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Serial set 6093-3 Reciprocity with Canada. Compilation of 1911. Prepared by the Finance Committee under Senate order of Friday, April 28, 1911. In three parts. Part 3C. 1
Serial set 6094 Hearings before the Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensation Commission. In two volumes. Vol. 1. Hearings before Commission. 1
Serial set 6095 Preservation of Niagara Falls. Message from the President of the United States transmitting information relative to scientific investigations made by certain officers of the War Department for the preservation of Niagara Falls. August 21, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1
Serial set 6096 Report on conditions of employment in the iron and steel industry in the United States. In four volumes. Volume I: Wages and hours of labor. 1
Serial set 6097 Report on conditions of employment in the iron and steel industry in the United States. In four volumes. Volume II: Wages and hours of labor -- general tables. 1
Serial set 6098 Report on conditions of employment in the iron and steel industry in the United States. In four volumes. Volume III: Working conditions and the relations of employers and employees. 1
Serial set 6099 Report on conditions of employment in the iron and steel industry in the United States. In four volumes. Volume IV: Accidents and accident prevention. 1
Serial set 6100 Federal anti-trust decisions. Cases decided in United States courts arising under, involving, or growing out of the enforcement of the Anti-Trust Act of July 2, 1890 (26 Stat., 209), including a few somewhat similar decisions not based upon that act, 1890-1912. Compiled by John L. Lott, under the direction of the Attorney General. In four volumes. Vol. 1. 1
Serial set 6101 Federal anti-trust decisions. Cases decided in United States courts arising under, involving, or growing out of the enforcement of the Anti-Trust Act of July 2, 1890 (26 Stat., 209), including a few somewhat similar decisions not based upon that act, 1890-1912. Compiled by James A. Finch, under the direction of the Attorney General. In four volumes. Vol. 2. 1
Serial set 6102 Federal anti-trust decisions. Cases decided in United States courts arising under, involving, or growing out of the enforcement of the Anti-Trust Act of July 2, 1890 (26 Stat., 209), including a few somewhat similar decisions not based upon that act, 1890-1912. Compiled by John L. Lott, under the direction of the Attorney General. In four volumes. Vol. 3. 1
Serial set 6103 Federal anti-trust decisions. Cases decided in United States courts arising under, involving, or growing out of the enforcement of the Anti-Trust Act of July 2, 1890 (26 Stat., 209), including a few somewhat similar decisions not based upon that act, 1890-1912. Compiled by John L. Lott under the direction of the Attorney General. In four volumes. Vol. 4. 1
Serial set 6104 Comparative tables of duties. Proposed duties under schedule C and paragraph 347, schedule J compared with the present tariff rates (act of August 5, 1909). Tables showing the rates and duties collected under the law of 1909 and the rates and estimated revenues under the amendments intended to be proposed by Mr. Cummins. Presented by Mr. Bristow (for Mr. Cummins). July 19, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Comparison of the Bill H.R. 12812, to reduce the duties on the manufactures of cotton, with the amendment proposed by Mr. La Follette. August 12, 1911. Presented by Mr. La Follette. August 14, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Comparative tables of duties. Proposed duties under schedules I, K, A, and C compared with the present tariff rates (act of August 5, 1909). Tables showing the rates and duties collected under the law of 1909, on wools, and manufactures thereof; cotton manufactures; and artificial silk and horsehair, and manufactures thereof; and on certain articles included in schedules A and C... Presented by Mr. La Follette. July 13, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 6105 Revenue of the Tariff of 1846. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting his annual report of the state of the finances for the year ended June 30, 1849. Presented by Mr. Williams May 1, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
History of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 with Canada, by Chalfant Robinson, Ph. D., assistant professor of history, Yale College. Presented by Mr. Smoot.
Battleships for Argentine Republic. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of February 27, 1911, relative to the construction of battleships for Argentine Republic. April 5, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Battleships for Argentine Republic. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting answer of the Secretary of State to Senate Resolution of February 27, 1911, relative to the construction of battleships for Argentine Republic. April 5, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Alaska coal land cases. In the United States Circuit Court, Western District of Washington, Northern Division. In the case of the United States against Charles F. Munday, Archie W. Shiels, and Earl E. Siegley. Indictment quashed. Opinion of District Judge Hanford. Presented by Mr. Heyburn. April 13, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Relations with Japan. Reports of the inaugural meeting of the American Peace Society of Japan, held in the foreign board of trade rooms at Yokohama on Monday, January 30, 1911. Presented by Mr. Jones. April 17, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Laws of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of session laws and resolutions passed by the first session of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, January 9 to March 9, 1911. April 17, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed.
Vessel Brig "Sally." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of vessel brig "Sally." James Wallace, master. April 6, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Chugach National Forest Lands, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information in response to Senate Resolution of April 20, 1911, relative to Certain lands in Chugach National Forest, Alaska. April 27, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Conservation of National Resources and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
Revision of the laws -- the judiciary. Speech of Hon. Reuben O. Moon of Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, December 7, 1910, upon the revision and codification of the laws relating to the judiciary. Presented by Mr. Heyburn. May 9, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Rulings of Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster-General, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of April 10, 1911, relative to rulings in the cases of the Harpoon and the Woman's National Weekly. May 11, 1911. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Vessel schooner "Yeatman." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of vessel schooner "Yeatman," Roger Crane, master. April 6, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
In the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon. Frank Kieman, appellant, v. City of Portland et al., respondents. Petition for rehearing denied by Judge King. Presented by Mr. Brown. April 6, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Reciprocal trade with Canada. Message from the President of the United States, May 7, 1850, relative to the reciprocal admission of the natural products of the United States and Canada free of duty. Presented by Mr. Culberson. April 28, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Currency and finance. Memorial to Senators of the United States by Wharton Barker relative to legislation on currency and finance Philadelphia, April 6, 1911. Presented by Mr. La Follette. April 28, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Canadian Customs Tariff, 1907. Reprint of the official Customs Tariff, 1907, with amendments to date. Presented by Mr. Smoot. May 1, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Addresses by Hon. George W. Wickersham Attorney General of the United States at Syracuse, N.Y., January 19, 1911. Cleveland, Ohio, March 20, 1911. Princeton, N.J., May 1, 1911. Presented by Mr. Lodge May 4, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Alaska coal-land cases. Mr. Jones presented the following opinion of District Judge Rudkin in the case of the United States... against Charles H. Doughten, Charles A. M'Kenzie, Harry White, Donald A. M'Kenzie, and Raymond Brown, relative to... coal lands. April 24, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. May 1, 1911. -- Reported favorably by Mr. Smoot, from the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printing.
Police and firemen's pension funds. Mr. Gallinger presented the following letter from Commissioner John A. Johnston, of the District of Columbia, transmitting memorandum in the matter of police and firemen's pension funds embodied in Senate Bill 2047. May 11, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Affairs in Mexico. Brief in support of Senate resolution of April 20, 1911, relative to intervention in affairs in Mexico. Presented by Mr. Culberson. May 11, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Public and private rights on the Anacostia River. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia transmitting the second report of Mr. Hugh T. Taggart, special counsel on the ownership of lands and riparian rights along the Anacostia River.
Legislative reference bureaus. Letter from the Librarian of Congress transmitting special report relative to legislative reference bureaus. April 6, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 6106 Canadian reciprocity. Address by Hon. William H. Taft, President of the United States, before the Western Economic Society at Chicago, Ill., June 3, 1911, relative to reciprocity with Canada. Presented by Mr. Du Pont. June 6, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Digest of report of British Board of Trade on cost of living in the principal industrial towns of the United States. Comparative summary of reports of the British Board of Trade on cost of living in the principal industrial towns of England and Wales, Germany, France, Belgium, and the United States. From Bulletin No. 93 of the United States Bureau of Labor. Presented by Mr. Smoot. May 26, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey et al., appellants v. the United States. Opinion of the court delivered by Mr. Chief Justice White. Dissenting opinion by Mr. Justice Harlan. Delivered May 15, 1911. [Supreme Court of the United States. No. 398. -- October Term, 1910.]
Supreme Court of the United States. Nos. 118 and 119. -- October term, 1910. The United States of America, appellant v. the American Tobacco Company and others. Opinion of the Court delivered by Mr. Chief Justice White, dissenting opinion by Mr. Justice Harlan. Delivered May 29, 1911.
Railroad land grants in Oregon. Decision and opinion of Judge Charles E. Wolverton on demurrers interposed by defendants in the case of the United States of America v. Oregon and California Railroad Co. et al., relative to a grant of land for railroad purposes in Oregon. Presented by Mr. Nelson. May 15, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Timber legislation -- Canada. Mr. Lodge presented the following laws enacted in Nova Scotia, Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, and New Brunswick, Canada, relative to spruce and other pulp wood on Crown lands. May 15, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
"Reciprocity" treaties -- favored-nation clauses. Letter to Hon. Boies Penrose, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, from the Secretary of State, relative to favored-nation clauses in the treaties of the United States, particularly reciprocity. Presented by Mr. Penrose. May 16, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Election of president pro tempore of the Senate. Resolution reported by Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, January 6, 1876, together with certain debates in the proceedings of the Senate of March 12, 1890. Presented by Mr. Culberson. May 16, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Pulp and newsprint paper industry. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Tariff Board relative to pulp and newsprint paper industry. May 17, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
"The Orange Judd Northwest Farmstead". Report of informal hearing accorded the publishers of "The Orange Judd Northwest Farmstead," of Springfield, Mass., April 15, 1911 also the decision of the Post Office Department, rendered April 21, 1911. Presented by Mr. Smoot. May 18, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Cass Gilbert. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation for architectural services of Cass Gilbert in connection with the furnishing of the new customhouse at New York. May 22, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Randolph M. Probsfield. Letter from the chief clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Randolph M. Probsfield against the United States. May 23, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Standard Oil Company et al. v. United States. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of May 23, 1911, relative to criminal prosecutions begun or pending against the Standard Oil Co., and others. May 26, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Supreme Court of the United States. No. 372. -- October term, 1910. Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell, and Frank Morrison, petitioners v. the Bucks Stove and Range Company. Opinion delivered by Mr. Justice Lamar. Delivered May 15, 1911.
International law and arbitration. Mr. Williams presented the following address by Right Honorable Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, Chief Justice of Canada, at the fifth annual banquet of the American Society of International Law, at Washington, D.C., April 29, 1911. June 6, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Reestablishment of territorial divisions in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of June 1, 1911, relative to the proposed reestablishment of territorial divisions in the Army. June 6, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed with an illustration.
Absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. Views of Messrs. Culberson, Kittredge, Overman, Rayner, Bacon, Nelson, and Foraker, of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, together with the hearings held before a subcommittee, in relation to the absorption of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. by the United States Steel Corporation. Presented by Mr. Culberson. June 6, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Election of William Lorimer. Letter from the Secretary of the Senate of the State of Illinois transmitting... copy of the report by the special investigating committee of the Illinois Senate... in regard to the election of William Lorimer as United States Senator, together with copy of the evidence taken before the committee. June 6, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed.
The Negro problem. Mr. Smoot presented the following address by Senator Joseph Forney Johnston, of Alabama, before the Algonquin Club, Boston, Mass., at New Year's eve party, December 31, 1907, relative to the Negro problem and the South. May 23, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 6107 Journal of the Executive Council of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a copy of the journal of the Executive Council of Porto Rico for the session of January 9 to March 9, 1911. June 30, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed.
National archives building. Mr. Williams presented the following memorial of the Department of Archives and History of the States of Mississippi and Alabama, respectively, relative to a national archives building. July 11, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
The Wilson bill and the Panic of 1893. Mr. Kern presented the following address by Hon. Franklin MacVeagh, delivered in Chicago, Ill., September 1, 1894, in opening his campaign as democratic candidate for United States senator. July 19, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Comparative table of duties. Proposed duties under paragraph 216, schedule E, and paragraph 463, schedule N, compared with the present tariff law (act of August 5, 1909). Tables showing the present rates and the duties now collected compared with the rates and the estimated revenues under the proposed amendment. Presented by Mr. Bristow. July 21, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Columbus Memorial Commission. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting special estimate of appropriation required for the expense in unveiling and dedicating the Columbus Memorial. July 22, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Tariff duties on wool. Comparative table of rates of schedule K (act of August 5, 1909) and of the amendments proposed thereto by Mr. Smoot and by Mr. La Follette and by the Bill H.R. 11019. Presented by Mr. Stone. July 24, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Fur seals protection. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a convention looking to the protection and preservation of fur seals and sea otters in a certain defined zone of the North Pacific Ocean, signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia, at Washington on July 7, 1911. Presented by Mr. Lodge. July 25, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Indirect benefits of sugar beet culture. Letter from and data prepared by Truman G. Palmer concerning the indirect agricultural benefits which are derived from the culture of sugar beets. Presented by Mr. Smoot. July 25, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Session laws of the second Philippine legislature. Message from the President of the United States transmitting, pursuant to law, copies of the laws and resolutions enacted during the first session of the second Philippine legislature and by the Philippine Commission. July 27, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Philippines, and ordered to be printed.
The public health. Address by Hon. William H. Taft, President of the United States, before the Philadelphia Medical Club, at the Bellevue-Stratford, Philadelphia, Pa., on May 4, 1911. Presented by Mr. Smoot. August 4, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Valuation of coal lands in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. Mr. Gamble presented the following letters to Hon. Robert J. Gamble from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information in response to a request for a report on Bill (S. 2350) relative to the valuation of the segregated coal and asphalt lands in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in the State of Oklahoma. August 4, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Last will and testament of George Washington of Mount Vernon. The only authenticated copy, full and complete, embracing a schedule of his real estate, and explanatory notes thereto by the testator; to which is added important historical notes, biographical sketches, and anecdotes. Presented by Mr. Heyburn. August 5, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
Public buildings in the City of Washington. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of June 8, 1911, relative to title, etc., to certain lands upon which to erect proposed buildings for the Departments of State, Commerce and Labor, and Justice. June 12, 1911. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. June 13, 1911. -- Ordered reprinted with corrections.
Eradication of cattle ticks in Alabama. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of May 11, 1911, relative to the eradication of cattle ticks in the State of Alabama. June 14, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.
Injuries to persons and damage to mail in the railway mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of May 23, 1911, relative to causes of injuries to persons and damages to the mail in the railway mail service. June 15, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Address of Hon. William H. Haywood, Jr. to the people of North Carolina relative to his resignation from the United States Senate, Washington, D.C., August 10, 1846, together with copy of his letter of acceptance addressed to the Legislature of North Carolina, Raleigh, January 16, 1843. Presented by Mr. Bailey. June 19, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Story of textiles in America. Article on the reasons why woolen trade requires tariff protection: The story of textiles in America, in the New York Commercial June 6, 1911. June 12, 1911. -- Presented by Mr. Gallinger, and referred to the Committee on Printing. June 21, 1911. -- Reported favorably by Mr. Smoot, from the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed.
Wholesale prices of sugar in the principal markets. Mr. Gronna presented the following letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce and Labor transmitting information relative to the wholesale prices of sugar in the principal European and American markets, also memoranda of sugar legislation and of the cost of production. June 27, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Water power privileges. Mr. Burton presented the following memorandum from the Acting Chief of Engineers of the War Department relative to acts of Congress concerning power privileges at government dams. June 29, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Hearings on the tariff before the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate on House Bill 4413. Sixty-second Congress. Presented by Mr. Smoot. June 29, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Postage rates. Mr. Clapp presented the following copy of Senate Bill 2873, together with remarks submitted thereon by Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., in the United States Senate, June 23, 1911, relative to the fixing of certain postage rates. June 23, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Import and export trade with Canada. Mr. Townsend presented the following letter to Hon. Charles E. Townsend from Mr. Charles M. Pepper, of the Bureau of Trade Relations, Department of State, relative to Canadian trade, prices, and imports and exports with the United States and Great Britain. June 16, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Alfred D. Bullock and others. Letter from the Chief Justice of the Court of Claims transmitting information as to duplications of the findings of the court in the case of Alfred D. Bullock and others v. the United States, and requesting that the findings be returned. June 19, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Erskine R.K. Hayes. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings and opinions of judges of the court in the case of Erskine R.K. Hayes against the United States. June 19, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Maneuvering grounds in Tennessee. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting... the report of the commission to investigate and report on the advisability of establishing certain permanent maneuvering grounds, etc., for troops of the United States. June 30, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
North American trade. Mr. Shively presented the following paper by Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, late a Senator from the State of Illinois, "An American continental commercial union or alliance," prepared after seven states had seceded. July 5, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
New states and constitutions. Address by Hon. George W. Wickersham, Attorney General of the United States, before the Law School of Yale University Monday, June 19, 1911. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. July 6, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Reciprocity. Address by Hon. William H. Taft, President of the United States, at the banquet of the Marion Club, Indianapolis, Ind., July 4, 1911, on republican reciprocity. Presented by Mr. Du Pont. July 6, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of British Tariff Commission: Reciprocity with Canada. Most-favored-nation agreements in relation to the proposed reciprocal trade agreement between Canada and the United States of America. Presented by Mr. Lodge. July 14, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Address of President Taft at Marion, Ind. Mr. Page presented the following address delivered by Hon. William H. Taft, President of the United States, at the Marion (Ind.) branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers on July 3, 1911. July 28, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Injuries to persons and damage to mail in the railway mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of May 23, 1911, relative to causes of injuries to persons and damages to the mail in the railway mail service. August 2, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Tariff duties on wool. Comparative table showing the rate of duties on wool and the manufactures thereof (schedule K) in the United States and corresponding rates in the Dominion in Canada. Prepared by Robert Miller tariff export and J.S. McCoy special accountant of the Treasury Department. Presented by Mr. Gore. August 2, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Recent interpretation of the Sherman Act. An address before the Michigan State Bar Association, July 6, 1911, by George W. Wickersham, Attorney General of the United States. Presented by Mr. Kenyon. August 4, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claim of the State of Texas for defense of the frontier. Papers and letters relative to additional claim of the State of Texas for reimbursement of monies expended in frontier defense in 1856 and 1860-61. Presented by Mr. Culberson. July 17, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 6108 President of the Senate pro tempore proceedings in the United States Senate from April 6, 1789, to December 5, 1911 relating to the election, powers, duties, and tenure in office of the President of the Senate pro tempore; including the report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections... Compiled by Henry H. Gilfry, Chief Clerk of the United States Senate. Presented by Mr. Lodge. August 21, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations together with the views of the minority upon the general arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France, signed on August 3, 1911, and the proposed committee amendments. With appendices. Presented by Mr. Lodge. August 15, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed. August 21, 1911. -- Ordered to be reprinted with additional matter.
Official ballot of Hughes County, S. Dak., for the election of November 8, 1910. Presented by Mr. Heyburn. August 8, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Everglades of Florida. Acts, reports, and other papers, state and national, relating to the Everglades of the State of Florida and their reclamation.
Publicity of contributions. Conference report of the Committee on the Bill (H.R. 2958) To Amend an Act Entitled "An Act Providing for Publicity of Contributions Made for the Purpose of Influencing Elections at Which Representatives in Congress Are Elected." August 14, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Nez Perce Indians residing in the State of Idaho to the Congress of the United States, together with affidavits, and also copies of various treaties between the United States and the Nez Perce Indians. Presented by Mr. Borah. August 14, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Election and recall of federal judges. Speech of Hon. Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma in the Senate of the United States Monday, July 31, 1911. Presented by Mr. Owen. August 18, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Recall of judges. Address delivered by Hon. T.J. Walsh of Helena, Mont., before the Washington State Bar Association, Spokane, Wash., July 28, 1911. Presented by Mr. Myers. August 18, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Duties on wool. Special message from the President of the United States returning without approval H.R. 11019 to reduce the duties on wool and manufactures of wool, together with the bill as passed by Congress. Presented by Mr. Smoot. August 19, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Articles on the free list. Special message from the President of the United States returning without approval H.R. 4413 an act to place on the free list agricultural implements, cotton bagging, cotton ties, leather, boots and shoes, fence wire, meats, cereals, flour, bread, ... and other articles, together with the bill as passed by Congress. Presented by Mr. Smoot. August 19, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Pensacola Navy Yard. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information responsive to Senate resolution of July 27, 1911, relative to the Navy yard at Pensacola, Fla. August 19, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Ownership of the wrecks of Spanish vessels off Santiago De Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Acting Secretary of State concerning the ownership of the wrecks of the Spanish vessels which were destroyed by the American Fleet off Santiago De Cuba. August 21, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Wreck of the battleship "Maine." Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War on the result of his personal inspection of the wreck of the battleship "Maine"; also of his conference with the board of engineers having charge of the removal of the same. August 21, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Some defects in the Constitution of the United States. Address by Hon. Walter Clark, Chief Justice of North Carolina, to the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania, on April 27, 1906. Presented by Mr. Owen. July 31, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Arbitration with Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States transmitting an authenticated copy of a treaty signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and Great Britain on August 3, 1911, extending the scope and obligation of the policy of arbitration adopted in the present arbitration treaty of April 4, 1908... Presented by Mr. Lodge. August 12, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Arbitration with France. Message from the President of the United States transmitting an authenticated copy of a treaty signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and France on August 3, 1911, extending the scope and obligation of the policy of arbitration adopted in the present arbitration treaty of February 10, 1908, between the two countries... in future to settle by diplomacy. Presented by Mr. Lodge. August 12, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Arbitration with Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an authenticated copy of a treaty signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and Great Britain on August 3, 1911, extending the scope and obligation of the policy of arbitration... August 12, 1911. -- On motion by Mr. Lodge, ordered to be printed with amendments reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Arbitration with France. Message from the President of the United States transmitting an authenticated copy of a treaty signed by... the United States and France on August 3, 1911, extending the scope and obligation of the policy of arbitration adopted in the present arbitration treaty... August 12, 1911. -- On motion by Mr. Lodge, ordered to be printed with amendments reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Duties of cotton. Special message from the President of the United States returning without approval H.R. 12812, an Act To Reduce the Duties on Manufactures of Cotton, together with the bill as passed by Congress. Presented by Mr. Smoot. August 22, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the fifth annual report of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. August 22, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 6109 Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives of the United States, with a digest of the practice Sixty-second Congress, first session, by Charles R. Crisp, clerk at the Speaker's table. 1
Serial set 6110 Cotton goods in Latin America. Part IV: Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Jamaica, and Porto Rico, by W.A. Graham Clark, commercial agent of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Transmitted to Congress in compliance with the act of June 17, 1910, authorizing investigations of trade conditions abroad. [Special Agents Series No. 44.] 1
Serial set 6111 Sacramento River, Cal., from Sacramento to Red Bluff. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination of Sacramento River, Cal., from Sacramento to Red Bluff, and survey from Feather River to Chico Landing. June 24, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1
Serial set 6112 Flood Control-Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Acting Chief Engineers, reports on the control of floods in the river systems of the Sacramento Valley and the adjacent San Joaquin Valley, Cal. June 29, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1