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| Serial set 5396 | Annual report of the Public Printer for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908. | 1 |
| Serial set 5397 | Report of the National Conservation Commission, February, 1909. Special message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the National Conservation Commission, with accompanying papers. In three volumes. Volume I. | 1 |
| Serial set 5398 | Report of the National Conservation Commission, with accompanying papers, February, 1909. Special message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the National Conservation Commission, with accompanying papers. In three volumes. Volume II. | 1 |
| Serial set 5399 | Report of the National Conservation Commission, with accompanying papers, February, 1909. Special message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the National Conservation Commission, with accompanying papers. In three volumes. Volume III. | 1 |
| Serial set 5400 | Proceedings of the Conference on the Care of Dependent Children held at Washington, D.C., January 25, 26, 1909. Special message of the President of United States recommending legislation desired by the Conference on the Care of Dependent Children... and transmitting the proceedings of the conference... February 15, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 5401 | Investigation of Western Union and Postal Telegraph-Cable companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor, transmitting... a partial report showing the results of an investigation made by the Bureau of Labor into the Western Union and the Postal Telegraph-Cable companies. February 16, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 5402 | Secret proceedings and debates of the convention assembled at Philadelphia in the year 1787 for the purpose of forming the Constitution of the United States of America, from the notes taken by the late Robert Yates, Esq., chief justice of New York, and copied by John Lansing, Jun., Esq., late chancellor of that state... February 16, 1909. -- Presented by Mr. Bailey and ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 5403 | Final report of the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the final report of the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Commission embodying reports of various officers of the Jamestown Exposition held at Norfolk, Virginia, in 1907. February 23, 1909. -- Read; ordered to be printed with illustrations. | 1 |
| Serial set 5404 |
Redfield Proctor (late a Senator from Vermont). Memorial addresses, Sixtieth Congress, second session. Senate of the United States, January 9, 1909. House of Representatives, January 10, 1909. John Tyler Morgan and Edmund Winston Pettus (late Senators from Alabama). Memorial addresses, Sixtieth Congress, first session. Senate of the United States, April 18, 1908. House of Representatives, April 25, 1908. Asbury Churchwell Latimer (late a Senator from South Carolina). Memorial addresses, Sixtieth Congress, second session. Senate of the United States, February 27, 1909. House of Representatives, February 21, 1909. William Pinkney Whyte (late a Senator from Maryland). Memorial addresses, Sixtieth Congress, second session. Senate of the United States, January 16, 1909. House of Representatives, February 14, 1909. William Boyd Allison (late a Senator from Iowa). Memorial addresses, Sixtieth Congress, second session. Senate of the United States, February 6, 1909. House of Representatives, February 21, 1909. William James Bryan (late a Senator from Florida). Memorial addresses, Sixtieth Congress, first session. Senate of the United States, May 2, 1908. House of Representatives, May 3, 1908. Stephen Russell Mallory (late a Senator from Florida). Memorial addresses, Sixtieth Congress, first session. Senate of the United States, May 2, 1908. House of Representatives, May 3, 1908. |
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| Serial set 5405 | Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing: I. -- Appropriations made during the second session of the Sixtieth Congress... II. -- New offices created and the salaries thereof... III. -- Offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase... Sixtieth Congress, second session, December 7, 1908, to March 3, 1909. | 1 |
| Serial set 5406 | Senate Manual, containing the standing rules and orders of the United States Senate, the Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, the Ordinance of 1787, Jefferson's Manual, etc. Revised under the direction of the Senate Committee on Rules, Sixtieth Congress. Edition of February 15, 1909. | 1 |
| Serial set 5407 |
Ohio Valley Improvement Association. The Vice President presented the following resolutions adopted at the fourteenth convention of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association. December 10, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Address of Hon. Reed Smoot. Mr. Sutherland presented the following address of Senator Reed Smoot, chairman [of the] section of forests, before the governors, state and national conservation commissions, Washington, D.C., December 10, 1908. December 16, 1908. -- Ordered to be printed. Gulf Deep Waterways Association. The Vice President submitted the following resolutions adopted by the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association in convention in Chicago, October 9, 1908. December 10, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Title of the United States to lands in the District of Columbia. Mr. Scott presented the following report of the Commission To Investigate the Title of the United States to Lands in the District of Columbia; to accompany S. 8449 and S. 8450. January 14, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed, with maps. Special message of the President of the United States communicated to the Senate on December 14, 1908, second session of the Sixtieth Congress. December 14, 1908. -- Read; ordered to be printed. Harriman v. the Interstate Commerce Commission. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Harriman versus the Interstate Commerce Commission. January 6, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sentiments of gratitude of Italian government for sympathy shown in disasters in Sicily and Calabria, etc. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting... a note from the Ambassador of Italy... in which... he conveys to the Congress... the gratitude of the Italian government for the sympathy shown by that body... January 12, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Employment of Herbert J. Browne and W.G. Baldwin by the War Department at Brownsville. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting... a report as to when Herbert J. Browne and W.G. Baldwin were employed by the War Department to investigate what happened at Brownsville on the 13th and 14th of August, 1906... January 5, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Jail, workhouse, etc., in the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the commissioners appointed to investigate the jail, workhouse, etc., in the District of Columbia. January 11, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Special Commission Appointed To Investigate Conditions of Labor and Housing of Government Employees on the Isthmus of Panama. December 8, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Correspondence in regard to the relations of the United States with Colombia and Panama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence between the United States and the Republic of Colombia growing out of the secession of Panama. December 8, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Nonreservation Indian schools. Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, a statement with respect to the possibility of disposing of any of the nonreservation Indian schools, which, in his judgment, are no longer of value to the Indian service. December 9, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Grounds and buildings for consular offices in China, Korea, and Japan. Mr. Cullom presented the following letter from the Secretary of State, relative to purchasing ground and erecting buildings for certain American consular officers in China, Korea, and Japan. December 14, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Policemen's and Firemen's Relief Fund, District of Columbia. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting... a complete report upon the Policemen's and Firemen's Relief Fund, etc., together with... December 14, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Postal savings banks. Mr. Burkett presented the following speech on postal savings banks by John W. Steinhart, of Nebraska City, Nebr. December 9, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Panama Canal Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting... with a memorandum prepared by Mr. Charlton, the law officer of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, in connection with Mr. Rogers, the general counsel of the Isthmian Canal Commission, containing a statement as to the so-called archives transferred by the Panama Canal Company. December 16, 1908. -- Read; ordered to be printed. State of Missouri v. the United States. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the State of Missouri against the United States. December 16, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Delaware Indians, etc., of Oklahoma. Mr. Owen presented the following memorial of Richard C. Adams on behalf of the Delaware Indians and all other Indians residing in the State of Oklahoma. December 16, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Boundary line between Colorado and Oklahoma and New Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without approval, Senate Joint Resolution Number 78, "Establishing the Boundary Line between the States of Colorado and Oklahoma and the Territory of New Mexico." December 19, 1908. -- Read; ordered to be printed. Postal savings banks. Mr. Nelson presented the following paper entitled "Do we want the postal savings bank?" by Hon. L.B. Caswell, of Fort Atkinson, Wis. January 13, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Distribution of certain documents. Mr. Clapp presented the following letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending that the distribution of certain documents be intrusted to the Superintendent of Documents. January 13, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Building for Civil Service Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Civil Service Commission submitting draft of a bill for the purchase of a site and the erection of a building for the use of the Commission. December 10, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Earthquake sufferers of Italy. Message from the President of the United States, recommending an appropriation for the relief of the sufferers by earthquake in Italy and its islands. January 4, 1909. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Injuries and damage resulting from delivering and receiving mail to and from moving trains. Letter from the Acting Postmaster General, transmitting... information as to the causes of injuries to persons and damage and destruction of mail and mail equipment from accidents... January 4, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Statement of Rear Admiral Capps. Statement of Washington Lee Capps, chief constructor and rear admiral United States Navy, and chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repairs, from hearings of Committee on Naval Affairs, House of Representatives, Sixtieth Congress, second session. Presented by Mr. Hale. January 5, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Relief to the people of foreign nations on account of earthquakes, etc. Mr. Hale presented the following list of acts and resolutions of Congress granting relief to the people of foreign nations on account of earthquakes, fire, famine, etc. January 5, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Mr. Vere Goldthwaite. Mr. Owen presented the following memorial of Mr. Vere Goldthwaite, a natural-born citizen of the United States, and a resident of the City of Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. January 5, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Universal and International Exhibition, Brussels. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State... to participate in the Universal and International Exhibition to be held at Brussels, April to November, 1910, and in response to the invitation extended by the government of Belgium. January 5, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Number of national and other banks in the United States. Statement showing the number of national and other banks in the United States on or about June 30, 1900, and July 15, 1908, together with increase or decrease of each state. January 6, 1909. -- Presented by Mr. Aldrich and ordered to be printed. Constitution Island, New York. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War transmitting draft of an item authorizing the Secretary of War to accept the donation... of the property known as Constitution Island... January 8, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Manufactured products exported to be sold in foreign markets at lower rates than in American markets, etc. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor... a statement of all manufactured products of the United States which are sold, or exported to be sold, in foreign markets at lower rates than in American markets, etc. January 8, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. United States v. American Tobacco Company and others. Mr. Culberson presented the following opinions of Circuit Judges Lacombe, Coxe, Noyes, and Ward in the case of the United States of America versus the American Tobacco Company and others. January 9, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Teachers' pensions. December 14, 1908. -- Ordered to be printed. December 7, 1909. -- Ordered reprinted with corrections. Proceedings of the eighteenth meeting of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, held at the Utah School for the Deaf and the Blind, Ogden, Utah, July 4-10, 1908. January 8, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed with illustrations. United States Steel Corporation. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Attorney General to the President and from the President to the Attorney General relative to the institution of legal proceedings against the United States Steel Corporation. January 6, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. |
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Hydrographic data relating to United States Navy yards and naval stations. Presented by Mr. Gallinger. February 8, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. No. XXXI. Explorations in Alaska, 1899, for an all-American overland route from Cook Inlet, Pacific Ocean, to the Yukon, by First Lieut. Joseph S. Herron, 8th Cavalry, commanding expedition. March, 1901. Change of government in the District of Columbia. Mr. Gallinger presented the following memorial on behalf of fourteen citizens' associations, proposing a plan for a change of government in the District of Columbia. January 26, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Claims of Creek Indians. Mr. Owen presented the following memorial praying for payment of claims under treaty between the United States and the Creek Indians of June 14, 1866. February 1, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. Proposed government testing machine. Mr. Teller presented the following letters to Senator Teller and others in regard to the desirability of constructing the large Emery testing machine provided for in Senate Bill No. 8925. February 15, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Long presented the following article entitled "The Smithsonian Institution," by Charles Minor Blackford, Jr., M.D., reprinted from the North American Review for January, 1909, with revisions by the author. February 15, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company v. American Sugar Refining Company et al. Mr. Culberson presented the following opinion in the case of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company against the American Sugar Refining Company et al., delivered December 15, 1908. February 15, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Marine Corps. Mr. Burrows presented the following history of the Marine Corps. February 15, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Travel pay to Philippine volunteers of 1899-1901. Mr. Dick presented the following paper entitled "Travel pay to Philippine volunteers of 1899-1901," to accompany amendment to Army appropriation bill introduced by him January 25, 1909. February 15, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Production of iron ore and pig iron. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, stating, in response to a Senate resolution of February 10, 1909, calling for certain information respecting the production of iron ore and pig iron, that no statistics on the subject have been collected since 1905, etc. February 16, 1909. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Russian-German immigrants. Mr. Burkett presented the following letter from Daniel J. Keefe, Commissioner General of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization of the Department of Commerce of [sic] and Labor, relating to the treatment of Russian-German immigrants, etc. February 18, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of Choctaw Indians. Mr. Owen presented the following memorial of the Choctaw Indians against reopening the Choctaw and Chickasaw rolls. February 18, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Hazing at the United States Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of War, forwarding in response to a Senate resolution of February 4, 1909, all papers called for in the matter of hazing at the United States Military Academy at West Point since January 1, 1908. February 18, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report of the Country Life Commission. Special message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Country Life Commission. February 9, 1909. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and be printed. "Across America." Mr. Gallinger presented the following article, entitled "Across America: Mexico's new interoceanic route -- rival to Panama Canal," from the South American Journal (London), August 15, 1908. February 10, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Revenues, etc., of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting... a detailed statement showing all revenues... received and credited to... Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole tribes, etc. February 10, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Amending Section 1998, Revised Statutes. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval S. 5473, "An Act Amending Section 1998... To Mitigate or Remit the Loss of Rights... upon Deserters..." with adverse reports of the Secretaries of War and the Navy and Attorney General. February 10, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Extension of time of payments on certain homestead entries in Oklahoma. Mr. Gore presented the following letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the extension of time of payments on certain homestead entries in Oklahoma; to accompany S. 8510. January 15, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant an extension of time to the purchasers of certain lots. Mr. Gore presented the following letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the authorization of the Secretary to grant an extension of time to purchasers of certain lots sold under his direction; to accompany S. 8509. January 15, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Bureau of Arts, Council of Arts, extracts from the proceedings of the American Institute of Architects and its correspondence with President Roosevelt (to accompany S. 8606). January 19, 1909. -- Presented by Mr. Newlands; referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed with the bill as a public document. Conditions in Liberia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State relative to the appointment of a commission to inquire as to conditions in Liberia. January 19, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Preventing depredations on public timber, etc. Mr. Nelson presented the following letter from Mr. H.H. Schwartz... recommending the appropriation of one million dollars for preventing depredations on public timber, protecting public lands, and settlement of claims for swamp lands... January 19, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Hawaii: Its natural resources and opportunities for home-making, by F.H. Newell, director of the Reclamation Service. January 29, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed with accompanying illustrations. Papers relating to the retirement of certain veterans of the Civil War. Mr. Dick presented the following papers in relation to the retirement of certain veterans of the Civil War; to accompany S. 8368. January 20, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, by direction of the President and pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 171, answers to certain questions therein with respect to the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians. January 21, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. State laws relating to inspection of steam boilers. Mr. Burkett presented the following compilation of state laws relating to the inspection of steam boilers, prepared by the United States Bureau of Labor. January 25, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Railroad accidents, 1903-1908. Letter from the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, transmitting, pursuant to a Senate resolution, a table of railroad accidents showing the number of employees and passengers killed and injured as the result of locomotive boiler explosions during the years 1903-1908. January 25, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed. Seacoast fortifications, San Pedro, Cal. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War submitting information as to the advisability and necessity of seacoast fortifications for the protection of the harbor of San Pedro, Cal., and the cities in that vicinity. January 14, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed with illustrations. Report of commissioners general to Tokyo Exposition of 1912. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State covering one from the commissioners general of the United States to the Tokyo Exposition of 1912. January 14, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Expenditures by commissioners general to international exposition, Tokyo, Japan. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a detailed statement of expenditures made to December 31, 1908, by the commissioners general of the United States to the international exposition... January 14, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Commissions to issue in cases of officers of Army, etc., retired with increased rank. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without approval, Senate Bill No. 653, entitled "An Act To Authorize Commissions... of Officers of the Army, Navy, and the Marine Corps, and of the Revenue-Cutter Service..." January 28, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Proposed government testing machine. Mr. Teller presented the following statement in regard to a certain proposed government testing machine; to accompany Senate Bill 8925. January 28, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. American Sugar Refining Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of January 22, 1909, correspondence relating to an alleged violation of the act of July 2, 1890, by the American Sugar Refining Company. January 28, 1909. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Acts of Congress affecting railroad employees and orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission made in accordance with said acts. Mr. Newlands presented the following compilation of acts of Congress affecting railroad employees and orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission made in accordance with said acts. February 2, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Laws relating to the number of men required on railroad trains. Mr. Culberson presented the following compilation of laws relating to the number of men required on railroad trains. February 4, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. The Navy Department. Methods of conducting business and departmental changes. Statement of Hon. Truman H. Newberry, Secretary of the Navy, before the Committee on Naval Affairs, United States Senate, Monday, February 1, 1909. February 4, 1909. -- Presented by Mr. Hale and ordered to be printed. London sliding scale for gas. Mr. Gallinger presented the following article from the Progressive Age, January 15, 1909, entitled "London sliding scale for gas," by Wm. D. Marks, C.E. February 5, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. United States Navy. Mr. Hale presented the following letter from Mr. Truman H. Newberry, Secretary of the Navy, to Mr. William S. Woods, editor Literary Digest. February 6, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Cost of raising wheat in Red River Valley. Mr. Gamble presented the following paper from the Society of Equity showing the cost of raising wheat in the Red River Valley. February 6, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Radio-telegraphy. Message from the President of the United States, relating to radio-telegraphy. February 8, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Better security of life at sea. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report relating to the laws of the United States enacted for the better security of life at sea, with a view of their better adaptation to present needs. February 8, 1909. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Enlarged homestead. Mr. Smoot presented the following conference report on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the House to the Bill (S. 6155) entitled "An Act To Provide for an Enlarged Homestead." February 11, 1909. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. Mr. Dixon presented the following letter from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. February 11, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Committee on Department Methods on documentary historical publications of the United States government, together with a draft of a proposed bill providing for the creation of a permanent commission on national historical publications. February 11, 1909. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Affairs in the territories. Mr. Beveridge presented the following conference report on H.R. 21957, entitled "A Bill Relating to Affairs in the Territories." January 22, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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Memorial of Horseshoe Bend Battle Commission. Mr. Bankhead presented the following memorial of Horseshoe Bend Battle Commission, created by the State of Alabama, praying Congress to establish a military park on the Horseshoe Bend Battlefield. March 3, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Ethnography and commercial importance of Latin America and the West Indies in 1906. Mr. Lodge presented the following statement by Mr. Horace N. Fisher on ethnography and commercial importance of Latin America and the West Indies in 1906. February 24, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed with map. The National Bank Act as amended, and other laws relating to national banks. Compiled under the direction of the Comptroller of the Currency, 1908. February 19, 1909. -- Presented by Mr. Aldrich and ordered to be printed. Admitting District of Columbia to benefits of acts donating public lands to the several states and territories. Mr. Burnham presented the following brief on behalf of House Bill 28176. February 24, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Reply of the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies to the congratulation and good wishes extended by the United States Senate. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State communicating the reply of the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies to the congratulation... February 24, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Certain needs of the Navy. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting two preliminary reports of the commission appointed to consider certain needs of the Navy. February 25, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. The penal laws of the United States. February 26, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. North American Conservation Conference. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the declaration of principles adopted by the North American Conservation Conference. February 26, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Final report of the Commission on Naval Reorganization. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the final report of the Commission on Naval Reorganization, with accompanying letter from Mr. Justice Moody. February 27, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Hearings before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on matters relating to the Osage tribe of Indians. March 1, 1909. -- Presented by Mr. Curtis and ordered to be printed. Military Academy appropriation bill. Mr. Scott presented the following conference report on the amendments of the Senate to the Bill (H.R. 28059) entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1910." March 1, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Army appropriation bill. Mr. Warren presented the following conference report on the amendments of the of the Senate to the Bill (H.R. 26915) entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1910." March 1, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Historical and descriptive sketch of the Yellowstone National Park. Mr. Carter presented the following letter from Lieut. Gen. S.B.M. Young to the President of the United States, with an historical and descriptive sketch of the Yellowstone National Park, compiled and prepared by Mr. John H. Raftery. March 2, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Certificate of the Governor of Wisconsin relative to election of Isaac Stephenson. March 2, 1909. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Testimony regarding trouble on Navajo Reservation. Mr. Clapp presented the following letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of the correspondence and testimony taken by Col. H.L. Scott during the investigation of charges preferred by Rev. H.R. Antes, regarding the trouble on the Navajo Reservation two years ago. March 3, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Papers relating to the Panama Canal. Mr. Teller presented the following paper relating to the construction of the Panama Canal. March 3, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Code of Law for District of Columbia. March 3, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the year 1908. February 11, 1909. -- Presented by Mr. Wetmore. |
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Trustees Baptist Church, Paris, Ky. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of the Baptist Church, of Paris, Ky, against the United States. December 9, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Falls Church, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Falls Church, Va., against the United States. January 4, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Property account of Secretary of Senate, December 7, 1908. Letter from the Secretary of the Senate, transmitting a statement of all property of the United States in his possession on December 7, 1908. December 9, 1908. -- Ordered to be printed. Congressional cases dismissed by the Court of Claims for want of jurisdiction. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a list of congressional cases dismissed on motion of the defendants May 13, 1907, for want of jurisdiction. December 17, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Magloire G. Blain. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Magloire G. Blain against the United States. February 16, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees of the Walnut Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Madison County, Ala. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Walnut Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Madison County, Ala., against the United States. December 19, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Albert Ross. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Albert Ross against the United States. December 19, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Compania de los Ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of an ordinance granting to the Compania de los Ferrocarriles... right to... water... from the Quebrada Ojo de Agua... for the purpose of furnishing water for its locomotives. December 9, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed. Benjamin Atwood. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Benjamin Atwood against the United States. December 10, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees of Fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4, A.F. and A.M. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of Fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4, A.F. and A.M., Fredericksburg, Va., against the United States. December 9, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Alexander Besonen. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Alexander Besonen against the United States. February 10, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. First Presbyterian Church, Paris, Ky. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Paris, Ky., against the United States. December 17, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Arturo Rodriguez. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of an ordinance... granting to Arturo Rodriguez the right to construct, maintain, and operate a system for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of gas for light, heat, and power purposes in the Municipality of San Juan. December 9, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. Per diem allowance of circuit and district court judges. Mr. Warren presented the following letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the amounts drawn by each circuit and district court judge for per diem under the $10 per day allowance granted by law in the fiscal year 1908. January 21, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed. Cornelia A. Ulmer, widow of Albert F. Ulmer. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Cornelia A. Ulmer, widow of Albert F. Ulmer, deceased, against the United States. February 10, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees of Jessamine Female Institute. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Jessamine Female Institute, successor of Bethel Academy, Nicholasville, Ky., against the United States. December 19, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Arturo Rodriguez. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of an ordinance granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico granting to Arturo Rodriguez the right... for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of gas for light, heat, and power purposes in the Municipality of San Juan. December 9, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. Mary A. Landis, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary A. Landis, administratrix of the estate of Solomon Landis, deceased, against the United States. January 18, 1909. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator, and Railway Company. The Vice President presented the following letter from Mr. John J. Hamilton, transmitting report of the Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator, and Railway Company for the year ending December 31, 1908. January 12, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. William H. Staubs, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William H. Staubs, administrator of estate of Eli Moats, deceased, against the United States. January 14, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sarah C. Mitchell, executrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sarah C. Mitchell, executrix of the estate of Richard T. Mitchell, deceased, against the United States. January 14, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Henry A. Laughlin and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Henry A. Laughlin, surviving partner of Jones & Laughlin, and ten other parties, against the United States. February 15, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Masonic Hall trustees, Atlanta, Ga. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the Masonic Hall trustees of Atlanta, Ga., against the United States. February 16, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Louise M. Dodge. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Louise M. Dodge, widow of Thomas W. Dodge, against the United States. February 17, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Internal revenue claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... the information that no amounts in the cases mentioned could be considered as due and payable by the Treasury Department, in view of the statute limiting the time in which actions may be commenced against the government. February 17, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Elmer K. Ramsburg and Alvah S. Ramsburg, executors. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elmer K. Ramsburg and Alvah S. Ramsburg, executors of Urias D. Ramsburg, deceased, against the United States. February 10, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Payments to owners of private dies. Mr. Lodge presented the following memorandum in support of his amendment to the general deficiency bill providing for the payment to the owners of private dies of amounts due them... February 24, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the second annual report of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, with accompanying papers. December 8, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Hull City Placer Mining Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Attorney General relative to the Hull City Placer Mining Company. December 8, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. James and William Crooks. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, returning the papers and Senate Bill No. 3717, in the case of James and William Crooks, No. 13637, congressional, which was heretofore referred to the Court of Claims for findings of fact. January 18, 1909. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Papers relating to Hot Springs Reservation, Ark. Mr. McEnery presented the following papers in relation to the Hot Springs Reservation, in Arkansas; to accompany S. 8649. January 20, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Printing and binding, Court of Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for printing and binding for the Court of Claims for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909, amounting to $5,000. January 21, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Amanda M. Geaslen, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Amanda M. Geaslen, administratrix de bonis non of the estate of James L. Geaslen, deceased, against the United States. January 25, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees Methodist Episcopal Church, Flatwoods, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Flatwoods, W. Va., against the United States. January 25, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Daniel K. Ponder. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court Of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Daniel K. Ponder against the United States. December 14, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Insular Dock Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of an ordinance granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico granting a revocable permit to the Insular Dock Company to connect its railway track on pier No. 2 with the track of the American Railroad... December 9, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. A.A. David. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of an ordinance granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico granting to A.A. David the right to build, maintain, and operate a public pier in the harbor of San Juan, at Catano. December 9, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. Esther H. Kautz, executrix of Albert Kautz, deceased. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Esther H. Kautz, executrix of Albert Kautz, deceased, against the United States. December 9, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Eliza Leathers, administratrix of Alfred Leathers, deceased. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Eliza Leathers, administratrix of Alfred Leathers, deceased, against the United States. December 9, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. J.A. Shackleton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of J.A. Shackleton against the United States. December 9, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees Methodist Episcopal Church, Macon, Mo. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Macon, Mo., against the United States. December 9, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees of Glasgow graded common schools, Glasgow, Ky. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of Glasgow graded common schools, of Glasgow, Ky., against the United States. December 9, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Linnekin against the United States. Letter from the Chief Justice of the United States Court of Claims, requesting that the findings of fact, etc., in the case of Linnekin against the United States be returned to the Court of Claims for further consideration. December 9, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Officers or employees of Navy Department who have obtained patents during their service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting... a list of the officers or employees of the Navy Department who have obtained patents in the United States or in foreign countries for inventions during their service. December 9, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Telephone line between Guayama and Arroyo. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of an ordinance... repealing an ordinance granting to the Municipality of Guayama the right to construct a telephone line between Guayama and Arroyo. December 9, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed. R. Sanchez Montalvo. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a franchise... to R. Sanchez Montalvo... the right to... 41 liters of water per second for industrial purposes from the Brook Juan Gonzalez, in the Barrio of Pallegos, in the Municipal District of Adjuntos. December 9, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed. Sales of condemned property. Letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, transmitting a statement of receipts from sales of condemned property since December 2, 1907. December 9, 1908. -- Ordered to be printed. A. Monroig e Hijos, Sucesores. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of an ordinance granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico, granting to A. Monroig e Hijos, Sucesores, the right to construct an iron bridge over the Bayamon River... December 9, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed. San Juan Light and Transit Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an ordinance granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico granting the San Juan Light Company a revocable permit... to change the location of that part of its railroad... to a new location, etc. December 9, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. George W. Ball, administrator of Benjamin F. Ball, deceased. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George W. Ball, administrator of Benjamin F. Ball, deceased, against the United States. December 19, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. J.W. Cromwell, surviving partner of the firm of J.W. Cromwell & Co. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of J.W. Cromwell, surviving partner of the firm of J.W. Cromwell & Co., against the United States. December 19, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William Blagg. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William Blagg, legal representative of Israel Blagg, deceased, against the United States. December 19, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sarah K.T. Baker. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sarah K.T. Baker against the United States. December 19, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alberto Bravo. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a franchise granted by the Executive Council Porto Rico granting to Alberto Bravo the right to construct, maintain, and operate a pier on the harbor shore of Mayaguez. December 19, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. Arturo Rodriguez. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a franchise... granting to Arturo Rodriguez the right to construct, maintain, and operate a system for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of gas for light, heat, and power purposes in the municipality of San Juan. December 19, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. Loiza Sugar Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a franchise granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico granting to the Loiza Sugar Company the right to construct a wooden bridge over the Rio Grande River in the Municipal District of Rio Grande. December 19, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. Mayaguez Sugar Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a franchise... granting to Mayaguez Sugar Company the right to use 150 gallons of water per minute for industrial purposes from the Brook Merle, in the Municipal District of Mayaguez. December 19, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church South of Chestnut Grove, Ala. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Chestnut Grove, Ala., against the United States. December 19, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Documents received, distributed, and sold by Interior Department, 1908. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the clerk in charge of publications in the Interior Department, showing the number of documents received and distributed during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908. January 4, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Mary V. Chambers. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary V. Chambers, administratrix of Lydia Hockensmith, deceased, against the United States. January 4, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. David Tuckwiller and Sarah Bettie Wilson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of David Tuckwiller and Sarah Bettie Wilson against the United States. January 4, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Suppression of usury in the District of Columbia. Mr. Gallinger presented the following letter from Mr. George M. Kober, relating to the suppression of usury in the District of Columbia, with the draft of a bill and proposed amendments of the same. December 15, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Dean Sage, executor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Dean Sage, executor of Charles Backman, deceased, against the United States. December 16, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Shiloh Presbyterian Church, Calhoun, Tenn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Shiloh Presbyterian Church, of Calhoun, Tenn., against the United States. December 17, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, Lebanon, Ky. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, of Lebanon, Ky., against the United States. December 17, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles Choteau, William Birdsong, and Andrew J. Musselman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the cases of Charles Choteau, William Birdsong, and Andrew J. Musselman against the United States. December 17, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Property in possession of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, transmitting a report of all property in his possession belonging to the United States [on] December 7, 1908. December 9, 1908. -- Ordered to be printed. Pablo Calcerrada, etc. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of an ordinance granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico granting a revocable permit to Pablo Calcerrada, etc., the right to construct, maintain, and operate a private telephone line... in the Municipal District of Lares. December 9, 1908. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Julia A. Thomas. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mrs. Julia A. Thomas against the United States. December 19, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Wilkes and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Wilkes, Jane Wilkes, Eliza Wilkes, and Edmund Wilkes, heirs of Charles Wilkes, deceased, against the United States. December 19, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees of Trinity Episcopal Church of Marshall, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of Trinity Episcopal Church of Marshall, Va., against the United States. December 19, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees of Leavenworth Female College. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the trustees of Leavenworth Female College of Petersburg, Va., against the United States. December 19, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. U.S. tug Apache. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, requesting that the name of the United States tug Apache be added to the list formerly submitted of vessels requiring general overhauling to the extent of $200,000 or more, etc. January 12, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mary V.R. Shipley. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary V.R. Shipley, widow of George T. Shipley, against the United States. December 10, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Owen S.M. Cone. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Owen S.M. Cone against the United States. December 10, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Adam K. Baylor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Adam K. Baylor against the United States. December 10, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Robert Dickey. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Robert Dickey against the United States. December 10, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James Phillips. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James Phillips against the United States. December 10, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Claims against the United States. Mr. Teller presented the following memorandum upon the subject of claims against the United States, with index. December 10, 1908. -- Ordered to be printed. Robert Von Balsan and others. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Robert Von Balsan; Eliza C. Von Balsan, administratrix of Rinaldo Von Balson, deceased; and Sarah Von Balsan, administratrix of Isadore Von Balsan, deceased, against the United States. January 4, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Methodist Episcopal Church South, Pungoteague, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Pungoteague, Va., against the United States. January 4, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. J.W. Howell. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, stating, by direction of the President and in response to Senate Resolution No. 258, that the Department has no report from J.W. Howell concerning the matters mentioned in the resolution. February 4, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Masonic Lodge of Bexar, Ala. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the Masonic Lodge of Bexar, Ala., against the United States. February 4, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Investigation of office of Building Inspector, District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Labor and Special Agent Victor S. Clark, of the Bureau of Labor, relating to an investigation conducted by them into the... Building Inspector... February 5, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Repairs to naval vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, by direction of the Senate and pursuant to a Senate resolution of February 1, 1909, certain information with respect to the cost since May 13, 1908, of repairs to the Brooklyn and seventeen other vessels, and the cost of coal during the last fiscal year. February 8, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Baltimore and Washington Transit Company of Maryland. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting the annual report of the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company of Maryland for the year ended December 31, 1908. February 8, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Commissions due owners of private dies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to a Senate resolution of February 16, 1909, a statement showing that the amounts opposite the names given represent sums withheld in excess of the commissions to which the taxpayers were entitled as owners of private dies. February 19, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Commission on Country Life. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $25,000 for all necessary expenses to enable the Commission on Country Life to digest, etc., the material already gathered, etc. February 22, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed. Accounts of former postmasters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Auditor for the Post Office Department and a statement in response to Senate resolution of May 27, 1908, showing the accounts of former postmasters who served between July 1, 1864, and July 1, 1874... January 5, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the board of directors of the Panama Railroad Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the fifty-ninth annual report of the board of directors of the Panama Railroad Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908. January 5, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals and ordered to be printed. Selena A. Linnekin. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Selena A. Linnekin, widow of Thomas J. Linnekin, deceased, against the United States, with which is consolidated the cause entitled Jessie E. Linnekin against the United States. January 6, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Composition of illuminating gas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Attorney General... calling special attention to a communication from United States Attorney Baker relative to the composition of illuminating gas furnished in the District of Columbia. January 8, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. William E. Floyd, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William E. Floyd, administrator of estate of Asa Crow, deceased, against the United States. January 8, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. T.F. Gough, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of T.F. Gough, administrator of estate of Mary A. Gough, deceased, against the United States. January 8, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Marie Earnestine Bourcy et al. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mrs. Marie Earnestine Bourcy, Miss Marie Earnestine Bourcy, Jr., Stanislaus L. Bourcy, and Augustin Theodore Bourcy, heirs of Eugene Augustin Bourcy, deceased, against the United States. January 11, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Susan J. Keesee, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Susan J. Keesee, administratrix of the estate of George R. Johnson, deceased, against the United States. January 28, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a Senate resolution of March 1, 1909, transmitting lists of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, amounting to $56,866. March 2, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of March 1, 1909, a schedule of claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury, amounting to $96,573.34. March 2, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. To reimburse C.F. Sugg. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out the evident intention of Congress as expressed in private act numbered 162, approved February 23, 1909. March 2, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered by Court of Claims in favor of claimants, Indian depredation cases. Letter from the Acting Attorney General, transmitting... list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims in favor of claimants in Indian depredation cases. March 2, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Additional estimates of appropriations for Department of Justice. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Acting Attorney General submitting additional estimates of appropriations for inclusion in the general deficiency bill. March 2, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation for the postal service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of deficiency in the appropriations for the postal service, amounting to $123,189.27. March 2, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salaries of certain district judges -- general deficiency bill. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Acting Attorney General submitting estimates of appropriation for salaries of certain district judges for inclusion in the general deficiency bill. March 2, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Dr. Charles A.L. Reed. Letter from the Secretary of War, stating in response to a Senate resolution of February 25, 1909, calling for copies of all papers, etc., in the War Department relative to Dr. Charles A.L. Reed, of Cincinnati, by direction of the President, that whatever communications may have been made are confidential... March 3, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report of Excise Board, District of Columbia. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting the report of the Excise Board of said District for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1908, etc. March 3, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Trustees of the High Hill Baptist Church, Greenesville County, Va. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of trustees of the High Hill Baptist Church, of Greenesville County, Va., against the United States. January 4, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sidewalks, etc., wholesale market square, District of Columbia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, for sidewalks and necessary grading at the wholesale market square, etc. January 25, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed with illustrations. Salaries, Library of Congress. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for salaries, Library of Congress, amounting to $240, for the employment of two messengers for services in connection with the House Office Building. January 21, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Work done by Smithsonian Institution in fitting up new National Museum building for meetings of International Tuberculosis Congress. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, together with reports... January 20, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Charles L. and Samuel T. Green. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charles L. and Samuel T. Green, executors of Charles Green, deceased, against the United States. January 6, 1909. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed |
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| Serial set 5411 | Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States with the annual message of the President transmitted to Congress December 8, 1908 | 1 |
| Serial set 5412 | Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, with appendices. | 1 |
| Serial set 5413 |
Receipts and disbursements. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a combined statement of the receipts and disbursements of the government for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908. December 7, 1908. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency estimates. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations for deficiency expenditures. February 1, 1909. -- 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, 1910. |
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| Serial set 5414 | Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the second session of the Sixtieth Congress of the United States, 1908. | 1 |
| Serial set 5415 | Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, with statistical tables. | 1 |
