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| Serial set 6532 | Banking and currency. Hearings before the Committee on Banking and Currency United States Senate Sixty-third Congress first session on H.R. 7837 (S. 2639). A bill to provide for the establishment of federal reserve banks, for furnishing an elastic currency, affording means of rediscounting commercial paper, and to establish a more effective supervision of banking in the United States... In three volumes. Vol. III. (Index at end of volume.) | 1 |
| Serial set 6533 | Banking and currency bill. Comparative print showing the changes suggested by the amendment submitted to the Senate by Mr. Owen, also the changes suggested by the amendments intended to be proposed by Mr. Hitchcock to H.R. 7837, An Act To Provide for the Establishment of Federal Reserve Banks, To Furnish an Elastic Currency, To Afford Means... and for Other Purposes. | 1 |
| Serial set 6534 | House banking and currency bill. Also comparative print showing the changes suggested by the amendment submitted to the Senate by Mr. Owen, also the changes suggested by the amendments intended to be proposed by Mr. Hitchcock to H.R. 7837. An Act To Provide for the Establishment of Federal Reserve Banks, To Furnish and Elastic Currency, To Afford Means of Rediscounting Commercial Paper... and for Other Purposes. | 1 |
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Shreve Ackley. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Shreve Ackley against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William J. Cameron. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of William J. Cameron against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John A. Green. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John A. Green against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Valorization of coffee. A detailed report of the transactions and facts relating to the valorization of coffee. By Wm. T. Chantland. Presented by Mr. Norris. May 16, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Who bought Louisiana? An address on the service of Thomas Jefferson in connection with the Louisiana Purchase, delivered at the closing exercises of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo. April 30, 1913 by William M. Thornton. Presented by Mr. Martin. May 27, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Schemes to "distribute" immigrants. Article from American Federationist, July, 1911, relating to the methods of state and philanthropic bureaus in the schemes to "distribute" immigrants in the United States, by Samuel Gompers. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. May 7, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Agnes Longfellow. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Agnes Longfellow, widow of John D. Longfellow, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Organic acts of the District of Columbia. An Act for the Government of the District of Columbia, and for Other Purposes, approved June 20, 1874. An Act Providing a Permanent Form of Government for the District of Columbia, approved June 11, 1878. Insurrection and martial law. Opinions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia in the cases of State ex rel. Mays v. Brown, Warden of State Penitentiary, State Ex Rel. Nance v. Same and in re Mary Jones, Charles H. Boswell, Charles Batley, and Paul J. Paulson. Price restriction on patented articles. Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Bauer & Cie and the Bauer Chemical Co. v. James O'Donnell. The improvement of the park system of the District of Columbia. I. Report of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia. II. Report of the Park Commission. Abridgment of Senate Report No. 166, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session. Edited and compiled by Charles Moore, Clerk of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia (1902). Abridgment by George H. Gall, Washington, D.C. The Minnesota rate cases. Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of George T. Simpson et al., appellants, v. David C. Shepard. George T. Simpson et al., appellants, v. Emma B. Kennedy et al. George T. Simpson et al., appellants v. William Shillaber. Fortifications of Isthmian Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for continuing work on the armament of fortifications for the Isthmian Canal. April 9, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Alleged cures for tuberculosis. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a Senate Resolution of June 6, 1913, certain reports and documentary information regarding so-called tuberculosis cures which have been given wide publicity. June 18, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine and ordered to be printed. Income tax. Extract from the Bill (H.R. 10) to reduce tariff duties and to provide revenue for the government, and for other purposes, relating to income tax, section 2. Water power. Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the United States, plaintiff in error v. the Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co. et al. Presented by Mr. Burton. June 2, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Joseph M. Knap. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Joseph M. Knap against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Willison C. Hall. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Willison C. Hall against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Nathaniel M. Macrae. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Nathaniel M. Macrae against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. David W. Madara. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of David W. Madara against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Solomon G. Krepps. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Solomon G. Krepps against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jacob Lasalle. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jacob Lasalle against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Albion L. Mitchell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Albion L. Mitchell against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George Bucklin. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George Bucklin against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George W. Gunder. 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. Gunder against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary F.B. Cleveland. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Mary F.B. Cleveland, sole heir of Samuel Beatty, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Walter S. Dunn, guardian. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Walter S. Dunn, guardian of Caroline L. Dunn, minor heir of John T. Croxton, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jane I. Long. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jane I. Long, widow of Eli Long, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Third Presbyterian Church of Memphis, Tenn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Third Presbyterian Church of Memphis, Tenn., against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Willis B. Long, Jr., administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Willis B. Long, Jr., administrator of Willis B. Long, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sam B. Strother, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Sam B. Strother, administrator of Samuel G. Mason, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Bernardine R. Thomas, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Bernardine R. Thomas, administratrix of estate of Francis Newman Clarke, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. North Memphis Savings Bank, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of North Memphis Saving Bank, administrator of Elizabeth Brinkley, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Heirs of James R. Slack, deceased. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James R. Slack, Sarah E. Alpaugh, and Mary C. Grayston, children and sole heirs of James R. Slack, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Cyrus L. Kinman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Cyrus L. Kinman against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Abiel W. Nelson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Abiel W. Nelson against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Juliette Harrow. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Juliette Harrow, widow of William Harrow, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles W. Whistler. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charles W. Whistler against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James D. Gilman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James D. Gilman against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Heirs of James C. Veatch. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John F. Veatch, Mattie Enlow, Harry Veatch, Sarah E. Spayd, Ada V. Spears, and Charles A. Veatch, children and sole heirs of James C. Veatch, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Maria B. Wheaton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Maria B. Wheaton, widow of Frank Wheaton, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Henrietta O. Whitaker. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Henrietta O. Whitaker, widow of Walter C. Whitaker, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alexander E. Mintie. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alexander E. Mintie against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Mars. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of John Mars against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George Haven Putnam. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George Haven Putnam against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Susan Hardy. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Susan Hardy, surviving administratrix de bonis non of Joseph Rogers, deceases, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sarah R. O'Rourke. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Sarah R. O'Rourke, widow (remarried) of Stephen G. Burbridge, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Lydia A. Canfield. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Lydia A. Canfield, widow of John S. Canfield, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Louis H. Waters. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Louis H. Waters against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Frank B. Hayden. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Frank B. Hayden against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary P.M. Carr. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mary P.M. Carr, widow of Eugene A. Carr, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Lamira A. Ellison. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Lamira A. Ellison, widow of Jonathan H. Ellison, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Albert G. Jones. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Albert G. Jones against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George W. Dutton. 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. Dutton against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Robert Kerr. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of Robert Kerr against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William A. Porter. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William A. Porter against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Henry T. Sisson, deceased. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the Court in the case of David Sisson, Frank H. Sisson, and Nettie W. Sisson, children and sole heirs of Henry T. Sisson, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John Z. Delashmutt. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Z. Delashmutt, son and sole heir of John J. Delashmutt, deceased, against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Edwin B. Parsons. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Edwin B. Parsons against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Silk Industry in the United States. Article from the New York Commercial relative to the silk industry in the United States. Presented by Mr. Gallinger. April 12, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. International Irrigation Congress. Proceedings of the International Irrigation Congress held in Salt Lake City, Utah October, 1912. Presented by Mr. Newlands. April 15, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Procedure, practice, and administrative methods of the Board of United States General Appraisers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Committee To Inquire into the Procedure, Practice, and Administrative Methods of the Board of United States General Appraisers. April 15, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. The promotion of safety to life at sea. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, relating to the international conference and the promotion of safety to life at sea. April 15, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Panama Canal tolls. Instruction of the Secretary of State of January 17, 1913, to the American Charge d'Affaires at London, and the British notes of July 8, 1912, and November 14, 1912 to which it replies, together with a note of February 27, 1913, from the British Ambassador to the Secretary of State. Presented by Mr. Lodge. April 17, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. The conservation of water powers. By Rome G. Brown, Minneapolis, Minn. From the Harvard Law Review of May, 1913. Presented by Mr. Bankhead. April 21, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Dams or reservoirs, Cheat and New Rivers, Va. and W. Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting... copies of all papers, correspondence, rulings, permits (without maps), etc., of record in the department pertaining to the construction of dams or reservoirs by private parties in Cheat and New Rivers, Va. and W. Va. April 21, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. The democracy of Abraham Lincoln. Address by Henry Cabot Lodge before the students of Boston University School of Law on March 14, 1913. Presented by Mr. Root. May 5, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Great Britain and the Panama Canal. A study of the tolls question. By George C. Butte, M.A., Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. Presented by Mr. O'Gorman. May 5, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Laws of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States transmitting, pursuant to law, copies of the acts and resolutions enacted during the first session of the of seventh Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, January 13 to March 13, 1913. May 6, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed. Human slavery in the Philippines. Letter from the Secretary of War, relating to the question of human slavery in the Philippine Islands. May 7, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed. Duties of retired officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of May 1, 1913, information relative to the nature and character of the duties to which retired officers of the United States Army may be detailed to perform under existing laws, regulations, and orders. May 13, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Property report of the Secretary of the Senate. Letter from Charles G. Bennett, Secretary of the United States Senate, submitting a full and complete account of all property, etc., in his possession on the 13th day of March, 1913, belonging to the United States. May 13, 1913. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. The Associated Press. An article relating to the methods of operation, organization, and collection and distribution of news matter by the Associated Press. By Frank B. Noyes, President of the Associated Press. Presented by Mr. Smith of Michigan. May 14, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Recall of judicial decisions. An article from Legal Bibliography of March, 1913 dealing with the proposition for the recall of judicial decision. By Ezra Ripley Thayer, Dean of the Law School of Harvard University. Presented by Mr. Nelson. May 14, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Ransom of Miss Ellen M. Stone. Mr. O'Gorman, presented the following copy of the message of the President, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State, recommending an appropriation for the repayment to the contributors of the money... May 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, to accompany the Bill S. 1864, and ordered to be printed with certain changes and additions. The progressiveness of the United States Supreme Court. An article from the Columbia Law Review of April, 1913, setting forth the progressive tendency of the Supreme Court of the United States. By Charles Warren of Boston. Presented by Mr. Lodge. May 14, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Rule of treaty construction. An address on the rule of treaty construction known as rebus sic stantibus. A discussion of the Clayton-Bulwer and Hay-Pauncefote Treaties in relation to the Panama Canal. By Hannis Taylor. Presented by Mr. Vardaman. May 14, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Panama Canal tolls. An address on the issues between the United States and Great Britain in regard to Panama Canal tolls, as raised in the recent diplomatic correspondence. By Chandler P. Anderson, former counselor for the Department of State. Presented by Mr. O'Gorman. May 14, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Panama Canal tolls and the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. An address on Panama Canal tolls legislation and the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, read before the American Society of International Law, Washington, D.C. April 25, 1913. By Richard Olney. Presented by Mr. O'Gorman. May 14, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Sale of condemned property, United States Senate. Letter from the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, dated March 15, 1913, submitting a report of the receipts from the sale of condemned property since December 2, 1912, in compliance with law. May 15, 1913. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Estimate of appropriations for temporary and auxiliary clerks in Post Office Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Postmaster General recommending an appropriation of $300,000 for temporary and auxiliary clerks in Post Offices, etc. May 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Seminole Indians in Florida. Letter of the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Senator Duncan U. Fletcher transmitting a copy of a partial report by Lucien A. Spencer, Special Commissioner to the Florida Seminoles, on conditions existing among the Seminole Indians in Florida. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. May 22, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. International Congress on Alcoholism. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Secretary of State covering the reports of the United States delegates to the Thirteenth International Congress on Alcoholism at The Hague, in September, 1911. May 26, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Operation of present immigration law. A statement in regard to the operation of the present immigration law prepared by the retiring Commissioner General of Immigration. Presented by Mr. Lodge June 2, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Business in the public mind. An address on the attitude of the public mind toward business before the National Association of Employing Lithographers, Washington, D.C., May 14, 1913 by William C. Redfield Secretary of Commerce. Presented by Mr. Pomerene. May 16, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Bureau of Woman Labor. Letter from Flora McDonald Thompson petitioning the Secretary of Labor for the establishment of a Bureau of Woman Labor in the Department of Labor. Presented by Mr. Smoot. May 16, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Government expressage on land-grant railroads. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting...reports from the auditors for the State, Treasury, War, Post Office, Interior, and Navy Departments relative to payments to express companies for transportation of property...over lines of railway companies which received grants of land from the government, etc. May 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Panama Canal tolls. Article prepared by the Law Officer of the Isthmian Canal Commission, Mr. Feuille, regarding tolls on the Panama Canal. Presented by Mr. Chamberlain. May 20, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Pomerene Senate Bill No. 1654. Article from the Traffic World in relation to immediate Congressional legislation needed to correct defects in existing laws on bills of lading by Francis B. James. Presented by Mr. Pomerene. May 20, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Apportionment of appointments. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency on the apportionment of appointments made from the registers of the Civil Service Commission... at Washington. May 29, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, and ordered to be printed. Police and firemen's pension fund. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of April 8, information relative to the names and employment of all persons borne on the police and firemen's pension rolls of the District of Columbia. |
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The Indian Service. Statement of expense on account of the Indian Service for the fiscal year 1912, including all claims paid on account of the fiscal year 1912 up to April 1, 1913. Presented by Mr. Stone. June 17, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Revision of the patent laws. The Oldfield Bill being a report and papers relating to House Bill 23417, as revised August 8, 1912, by a Committee of the Patent Law Association of Chicago, and resolution of the association. Presented by Mr. Brandegee. August 4, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Naval graduating class. Addresses of Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, and Senator John Walter Smith of the State of Maryland, to the graduating class at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., June 6, 1913. Presented by Mr. Swanson. August 2, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Rural banking and currency reform. An address delivered at Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, on July 12, 1913, before the South Carolina Bankers Association by Charles Hall Davis of Petersburg, Va. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. July 24, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Conditions in the Republic of Mexico. A statement of the conditions in the Republic of Mexico with relation to the Diaz and Madero regime and the Huerta "De Facto" government. Presented by Mr. Sheppard. August 6, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Banking and currency legislation. Letter from the Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency... relative to the Bill S. 2639, a bill to provide for the establishment of federal reserve banks, for furnishing an elastic currency, affording means of rediscounting commercial paper, and to establish a more effective supervision of banking... Presented by Mr. Owen. August 6, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Estate of Adam L. Rose. Letter from the chief justice of the United States Court of Claims requesting a return of the court findings in favor of the estate of Adam L. Rose, deceased, covered by Senate document No. 432, Sixty-first Congress, second session. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. August 7, 1913. -- Committee discharged and referred to the Committee on Claims. Woman suffrage amendment. Proceedings in the United States Senate July 31, 1913 upon the presentation of petitions favoring the adoption of S.J. Res. No. 1,... with the report of the Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage recommending its passage. August 5, 1913. -- Presented by Mr. Chamberlain and referred to the Committee on Printing. August 7, 1913. -- Reported favorably and ordered to be printed. Report on courts and judges. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting in response to a Senate resolution of July 7, 1913, information in the possession of the Department of Justice relating to reports on courts and judges. August 7, 1913. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Second International Opium Conference. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, accompanied by a report prepared by Mr. Hamilton Wright on behalf of the American delegates to the Second International Opium Conference, which met at The Hague on the first day of July, 1913... August 9, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. national rural banking system. Outline of a plan to establish a national rural banking system in the United States as proposed by the Bill S. 2909 a Bill To provide for the Establishment, Operation, Management, and Control of a National Rural Banking System in the United States, and for Other Purposes. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. August 9, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Philippine independence. An article entitled, "The Democratic party and Philippine independence" by Moorfield Storey. Presented by Mr. Shafroth. August 9, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Woman suffrage. Address opposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right of suffrage to woman. Written for presentation to the Committee on Woman Suffrage, United States Senate, by Miss Annie Bock of Los Angeles, Cal. Presented by Mr. Martine. August 9, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. The currency. An article from the New York Sun of July 29, 1913, by Charles G. Dawes, formerly Comptroller of the Currency, relative to the administration currency bill. Presented by Mr. Gallinger. August 11, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Taxing government property. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of February 18, 1913, a communication from the Secretary of State, together with information relating to the taxing of government property in the several capitals of the leading countries of the world. August 13, 1913. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Appointment of Hon. Henry D. Clayton as a Senator from the State of Alabama. Opinions relative to the seating of Hon. Henry D. Clayton as a Senator from the State of Alabama. Presented by Mr. Bankhead. August 18, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Dutiable goods in warehouse. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in compliance with a Senate Resolution of August 1, 1913, information relative to goods remaining in warehouse without the payment of duty August 1, 1912, and August 1, 1913. August 22, 1913. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Essentials of the Constitution. An article from the North American Review of July and August, 1913, entitled "Experiments in government and the essentials of the Constitution" by Hon. Elihu Root, United States Senator. Presented by Mr. Brandegee. August 22, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Cost of armor plate and its manufacture. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to a resolution by the Senate on May 27, 1913, requesting information with reference to the cost of armor plate and its manufacture. July 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Customs charges on unclaimed goods. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draft for a bill for the amendment of section 2965, Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to charges to be paid on unclaimed goods in the hands of collectors of Customs. July 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Compulsory workmen's compensation law. Addresses of Hon. George Sutherland, United States Senator from Utah to the third annual convention of International Association of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, Canada, on the economic value and social justice of a compulsory and exclusive workmen's compensation law. Presented by Mr. Chamberlain. July 14, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Benefits payable under workmen's compensation bill. Letter of Herman E. Wills, Assistant Grand Chief Engineer and Acting National Legislative Representative of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to the members of that organization illustrating the benefits payable under the workmen's compensation bill (Senate Bill 959, 63d Congress.) Presented by Mr. Chamberlain. July 14, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Charlotte J. Husted. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Charlotte J. Husted against the United States. July 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Cotton statistics. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting a response to a Senate Resolution of June 26, 1913. July 18, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Stable money, new freedom, and safe banking provided for in the democratic banking and currency bill with three exceptions. A memorial by George H. Shibley, director, American Bureau of Political Research. Presented by Mr. Chamberlain. July 19, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. July 22, 1913. -- Illustrations ordered printed. Review of legislation. An address by Hon. Hoke Smith, United States Senator from Georgia, delivered on July 18, 1913, before the Legislature of the State of Georgia, reviewing legislation before the United States Senate during the past two years. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. July 23, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. The Monroe Doctrine. An article on the Monroe Doctrine; published in the Chicago Legal News by Darius H. Pingrey, professor of international law, Illinois Wesleyan University law school, Bloomington, Ill. Presented by Mr. Sherman. July 23, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. The Davis plan of rural banks state and national. An address delivered at Asheville, N.C., on July 10, 1913, before the North Carolina Bankers' Association and representatives of the committees on rural finance of the various state bankers' associations of the southern states by Charles Hall Davis of Petersburg, Va. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. July 24, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Effective voting. An explanation of the ballot reforms usually known as "preferential voting" and "proportional representation" by C.G. Hoag. Presented by Mr. Owen. July 26, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Banking and currency. A letter from the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency to Mr. Joseph T. Talbert, Vice President of the National City Bank of New York, New York City. Presented by Mr. Owen. July 28, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. The modern by-product coke oven a practical method of conserving our coal supply. A paper by Carl A. Meissner chairman, Coke Committee, United States Steel Corporation. Read at the fourth general meeting of the American Iron and Steel Institute in New York on May 23, 1913. Presented by Mr. Bankhead. July 28, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Development of water power. Permit granting the International Power and Manufacturing Co. of Spokane, Wash., the right to construct, operate, and maintain a dam across Clark Fork or Pend D'Oreille River, for the development of water power, electrical power, and other purposes. Presented by Mr. Jones. July 30, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Claims against Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report by the Secretary of State in response to a Senate resolution of April 24, 1913, relative to claims for damages to person or property made by citizens of the United States against the Republic of Mexico. July 30, 1913. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Bust of William Pitt. The Vice President presented the following letter from the President transmitting a communication from Lady Paget relating to the placing of a bust of William Pitt, Lord Chatham, in the White House, in connection with the approaching Anglo-American peace centenary. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Tobacco statistics. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of July 10, 1913, a statement showing the names of ten largest manufacturers of tobacco and snuff; also similar information relating to cigars and cigarettes. August 5, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Interstate shipment of liquors. An extract from the Congressional Record of February 28, 1913, embodying the message from the President of the United States returning without approval Senate Bill 4043, entitled "An Act Divesting Intoxicating Liquors of Their Interstate Character in Certain Cases," together with the opinion of the Attorney General. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. June 13, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Snyder, administratrix, and Hoy Cooper, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elizabeth Snyder, administratrix of Son Snyder, deceased, and Hoy Cooper, administrator of John Snyder, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. J.T. Robertson, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of J.T. Robertson, administrator of the estate of John McAnulty, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ethelbert Barrett, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Ethelbert Barrett, administrator of the estate of M.W. Garrison, deceased, against the United States. June 13, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Indian statistics. Statement of status of Indian conditions, giving estimate of property owned and their various occupations. Presented by Mr. Clapp. June 18, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Inhabited alleys of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia acknowledging receipt of a copy of a Senate Resolution of June 17, 1913, in relation to the inhabited alleys of the District of Columbia. June 21, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Francis M. Magee. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Francis M. Magee against the United States. June 21, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Irving Holcomb. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Irving Holcomb against the United States. June 21, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Production and marketing of Egyptian cotton. Report by J.S. Williams, Chairman, and Clarence Ousley, Subcommittee To Study the Production and Marketing of Egyptian Cotton to the American Commission To Investigate and Study Agricultural Credit and Cooperation. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. June 26, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Frederick William Raiffeisen. Address delivered by David Lubin delegate of the United States to the International Institute of Agriculture before the American Commission on the occasion of its visit to the monument and house of Raiffeisen, the father of the rural credit system, near Coblenz, Germany, June 12, 1913. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. June 26, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Edward D. Meier. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Edward D. Meier against the United States. June 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. James N. Hill. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James N. Hill against the United States. June 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Banking and currency. Statement of Hon. Robert L. Owen, Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency of the United States Senate, in regard to Senate Bill 2693, the currency bill. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. International Waterways Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the final report of the International Waterways Commission upon the proposed dam at the outlet of Lake Erie. June 27, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. July 2, 1913. -- Illustrations ordered printed. Prevention of railroad accidents. Address of Hon. C.C. McChord, Interstate Commerce Commissioner, before the Association of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers on work of the federal government for the prevention of railroad accidents, and its results. Presented by Mr. Borah. July 2, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Persons owning or renting houses or rooms in the so-called "inhabited alleys" in the District of Columbia. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution of June 17, 1913,... the names, residences, and occupations of persons... July 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Louisa S. Johnson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Louisa S. Johnson against the United States. July 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Landschaften system of rural credits. Letter from the Hon. David Lubin, delegate of the United States to the International Institute of Agriculture, Rome, to Hon. Duncan U. Fletcher chairman, American Commission to Investigate and Study Agricultural Cooperation and Rural Credits in Europe. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. July 7, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Retired officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of May 1, 1913, a statement showing the avocations in civil life of retired officers of the Army as reported by themselves. July 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Seventh annual report of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting for the information of Congress, the seventh annual report of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia for the year ended June 30, 1913. July 11, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, United States Navy. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State,... concerning a decoration of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor conferred upon Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary,... retired, by the President of the French Republic. July 11, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. World peace under American leadership, a sermon by Rev. T.M.C. Birmingham of Beatrice, Nebr. Presented by Mr. Norris. July 23, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. September 25, 1913. -- Ordered reprinted with corrections. Agriculture and vocational education and farm credits. Letter from the A.L. Rogers, of Waterville., Wash. outlining the Waterville vision of the correct idea of modern agriculture and vocational education and farm credits. Presented by Mr. Jones. August 13, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed |
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Levantine grapes commercially known as currants. Compiled from official sources by Michael F. Tarpey. Presented by Mr. Fletcher for Mr. Smith of Arizona. September 3, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Savage Construction Co. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a record of a judgment rendered by the Court of Claims in favor of the Savage Construction Co. in the sum of $6,244.63. September 25, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Stephen J. Young. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Stephen J. Young against the United States. October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. "'Tis Sixty Years Since". An address delivered on founders' day, January 16, 1913 before the faculty and students of the University of South Carolina at Columbia by Hon. Charles Francis Adams president of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Presented by Mr. Clapp for Mr. Tillman. September 18, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Rent of buildings, Charleston, W. Va. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of appropriation for the rent of temporary quarters at Charleston, W. Va., for the accommodation of government officials. September 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The money power. Remarks of Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina delivered in the United States Senate on October 3, 1913 together with an article printed in the New York World on March 1, 1896, giving the impressions and the then beliefs of Senator Tillman about Wall Street and what is called the money power with the figures corrected to date. Validity of the appointment of a Senator from Alabama. Statement of Hon. Emmet O'Neal, Governor of Alabama, and opinion of Hon. R.P. Evins, legal adviser to the governor, relative to the appointment of Hon. Frank P. Glass, as a Senator from Alabama,... [and opinions] relative to the validity of the credentials of Hon. Henry D. Clayton as a Senator from Alabama. Presented by Mr. Bankhead. November 22, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. The mission of woman. An article by Albert Taylor Bledsoe, LL. D. Printed in the Southern Review October, 1871. Presented by Mr. Tillman. August 18, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. Training for citizenship. An article on the Winston-Salem plan of training for citizenship, by Leroy Hodges, Petersburg, Va. Presented by Mr. Swanson. September 18, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Appointment of Hon. Henry D. Clayton as a Senator from the State of Alabama. Had the Governor of Alabama, after the adoption of the Seventeenth Amendment, the constitutional power to appoint the Hon. Henry D. Clayton as the successor of Senator Joseph F. Johnston... An opinion by Mr. Hannis Taylor.... Presented by Mr. Bankhead. August 26, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. The income tax. Opinions of Hon. John K. Shields of Tennessee Hon. Cordell Hull of Tennessee and Thurlow M. Gordon special assistant to the Attorney General on the proposed income-tax provision of the pending tariff bill. Presented by Mr. Williams. August 26, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Report on manufactures. Communication to the House of Representatives December 5, 1791 from Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of manufactures. Presented by Mr. Smoot. August 30, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Work of the American commission respecting agricultural finance, organization, cooperation, and the betterment of rural conditions. Address of Hon. Duncan U. Fletcher to the House of Governors at Colorado Springs, Colo., August 26, 1913. Presented by Mr. Shafroth. September 2, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Constitution of the Confederate States. Quotations from Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America, edited by James M. Matthews, law clerk to the Department of Justice. Presented by Mr. Jones. September 10, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue relating to deficiency in the appropriation for salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. September 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Policemen's and firemen's pension funds. Letter from O.P. Newman, President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of April 9, 1913, list of names, rate of pension, employment, and compensation therefore of persons borne on the policemen's and firemen's pension rolls of the District of Columbia. September 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Cos. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of September 2, 1913, information relative to the action taken by them in connection with the Washington Gas Light Co. and the Georgetown Gas Light Co.,... September 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. International Institute of Agriculture at Rome. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the report of the delegates of the United States appointed to attend the general assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome in May, 1913. September 29, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, and ordered to be printed. Daniel Webster. An address commemorating the birth of Daniel Webster at his birthplace at Franklin, N.H. August 28, 1913. Delivered by Hon. Samuel W. McCall. Presented by Mr. Smith of Michigan. September 29, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. The proposed patent law revision. An article from the Harvard Law Review, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, relating to the proposed patent law revision -- what it means to inventors, manufacturers, dealers, and the public, by Gilbert H. Montague. Presented by Mr. Brandegee. October 1, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. The German farmer and cooperation. A report by F.J.H. von Engelken, Florida member of the American Commission, giving his views and conclusions from an investigation of agricultural cooperation and conditions in Germany. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. October 1, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Democracy and efficiency. An address by Hon. William Kent at Harvard University March 29, 1912. Presented by Mr. Owen. October 1, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. The United States Commerce Court. An article relating to the mission of the United States Commerce Court, the benefit derived by the people therefrom, opposing its abolition, and favoring an extension of its jurisdiction, by Hon. R.F. Broussard of Louisiana. Presented by Mr. Bryan. October 2, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Mississippi River floods. Report of Col. C. McD. Townsend, President of the Mississippi River Commission, to the Chief of Engineers, United States Army together with addresses delivered before the Interstate Levee Association in Memphis, Tenn.... on "The Problem of the Mississippi River". Presented by Mr. Thornton for Mr. Ransdell. October 4, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Philippine session laws. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copy of the laws enacted by the third Philippine legislature, first session, from October 16, 1912, to February 6, 1913, inclusive, and its special session from February 6, 1913, to February 11, 1913, inclusive, and also certain laws enacted by the Philippine Commission. October 7, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Philippines, and ordered to be printed. Acts and resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the acts and resolutions enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico during the extraordinary session, June 20 to August 19, 1913. October 7, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed. Franchises granted in Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States transmitting certified copies of franchises granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico described in the accompanying letter from the Secretary of War. October 7, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed. Involuntary servitude imposed upon seamen. Joint letter from the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce relative to Senate Bill No. 4, entitled "A Bill to Abolish the Involuntary Servitude Imposed Upon Seamen in the Merchant Marine of the United States While in Foreign Ports..." Presented by Mr. La Follette. October 9, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Works of art in the United States Capitol Building, including biographies of the artists. Compiled under the direction of the Superintendent of the United States Capitol Building and Grounds by Charles E. Fairman. Further report on cotton marketing. Supplemental to Senate Document No. 113. A report by J.S. Williams, Chairman, and Clarence Ousley, subcommittee to study the production and marketing of Egyptian cotton to the American Commission to investigate and study agricultural credit and cooperation. Ninth International Cotton Congress of the International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners and Manufactures' Association held at The Hague, Holland, June 9, 10, and 11, 1913. A report by a subcommittee to the Permanent American Commission on Agricultural Finance, Production, Distribution, and Rural Life. The new duty of American colleges. Inaugural address delivered during the installation exercises of the President of Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio on October 14, 1913 by George Wheeler Hinman. Presented by Mr. Lewis. November 13, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Agricultural finance. An address delivered before the General Assembly of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga. August 12, 1913, National Conservation Exposition, Knoxville Tenn., September 13, 1913, and South Carolina State Fair, Columbia, S.C. October 30, 1913 by Hon. Harvie Jordan of Atlanta, Ga.,... Presented by Mr. Fletcher. November 13, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Bank depositors' guaranty in Kansas. The Bank Depositors' Guaranty Law of Kansas together with the charter and by-law of the Bankers Deposit Guaranty and Surety Company. Presented by Mr. Bristow. November 17, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. The Cherokee freedmen. Memorial of the Cherokee freedmen to the Congress of the United States. Presented by Mr. Clapp. November 22, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Conservation of natural resources. An article on the waste of our natural resources due to the nondevelopment of our water powers, by W.V.N. Powelson. Presented by Mr. Shafroth. November 26, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Public buildings and sites. Statement by the Secretary of the Treasury showing the status of public buildings and sites in the United States, arranged according to congressional districts, embracing all projects up to and including public buildings act, March 4, 1913. Presented by Mr. Sheppard. November 26, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Buzzards Bay. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, acknowledging receipt of a Senate resolution of November 25, 1913, relative to the placing of buoys and channel marks in the navigable waters of Buzzards Bay. November 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. The Tuolumne and other California Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of October 31, 1913, certain information relative to the Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Mokelumne, and Cosumnes Rivers in California. November 29, 1913. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed with illustrations. Claim of William T. Evans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of appropriation to pay claim of William T. Evans for surveys and resurveys of public lands in Oregon. September 18, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Laws of Hawaii. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of Senate journal of the seventh legislature, together with a copy of the laws passed by the legislature of Hawaii at its regular session of 1913. September 22, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed. The beet-sugar industry. A circular relating to the beet-sugar industry in the United States, by Messrs. Oxnard and Cutting. Presented by Mr. Thomas. September 22, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation, mail-carrying system, Government Printing Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an additional estimate of appropriation for installing mail-carrying system in the Government Printing Office. September 25, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimates of appropriations relating to work on public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimate of appropriation relating to work in connection with public buildings. September 25, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claims allowed by accounting officers Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, schedules of claims amounting to $43,303.39 allowed by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations, the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund. September 25, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claims for damages from naval vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy relative to certain claims on account of damages for which vessels of the Navy are responsible. September 25, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for ambassador to Spain. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of State relating to the appropriation of money to pay for the services of the ambassador of the United States to Spain. October 7, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The world race for the rich South American trade. An article relating to the competition between the United States, Germany, Great Britain, and Italy for the rich South American trade and a survey of the effects of the Panama Canal upon South America. Presented by Mr. Weeks. October 7, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Some methods of financing the farmer. An address setting forth some methods of financing the farmer, including explanations of European rural credit systems, by Gordon Jones, member of the American Commission for the Study of European Rural Credit Systems. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. October 16, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Cotton bagging and ties. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce transmitting in response to a Senate resolution of July 18, 1913, a report of an investigation into the advance in price of bagging used in baling cotton; also into the advance in price of ties used in banding or baling cotton. October 20, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Prison reform. A report on prison reform in the State of Arizona. By J.J. Sanders, Parole Clerk of Arizona State Prison. Presented by Mr. Ashurst. October 21, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. The decay of seamanship. An article on the decay of seamanship in Europe and America by Andrew Furuseth. Presented by Mr. Sutherland. October 23, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Officers and employees of Union Agency and Commission to Five Civilized Tribes. Letter from the First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of October 1, 1913, a list of the officers and employees of the Union Agency and the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes and their compensation. October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. William Bell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William Bell against the United States. October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. John T. Eaton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John T. Eaton against the United States. October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. William G. Meachem. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William G. Meachem against the United States. October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Alfred C. Wallin. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Alfred C. Wallin against the United States. October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. School statistics. Letter from Hon. Henry W. Blair to Hon. Thomas R. Marshall, Vice President of the United States, transmitting a letter from Alex Summers, Statistician of the Bureau of Education, stating the condition of common-school education throughout the country as indicated by the actual yearly expenditure. Presented by the Vice President. October 30, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Letters patent. Article from the Scientific American of September 27, and October 4, 1913, read before the American Bar Association at Montreal, Canada, entitled "Letters patent in relation to modern industrial conditions" by Frederick P. Fish. Presented by Mr. Brandegee. October 30, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Address of President Woodrow Wilson delivered before the Southern Commercial Congress held at Mobile, Ala., October 27, 1913. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. November 3, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Street railways in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia... setting forth reasons why the provisions... of the Act of Congress... entitled "An Act To Authorize the Metropolitan Railroad Company to Change its Motive Power, and so forth," have not been enforced. November 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Conservation of rainfall. Memorandum on the work of Col. Freeman Thorp on his farm at Hubert, Minn. From the report of Prof. W. J. Spillman to the Secretary of Agriculture. Presented by Mr. Clapp. November 3, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Q Street Bridge across Rock Creek. Letter from the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of July 31, 1913, information concerning the construction of a bridge across Rock Creek at Q Street Northwest. November 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed, with accompanying illustration. Martial law in West Virginia. An address delivered before the West Virginia Bar Association at its twenty-ninth annual session, held in the City of Wheeling, W. Va., on July 16 and 17, 1913. By William Gordon Mathews, President of the West Virginia Bar Association. Presented by Mr. Chilton. November 3, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. William McKinley. An address on the life, character, and public service of William McKinley delivered before the McKinley Association of Connecticut at New Haven January 29, 1904 by Hon. Frank B. Brandegee member of Congress from Connecticut. Presented by Mr. Burton. November 3, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Higher nationality. An address on "higher nationality," being a study in law and ethics, delivered before the American Bar Association at Montreal, Canada, September 1-3, 1913, by right Hon. Richard Burdon Haldane, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Presented by Mr. Root. November 6, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Address of President Woodrow Wilson delivered at Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pa. October 25, 1913. Presented by Mr. Chilton. November 6, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Pollution of rivers and waterways. A report of the National Association for the Prevention of Pollution of Rivers and Waterways, presented at the annual meeting of the association at Cleveland, Ohio, October 23, 1912. Presented by Mr. Burton. November 10, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 6538 | Supplemental estimates. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations required by the various departments for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, and deficiencies in appropriations for prior years. June 17, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 6539 | East River, Hell Gate and Little Hell Gate, N.Y. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of East River and Little Hell Gate, N.Y., and resurvey of Hell Gate, including any ledge or ledges near to the westerly shore. August 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. | 1 |
| Serial set 6540 | Water terminal and transfer facilities. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on an investigation and examination of all water terminal and transfer facilities contiguous to harbors, rivers, and others waters under improvement by the United States. September 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. | 1 |
| Serial set 6541 | Intracoastal Waterway, Beaufort, N.C., to Key West, Fla., section. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on survey of the Beaufort, N.C., to Key West, Fla., section of the proposed continuous inland waterway ... September 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. | 1 |
| Serial set 6542 | Chicago harbor and adjacent waterways. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of harbors and rivers at or near Chicago, Ill.... and adjacent territory. September 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. | 1 |
| Serial set 6543 | Etowah, Coosa, Tallapoosa, and Alabama Rivers, Ga. and Ala. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Etowah, Coosa, and Tallapoosa Rivers, Ga. and Ala., with a view to their improvement for navigation... October 16, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. | 1 |
| Serial set 6544 | Construction of barracks, Island of Oahu and Panama Canal Zone. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting plans and detailed estimates for the construction of barracks and quarters for the garrisons of the mobile Army and coast artillery in the Island of... November 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. November 22, 1913. Ordered printed with illustrations. | 1 |
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Tradewater River, Ky. Letter from Assistant Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Tradewater River, Ky. April 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Meherrin River, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Meherrin River, N.C. from its mouth to the head of navigation. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Dutch Island Harbor, R.I. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Dutch Island Harbor, R.I., with a view to the removal of rocks now obstructing the approach channel. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. East Rockaway Inlet, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of East Rockaway Inlet, Long Island, N.Y. April 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Steinhatchee River, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Steinhatchee River, Fla. June 24, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Cedar Keys Harbor, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Cedar Keys Harbor, Fla. June 24, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Wills Creek, Ala. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Wills Creek, Ala. June 24, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Harbor of refuge at or near Scituate, Mass. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination for a Harbor of Refuge at Or Near Scituate, Mass. June 24, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Tangier channel, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examinations and survey of channel to Tangier, Va. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Suwannee River, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Suwannee River, Fla. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Baudette Harbor and River, Minn. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Baudette Harbor and River, Minn. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Shelter River, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Shelter River, N.C. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Skamokawa Creek, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination and plan and estimate of cost of improvement of Skamokawa Creek, Wash. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Siuslaw River, Oreg., from Florence to Acme. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination and survey of Siuslaw River, Oreg., from Florence to Acme. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Petaluma Creek, Cal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Petaluma Creek, Cal., with a view to securing increased depth at the mouth in San Pablo Bay. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustration. Columbia River at Cathlamet, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Columbia River at Cathlamet, Wash. June 28, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Buffalo Harbor and Black Rock Harbor, N.Y. Letter for the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Buffalo Harbor, N.Y., ... April 14, 1913. -Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Curtis Bay channel, Baltimore Harbor, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of channel in Curtis Bay, and in Patapsco River, Baltimore Harbor, Md., with plan and estimate of cost..., with a view to securing a channel depth of 34 feet... April 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Rapid River Harbor, Mich. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Rapid River Harbor, Mich., with a view to the removal of a bar at the entrance. April 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Brazos River up to Velasco, Tex. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of the mouth of Brazos River to Velasco, Tex. April 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Inland waterway from Pensacola Bay to Wolfs Bay, Fla. and Ala. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of inland waterway from Pensacola Bay, through Bay La Launch, to the western shore of Wolfs Bay, Fla. and Ala. April 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Saline River, Ill. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Saline River, Ill. April 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Little Kanawha River, W. Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Little Kanawha River, W. Va., from Creston to the head of practicable navigation. April 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Huron Harbor, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Huron Harbor, Ohio, with plan and estimate of cost of improvement. April 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Mississippi River at Dresbach and Dakota, Minn. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Mississippi River at Dresbach and Dakota, Minn. April 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Newbegun Creek, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Newbegun Creek, N.C. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Elk Rapids Harbor, Mich. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of harbor at Elk Rapids, Mich. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Charlevoix Harbor, Mich. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Charlevoix Harbor, Mich., with a view to an increased depth between Lake Michigan and Pine Lake. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. North and South Forks of Tred Avon River, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of North and South Forks of Tred Avon River, Md. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. San Luis Obispo harbor, Cal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of San Luis Obispo harbor, Cal., with a view to the removal of rocks and other obstructions. Hampton Creek, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Hampton Creek, Va., with a view to making this river deeper and more suitable for anchorage and use of boats and vessels. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Missouri River at St. Joseph, Mo. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Missouri River at St. Joseph, Mo., with a view to preventing a diversion of the river through Lake Contrary and contiguous lakes. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Jackson Creek Bar, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Jackson Creek Bar, Va., with a view of cutting through same to provide a harbor at Deltaville. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Lake Worth Inlet, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Lake Worth Inlet, Fla. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Cape Fear River, below Wilmington, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Cape Fear River, below Wilmington, N.C., with a view to securing a depth of 20 feet to quarantine station. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Anclote River, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Anclote River, Fla. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Choctaw Bayou, La. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Choctaw Bayou, Tensas Parish, La. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Black River, Ark. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Black River, Ark., near Buttermilk Bank (Bend), with a view of protecting the bank in the interests of navigation. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Great Salt Pond, Block Island, R.I. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of harbor at Great Salt Pond, Block Island, R.I. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. New River, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of New River, Dade County, Fla., from the head of navigation to its outlet in the Atlantic Ocean, with a view to creating a deep-water harbor for sea-going vessels. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Waterway, Pamlico River to Jones Bay, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of inland waterway from Pamlico River through Goose Creek to Jones Bay, Pamlico County, N.C. April 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, N.J. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination with plan and estimate of cost of improvement of Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, N.J. April 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Kanawha River, W. Va. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Kanawha River, W. Va., dam on said river so as to make a nine-foot stage to the Ohio River. April 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Newport Harbor, Cal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Newport Harbor, Cal. May 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Matawan Creek. N.J. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Matawan Creek, N.J., with plan and estimate of cost of improvement. May 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. New York Harbor, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of New York Harbor, N.Y., with a view to securing a suitable depth of channel to the Navy Yard. May 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. St. Francis and L'Anguille Rivers, Ark. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of St. Francis River, Ark., from its mouth to Madison and the L'Anguille River from its junction with the St. Francis to Marianna, for the purpose ... May 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Warwick River, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Warwick River, Md. May 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Fox River, Wis. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Fox River, Wis., with a view to determining what repairs or extensions, if any, should be made to the Levee at Portage, Wis., ... April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. |
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Red River, La. and Ark., mouth to Fulton. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Red River, La. and Ark., from its mouth to Fulton. July 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Charlotte Harbor, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Charlotte Harbor, Fla., from the 24-foot contour inside Boca Grande Pass to the 16-foot contour west of Punta Gorda Point, thence to the Town of Punta Gorda, with a view to obtaining a channel 20 feet in depth with suitable width. June 28, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Westport Harbor and Saugatuck River, Conn. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Westport Harbor and Saugatuck River, Conn. July 18, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Brazos Santiago Harbor, Tex. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination and survey of Brazos Santiago Harbor, Tex. August 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Clearwater harbor, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination and survey of Clearwater harbor, Fla., from the mouth of the Anclote River to the channel from the south end of Clearwater harbor into and through Boca Ceiga Bay, thence into Tampa Bay. July 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Rivers and Harbors on Appropriations and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Pensauken Creek, N.J. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Pensauken Creek, N.J. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Pontchartrain Lake, La. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination and survey of Lake Pontchartrain, La., with view to removal of the middle ground between the rigolets and north draw of New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Bridge. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Fox Creek, Md. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Fox Creek, Dorchester County, Md. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Waterway, Charleston to Winyah Bay, S.C. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on... inland waterway between McClellanville and Winyah Bay and between Charleston and McClellanville, by way of Alligator Creek and Sewee Bay, S.C. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Blackwater River, Va. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Blackwater River, Va., with view to removal of shoal at its mouth. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Wabash River at Maunie, Ill. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Wabash River, at Maunie, Ill. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Manhasset Harbor, N.Y. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination and survey of Manhasset Harbor, N.Y. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Hunting Field Creek, Md. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Hunting Field Creek, Md. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Hillsboro River, Fla. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Hillsboro River, Fla., between the Tampa Electric Co.'s Dam and Crystal Springs. August 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. St. Louis River up to New Duluth, Minn. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of harbor at Duluth, Minn. and Superior, Wis., with a view to extending the 20-foot channel up the St. Louis River to Commonwealth Avenue, New Duluth.... August 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Gasconade River, Mo. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Gasconade River, from Gascondy to Arlington, Mo. August 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Waterway from Columbia and Camden to Charleston, S.C. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination and plan and estimate of cost of improvement of waterway from Columbia and Camden to Charleston, S.C. August 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. North Fork, Coquille River, Oreg. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of North Fork of Coquille River, Oreg., for a distance of 17 miles up the stream from the mouth. August 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Red River, Tex. and Okla. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Red River, Tex. and Okla., from mouth of the Washita River to mouth of the Big Wichita River. August 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Sabine River above Orange, Tex. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Sabine River as far as practicable above Orange, Tex. August 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Milton Harbor and Mill Creek, N.Y. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Milton Harbor and Mill Creek, N.Y. August 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Intracoastal waterway Boston, Mass., to Beaufort, N.C. Final report on sections from New York Bay to Delaware River and from Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on survey of waterway from New York Bay to Delaware River and from Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay. August 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. East Fork of Coquille River, Oreg. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of East Fork of Coquille River, Oreg., for a distance of 8 miles up the stream from the mouth. August 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Licking River, Ky. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Licking River, Ky., with a view to the prevention of a cut-off at the town of farmers, consideration being given to any tender of cooperation on the part of local interests. August 22, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Arkansas River, Ark. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Arkansas River, Ark., below Dardanelle, Ark., with a view to the improvement of the navigation of said river. August 22, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination and survey of Fairport Harbor, Ohio, with a view to enlarging and improving the outer harbor area. August 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Rockhall Harbor, Md. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Rockhall Harbor, Md., with a view to extending navigation beyond its present head. August 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Appoquinimink River, Del. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Appoquinimink River, Del. July 18, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Lorain Harbor, Ohio. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Lorain harbor, Ohio, with a view to widening, deepening and straightening the channel of Black River. July 23, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Herring Bay and Rockhole Creek, Fairhaven, Md. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Herring Bay and Rockhole Creek, Fairhaven, Md. July 23, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. St. Louis River, Minn. and Wis. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of St. Louis River, Minn. and Wis., with a view to redredging the artificial channel in said river from the foot of Peterson Islands, near Fond du Lac, to Dubray Creek. July 23, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Leipsic River, Del. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Leipsic River, Del. July 28, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Clearwater Harbor and Big Pass, Fla. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Clearwater Harbor and Big Pass, Fla., with a view to securing a channel with suitable depth and width from the Gulf of Mexico to a point at or near the Town of Clearwater, Fla. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Waterway connecting Haw Creek and Tomoka River, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of inland waterway connecting Haw Creek and Tomoka River, Fla. June 28. 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Breton Bay, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination and survey of Breton Bay, Md. July 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Black River, S.C., up to Kingstree. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Black River, S.C., up to Kingstree. July 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Tugaloo River, Ga. and S.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Tugaloo River, Ga. and S.C., from the mouth of Panther Creek to the Head of Chandlers Shoals, with a view to its improvement by means of open-channel work. July 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Hillsboro River, Fla. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Hillsboro River, Fla. July 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Cooper River (Creek), N.J. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination and survey of Cooper River, N.J., with a view to increased depth and extension of the project. July 12 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Boca Ceiga Bay, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Boca Ceiga Bay, Fla., with a view to securing a channel from the 8-foot contour near Point Pinelos and Maximo Point to the existing channel to Clearwater harbor at a point near Gulfport.... -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Manitowoc Harbor and River, Wis. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination and survey of Manitowoc Harbor and River, Wis., with a view to further improvement to meet the demands of commerce by deepening... July 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Kissimmee and Caloosahatchee Rivers and Lake Okechobee, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination of Kissimmee River, Fla., from Kissimmee to Lake Okechobee; examination of Caloosahatchee River, Fla.; ... July 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Lumber River, N.C. and S.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Lumber River, N.C. and S.C., from its mouth to Turnpike Bridge in Hoke and Scotland Countries, N.C. July 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Roanoke River, Va. and N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Roanoke River, from Clarksville, Va., to the present head of steamboat navigation, below Weldon, N.C. July 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. |
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New Meadows River, Me. Letter from the assistant Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of New Meadows River, Me. October 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Intracoastal waterway across Florida section. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on survey of the across-Florida section of the proposed continuous inland waterway from Boston, Mass., to the Rio Grande. September 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Canal from St. Johns River to Lake Beresford, Fla. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of canal... to Lake Beresford with a view to making a cut-off from the river to Lake Beresford, near De Land River landing. August 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Oyster Channel, Va. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey "from deep water to Oyster, Va." August 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Belvedere Harbor, Cal. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Belvedere Harbor, Cal. August 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Salem harbor, Mass. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Salem harbor, Mass., with a view to providing a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water from the outer harbor to the mouth of the South River. August 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Newport River, N.C. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Newport River, N.C., from the mouth to the head of navigation, or as far as may be advisable. September 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Shell Creek, Fla. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Shell Creek, De Soto County, Fla., from Hickman to Bermont. September 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Waterway between Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers in the State of Mississippi. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of waterway to connect Tennessee River with Tombigbee River... by way of Big Bear Creek or other practicable route. September 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Mosquito Inlet, Fla. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Mosquito Inlet, Fla., with a view to securing a channel with suitable depth and width from the Atlantic Ocean to a point at or near the Town of New Smyrna. September 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Beverly Harbor, Mass. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Beverly Harbor, Mass., with a view to securing a channel depth of 24 feet and of widening the channel on the northern side by the removal of the ledge near the Essex Bridge. September 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Port Huron Harbor, Mich. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Port Huron Harbor, Mich., with a view to constructing some compensatory structure in the St. Clair River fronting the city of Port Huron... September 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Fenholloway River, Fla. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Fenholloway River, Fla. September 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Pearl River, from Bogalusa, La., to Columbia, Miss. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Pearl River from Bogalusa, La., to Columbia, Miss. September 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Little Calumet River, Ill. and Ind. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Little Calumet River, Ill. and Ind., from the junction up to Blue Island. September 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Paint Rock River, Ala. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Paint Rock River, Ala., for a distance of 12 miles above its mouth. September 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Menominee Harbor and River, Mich. and Wis. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey... with a view to... increased depth and width of channel and to extending the improvement... above the Ogden Street Bridge. September 9, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Illinois River at Meredosia, Ill. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of the channel of Illinois River at Meredosia, Ill. September 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Southeast River, Md. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Southeast River, Md. September 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Milford Harbor, Conn. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination and survey of Milford Harbor, Conn. September 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Black River, Mich. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Black River, Mich. September 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Nueces River, Tex. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Nueces River, Tex. September 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Jefferson-Shreveport Waterway. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination and survey for a lock in the proposed dam at the foot of Caddo Lake, La. and Tex., and a channel from said dam to the Red River,... September 13, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Glencove Creek, N.Y. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Glencove Creek, Long Island, N.Y. September 16, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Little Peedee River at Williams Landing, S.C. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of the channel of Little Peedee River at Williams landing, S.C. September 16, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Siskiwit River, Wis. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination and survey of Siskiwit River, Wis., on Lake Superior. September 16, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Brule Harbor, Wis. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Brule Harbor, Wis., with a view to its improvement for Minor Lake Craft. September 16, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Salmon River, N.Y. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Salmon River, N.Y., at and below Fort Covington. November 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. New River, N.C. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of New River, N.C., from Jacksonville as far up as practicable. November 10, 1913. November 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Grand Haven Harbor, Mich. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Grand Haven Harbor, Mich., to east and of Fulton Street and including channel into Spring Lake. November 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. St. Francis River, Mo. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of St. Francis River, Mo., and plan and estimate of cost of improvement. November 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Scotts Creek, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Scotts Creek, Va. November 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Great Chazy River, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Great Chazy River, N.Y., from the village of Champlain, N.Y., to the mouth thereof. November 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Buffalo Harbor, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Buffalo Harbor, N.Y., with a view to securing a channel from the outer harbor at or near a point opposite the middle entrance to connect with the Buffalo River at or near Louisiana Street... November 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Charlotte Harbor, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Charlotte Harbor, N.Y., with a view to deepening and widening the channel to an extension of the Jetties, and to providing a turning basin. November 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Greenwich Harbor, Conn. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and survey of Greenwich Harbor, Conn. November 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Savannah Harbor, Ga. Letter from Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination and survey of Savannah Harbor, Ga. with a view to providing an Adequate Turning Basin. November 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Lemon Bay, Fla. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination of Lemon Bay, Fla., to Gasparilla Sound. October 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Sinepuxent Bay, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Sinepuxent Bay, Md., from the mouth of St. Martins River South, with a view to a channel 5 feet in depth. October 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Quiver River, Miss. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Quiver River, Miss. October 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Big Black River, Miss. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Big Black River, Miss., from its mouth to the Town of West. September 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Reservoirs at headwaters of Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of reservoirs at headwaters of Mississippi River with a view to the construction of locks in the dams heretofore built at Pokegama, Winnibigoshish, and Leech Lakes, in the State of Minnesota. September 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Bayou Chastaing, La. letter from the Assistant Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary examination of Bayou Chastaing, La. October 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. St. Martins River, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers report on examination of St. Martins River in Worcester County, Md. October 16, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. St. Marks River, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of St. Marks River, Fla., from the town of St. Marks to the Gulf of Mexico. October 16, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Stockton and Mormon Channels, San Joaquin River, Cal., including the Diversion Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Stockton and Mormon Channel, Cal.... October 16, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Amite River, La. and Miss. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Amite River from the mouth of Bayou Manchac to a point west of the town of Liberty, in Amite County, Miss. October 21, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Darien River, Conn. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Darien River, Conn. October 23, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Conoby Creek, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Conoby Creek, N.C. October 23, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Wekiva River, Fla. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Wekiva River, Fla. October 28, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Mackinac Harbor, Mich. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Mackinac Harbor, Mich., with a view to lengthening the breakwater. November 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Channel through Lakes Dexter and Woodruff to St. Johns River, Fla. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination of channel from St. Johns River, through Lake Dexter, thence to Lake Woodruff, thence to St. Johns River, below Hawkinsville, Fla. October 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed |
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Allan Simanson. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Acting Secretary of Commerce and Labor, March 3, 1913, submitting a sworn statement of Allan Simanson, Seaman, of the value of his personal effects lost by the wrecking of the lighthouse tender Armeria, May 12, 1912. June 17, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Disposition of effects of deceased patients of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter, dated March 18, 1912... June 17, 1913. -- Referred, so much as relates to the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and so much as relates to the Army to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Brig "Minerva." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and the conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Minerva," in the case of the Insurance Company of North America against the United States. October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Bland Massie. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Bland Massie against the United States. June 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Bequest of Dr. Charles F. Macdonald. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Postmaster General in reference to obtaining permission of Congress for the use of the bequest made by Dr. C.F. Macdonald for the improvement of the postal money-order system. August 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Enlargement of Canton (Ohio) post office. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, recommending a provision in the deficiency appropriation bill relative to enlargement of the post office building at Canton, Ohio. August 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. David E. Gray. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the claim of David E. Gray, Postmaster at Greeley, Colo., for credit on account of loss by burglary July 1, 1911, with... reports of inspectors and a summary of evidence prepared by the Assistant Attorney General of the United States. May 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Eli A. Helmick. Letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Eli A. Helmick against the United States. June 13, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Temporary employees, General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriations for temporary employees in the General Land Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. July 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Repairs to Pension and Patent Office buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation for special repairs to the Pension and Patent office buildings made necessary by the storm of July 30, 1913. August 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Francisca Bale. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of Francisca Bale, widow of Edward T. Bale, deceased, against the United States. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Correction in the sundry civil act, approved June 23, 1913. -- Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending the correction of the item of sundry civil bill, approved June 23, 1913, in regard to post-office building at Canton, Ill. July 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Adolph Unger. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, without approval, House Joint Resolution No. 111, and stating certain objections thereto. October 24, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Brig "Jane." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Jane" in the cases of the Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania against the United States; George Harrison Fisher... October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "George." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the claim relating to brig "George" in the case of the Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Memorial bridge across Potomac River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the members of the commission created for investigating a suitable design for a memorial bridge across the Potomac River submitting an estimate of appropriation to enable the work to be started. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public building, Canton, Ill. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in regard to the public building at Canton, Ill. July 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Immigrant station, Boston, Mass. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the erection of an immigration station at Boston, Mass. June 17, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Replace militia stores, etc., lost in Ohio floods, 1913. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting letter from the Acting Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for replacing military stores, supplies, and equipment lost by the National Guard of Ohio during the recent floods. August 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Union Oil Co. of California, Seattle, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy reporting that under... the Act of June 24, 1910, the Navy Department has... determined that $91 is due the Union Oil Co... for damages... the Navy were found to be responsible. August 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation for enforcement of antitrust laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Attorney General submitting an estimate of appropriation for the enforcement of antitrust laws. August 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for stores lost by Ohio National Guard during recent floods. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Acting Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation to replace ordnance, medical, and signal stores lost by the National Guard of Ohio during the recent floods. August 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation for regular supplies, Quartermaster's Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Acting Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation required to cover a deficiency... Quartermaster's Department, for the fiscal year 1913. August 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Joint report of the progress of post road improvement. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Agriculture and the Postmaster General transmitting the results of operations, together with certain recommendations in accordance with the requirements of the Post Office appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1913. August 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Mexican affairs. Address of the President of the United States delivered at a Joint Session of the two Houses of Congress August 27, 1913. August 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for furnishing permanent quarters to the auditors of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for furnishing permanent quarters to the auditors of the Treasury Department. August 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Thomas Rogers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Postmaster general submitting an estimate of appropriation to pay the claim of Thomas Rogers, Postmaster at Sheffield, Mo., for postage stamps lost in the Burglary of his Post office October 25, 1893. September 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Revised estimates of appropriation for public building work. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting revised estimate of appropriation for public building work. September 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Imports, Philippines from United States, 1908-1912. Compilation by Mr. John B. Worcester of certain statistical matter on the commerce with the Philippine Islands. September 4, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Beacon lights, Newark Bay, N.J. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce in reference to the appropriation for beacon lights, Newark Bay, N.J. September 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The influence of German life and thought on American civilization. Address of Hon. Stanley E. Bowdle... before the German-Americans of Cincinnati, Ohio... September 27, 1913. -- Ordered, that the speech of Hon. Stanley E. Bowdle, of Ohio, before the German-Americans of Cincinnati, Ohio, on the subject "The influence of German life and thought on American civilization," be printed as a House document. Useless papers, Civil Service Commission. Letter from the President of the United States Civil Service Commission transmitting schedules of useless papers in the files... of the Commission which are not needed in the transaction of public business and are of no... value or historical interest. September 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed. Report of Ohio Flood Board. Memorandum from the Chief of Engineers accompanying the report of the Ohio Flood Board. October 2, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Address of the President of the United States delivered at a joint session of the two houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Sixty-third Congress. Useless papers, Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a schedule of useless papers and documents in his department. April 7, 1913. -- Referred to Joint Select Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed. Report of the Excise Board, District of Columbia. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia transmitting a report of the Excise Board of the District of Columbia. April 7, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Light and fog-signal station at Passaic, N.J. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of Commerce submitting a clause for authority to use the balance of the appropriation of $15,000 for establishing beacon lights to mark the dredged channel in Newark Bay, N.J. July 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. New machinery, Government Hospital for the Insane. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting a request for authority to make a change in machinery in the Government Hospital for the Insane. July 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Immigrant station, Ellis Island, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Secretary of Labor submitting an estimate of appropriation for the immigrant station, Ellis Island, N.Y. July 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Cost-accounting system, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation for establishing a cost-accounting system in the Bureau of Indian Affairs. July 18, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation, J.E. Parrish. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of War submitting an estimate... to pay the interest on the principal sum of the judgment... in favor of J.E. Parrish against... Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. July 18, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Prevention of deposits, harbor of New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Acting Secretary of War submitting an estimate for an additional appropriation required in the work of prevention of deposits, harbor of New York. July 18, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claims for damages due to vessels of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation for $968 for reimbursing claimants for damages found to be due to vessels of the Navy. July 21, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments in Indian depredation cases. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Attorney General submitting a list of judgments from the Court of Claims in Indian depredation cases. July 21, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Militia, District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the President of the Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia, submitting an estimate of appropriation for militia, District of Columbia. July 22, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for lost insured mail. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Postmaster General calling attention to his letter of June 1 in regard to appropriation for the payment of limited indemnity for lost insured mail. July 22, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claim arising under the Commissioner of Lighthouses. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Assistant Secretary of Commerce submitting a claim for damages, which has been considered, adjusted, and determined to be due by the Commissioner of Lighthouses. July 22, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered by Court of Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of judgments of the Court of Claims. July 22, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claims allowed by accounting officers, Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a schedule of claims allowed by the several accounting officers under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund. July 22, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Additional assistant attorneys, etc., Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication of the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $50,000 for employment of additional assistant attorneys and other employees... July 23, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Printing and binding, United States Supreme Court. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication of the Attorney General, submitting an estimate of deficiency in appropriation for printing and binding for the Supreme Court of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. July 23, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Employment of additional clerks, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior in regard to additional clerical assistant in the Indian office for the work of determining the heirs of deceased Indian allottees. July 24, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Completion of public road to Arlington National Cemetery. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for completing the public road across the Potomac River to the Arlington National Cemetery. July 25, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Leave of absence, Government Printing Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Public Printer submitting an estimate of appropriation for deficiency in the appropriation for leave of absence for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. July 28, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Traveling expenses, Bureau of Census. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of Commerce submitting an estimate of appropriation for subsistence, travel, and other expenses of detailed employees in the Bureau of the Census. July 28, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. William H. Galbreath. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation for the purpose of reimbursing W.H. Galbreath for expenses incurred by him in going from Durango, Colo., to Muskogee, Okla., and return. July 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Charges on unclaimed goods in hands of collectors of customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting a draft of a bill for the amendment of Section 2965, Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to charges to be paid on unclaimed goods in the hands of collectors of customs. August 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Disposal of waste paper. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Public Printer submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $11,147.10 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, to meet the expense of handling and disposing of the waste... August 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Relief and transportation of destitute American citizens in Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Secretary of State submitting an estimate of appropriation for relief and transportation of destitute American citizens in Mexico. August 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Betsey and Nancy." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the claims relating to the schooner "Betsey and Nancy" in the case of George H. Butler and other against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Fair American." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of Court of Claims, transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the brig "Fair American" in the case of the Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Jemima and Fanny." Letter from Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the brig "Jemima and Fanny" in the case of Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Aurora." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the brig "Aurora" in the case of the President and Directors of the Insurance co. of North America against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Alfred." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the brig "Alfred" in the case of the president and directors of the Insurance Co. of North America against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Scotland Neck." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the schooner "Scotland Neck" in the case of president and director of the Insurance Co. of North America against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Jacob Beekman Rawles. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Jacob Beekman Rawles against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Assay office building, New York City. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the construction of a new assay office building in New York City. June 17, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Rescuing flood victims in the middle western states. Report of S.I. Kimball, General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service, as to the services performed by the crews of said service in rescuing and succoring the victims of floods in the middle western states in March and April last. June 17, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Thomas L. Sexton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of fact and conclusion by the court in the case of Thomas Sexton against the United States. June 20, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee of War Claims and ordered to be printed. Alfred Wilson. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed by the court in the case of Alfred Wilson against the United States. June 20, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation for motor boat for Department of Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of Commerce submitting an estimate... of a motor boat to be used in enforcement of laws relating to the navigation and inspection of vessels. June 20, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation for Bureau of Fisheries. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of Commerce submitting an estimate of appropriation for the Bureau of Fisheries of that department for the fiscal year 1904. June 20, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Address of the President of the United States delivered at a joint session of the two Houses of Congress. June 23, 1913. June 24, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Disposition of useless papers, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting a schedule of useless executive papers on the files of the office of the Auditor for the Post Office Department. June 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed. Angelo Albano. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State in relation to the case of Angelo Albano, an Italian subject. June 26, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Charles H. Rippey. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of Charles H. Rippey against the United States. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. John Walker. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of John Walker against the United States. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. James S. Graham. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of James S. Graham against the United States. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Henry S. Beidler. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of Henry S. Beidler against the United States. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Useless papers, Department of Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting a schedule of useless executive documents in that department. July 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation, Platt National Park, Okla. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an estimate of appropriation for the Platt National Park, Okla. July 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, Smithsonian Institution. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, submitting an estimate of appropriation for bookstacks for government bureau libraries, Smithsonian Institution. July 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Emmetta Humphreys, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of the court in the case of Emmetta Humphreys, administratrix de bonis non of John Sevier, Sr., and John Sevier, Jr., against the United States. July 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Supplemental estimates of appropriations, War Department, 1914. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of supplemental appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. July 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Brig "Betsey." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the brig "Betsey" in the case of President and directors of the Insurance Co. of North America against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Harriet." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the schooner "Harriet" in the case of the Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Wilson O.B. Whatley. A Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Heirs of W.O.B. Whatley against the United States. November 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the District of Columbia. Letter from President of the Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia, transmitting a statement of expenditures made from the appropriation for contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913,... November 20, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claims of postmasters for reimbursement for losses of money-order and postal funds. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a tabular statement showing in detail the claims of postmasters for reimbursement for losses of money order and postal funds, which have been acted on... November 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Allowances authorized from the appropriation for unusual conditions. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a memorandum of all allowances granted, payable from the appropriation for unusual conditions, for the fiscal year 1913. November 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Public property in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster general, transmitting, as required by section 397 of the Statutes, a report of the public property in the Post Office Department on November 1, 1913. November 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Luster P. Chester and Freeland Chester. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Claims transmitting a certain copy of the findings of fact, conclusion, and opinion in the case of Luster P. Chester and Freeland Chester against the United States. June 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Dennis Hannifin. Letter from the from Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certain copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Dennis Hannifin against the United States. June 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. William G. Staples. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of William G. Staples against the United States. June 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claim and ordered to be printed. W.J. Sims, executor. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact filed by the court in the case of W.J. Sims, executor of W.B. Sims, deceased, against the United States. June 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Samuel E. Howell and James H. Howell. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Samuel E. Howell and James H. Howell against the United States. June 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary C. and Agnes A. Estes. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Mary C. and Agnes Estes against the United States. June 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Lively." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the case of the Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Sloop "Robert." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of in the case of president and directors of the Insurance Co. of North America against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Julius Caesar." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of findings of fact and conclusions of law in the claim relating to brig "Julius Caesar" in the case of the Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Leander." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the claim relating to the schooner "Leander" in the case of President and Directors of the Insurance co. of North America and others against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Anthony." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the claim relating to the brig "Anthony" in the case of the claims relating to the brig "Anthony" in the case of the president and directors of the Insurance Co. of North America against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sloop "Betsey." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the claim relating to the sloop "Betsy" in the case of President and Directors of the Insurance co. of North America against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Lydia." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the claims relating to the brig "Lydia" in the case of the president and directors of the Insurance Co. of North America against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sloop "Betsey." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact relating to the Sloop "Betsey" in the case of the President and directors of the insurance co. of North America against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ship "Thomas." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the claim relating to the ship "Thomas" in case of the president and directors of the Insurance Co. of North America and others against the United States. June 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Mileage of members of legislature of Alaska. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting memorial from the legislature of Alaska relative to certain deficiency appropriation for the mileage of members of the territorial legislature. June 17, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public building work, Office Supervising Architect. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement relative to the deficiency estimates for public building work and the Office of the Supervising Architect. June 17, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for the Post Office Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Postmaster General requesting that the unexpended balances of the two appropriations of $750,000 each, made by the acts approved August 24, 1912, and March 4, 1913, for the parcel post service, be reappropriated and made available for use during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Income-tax regulations. Regulations regarding the deduction of the income tax at the source on interest maturing on bonds, notes, and other similar obligations of corporations, joint-stock companies, or associations and insurance companies, under the provisions of section 11 of the act of October 3, 1913. October 27, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Celebration of the rededication of Congress Hall. Addresses of Hon. Woodrow Wilson President of the United States and Hon. Champ Clark Speaker of the House of Representatives at Philadelphia, Pa. October 25, 1913. Presented by Mr. Hardwick. October 27, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Postal policies and problems. An address before the Sixteenth Annual Convention of the National Association of Postmasters of the First Class, at Denver, Colo., July 31, 1913, by Daniel C. Roper, First Assistant Postmaster General. Rural Postmasters address of Hon. D.C. Roper, First Assistant Postmaster General, at Maryland State League Convention... Baltimore, MD. October 27, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Sloop "Nancy." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel sloop "Nancy" in the case of the Insurance Company of North America against the United States. October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Betsey." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Betsey" in the cases of Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania against the United States... October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ship "Sally." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claim relating to the vessel ship "Sally," in the case of the Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania against the United States. October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Sally." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the brig "Sally" in the cases of Insurance Company of North America against the United States; Mayhew Adams, administrator of the estate of Moses Adams... October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Little Maria." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusion of law in the French spoliation claim relating to the vessel brig "Little Maria" in the case of the Insurance Co. of North America against the United States. October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Betsey." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Betsey," in the case of the Insurance Company of North America against the United States. October 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Wilson O.B. Whatley, deceased. A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Mary A. Gammon, O.B. Whatley, and D.A. Whitehead, sole surviving heirs of Wilson O.B. Whatley, deceased, against the United States. November 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park. Letter from the Secretary of War, inclosing letter from the Chairman of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission and a letter from the superintendent of that park, relative to the appropriations for that park. April 14, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Refrigerating plant, Department of Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, asking authority to pay the rental for a refrigerator plant in one of the buildings of the Department of Commerce out of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of that department. April 17, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Reports to be made to Congress. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives submitting a list of reports to be made to Congress by public officers during the Sixty-third Congress. April 17, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Abolition of the opium evil. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter from the Secretary of State asking for an appropriation to enable the government to meet expenses incidental to and in continuity of its efforts to stamp out the opium evil through the forthcoming final conference at The Hague. April 21, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Additional floor space for Bureau of the Census. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, together with a memorandum relative to an authorization to enter into a lease for the rental of additional floor space for the Bureau of the Census and transferring the Bureau of the Census from its present quarters to the new building for the Department of Commerce. April 21, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Useless papers, Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a schedule of useless executive documents. April 21, 1913. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed. The Tariff Board and Wool Legislation, by William S. Culbertson and Our Wool Duties, by Thomas Walker Page, former member of the Tariff Board. April 21, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. To repeal law authorizing reimbursement of traveling and subsistence expenses of inspectors, Steamboat Inspection Service. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce recommending the repeal of the law authorizing the reimbursement of official traveling and subsistence expenses of inspectors... April 26, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries and ordered to be printed. Employment of clerks and messengers in the Philippine Islands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter from the former Secretary of War in reference to the employment of clerks and messengers in the Philippine Islands. May 9, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Followers after strange gods, by Joseph G. Cannon, former Speaker of the House of Representatives. (From the Saturday Evening Post, May 3, 1913.) May 15, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Elements of flood control. Address delivered by Col. C. McD. Townsend, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and President Mississippi River Commission, before Drainage Congress at St. Louis, Mo. May 15, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Industrial conditions in Hawaiian Islands. Letter from the Commissioner General of Immigration transmitting report on industrial conditions in the Territory of Hawaii, together with other correspondence relating thereto. May 23, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the proceedings of the Eighth International Prison Congress, Washington, D.C. September and October, 1910. By Charles Richmond Henderson, Commissioner for the United States on the International Prison Commission. May 23, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed. Immigration of Asiatic laborers. Letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting letter from the Commissioner of Immigration in regard to the immigration of Asiatic laborers. May 29, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization and ordered to be printed. Disposition of useless papers, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting schedules of papers, documents, etc., on the files of the Department of the Treasury which are not needed in the transaction of public business and have no permanent or historical value. June 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed. Eighth annual report of the American National Red Cross. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting eighth annual report of the American National Red Cross. May 16, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Hetch Hetchy Valley. Report of Advisory Board of Army Engineers to the Secretary of the Interior on investigations relative to sources of water supply for San Francisco and bay communities, February 19, 1913. May 27, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Useless papers in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster-General relative to the disposition of useless executive documents in the Post Office Department. May 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed. Act No. 2222 of the Third Philippine Legislature. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copy of Act No. 2222..., relating to the granting of free land patents to native settlers until January 1, 1923,... accompanying communication from the Secretary of War. June 17, 1913. -- Message and accompanying papers read, referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
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