods. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, a statement showing open-market exigency purchase of Indian goods and supplies in excess of $500 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Survey of Wicomico River, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Wicomico River, Maryland. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. North East River, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of preliminary examination and survey of North East River, Maryland. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Brown's Creek, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the preliminary examination and survey of Brown's Creek, Sayville, New York. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Crane and Waters Rivers of Essex Branch, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the preliminary examination and survey of Crane and Waters Rivers of Essex Branch, Massachusetts. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Fond du Lac River, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the preliminary examination and survey of Fond du Lac River, Wisconsin. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Wappinger's Creek, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the survey and preliminary examination of Wappinger's Creek, New York, from the falls to its mouth. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Weymouth River, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Weymouth River, Massachusetts. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Beverly Harbor, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Beverly Harbor, Massachusetts. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Salem Harbor and South River, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Salem Harbor and South River, Massachusetts. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Cape Charles City, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports on the survey and preliminary examination of the harbor and approaches of Cape Charles City, Va. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Deficiency, public printing and binding. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Public Printer of deficiency in the appropriation for public printing and binding for the fiscal year 1890. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenditures of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting reports showing disbursements from the contingent fund, the names of employes, time employed, and sums paid to each; the finances of that Department for the preceding year; contracts made by that Department other than for carrying the mails; and upon the postal business and agencies in foreign countries. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Fishing Creek, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, a report upon the preliminary examination and survey of Fishing Creek, North Carolina. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Improvement of North East River, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, a report upon the preliminary examination and survey of North East River (Cape Fear), North Carolina. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Military parade and practice ground, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, inclosing a letter from Smith M. Weed, offering to donate to the government land for a parade and practice ground near the military post at Plattsburgh, N.Y. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Revenue-cutter service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting a statement of the expenditures for the revenue-cutter service for the fiscal year 1889. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Title to lands of Fort Missoula. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with inclosures, a draught and recommending the passage of a bill "For the Purpose of Acquiring Title to Certain Lands Occupied by Fort Missoula, Montana." December 12, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Menomonee Harbor, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon a preliminary examination and survey of Menomonee Harbor, Wisconsin. December 12, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Light station, Sherwood Point, Wis. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Light-House Board of an appropriation for land for an approach to the light station at Sherwood Point, Green Bay, Wis. December 12, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Informers and seizing officers in Customs service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report all payments made to informers and seizing officers in the Customs revenue service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Benjamin F. Richardson. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a report by the Quartermaster-General, the papers in the claim of Benjamin F. Richardson for supplies taken during the late war. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the contingent expenses of that department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1889. Twelfth number. Finance, coinage, commerce, immigration, shipping, the postal service, population, railroads, agriculture, etc. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Treaties with the Kickapoos. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an amended estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of appropriation for "fulfilling treaties with the Kickapoos" for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Salaries of signal officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting amended estimates from the Chief Signal Officer for "Salaries Signal Office" for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Building at military posts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates from the Secretary of War of appropriations for buildings at military posts. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Key West, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers the report of a Board of Engineers upon the expediency of improving the entrance to the harbor at Key West, Fla. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Tabular statements of disbursements made from the appropriations for the Indian Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, and of the salaries and incidental expenses paid at each agency in the Indian service during said period, showing the appropriations from which paid and the number of Indians at each agency. Refund of Customs duties. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of refunds of Customs duties for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.	31
Serial set 2740	Report of the tests of metals and other materials for industrial purposes made with the United States testing machine at Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Manufactures and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 2741	Beaufort River, South Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of part of Beaufort River. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation for Geodetic Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the fiscal year 1890. December 17, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The San Meteo Spring tract, No. 134. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a supplementary report by the Surveyor General for New Mexico on private land claim, the San Mateo Spring tract, No. 134. January 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Survey of Owendaw and Wando Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Owendaw and Wando Rivers and other waters connecting Bull's Bay with Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Chester River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Chester River between Crumpton and Jones's landing. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. East Point Judith, Rhode Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of the coast near life saving station, East Point Judith, Rhode Island. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Proposed military post, Lexington, Ky. Letter from the Secretary of War, inclosing a letter from Hon. William C.P. Breckinridge, offering on behalf of the citizens of Lexington to donate land for the proposed military post and cavalry station at that city. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Obstructions in Columbia River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a Board of Engineers upon certain obstructions to navigation in the Columbia River in Oregon. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses Navy Department, 1889. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of expenditures for contingent expenses of the Navy Department for the fiscal year 1889. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed. Account between the general government and the State of Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with accompanying papers, the report of the Third Auditor of the Treasury upon the mutual demands of the State of Florida and the United States. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deep Harbor, Gulf of Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, the report of a Board of Engineers appointed to examine and report as to the most eligible point for a deep harbor on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Martha's Vineyard. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Martha's Vineyard, at Edgartown, Mass. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Alloway Creek, New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Alloway Creek, New Jersey. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Sarasota Bay, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the preliminary examination and survey of Sarasota Bay, Florida. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Preliminary examination of Roanoke River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Roanoke River between Clarksville and Eaton Falls, Virginia. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Chickahominy River, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon the preliminary examination and survey of Chickahominy River, Virginia. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Land for military purposes, Santa Fe, N. Mex. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a proposal from the Santa Fe, N. Mex., Board of Trade to donate to the government land for military purposes. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Property transferred on the several Indian reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statements of property transferred between the several Indian reservations and property sold at the various Indian agencies and schools during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889. December 16, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Eleventh Census. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of $350,000 for printing, engraving, and binding for the Eleventh Census. December 16, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed... Engineer at signal office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of appropriation for the salary of an engineer at the Signal Office, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. December 16, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed... Survey of Minnesota Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the preliminary examination and survey of Minnesota Point, at Superior, Wis. December 16, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Fund for subsistence and civilization of certain Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the application of funds appropriated for the subsistence and civilization of Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, and affiliated bands of Indians to the purchase of subsistence for Northern Cheyenne Indians at Tongue River Agency, Mont. December 16, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Target ranges at Fort McPherson, Ga. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of an appropriation for the purchase of land for target ranges at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga. December 16, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Employes in War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of employes in the War Department, and stating that their services are indispensable. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Survey and preliminary examination of Belfast Harbor, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Belfast Harbor, Maine. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Onancock Harbor, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Onancock Harbor, Virginia. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Bar at mouth of Cedar Bayou, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination for the removal of a bar at the mouth of Cedar Bayou, Galveston Bay, Texas. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Lower Cumberland River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report upon the preliminary examination and survey of the Lower Cumberland River from Nashville, Tenn., to its mouth. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Salary of the chief clerk of the mint at Philadelphia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the director of the mint recommending that an increase be made in the salary of the chief clerk of the mint at Philadelphia. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Extension of national cemetery at Hampton, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition praying for the extension of the national eemetery [i.e., cemetery] at Hampton, Va. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Harbor at mouth of Manistee River, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the proposed improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Manistee River, Michigan. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Expenditures Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1889. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of expenditures on account of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Military Academy, West Point, and Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates from the Secretary of War of appropriations for the construction of a commissary store house at the Military Academy, West Point, and for purchase of land for target practice and drill ground at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga. January 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Public building at San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending that the estimate of appropriation of $450,000 for the public building at San Francisco, Cal., be provided for in a deficiency appropriation bill. January 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Relief of Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with accompanying papers, a letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to an immediate appropriation for the relief of the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior. January 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for bringing home remains of Lieut. Haile C.T. Nye from Lima, Peru. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State recommending an appropriation for bringing home the remains of Lieut. Haile C.T. Nye, late Naval Attache at Lima, Peru. January 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Improvement of mouth of Columbia River, Oregon and Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, a report submitted by the Chief of Engineers relative to the necessity for the early resumption of the improvement of the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon. January 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Appointment of thirty medical examiners for Pension Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a draft and recommending the passage of a joint resolution for the appointment of thirty medical examiners for the service of the Pension Office. January 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Erection of marine barracks at Sitka, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Navy of an appropriation for the erection of marine barracks at Sitka, Alaska. January 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures for Department of Agriculture. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting a statement of expenditures for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889. January 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Maintenance of a steam-vessel for use of civil authorities of Alaska. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with accompanying papers, and estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation for the purchase and maintenance of a steam-vessel for the use of the civil authorities of Alaska. January 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Examination of Coosa River, Alabama. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Coosa River, Alabama. January 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Rent of rooms for Department of Labor. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an increased estimate from the Commissioner of Labor for rent of rooms for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. January 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for light-house at Lubec Narrows, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Light-House Board relative to an additional appropriation for a light-house at Lubec Narrows, Maine. January 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Additional land for fortification at Fort Wadsworth, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending legislation for acquiring additional land in the vicinity of Fort Wadsworth, N.Y., for the purposes of fortification. January 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Coaster's Harbor Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of survey and examination of the cove and water-way near southeast extremity of Coaster's Harbor Island. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of Narragansett Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Narragansett Bay at the mouth of Narrow River, Rhode Island. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Burial of indigent ex-Union soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the passage of a bill amendatory of the act of March 3, 1889, relative to the burial of indigent ex-Union soldiers who die in the District of Columbia. December 18, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Larchmont Harbor, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Larchmont Harbor, New York. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Stock cattle for Ponca Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Indian-Affairs, showing the application of subsistence funds to the purchase of stock cattle for the Ponca Indians in Dakota. December 16, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Burial lots for Fort Porter. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of an appropriation for the purchase of lots in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y., for burial purposes of Fort Porter. December 16, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of expenditures for contingent expenses of the military establishment for the fiscal years 1888 and 1889. December 16, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Examination of Young's River and its tributary, Klaskuine [Klaskanine] River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Young's River and its tributary, Klaskuine [Klaskanine] River, Oregon. December 20, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Examination of Nehalem Bay and Bar, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Nehalem Bay and Bar, Oregon. December 20, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Examination of Siuslaw River and Bar, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Siuslaw River and Bar, Oregon. December 20, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Round Valley Indian Reservation. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting a draught of a bill "To Provide for the Reduction of the Round Valley Indian Reservation in the State of California, and for Other Purposes." December 20, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Purchasing instruments for heavy artillery practice. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting a report, submitted by the Major-General commanding the Army, and recommending legislation authorizing the purchase abroad of certain instruments necessary in heavy artillery practice. December 20, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Examination of Cocheco River from Dover to its mouth. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Cocheco River, from Dover to its mouth, New Hampshire. December 20, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Occoquan Creek, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Occoquan Creek, Virginia. December 20, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Water supply, Fort Douglas, Utah. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught and recommending the passage of a bill to withdraw and reserve certain lands necessary for the preservation and purification of the water supply of Fort Douglas, Utah. December 21, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Pay of Superintendent of the Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of appropriation for pay of the Superintendent of the Military Academy for the fiscal year 1891. December 21, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Shallotte River, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Shallotte River, North Carolina. December 21, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. St. Mary's Falls Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers in reference to the commerce passing St. Mary's Falls Canal, Michigan, during the season of 1889. December 21, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Muskegon and Ludington Harbors, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, a report relative to the further improvement of Muskegon and Ludington Harbors, Michigan. January 15, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Saint Croix River, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the resurvey and preliminary examination of Saint Croix River, Maine. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.	65
Serial set 2742	Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey showing the progress of the work during the fiscal year ending with June, 1889.	1
Serial set 2743	Public buildings at Charleston, S.C., and other places. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending appropriations for certain repairs, alterations, and improvements in and about public buildings at Charleston, S.C., Cincinnati, Ohio Grand Rapids, Mich., Macon, Ga., Memphis, Tenn., New York, N.Y., Peoria, Ill., and Wheeling, W. Va. January 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Arrears of pay and bounty of volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations for arrears of pay and bounty of volunteers in the late war, to be certified by the Second Auditor and Second Comptroller, during the six months ending June 30, 1890, and during the fiscal year 1891. January 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. E. Montoya & Sons. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting papers in the Indian depredation claim of E. Montoya & Sons. January 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Depredation Claims and ordered to be printed. National road from the Aqueduct Bridge to Mount Vernon, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers a report of a survey for a national road from the Aqueduct Bridge to Mount Vernon, Va. January 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Petoskey Harbor, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Petoskey Harbor, Michigan. January 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Additional appropriation for the Washington Aqueduct. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with accompanying papers, an estimate from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of an additional appropriation for the Washington Aqueduct. January 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Territory of Arizona. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of the laws of the Territory of Arizona enacted by its fifteenth legislative assembly. January 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Abstract of suspended land entries. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an abstract of suspended land entries adjudicated by the Commissioner of the General land Office during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889. January 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Public buildings at Eastport, Me., and other places. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an increase in the limit of cost of public buildings at Eastport, Me., Hoboken, N.J. Houston, Tex., Los Angeles, Cal., Louisville, Ky., Manchester, N.H., Sacramento, Cal., Troy, N.Y., and Carson City, Nev. January 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Fort Sheridan rifle range. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a supplemental estimate from the Secretary of War of appropriation for Fort Sheridan rifle range. January 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenditure of contingent fund, Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of expenditures of the contingent appropriation for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889. January 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, and ordered to be printed. Women's Silk Culture Association. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting reports upon the operations of the Women's Silk Culture Association of the United States and of the Ladies' Silk Culture Society of California, and upon experiments made in the District of Columbia with silk-reeling machinery. January 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Survey of the Osage River, Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a map of the survey of the Osage River, Missouri, from its mouth to the first shoal, and an estimate of the cost of constructing a lock and dam thereon. January 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Commissioners District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of an appropriation to satisfy decree in the case of the District of Columbia vs. McBlair. January 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses of United States Courts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates from the Attorney-General of appropriations for expenses of United States courts. January 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Indian depredation claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, with the papers in each case, a schedule of Indian depredation claims determined since last report. January 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Depredation Claims and ordered to be printed. John Taylor. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting papers in the claim of John Taylor. January 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Depredation Claims and ordered to be printed. Henry Shepard. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting papers in the claim of Henry Shepard, January 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Depredation Claims and ordered to be printed. Raymond Bros. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting papers in the claim of Raymond Bros. January 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Depredation Claims and ordered to be printed. Fourth of July claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting with the papers in each case a list of claims arising under the act of July 4, 1864, allowed since January 17, 1889. January 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of expenditures for contingent expenses of the War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889. January 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Civilian engineers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the names, residence, and compensation of civilian engineers employed during the fiscal year 1889, under river and harbor appropriation acts, the period of employment, and the work on which each was employed. January 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Aretas Whitcomb. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting papers in the Indian depredation claim of Aretas Whitcomb. January 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Depredation Claims and ordered to be printed. Sioux Indians at Devil's Lake Agency, N. Dak. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with accompanying papers, a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation of $25,000 for the immediate relief of Sioux Indians at Devil's Lake Agency, N. Dak. January 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Indian depredation claim of E. Montoya & Sons. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting papers in the Indian depredation claim of E. Montoya & Sons. January 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Depredation Claims and ordered to be printed. For the relief of Wilhelm Boeing. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught and recommending the passage of a bill for the relief of Wilhelm Boeing. January 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Aquia Creek, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Aquia Creek, Virginia. January 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Survey of the Kennebunk River, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Kennebunk River, Maine. January 22, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Public building at Ottumwa, Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an additional appropriation for completion of approaches to the public building at Ottumwa, Iowa. January 22, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of Union River and Union River Bay, Maine. Letter the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Union River and Union River Bay, Maine. January 22, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Milford Harbor, Conn. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in response to a resolution of the House a report concerning the further improvement of Milford Harbor, Conn. January 22, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Employes in Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report showing the names of employes in the Navy Department, their compensation and time employed; also stating that they have been usefully employed, and that their services are required for the prompt dispatch of business. January 22, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, and ordered to be printed. Richard F. Blinn. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting papers in the Indian depredation claim of Richard F. Blinn. January 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Depredation Claims and ordered to be printed. Public building at Troy, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to a further increase in the limit of cost of the public building at Troy N.Y. January 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.	34
Serial set 2744	Report of all contracts for carrying the mail made within the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889, with the name of the contractor; date and duration of the contract; the routes embraced therein, with the length of each; the time of arrival and departure of the mail; the mode of transportation, and the price to be paid, together with a copy of the recorded abstracts of all proposals for carrying the mail...January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 2745	Post-Office Department. Report of fines and deductions during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 2746	Oconee River, Georgia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of the examination and survey of Oconee River, Georgia. February 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, Alabama and Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers. January 27, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Increase in number of members of the Board of Pension Appeals. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to an increase in the number of members of the Board of Pension Appeals. January 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Survey of Sipsey River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter and report concerning the survey of Sipsey River. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Damages to schooner Rillie S. Derby and barges Benefactor and Mayflower. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates from the Secretary of the Navy to re-imburse the owners of schooner Rillie S. Derby and barges Benefactor and Mayflower for damages by collision with U.S.S. Juniata. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Custom-house at Philadelphia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking for an appropriation for repairing Custom-house at Philadelphia. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Preservation of abandoned military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a deficiency estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for preservation of abandoned military reservation for the fiscal year 1890. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Public building at Fort Smith, Ark. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communication of Attorney General relating to deficiency appropriation for repairs on old courthouse at Fort Smith, Ark. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Steam-tender for Second Light-House District. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate and asking an additional appropriation to complete the steam-tender for the service of the Second Light-House District. February 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Customhouse and sub-Treasury building at Chicago, Ill. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking an appropriation for repairs and improvements of the customhouse and sub-Treasury building at Chicago, Ill. February 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Report relative to the Ordnance Proving Ground, Sandy Hook, N.J. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the test of the 12-inch rifled mortar, presented by the South Boston Iron Works, at the Ordnance Proving Ground, Sandy Hook, N.J. January 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses of the eleventh census. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of appropriation for expenses of the eleventh census. January 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fort Myer military post, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of appropriation for Fort Myer military post, Virginia. January 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Buildings for garrison purposes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of appropriation for buildings for garrison purposes. January 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation for the completion of the approaches to the United States Marine Hospital, Chicago, Ill., in excess of the annual estimate. January 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for the Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates from the Secretary of War of appropriations for the Military Academy. January 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. House Bill 592. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the petition of the officers of certain Marine insurance companies praying for the passage of the Bill H.R. 592. February 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and ordered to be printed. Survey of East River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the survey and preliminary examination of East River from Broome Street to Twenty-third Street, New York City. February 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Pay of certain non-commissioned officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Adjutant-General recommending the passage of a bill for the increase of pay of certain non-commissioned officers of the Army. February 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Millitary [i.e., Military] Affairs and ordered to be printed. Coast and Geodetic Steamer Gedney. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for repairs of the Coast and Geodetic Steamer Gedney. February 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Livingston Point, near Paducah, Ky. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, a report from the Chief of Engineers relative to the proposed improvement at Livingston Point, near Paducah, Ky. February 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse tenders. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting increased estimates of appropriation for the construction of the several lighthouse tenders. February 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. James A.J. and Joseph H. McVay. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting papers in the Indian depredation claim of James A.J. and Joseph H. McVay. January 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Depredation Claims, and ordered to be printed. Thomas Van Pelt. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting papers in the Indian depredation claim of Thomas Van Pelt. January 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Depredation Claims and ordered to be printed. Books for post libraries. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of an appropriation for the purchase of books for post libraries. January 25, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Battle-field of Chickamauga. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending that the estimate for printing and binding maps of the battlefield of Chickamauga be included in the urgency deficiency appropriation bill. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Light-house establishment. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, requesting that certain items in the estimate for special works for the light-house establishment in 1890-'91 be placed in the urgency deficiency bill. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Printing and binding for Hydrographic Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Navy for printing and binding for the Hydrographic Office for the fiscal year 1891. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Supreme Court reports. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of a deficiency in the appropriation for the distribution of reports of the Supreme Court of the United States. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Equipment of vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Navy of deficiency in the appropriation for equipment of vessels for fiscal year 1889. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Increase of the salary of the chief clerk of the General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an increase in the salary of the chief clerk of the General Land Office. January 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Public building at Fort Smith, Ark. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking an additional appropriation to complete public building at Fort Smith, Ark. January 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claims allowed by accounting officers of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting schedules of claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury under appropriations balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund. January 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Harbor of New Haven, Conn. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House, an extract from the annual report of the Chief of Engineers relating to the improvements of the Harbor of New Haven, Conn. January 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. For mountain guns, carriages, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of appropriation for mountain guns, carriages, etc. January 27, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Elk River, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Elk River, Maryland. January 27, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Monuments or tablets at Gettysburgh. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War providing for monuments or tablets at Gettysburgh. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Useless papers in the departments. Letter from the Secretary of War, relating to useless papers in the departments, with accompanying documents. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Survey of Umpqua River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the survey of Umpqua River, Oregon. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Survey of Detroit River at Grosse Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports on the survey of the Detroit River at Grosse Point, Mich. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Northern boundary of Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for survey of a portion of the northern boundary of Nebraska. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Lights in ship channel of Mobile Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting House Bill No. 4665, "A Bill to Establish Five Lights Along the Ship Cannel of Mobile Bay," and recommending modifications in the same. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Relief of naval officers and others. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, asking that certain naval officers and others be relieved of checkages against their accounts in Office of the Fourth Auditor. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. Building for offices of commandant and staff, Marine Corps. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Navy for the erection of a building for use of the commandant and staff of the Marine Corps. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Amended estimates, Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting amended estimates for the Indian service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Number of suits under contract labor law. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting a statement of the number of suits or prosecutions instituted under the alien contract labor law, in response to resolution of House January 28, 1890. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Improvement of Chincoteague Inlet, Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report and recommendations concerning improvement of Chincoteague Inlet, Virginia, by a breakwater. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Survey of Pleasant River, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the survey of Pleasant River, Maine, with engineer's recommendations. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Land office at Guthrie, Oklahoma. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting correspondence relating to methods of locating homesteads and town sites at the land office at Guthrie, Oklahoma, called for by resolution of House of Representatives January 20, 1890. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Claim of Joseph Redfern and wife. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the claim of Joseph Redfern and wife, growing out of the leasing to the United States of Houses Nos. 1719 and 1721 G street, Washington, D.C. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. Public building at Leavenworth, Kans. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, recommending additional appropriation for the United States court-house, post-office, etc., building at Leavenworth, Kans. February, 14 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Custom-house Wharf at Charleston, S.C. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, requesting an additional appropriation for the United States Custom-house Wharf at Charleston, S.C. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Military post, Yellowstone National Park. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War for buildings for the shelter of troops detailed for the protection of Yellowstone National Park. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Depredations on public timber -- protecting the public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior of deficiencies in the appropriations for depredations on public timber and for protecting the public lands. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Tariffs of Austria-Hungary, France, and Germany. Letter from the Acting Secretary of State, replying to resolution of the House of Representatives of January 16, 1890, relating to the tariffs of Austria-Hungary, France, and Germany, beet-sugar taxes, and export bounties of same. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Claims for witness fees, Department of Justice. Letter from the Attorney-General of the United States, transmitting letter from Joseph R. Dillin, of Nashville, Tenn., presenting claims of witnesses unpaid for their services in the middle District of Tennessee, during the fiscal years 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, and 1888. February 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Government building at Sitka, Alaska. Letter from the Attorney-General, transmitting a letter from the late United States District Judge for Alaska relative to the necessity for an appropriation to repair the government building at Sitka, Alaska. January 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Armament of fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of an appropriation for armament of fortifications. January 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Testing and proving heavy ordnance. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification relative to a site for testing and proving heavy ordnance. January 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Manokin River, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports upon the survey and preliminary examination of Manokin River, Maryland. January 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Additional building for the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending the purchase of an additional building for the use of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. January 25, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Angel Island Quarantine Station, California. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an increased estimate of appropriation for the Angel Island Quarantine Station, California, for the fiscal year 1891. January 25, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Special statistical clerk, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking for a provision in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill for employment of a special statistical clerk in the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. List of judgments in Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting list of judgment rendered by Court of Claims, and calling for an appropriation. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Public building at Auburn, N.Y. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, requesting an additional appropriation for the United States post office, courthouse, etc., at Auburn, N.Y. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Quarantine service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an increase of the appropriation for completion of the wharf for the United States quarantine station at Sapelo Sound, Deboys, Georgia. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Land offices at Pierre and Chamberlain, S. Dak. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for opening the land offices at Pierre and Chamberlain, S. Dak. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Estimates for appropriations Watervliet and Indianapolis Arsenals. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communication from the Secretary of War relating to estimate of appropriations for the arsenals at Indianapolis, Ind., and at West Troy, N.Y. (the Watervliet.) February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Office of chief clerk Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs recommending the re-establishment of the office of chief clerk. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department. Receipt, distribution, and sale of public documents. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report by the Superintendent of Documents regarding the receipt, distribution, and sale of public documents on behalf of the government. February 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. Preventing deposits in New York Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War of appropriation for the prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits in New York Harbor. February 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	71
Serial set 2747	Army gun factory. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an increased estimate from the Secretary of War for machinery and plant at the Army gun factory. February 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Lights at St. Jones River, Delaware Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation for establishing proper lights for marking the entrance of St. Jones River, Delaware Bay. March 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Re-instatement of Edward Byrne as a Captain of Cavalry. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from Brevet Maj. Gen. B.H. Grierson and a petition of certain officers of the Tenth Cavalry protesting against the re-instatement of Edward Byrne to the Army as a Captain of Cavalry. February 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Increase of pay of non-commissioned officers of staff. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petitions from Quartermaster-Sergeant Arthur Purvis and Commissary-Sergeant E.A. Elwell, of Davids Island, N.Y., and Commissary-Sergeant John Ryan, of Washington Barracks, praying for an increase of pay for the non-commissioned officers of the staff. March 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Rent of rooms for Nautical Almanac Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Navy for rent of rooms of Nautical Almanac Office. March 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Post office building in New York City. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, calling for an appropriation for alterations and repairs in the post office building in New York, N.Y. February 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Claim of Messrs. Bishop & Co., Honolulu. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State in relation to an appropriation to pay the claim of Messrs. Bishop & Co., bankers, of Honolulu, against the United States. February 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Buildings, Bureau Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations for additional buildings to increase the facilities of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. February 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Pay-inspector T.T. Caswell, U.S. Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, requesting the authority of Congress to relieve Pay-Inspector T.T. Caswell, U.S. Navy, of checkage against his account. February 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Territory of Wyoming. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary of the Territory of Wyoming for payment of expenses of Twelfth Territorial Assembly. February 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Accounts of disbursing officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of inspection of money accounts of disbursing officers for the year ended September 30, 1889. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Army supplies. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports from the Quartermaster General of purchases of supplies for the use of the Army for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota. March 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Survey of land grant to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for the survey of the land grant to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, in Arizona and New Mexico. March 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Missouri River between Cambridge and Glasgow. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, a report of the examination and survey of the Missouri River, in response to the House resolution of the 28th ultimo. March 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Improvement of Cypress Bayou, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, a report in relation to the improvement of Cypress Bayou, Louisiana, in reply to resolution of House of Representatives of February 6. March 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Abandoned military reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior to pay custodian of abandoned military reservation for the fiscal year 1891. March 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Naval service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for transportation and recruiting in the naval service for the fiscal year 1890, submitted by the Secretary of the War. March 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Range lights in Lake Winnebago. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Light-House Board recommending an appropriation of $500 to establish range lights in Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin. March 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Lights in Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an appropriations for the establishment of proper lights in Yoquina Bay, Oregon. March 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Light and fog-signal at Mary or St. Mary's Island, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an appropriation for the establishment of a light and fog-signal at Mary or St. Mary's Island, Alaska. March 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Range of lights, Detroit River, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an appropriation for the establishment of a range of lights between Windmill Point, Lake St. Clair, and Belle Isle, Detroit River, Michigan. March 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Support of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Adjutant-General of the Army, suggesting certain amendments to H.R. 7619, "Making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1891, and for Other Purposes." March 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Compensation of Commander Royal B. Bradford, U.S. Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an estimate of an appropriation to compensate Commander Royal B. Bradford, U.S. Navy, for services in establishing an electric-light plant in the Interior Department. March 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Refuge station, Point Barrow, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for the maintenance of the refuge station established at Point Barrow, Alaska. March 5, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Estate of H. Corths [i.e., Cothes], deceased. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, a report from the Quartermaster General upon the claim of the legal representatives of H. Corths [i.e., Cothes], of Ballard County, Ky., for property taken for the use of the Army during the war. March 5, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims. Pay, etc., of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for pay of the Army for the fiscal year 1890, as submitted by the Secretary of War. February 27, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Columbia River light-ship, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for an additional appropriation of $10,000 to complete the light-ship at the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon. February 27, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Upper Columbia River, Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of the examination and survey of Upper Columbia River, Washington. February 27, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Rock Island Arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports from the Chief of Ordnance and from the commandant of Rock Island Arsenal in response to resolution of the House of Representatives January 23, 1890. February 27, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Ordnance and ordnance stores. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Navy of appropriation for "Ordnance and Ordnance Stores" for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. February 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Relief of destitute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for an appropriation for relief of destitute Indians, not having treaty funds, when necessary. February 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Customs collection district of Laredo. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending the amendment of the third paragraph of sections 2578 and 2579 of the Revised Statutes in such a way as to abolish the present Customs collection district of Corpus Christi and to establish in lieu thereof the Customs collection district of Laredo, and inclosing draught of a bill. February 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Public building at Charleston, S.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending increase of the limit of cost of building and site of the United States post office, customhouse, etc., at Charleston, S.C. February 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Big Black River, Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in reply to the House resolution of January 25, 1890, relating to the improvement of the Big Black River in Mississippi. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Survey of the Savannah River above Augusta. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of the examination and survey of the Savannah River above Augusta. February 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Survey of Ocmulgee River, Georgia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of the examination and survey of Ocmulgee River, Georgia. February 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Supervising special agent Customs Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his recommendation that the compensation of the supervising special agent for the Customs service of the Treasury Department be resorted to $10 per day. February 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Appropriation for an engineer museum. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from Lieut. Col. W.R. King, Corps of Engineers, requesting an appropriation for an engineer museum. February 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Deficiencies in appropriations for Department of Justice. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney-General relating to deficiencies in the appropriation for the Department of Justice. February 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Survey at Duluth, Minn. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of the examination and survey of property recently donated to the United States by the City of Duluth, Minn. February 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Indian school transportation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for Indian school transportation for the fiscal year 1890. February 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Depredation claim of Jones, Russell & Co. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relating to a depredation claim of Jones, Russell & Co. February 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for buildings, walks, and fences at the Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. February 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Fees of witnesses, United States courts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for fees of witnesses, United States courts, for the fiscal year 1890, as submitted by the Attorney-General. February 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Compensation of charges d'affaires ad interim. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State relative to a deficiency appropriation for salaries of charges d'affaires and interim for the fiscal years 1879 and 1880. February 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Additional clerical force for Auditor for the Post-Office Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, calling attention to the pressing need of additional clerical assistance for the transaction of the work of his bureau. February 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Artificial limbs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency from the Secretary of War in the appropriation for artificial limbs for the fiscal year 1890. February 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Store-house, Omaha, Nebr. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War for a store-house for use of the Quartermaster and Commissary Departments at Omaha, Nebr. February 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Libraries, cavalry and artillery school, Fort Riley, Kans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of War for purchase of books for the libraries of the cavalry and artillery school at Fort Riley, Kans. February 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Collecting revenue from Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending that the permanent annual appropriation for expenses of collecting the revenue from Customs be increased in the sum of $2,000,000 and the receipts from fines, penalties, etc., be carried into the general Treasury. March 11, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.	51
Serial set 2748	Survey of water-way from Lake Michigan to the Illinois River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, with a copy of a report from an officer of the Corps of Engineers upon the survey of a water-way from Lake Michigan to the Illinois River. March 11, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.	1
Serial set 2749	Regular supplies, Quartermaster's Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Quartermaster-General, inclosing a proviso relative to certain equipments for the enlisted men of the Army, which he recommends to be inserted under the head of "Regular Supplies, Quartermaster's Department," in the Army Appropriation Bill. March 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Indian school, Carlisle, Pa. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior, for buildings for the Indian school, Carlisle, Pa. March 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887. Persons arrested for murder, manslaughter, etc., in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Attorney-General, transmitting a report of the number and names of persons arrested in the District of Columbia charged with murder, manslaughter, etc., in answer to resolution of the House of Representatives, February 24, 1890. March 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Salaries of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Assistant Commissioner, and financial clerk of the Indian Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, urging an increase of the salaries of the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the financial clerk of the Indian Office, and enclosing a bill to effect these objects. March 11, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in Interior Department. Permanent and indefinite appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, concerning House Bill 3823 to repeal laws relating to permanent and indefinite appropriations. March 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Expenses of collecting the revenue from Customs. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the expenses of collecting the revenue from Customs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, showing the number of employes and the salaries required for each collection district. March 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Floods in the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to so much of the resolution of the House of the 15th instant, in regard to floods in the Mississippi, as requests the Secretary to report "if there is reason to apprehend unusual danger to human life," a report from the Chief Signal Officer... March 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Government ownership of first-mortgage securities of Pacific railroads. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a reply to the resolution of the House of the 15th inst., inquiring whether the government is the owner of any of the first-mortgage securities of any of the Pacific railroads that were aided by the government, etc. March 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroads. Commission to negotiate with Utes of Southern Colorado. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the Southern Ute Commission. March 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Sioux reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for expenses of surveying the Sioux reservations. March 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Initial monuments, mineral surveys. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for an appropriation for initial monuments for mineral surveys. March 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Floods upon the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, with a report from the President of the Mississippi River Commission, in further response to the House resolution of the 15th instant, relating to the floods upon the Mississippi River. March 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Washington Aqueduct Tunnel. Letter from the Secretary of War, replying to the resolution of the House of the 10th inst., relative to the Washington Aqueduct Tunnel, the liabilities of certain contractors engaged in the construction thereof, and the action of the Department in relation thereto. March 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Zuni Indian Agency, New Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations from the Secretary of the Interior for support of Indians and pay of agent at the Zuni Agency, N. Mex. March 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Repair upon government building at Sitka. Letter from the Attorney-General, transmitting a copy of a letter from the United States Marshal for Alaska, making estimate of the cost of repairs upon the government building at Sitka, with accompanying papers. March 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Salaries of clerks adjusting accounts of Soldiers' Home. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Second Comptroller recommending an increase in the salaries of clerks in his Office engaged in adjusting accounts of the Soldiers' Home. March 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Increase of pay of general non-commissioned staff officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petition of Thomas Kimball, Commissary-Sergeant, and George Eppert, Quartermaster-Sergeant, U.S.A., praying for favorable action on House Bill 4588, "To Fix the Pay of Non-Commissioned Staff Officers of the United States Army." March 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Binding manuscript papers, Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of State for an additional appropriation of $6,000 for binding manuscript papers belonging to that department. March 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Navy yard, Portsmouth, N.H. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Navy for reconstruction of buildings and machinery destroyed by fire at the Navy yard, Portsmouth, N.H. March 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Light and fog-signal at Seul Choix Point, Mich. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an additional appropriation for the establishment of a light and fog-signal at Seul Choix Point, Mich. March 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Process of welding by electricity. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th instant, a copy of the report of a board of officers of the Navy on the process of welding by the Thomson Electric Welding Company, of Boston, Mass. March 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Lights at Doller's Point and on Hog Island Wharf, James River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation for the establishment of proper lights at Doller's Point and on Hog Island Wharf, James River, Virginia. March 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Abandoned military reservation, Fort Lyon, Colorado. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior to pay the salary of the custodian of the abandoned military reservation at Fort Lyon, Colo., for the fiscal year 1891. March 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Telegraphing, and purchase of Indian supplies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an increased estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for telegraphing, and purchase of Indian supplies for the fiscal year 1891. March 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Light at cut-off channel, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation for the establishment of a light-station at or near the mouth of the new cut-off channel, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. March 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Cheboygan (Michigan) River light range. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation for the purchase of additional land for the Cheboygan (Michigan) River range light station. March 13, 1890.. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Fog-signal at Cuckolds Island, Townsend Harbor, Booth Bay, Me. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation for the establishment of a fog-signal at or near the Cuckolds Island, in Townsend Harbor, Booth Bay, Me. March 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Navy yard, League Island. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of the 10th instant, copy of the report of the Board as to the availability of the Navy yard, League Island, as a naval station and shipbuilding yard. March 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Purchase of tents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the draught of a bill "Authorizing the Purchase of Tents for Certain Purposes, and Making Appropriations Therefor," with report of the Quartermaster-General of the Army in relation thereto. March 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.	30
Serial set 2750	Furnishing of certain public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, calling attention to the necessity for an immediate appropriation of $142,000 for furnishing certain specified public buildings. April 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Relief of certain Indian agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian setting forth the claims of certain Indian agents for pay for a part of their terms of service, heretofore suspended by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department in the settlement of their accounts, together with a draught of a bill for their relief. March 25, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Change of plumbing in cadet hospital, West Point, N.Y. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War, submitting an estimate of appropriation to change the plumbing in the cadet hospital at West Point, N.Y. April 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Repairs on old Custom-house building, St. Louis, Mo. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting an appropriation for certain repairs on the old Custom-house building at St. Louis, Mo. April 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Preservation of cell building at Utah Penitentiary. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Attorney-General submitting an estimate of an appropriation to preserve the cell-building at the Utah Penitentiary. May 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Transfer of Bureau of Pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, replying to the resolution of the House of Representatives requesting the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Interior to inform the House what saving, if any, of public expenditure can be made by transferring the bureau of Pensions from the Interior Department to the War Department. March 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Statement of expenditures of the Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, submitting, in pursuance of the requirements of sections 193 and 209 of the Revised Statutes, statements of the manner of expenditure of the contingent fund of the Department of State for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889, of the expenditures for the expenses of foreign intercourse for the same time, and a precise analytical statement of all moneys disbursed by the disbursing clerk of the department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889. April 12, 1890. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. George H. Owen. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, in relation to a bill to credit George H. Owen, late United States Consul at Messina, with a certain sum expended by him for clerk hire, etc., by authority of the State Department, but not heretofore allowed in his accounts. May 5, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Re-imbursement of crew of Muskeget (Mass.) lifesaving station. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service, and accompanying papers, looking to an appropriation to re-imburse the crew of the lifesaving station at Muskeget, Mass., for the loss of their personal property at the time of the burning of the station, December 27, 1889. May 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Investigation as to the re-rating of pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of March 21, 1890, a copy of the evidence and report of the Committee appointed in July, 1889, to investigate the action of the Pension Office in re-rating pensions. May 1, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Protecting the public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior increasing the estimate on page 230 of the Book of Estimates for the fiscal year 1891 for "protecting the public lands." April 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Illinois and Mississippi Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, a preliminary report upon the location of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal, in compliance with a provision of the river and harbor Act of August 11, 1888. April 9, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Employment of Indian Scouts. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, relative to the employment of Indian Scouts. March 25, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Amendments to laws taxing manufacturers of cigars. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (with inclosures) recommending certain amendments to existing laws taxing manufacturers of cigars. May 2, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The pension system. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives passed March 18, 1890, information in regard to pensions. May 1, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Soldiers' home at Dayton, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of Treasury, submitting an estimate of appropriation to improve the sewerage system at the central branch of the Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Dayton, Ohio. April 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Amendment of legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions requesting that the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation for the ensuing fiscal year, now pending, be so amended as to include the thirty medical examiners provided for by Joint Resolution now pending in the Senate. April 17, 1890. -- Referred to Committee on Appropriations. Repair on road from Willet's Point to Whitestone, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of an appropriation for repairing the roadway from Willet's Point to Whitestone, N.Y. April 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Salaries in office of Civil Service Commission. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication of the Civil Service Commission submitting a supplemental estimate for salaries, etc., in the office of the Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. March 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Report of the Director of the Mint upon the production of the precious metals in he United States during the calendar year 1889. Expenses of irrigation branch of Geological Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates made by the directors of the Geological Survey of estimates of necessary expenses of irrigation branch of the survey for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891; and also calling attention to the report of the director, made last December. April 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Channel, Lake Ontario and Irondequoit Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report in response to the House Resolution of the 5th instant, relating to the project for a channel between Lake Ontario and Irondequoit Bay. April 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Compulsory school attendance in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting with approval a copy of a bill prepared by the Commissioner of Education providing for enforcing regular attendance at the government schools in the Territory of Alaska, together with certain letters stating the necessity of such legislation. April 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Printing and binding in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied by a letter from the Chief of Division of Stationery, Printing, and Blanks, of the Treasury Department, calling attention to the urgent necessity for the additional appropriation for printing and binding for the department for the current year. April 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Pay of non-commissioned officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petitions from certain non-commissioned staff officers at Fort Apache, Ariz.; Fort Washakie, Wyo.; Fort Douglas, Utah; Fort Sully, S. Dak., and Fort Maginnis, Mont., praying for the passage of H.R. 4588, "To Fix the Pay of Non-Commissioned Staff Officers of the United States Army." April 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Compensation of the district attorney for the Southern District of New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, calling attention to the compensation allowed to the district attorney for the southern District of New York and recommending that the provisions of law regulating the said compensation be made more definite. April 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice. Light and steam fog-whistle, New London, Conn. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending the establishment of a light and steam fog-whistle at New London, Conn. April 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Claims allowed by accounting officers of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th instant, a list of all claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury, enumerated in House Ex. Docs. Nos. 55 and 153, Forty-eighth Congress, second session, for which appropriations have not been made. April 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. Tunneling Detroit River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, a report of a Board of Engineers on the practicability and approximate cost of tunneling the Detroit River, at or near Detroit, Mich., in compliance with the Joint Resolution of April 19, 1890. May 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Pay of clerks in Post-Office Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Postmaster-General requesting an appropriation for the pay of twenty clerks. May 9, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Claim of A.T. Dickerman Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs inclosing certain affidavits relating to a depredation claim of A.T. Dickerman, which was transmitted to Congress January 5, 1887. May 9, 1890. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Indian Depredation Claims. Deficiency for printing in the Department of Justice. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Attorney General... Relief of Joseph Montanari. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, in relation to an appropriation required for the relief of Joseph Montanari, United States vice-consul at Port Mahon. May 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Roadway from Atlanta, to Fort McPherson, Ga. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War, submitting an estimate of an appropriation for commencing the construction of a public roadway from Atlanta to Fort McPherson, Ga. May 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Report on the inland navigation and Sea-Ports of France, with list of canals and canalized-river in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers and a copy of a report of Lieut. Col. Merrill, of the Corps of Engineers, with copies of accompanying papers, including two maps, concerning the International Congress of Engineers, interested in the utilization of water, which was convened under the auspices of the Government of France; and recommending that the same be printed. May 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Claim of Mrs. Susannah [i.e., Susanna] George. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Light-House Board, with accompanying papers, relative to the claim of Mrs. Susannah [i.e., Susanna] George for compensation due her husband for services and expenses incurred by him while light-house keeper at Plum Island light-station, Massachusetts. May 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Water pool at Rock Island Arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, for the information of the Committee on Appropriations, a letter from the Chief of Ordnance and a copy of House Ex. Doc. No. 306, Fiftieth Congress, first session, being a special estimate of $101,000 for the further development of the water-power pool at the Rock Island Arsenal. May 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Account of Edward Mitchell, U.S. Attorney, New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department in relation to the account of Edward Mitchell, United States Attorney at New York, and requesting that an appropriation be made for the payment of said account. May 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Deficiency in the appropriation for printing. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Public Printer submitting an estimate of deficiency in appropriation for public printing and binding for the last quarter of the current fiscal year. May 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Payment of Villanova, Hermanos & Co., of Barcelona. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of State, requesting an appropriation to enable him to pay Messrs. Villanova, Hermanos & Co., of Barcelona, the balance due them for expenses incurred in taking down and removing the American section of the exposition in that place. May 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Objection to lineal promotion in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the officers of the Fourth Cavalry presenting their views in opposition to the system of lineal promotion in the Army, and inviting attention to the remarks of the Major General commanding the Army contained in the fourth indorsement thereon. May 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Deficiency in appropriation for certain consular officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, in relation to the necessity for an immediate appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for "salaries of consular officers not citizens of the United States," for the current fiscal year. May 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Non-commissioned officers of the staff. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petitions and recommendations submitted by the Adjutant-General of the commissary-sergeants and post-quartermaster sergeants stationed at Benicia Barracks and San Diego Barracks, California, for an increase in the pay of non-commissioned officers of the staff. March 22, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Transfer of Pension Bureau to War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, replying to the resolution of the House of Representatives requesting that the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Interior inform the House what saving of public expenditure, if any, can be made by transferring the Bureau of Pensions to the War Department. March 25, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Additional appropriation for employes of Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, asking for an additional appropriation for the compensation of employes of said bureau on account of overtime work. March 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Steam fog-whistle at Warwick Point, R.I. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, conveying a recommendation that a steam fog-whistle be established at Warwick Point, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. April 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Lights on Thames River, between New London and Norwich, Conn. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, recommending that there be included in the clause of the general appropriation bill providing for the lighting of rivers provision for twelve post lights on the Thames River, between New London and Norwich, Conn. April 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. The Aqueduct Tunnel. Letter from the Secretary of War, inclosing copy of a letter from the Attorney-General of the United States, touching the matter of the prosecution of the contractors for the lining of the Washington Aqueduct Tunnel, in connection with the War Department letter of the 18th instant, on the subject, and in further response to the resolution dated March 10, 1890. March 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Emoluments of Customs officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments of officers of the Customs servics [services] received by them during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1889, prepared in the office of the Commissioner of Customs in accordance with section 2639 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. March 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Rock Island Bridge and Watertown Arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War of the 27th instant, submitting additional estimates by the Ordnance Department of the Army for appropriations for Rock Island Bridge, Rock Island, Ill., and Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass. March 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Unpaid judgments due the United States. April 1, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Launching ways and granite slips at New York and Norfolk Navy-yards. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, submitting an estimate of appropriation for extending the launching ways and making alterations in the granite slips at the Navy-yards at New York and Norfolk. April 9, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Improvement of American cemetery at Acapulco, Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, of the 8th instant, submitting a request for an appropriation of $1,500, for improving and placing in proper condition the American cemetery at Acapulco, Mexico. April 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Standard measures for certain states. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, submitting an estimate for the construction of standard gallons and their subdivisions, for the use of states and territories which have not received the same, under the act of June 14, 1836, providing for the distribution of weights and measures. April 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Retired list for privates. Letter from The Secretary of War, transmitting petitions of certain non-commissioned officers and enlisted men of the U.S. Army, praying for a reduction in the limit of thirty years for retirement under the provisions of the act of February 14, 1885. April 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Supplemental estimate for Indian schools. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a supplemental estimate of the amount required for the enlargement and support of schools upon Indian reservations for the ensuing fiscal year. April 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Judgment in cases against the United States. Letter from the Attorney-General, submitting a report in accordance with section 11 of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to Provide for the Bringing of Suits Against the Government of the United States," and calling attention to accompanying exhibits. April 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Deficiencies submitted by Attorney-General. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney-General submitting deficiencies in the appropriations for expenses of the United States courts, ascertained and estimated for the fiscal years 1888, 1889, and 1890. April 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Right of way of vessels in channel in and from Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the draught of a bill to regulate the right of way by vessels within the limits of the channel in and from Chesapeake Bay to the City of Baltimore, and an accompanying letter from the Chief of Engineers. April 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce Claim of the Seneca Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for an appropriation to pay the claim of the Seneca Indians for land taken by the United States. April 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Injurious deposits in harbor and adjacent waters of New York City. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers and the draught of a bill to amend the act entitled "An Act to Prevent Obstructive and Injurious Deposits Within the Harbor and Adjacent Waters of New York City, by Dumping and Otherwise, and to Punish and Prevent Such Offenses." April 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Affairs in the overflowed Districts of Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of a telegram of the 9th instant from the Deputy Quartermaster-General in charge of the Quartermaster General's Office, to the quarter-master at New Orleans, and a copy of his reply thereto, of the 12th instant, together with a copy of his report of the 14th instant in regard to the condition of affairs in the overflowed District of St. James and Ascension Parishes, La. April 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Deficiency appropriation -- contingent expenses in Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for "contingent expenses in the Navy Department." April 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Compensation of W.H. Arnoux. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy requesting an appropriation for compensating W.H. Arnoux for his services as counsel during the Congressional investigation into the facts connected with the Jeannette arctic expedition. April 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Public building at Frankfort, Ky. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting that an appropriation may be made for the payment of certain sums due for labor and material supplied in the construction of the public building at Frankfort, Ky. April 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Dredging eastern branch of the Potomac. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of letters from the Secretary of the Navy, and their accompanying papers, suggesting the importance of dredging the channel of the eastern branch of the Potomac River to the depth of twenty feet from the Navy yard to Giesboro Point. April 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Office of Supervising Architect of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the necessity of providing for additional space for the engineering and draughting division office of the Supervising Architect, as recommended in the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury. March 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Education of children. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an increase in the estimate for education of children in Alaska, as submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, for the fiscal year 1891. March 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Additional estimate for irrigation branch of Geological Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an additional estimate of appropriation from the Director of the Geological Survey for the necessary expenses of the irrigation branch of the service. April 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Yellowstone Park. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of an estimate from the Acting Superintendent of the Yellowstone Park of the amount necessary to carry into effect the requirements of the bill now before Congress affecting said park. April 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Expenses of United States courts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney-General submitting additional estimates of deficiencies in certain appropriations for expenses of United States courts, together with statements of accounts and exhibits in each case. April 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Education of Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation for the education of the Sioux Indians. April 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Terms of civil officers of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill "To Limit and Define the Term of all Civil Officers of the United States Appointed for a Fixed Term," and recommending the same to be enacted into law. April 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Range lights in Beaufort Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, calling attention to the recommendation of the Light-House Board that range lights be established for guiding into the entrance of Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina. April 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of Secretary of State accompanied by certain correspondence in regard to the seizure of the schooner Rebecca by the Mexican Customs authorities at Tampico in February, 1884. April 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Repairs on Barge Office, New York City. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting that the sum of $20,000 be appropriated immediately to cover the cost of repairs on the United States Barge Office at New York, said sum to be placed to the credit of the appropriation "For Repairs and Preservation of Public Buildings, 1890." April 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Deficiency in appropriation for pay, etc., of Army. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of a deficiency in the appropriation for "pay, etc., of the Army," for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890. April 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Expenditures for repairs and preservation of public buildings. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an itemized statement of the expenditures from the appropriation for "Repairs and Preservation of Public Buildings, 1889." April 25, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. City of Ogden, Utah. Message from the President of the United States, returning, with his objections, the Bill (H.R. 7170) to authorize the City of Ogden, Utah, to assume an increased indebtedness. April 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories. Deposit of funds pertaining to the Soldiers' Home. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from General Schofield, commanding the Army, president of the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers' Home, requesting legislation which will authorize the treasurer of the Soldiers' Home to deposit the funds received by him pertaining to the home with the treasurer of the United States. April 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Expenses of Mississippi River Commission. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a letter from the President of the Mississippi River Commission suggesting an amendment to the present river and harbor bill to provide for the payment of office, clerical, and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Commission. April 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Public building at Dallas, Tex. Message from the President of the United States, relating to House Bill (H.R. 848) to authorize the construction of an addition to the public building in Dallas, Tex. April 30, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Estimates of expenses of United States courts. Letter from the Acting Attorney-General, calling the attention of the Committee on Appropriations to certain estimates in relation to expenses of the United States courts which may be misunderstood. May 1, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Storing archives of the Paris consulate-general. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State with, its accompanying papers, in relation to certain expenses incurred by the late George Walter, consul-general at Paris, for storage of archives of the consulate-general, said expenses having been authorized by the Department of State but disallowed by the First Comptroller. May 3, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Provisions and clothing in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, making an estimate of a deficiency in the appropriation for provisions and clothing for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889. May 3, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Claim of United States Deputy Marshal Wyatt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney-General, submitting an estimate of appropriation to pay the claim of Daniel F. Wyatt. Deputy United States Marshal, for services in connection with the opening of Oklahoma. May 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Employment of Post Office inspectors. Letter from the Postmaster General, submitting a reply to the House resolution of March 28, 1890, calling upon the Postmaster General for a "statement of what Post Office inspectors or special agents, it any, have been employed or directed to investigate or to have investigated the standing and claims of rival applicants for appointments as postmasters, and if so, when, where, and in what cases reports have been made by such inspectors or special agents, either under the direction of the Postmaster General, or by any officer of the Department under his control," etc. May 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Printing, engraving, and binding for the Eleventh Census. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation for printing, engraving, and binding for the Eleventh Census during the half of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. May 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Road from Antietam to the National Cemetery. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting for the consideration of Congress a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of an appropriation for the completion of the road from Antietam to the National Cemetery, Maryland. May 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Green and Barren rivers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, inclosing copy of an act recommended for passage by the Chief of Engineers as applicable to the Green and Barren rivers. May 22, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Expenses of military courts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication of the Acting Judge-Advocate-General of the Army relative to the item in the Army appropriation bill making provision for expenses of courts-martial and courts of inquiry. March 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Deficiencies in Department of Justice. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a consolidated and revised statement of the deficiencies, forwarded for the action of Congress during the present session, to defray the expenses of the United States courts, and of minor appropriations placed under the control of the Attorney-General, to take the place of previous estimates. May 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Town sites in Oklahoma. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation of $15,000 to carry into effect Public Act No. 114. May 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Compensation of J.B. Allen, U.S. Attorney. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of letter of the Attorney General submitting an amended estimate to compensate J.B. Allen, etc., in lieu of the original. May 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Public building at Winona, Minn. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, calling attention to the necessity for an additional appropriation to complete the public building at Winona, Minn., as authorized by law. April 2, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Purchase of machine guns for the Army. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for machine guns of small arms caliber. May 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.	96
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Serial set 2752	Penalty for obstructing internal revenue officers in line of duty. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing copy of letter of Commissioner of Internal Revenue recommending amendment to Section 5447, Revised Statutes, according to draught inclosed, providing penalty for obstructing storekeeper or gauger in his duty. May 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Additional clerical force for the second auditor's office. Letter from the acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication for the Second Auditor recommending an appropriation for ten additional clerks, class 1, on account of recent pension legislation. July 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Improvements in Galveston Harbor, Texas. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of War, transmitting copy of the report of the engineers in charge of the improvements in Galveston Harbor, Texas, in response to a House Resolution, dated August 1, 1890. August 5, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Message from the President of the United States, relating to the importation of breadstuffs and provisions. A report from the Secretary of State on the subject. May 9, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Ordnance and ordnance stores for the State of Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, calling attention to Public Act No. 116, May 14, 1890, relating to ordnance and ordnance stores for the State of Maine, that no appropriation has been made to carry the act into effect. May 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Mileage for officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter of Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, remonstrating against the omission from deficiency bill item for mileage for officers for journeys in last fiscal year. May 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, relative to an item of appropriation to enable the President to continue negotiations with the Cherokee Indians. May 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Attorney-General, requesting that provision by made for the employment of counsel, etc., in the prosecution of a suit in behalf of the United States against the State of Texas. May 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney-General submitting revised estimates for the expenses of the United States courts for the fiscal year 1891. May 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney General in reference to the expenses of G.T. Larkin, late deputy marshal, Eastern District of Tennessee. May 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting an appropriation of three thousand dollars for the improvement of the grounds around the customhouse at Rockland, Me. May 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Indian appropriation bill. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, inviting attention to the necessity for the early passage of the Indian Appropriation Bill. June 3, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. United States court-house, post-office, etc., at Keokuk, Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting an appropriation of $7,500, for additions to the United States court-house, post-office, etc., building at Keokuk, Iowa. June 3, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Estimate of appropriations to complete work of the International American Congress. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, submitting estimates of appropriations to complete the work of the International American Conference. June 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and also a copy of a report by United States Indian Agent William McKusick, Sisseton Agency, S. Dak., relative to the destitute condition of the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians. July 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Report upon the sewerage of the District of Columbia. Rudolph Hering, Samuel M. Gray, Frederic P. Stearns, Board of Sanitary Engineers. June, 1890. Claim of the State of Missouri under Public Act No. 72. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of the report of the Third Auditor, of the amount found due the State of Missouri, (namely, $996.37), in pursuance of an act of Congress, Public No. 72, approved April 17, 1890. July 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Claim of George C. Foulk. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, submitting for an appropriation the claim of George C. Foulk, late a lieutenant in the United States Navy and naval attache to the legation of the United States at Seoul, Corea. July 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Seal fisheries of Behring Sea. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, touching the subjects in dispute between the government of the United States and the government of Great Britain in the Behring Sea, including all communications since March 4, 1889. July 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Trade-dollar bullion. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting a report of the Director of the Mint in reply to the House resolution of the 23d instant, inquiring why the "trade-dollar bullion" so called has not been recoined into standard silver dollars or subsidiary coin, as required by section 2 of the act of March 3, 1887. July 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. Public building at Dayton, Ohio. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing a letter from the Supervising Architect, requesting that an appropriation of $10,000 on account of the public building at Dayton, Ohio, may be included in the deficiency bill. August 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Public building at Key West, Florida. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing a letter from the Supervising Architect requesting that an appropriation of $10,000 on account of the public building at Key West, Fla., may be included in the deficiency bill. August 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Public building at Winona, Minn. Letter from the acting Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing a letter from the Supervising Architect requesting an appropriation of $10,000 on account of a public building at Winona, Minn., may be included in the deficiency bill. August 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Additional clerical force for the Third and Fourth Auditors of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting application from the Third and Fourth Auditors for increased clerical force in consequence of the recent pension legislation. July 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Increase of force in Kittery navy-yard. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of August 5, 1890, relative to an increase of force at the Kittery navy-yard. August 27, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules. Compilation of undelivered land patents. Letter from the acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with certain inclosures, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, requesting information as to the persons or firms who had compiled a list of the original undelivered land patents... Increased clerical force in War Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War of the 25th instant, submitting additional estimates of appropriations for increased clerical force, etc., required by the Record and Pension Division, War Department. June 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. June 27, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Additional estimates of deficiencies in appropriation for the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the service of the District of Columbia for 1890 and prior years, as submitted by the Commissioners, amounting to $27,796.31. June 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Illinois and Mississippi Canal. Communication from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers containing the final report of Capt. W.L. Marshall, Corps of Engineers, upon the location, plans, and estimates of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal in further compliance with certain provisions of the river and harbor acts of August 11, 1888. June 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Pay of Army, etc., for 1889. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for "Pay, etc., of the Army, 1889," amounting to $3,513.83. June 30, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Daniel Donovan. Letter from the acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in relation to an appropriation to pay the balance of a judgment rendered by the Court of Claims in favor of Daniel Donovan... Richard H. Tuthill vs. The United States. Letter from the Attorney-General, in the case of Richard H. Tuthill vs. The United States, which case was not included in his report of April 18, 1890. July 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Additional force necessary to meet payments under new pension legislation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York, submitting an estimate of the additional force required to properly transact the increased business under the new pension legislation. July 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Additional judgments against the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia transmitting for appropriation an additional list of judgments rendered against the District of Columbia. July 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Claim of Isaac S. Lyon. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Attorney-General, submitting for an appropriation the claim of Isaac S. Lyon for $1563.05. July 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Estimates for the United States courts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication of the Attorney General, submitting estimates of appropriations to defray expenses of the United States courts for the fiscal year 1890 and for prior years. July 31, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Land patents to the Union Pacific Railway Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting in response to a resolution of July 21, 1890, information relative to the issuing of patents for land within the limits of the grant to the Union Pacific Railway Company, etc. July 31, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Bills for the specific action of Congress. Letter from Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney-General recommending the payment of certain bills amounting to $8,965.15 on file in the Department of Justice, which do not fall within any appropriation under its control. August 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Enrollment of Cherokee freedmen, Delawares, and Shawnees. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the estimates of the Secretary of the Interior for an additional sum of $10,000, to carry into effect the provisions of the act of March 2, 1889, for the "Enrollment of the Cherokee Freedmen, Delawares, and Shawnees." August 9, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Pension to Nancy Smith. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Pensions recommending that a special act of Congress be passed authorizing the War Department to change its records so as to give a discharge pro forma to George W. Smith... Contracts for foreign mails. Communication from the Postmaster-General, transmitting information in response to a House resolution passed August 7, 1890, asking for contracts, conditions, and rate of payments for carrying the mails of the United States to foreign countries. August 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. E.E. Chapin. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Attorney-General submitting for an appropriation the claim of E.E. Chapin, assistant attorney for the eastern and western districts of Wisconsin, amounting to $787.50. July 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Maps of Chickamauga battle-field. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate submitted by the Secretary of War for an appropriation of $3,000 for maps of Chickamauga battle-field. July 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Appointments at large to United States Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petitions from officers of the U.S. Army praying that the number of appointments at large to the United States Military Academy be increased to twenty, and that such appointments be restricted to the sons of officers and soldiers and the lineal descendants of officers of the volunteer forces of the late war. July 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Public building at Baltimore. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting an appropriation of $20,000 for United States post-office, court-house, etc., building at Baltimore to complete building and approaches. May 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Messenger in First Comptroller's office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy, with inclosure, of letter of First Comptroller asking for appropriation to pay messenger in his office for extra services. May 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Lighthouse at Lubec Narrows, Maine. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, calling attention to the necessity for an appropriation of fifteen-thousand five-hundred dollars, for the completion of the Lubec Narrows, Maine, lighthouse. June 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Survey of public lands in Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior of the 7th instant, submitting an increase in the estimate of appropriation for surveying the public lands for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, in the sum of $60,000, to be applied to expenses of surveys of public lands in Montana. June 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. United States district clerk's office at Sioux City, Iowa. Letter from the Attorney-General, transmitting a copy of a letter from the marshal of the northern District of Iowa respecting the renting of an office at Sioux City, Iowa, for the United States district clerk at that place. June 11, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting an appropriation of $8,000 for the United States post-office, court-house, etc., building at Wichita, Kans., for heating apparatus, elevator, and the completion of the building. June 11, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. State claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury transmitting the report of the Third Auditor and Second Comptroller, making allowances to the State of Massachusetts of $26,228.44, and the State of Pennsylvania of $7,546.83... and to the State of Texas $148,615.97... June 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Expenses of United States courts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Attorney-General, submitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations on account of expenses of United States courts. June 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Transcripts of records and files of private land claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior of the 10th instant, submitting an estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, for transcripts of records and files of private land claims in New Mexico, $2,000. June 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Undelivered patents in Arkansas and Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a copy of the report of the Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office giving an approximate estimate of the number of undelivered patents for lands in the States of Arkansas and Mississippi, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives dated April 29, 1890. June 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Claim for ante bellum mail service and claims of Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad and Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury... a list of claims for ante bellum mail service, together with a report thereon by the Auditor for the Treasury for the Post Office Department. June 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. Deficiency appropriation for Army and Navy pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriations for Army and Navy pensions for the current fiscal year, and urging immediate action thereon. June 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Landing emigrants in violation of contract-labor laws. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing a letter from the collector of the port of New York, and certain other papers, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives inquiring into the action of the Cunard Steamship Company refusing to obey the order of the officers of the United States to give return-passage to certain emigrants landed at New York by said company in violation of the contract labor laws; and also looking to a thorough enforcement by the Department of the laws prohibiting the importation and migration of foreigners and aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States. June 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Compensation of United States marshals for services in Oklahoma Territory. Letter from the Attorney-General, inclosing copy of a letter from W.P. Hackney, of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, and copies of various other letters and petitions, also certificates of United States Marshals Jones and Walker, of Kansas, to the services performed by their deputies as police officers for the people of the Territory; and asking that suitable remuneration by made them by Congress. June 20, 1890. -- referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, relating to House Bill (H.R. 3934) to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County, Ariz., to issue certain bonds in aid of the construction of a certain railroad. June 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories. Appropriation for North Dakota agricultural experiment station. Communication from the acting Secretary of Agriculture, in reference to a deficiency in the appropriation for the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and stating that said appropriation should be made. June 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Lineal promotion in the line of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from Second Lieut. Edwin A. Root on the subject of lineal promotion in the line of the Army, as proposed by H.R. 8202 and Senate Bill 3716, of the present Congress, with indorsement of the Major General Commanding and also of the Secretary of War. June 25, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. William Slusher. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and also affidavits relation to the depredation claim of William Slusher. September 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Indian Depredation Claims. Thomas E. Owen. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and also affidavits relative to the depredation claim of Thomas E. Owen. September 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Depredation Claims. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of August 20, 1890, concerning the enforcement of proscriptive edicts against the Jews in Russia, a report from the Secretary of State upon the subject. October 1, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Fees and expenses of examining surgeons. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate submitted by the Secretary of the Interior of the "Fees and Expenses of Examining Surgeons" for the fiscal year 1890, $150,000. September 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. La Fayette Monument. A communication from the Secretary of War and Chairman of the commission on the erection of a monument to general La Fayette, requesting that an appropriation be made to enable the commission to carry into effect the provisions of the concurrent resolution of Congress, passed August 28, 1890, changing the site of said monument. September 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Repeal of a provision of the sundry civil act. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting recommendations by the Second Comptroller and Second and Third Auditors that the provisions of the sundry civil act which require that all accounts resulting from the disbursements of the appropriations for the Signal Service or Corps shall be audited by the Third Auditor and Second Comptroller of the Treasury be repealed. September 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Additional expenses of the United States Courts. Letter from the acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of deficiencies for the expenses of the United States Courts. September 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Accounts of disbursing officers of the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a communication from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and other inclosures, in reference to the proper construction to be put upon Section 3622, Revised Statutes, in relation to the rendition of accounts by disbursing officers, and recommending a modification of the same. He also strongly recommends that the inclosed draught of an item for the modification of said section be incorporated in the pending Indian appropriation bill. June 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Regimental bands for the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, inclosing a letter from Chief Musician Charles Lamar, Twenty-first Infantry, and a petition from the members of the band of that regiment, asking that the provisions of House Bill No. 5944, "To Reorganize the Band of the United States Military Academy," may be extended so as to apply to the regimental bands of the Army. July 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Frauds upon the Post Office department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting facts and papers in answer to House resolution of August 16, 1890, reciting that frauds were charged to have been practiced upon the Post Office Department by one Alexander J. Wedderburn. August 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Additional estimate for printing and binding for Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication from Secretary of State submitting an estimate of deficiency for printing and binding for Department of State of $5,000, requesting immediate action. May 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Claim of James H. Saville. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in relation to a judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of James H. Saville for $1,260. July 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Additional estimate for pensions. Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting additional estimates, transmitted by the Commissioner of Pensions, for the prompt execution of the act, entitled "An Act Granting Pensions to Soldiers and Sailors Who are Incapacitated for the Performance of Manual Labor, and Providing for Pensions to Widows...	75
Serial set 2753	Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Universal Exposition of 1889 at Paris. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of Congress. Volume I. Report of the Commissioner-General with accompanying documents including reports of officers of the commission, official regulations, classification, lists of exhibitors, awards, etc.	1
Serial set 2754	Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Universal Exposition of 1889 at Paris. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of Congress. Volume II. Fine arts; education and liberal arts; furniture; textile fabrics and wearing apparel; extractive arts, raw and manufactured products; hygiene.	1
Serial set 2755	Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Universal Exposition of 1889 at Paris. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of Congress. Volume III. Apparatus and processes of mechanical industries, civil engineering, etc. Sixth group. Edited by Charles B. Richards, M.A., United States Expert Commission for Sixth Group.	1

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