Call Number (LC) Title Results
Serial set 9031 Memorial services held in the House of Representatives of the United States, together with remarks presented in eulogy of William A. Oldfield, late a representatives from Arkansas. Seventieth Congress, second session. 1
Serial set 9032 Memorial services held in the House of Representatives of the United States, together with remarks presented in eulogy of Charles L. Faust, late a Representative from Missouri. Seventieth Congress, second session. 1
Serial set 9033 Memorial services held in the House of Representatives of the United States, together with remarks presented in eulogy of Edward F. King, late a Representative from Illinois. Seventieth Congress, second session. 1
Serial set 9034 Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives of the United States, Seventy-first Congress, by Lewis Deschler, parliamentarian. 1
Serial set 9035 Office of Experiment Stations. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation amounting to $12,500 for the Department of Agriculture... to repair or restore property damaged or destroyed at the Porto Rico and Virgin Islands stations by the hurricane of September 13, 1928. December 21, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Societa Ligure di Armamento and the Smokeless Fuel Co. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States certifying to the Treasury Department a claim for $7,000, payable from the appropriation "Expenses of regulating immigration, 1925." February 12, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
Ferry boat "New York" v. U.S.S. "Wasp." Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting record of a judgment rendered against the government by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in special cases, amounting to $6,363.98. December 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Bureau of Customs. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, pertaining to the Customs Service, $900,000. January 24, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous expenses, United States court. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1929, to remain available until June 30, 1930, amounting to $150,400. February 21, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims of American citizens against Germany. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report from the Secretary of State in relation to the agreement between the United States and Germany of December 31, 1928, for the adjudication of claims of American citizens against Germany... February 5, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Claim of Mr. John T. Painter, postmaster at Greensburg, Pa. Letter from the Postmaster General transmitting the facts in the claim of Mr. John T. Painter, postmaster at Greensburg, Pa., for credit on account of loss sustained in the burglary of the post office... December 22, 1928 -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Treasury Department, public buildings. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, pertaining to the Office of the Supervising Architect, $394,000. January 23, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Bureau of Indian Affairs. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, for the fiscal year 1929, amounting to $30,000. December 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Seventieth Congress, 1928. December 4, 1928. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed.
National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report dated November 20, 1928, of the activities of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. December 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Relief of certain natives of Borongan, Samar, P.I. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a schedule covering certain claims allowed by the General Accounting Office, as shown by certificates of settlement transmitted to the Treasury Department for payment, in the sum of $69.33. Department, 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous judgments against the United States. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts, as submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury. December 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous judgments against the United States. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts... which require an appropriation for their payment. December 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Proposed draft of legislation, affecting the Navy Pension Fund. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a proposed draft of legislation affecting an existing appropriated fund, the Navy Pension Fund, under control of the Navy Department, authorizing payments therefrom in the amount of $42.40. December 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous judgments against the United States. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims amounting to $897,096,89. December 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Refunding of taxes. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929 and prior years for refunding internal revenue taxes illegally or erroneously collected, $75,000,000. December 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Department of Justice deficiency estimates. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1928 and prior years amounting to $179,195.15, and a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1929 amounting to $19,000... December 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Schedule of claims allowed by the General Accounting Office. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting of claims amounting to $939,092.75, allowed by various divisions of the General Accounting Office as covered by certificates of settlement, and for the service of the several departments and independent offices. December 11, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department... for an additional amount for the purchase of a site for a building for the Supreme Court of the United States, $268,741. December 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Navy Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Navy Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, amounting to $3,305. December 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous judgments by United States District Court, California. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting record of a judgment rendered against the government by the United States District Court for the northern District of California, amounting to $11,556.60. December 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation... for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, for the construction and installation at the Pacific Branch, Los Angeles County, Calif.... December 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriations for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, for the fiscal year 1930, amounting to $198,300. December 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Bureau of Animal Industry. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture amounting to $500,000 for the fiscal year 1930 for an additional amount for the eradication of tuberculosis in animals. December 14, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Lincoln Ellsworth, Roald Amundsen, Umberto Nobile, and Thomas A. Edison. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, pertaining to the Bureau of the Mint, $6,780. December 15, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous expenses, Post Office Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal years 1927 and prior years. December 15, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous estimates, Treasury Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a deficiency estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1928 $606.46 and supplemental estimate for the fiscal year 1929 $311,500; in all $312,106.46. December 17, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous estimates, Department of State. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal years 1927 and 1928 amounting to $6,994.85 and supplemental estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year 1927 and 1928... December 17, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Bureau of reclamation. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, for the fiscal year 1930, amounting to $300,000. December 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Library of Congress. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a deficiency estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment, Library of Congress, for the fiscal year 1924 in the sum of $33.23. December 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States Botanic Garden. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment, United States Botanic Garden, for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $15,000. December 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
House of Representatives. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations pertaining to the legislative establishment, House of Representatives, for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $42,348. December 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, $208,000, to remain available until June 30, 1930. February 13, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Federal Board for Vocational Education. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Federal Board for Vocational Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, for cooperative vocational education in agriculture and home economics $500,000, and for salaries and expenses, Federal Board of Vocational Education $95,000, in all $595,000. February 13, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
William T. Charlesworth, Louis A. Hogue, British Petroleum Co. (Ltd.), and William Melbourne Navigation Co. (Ltd.). Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting records of judgments against the government by the United States district courts in special cases... February 13, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Mount Weather, Va. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital... together with proposed legislation, to make government property at Mount Weather, Va., available for the use of the President. February 13, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the Alien Property Custodian 1928. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the annual report of the Alien Property Custodian on proceedings had under the Trading with the Enemy Act for the year ended December 31, 1928. February 14, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Public debt service. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, $309,500; also drafts of proposed legislation affecting the use of existing appropriations. February 14, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
For the protection of oil lands on former naval reserves. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, $55,000, to remain available until June 30, 1930, to enable the Chief Executive to continue the litigation... February 14, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Department of State. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1929 amounting to $77,781; also a draft of proposed legislation affecting an existing appropriation. February 11, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year 1929... necessary expenses connected with investigations, experiments, and demonstrations, relating to insects affecting man and animals... February 11, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous appropriations, Department of Interior, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal years 1926 and 1927, $7,229.13; for the fiscal year 1928, $77,491; and the fiscal years 1929 and 1930, $21,029,176.10, amounting to $56,438.24; together with drafts of proposed legislation affecting existing appropriations. February 11, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Civil Service Commission. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Civil Service Commission for the fiscal year 1929, to remain available until June 30, 1930, amounting to $150,000. February 21, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Bureau of Prohibition and Customs Service. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1930, $2,427,514. February 21, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the Director General of Railroads, 1928. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the Director General of Railroads for the calendar year 1928. February 23, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Victims of airplane accident at Langin Field, Moundsville, W. Va. Letter from the Comptroller General of the United States transmitting a supplemental report with the recommendation thereon of an additional claim transmitted to this office by the Secretary of War, involving damages for personal injury. February 26, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Treasury and post office public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury and Postmaster General transmitting report of the interdepartmental committee... which contains a supplemental list of public building projects which could not be brought within the $248,000,000 authorization. February 27, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Twelfth annual report of the Federal Farm Loan Board, year ended December 31, 1928. March 2, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed, with accompanying papers.
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kans. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1929, amounting to $14,400; also a draft of proposed legislation affecting an existing appropriation. February 15, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Preventing spread of gypsy moth. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation amounting to $50,000 for the Department of Agriculture, fiscal year 1929, for an additional amount for control and prevention of spread of the gypsy moth. February 15, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Bridge across Bayou Teche. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting proposed legislation affecting appropriations which would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to construct during... the bridge across Bayou Teche at the Livestock Experiment Station of the Department of Agriculture at New Iberia... February 15, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Lincoln Birthplace Memorial. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for Lincoln Birthplace Memorial amounting to $80,000. February 15, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Flathead Indian irrigation project, Montana. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting draft of proposed legislation for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, affecting an existing appropriation for the Flathead Indian irrigation project, Montana. February 15, 1829 [i.e., 1929]. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims for damages submitted by executive departments. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting estimates of appropriations submitted by the several executive departments to pay claims for damages to privately owned property and damages by collision with lighthouse vessels in the sum of $7,493.66. February 15, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Relief of contractors, Navy Department, 1929. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Navy Department for the fiscal year 1929, for the relief of contractors' claims, in the sum of $21,034.07. February 15, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Porto Rican Hurricane Relief Commission. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of additional appropriation amounting to $20,000 for the fiscal year 1929, to remain available until expended, for administrative expenses for the Porto Rican Hurricane Relief Commission... February 15, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Foreign mail transportation. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1930, amounting to $3,400,000. February 15, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States Military Academy. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting two supplemental estimates for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for United States Military Academy, totaling $14,803. February 15, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Road relief for States of Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation amounting to $3,654,000 for... repairing damages to roads and bridges on the highway systems of the respective states caused by the floods of 1927. February 18, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Civil Service Retirement Aid and Disability Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, together with the eighth annual report of the Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement Aid and Disability Fund. January 31, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on the Civil Service and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous items, Treasury Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, $164,300, and for the fiscal year 1930, $276,300; in all, $440,600; also drafts of proposed legislation affecting the use of existing appropriations. February 4, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries, Library of Congress. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment, Library of Congress, for the fiscal year 1930, in the sum of $1,140. February 4, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Corporation law of the Philippine Islands. Message from the President of the United States transmitting an act of the Philippine Legislature amending the corporation law of the Philippine Islands. February 4, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Salaries and expenses, Federal Radio Commission. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a draft of proposed legislation affecting an existing appropriation of the Federal Radio Commission. February 5, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Military and naval insurance, Veterans' Bureau. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting draft of proposed legislation affecting existing appropriations of the United States Veterans' Bureau. February 5, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Labor-saving devices, Post Office Department. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting draft of proposed legislation affecting the use of an existing appropriation for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1929. February 5, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous items, War Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, $4,932.92, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, $6,355,483, in all, $6,360,415.92... February 5, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Public building projects. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1930, for public building projects authorized by the act of May 25, 1926, as amended by the act of February 24, 1928, $9,210,500. February 12, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments against the United States under the War and Navy Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by United States district courts, as submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury, amounting to $24,085.58. February 12, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Bureau of Navigation. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, amounting to $1,040. February 12, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims of certain natives of Borongan, Samar, P.I. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting schedule covering certain claims allowed by the General Accounting Office, as shown by certificates of settlement transmitted to the Treasury Department for payment, in the sum of $433.92. February 12, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Archibald McNeil & Sons (Inc.). Communication from the President of the United States transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts, as submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury, amounting to $131,766.38. February 12, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, which have been submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury and require an appropriation for their payment amounting to $3,509,891.58. February 12, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims allowed by the General Accounting Office. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting schedules of claims amounting to $237,076.40, allowed by various divisions of the General Accounting Office, as covered by certificates of settlement... February 12, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Rural Delivery Service. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1929, pertaining to the rural delivery service, $250,000. February 12, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report by the Secretary of State recommending... an advisory board under the federal act to incorporate the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. December 6, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Christopher Columbus Memorial Lighthouse. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the Secretary of State on the subject of the Christopher Columbus Lighthouse to be erected by the governments and peoples of the Americas on the coast of the Dominican Republic at Santo Domingo. December 6, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report of the operations, Postal Savings System. Letter from the Postmaster General transmitting report of operations of the Postal Savings System for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928. December 3, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Reports to be made to Congress. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of reports to be made to Congress by public officers during the Seventieth Congress. December 3, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.
Arming, equipping, and training the National Guard, 1928. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the amounts transferred between subappropriation items of the appropriation, "Arming, equipping, and training the National Guard, fiscal year 1928." December 3, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Colorado River Board on the boulder dam project. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting report of the board of engineers appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the President, under authority of the joint resolution approved May 29, 1928... December 3, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation and ordered to be printed.
Operation of Center Market, Washington, D.C. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation amounting to $60,000 for the fiscal year 1929, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue the operation of the Center Market at Washington, D.C., from February 1 to June 30, 1929. December 10, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Perry's Victory Memorial Commission. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the ninth annual report of the Perry's Victory Memorial Commission for the year ended December 1, 1928. December 22, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
Expenses of inaugural ceremonies of 1929. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the legislative establishment of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for the expenses of the inaugural ceremonies of 1929, $45,000. December 22, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Report on pocket veto. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a memorandum prepared in the Office of the Attorney General regarding bills presented to the President less than 10 days before the adjournment of Congress and not signed by him. December 22, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations to pay claims for damages for the several executive departments. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting estimates of appropriations submitted by the several executive departments to pay claims for damages to privately owned property and damages by collision... January 23, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Federal Oil Conservation Board. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting draft of proposed legislation to continue available until June 30, 1930, the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $50,000 made in the first deficiency act fiscal year 1925, for the Federal Oil Conservation Board. January 23, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental appropriations, fiscal year 1929, on account of the act of May 28, 1928, amending the classification act of 1923. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year 1929 required to meet the adjustments in compensation of the officers and employees... January 24, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Bureau of Immigration. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, pertaining to the Bureau of Immigration, $121,990. January 24, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for Navy Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, for the Navy Department, amounting to $1,344,200. January 24, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries, Executive Office. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1929 in the sum of $6,500 to provide for two additional secretaries to the President from March 4 to June 30, 1929. January 25, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Ventilation, United States Senate. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment under the Architect of the Capitol, for the fiscal year 1930, in the sum of $3,725. January 25, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Legislative establishment -- Architect of the Capitol. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations pertaining to the legislative establishment under the Architect of the Capitol for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $40,204.24. January 25, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous items for Agricultural Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal years 1929 and 1930, amounting to $1,560,000. January 25, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, $462,500, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, $1,414,820... January 28, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency and supplemental estimates, Post Office Department, 1928 and 1929. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting deficiency estimate of appropriation for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1928, $1,000, and supplemental estimates for the fiscal year 1929, $18,325,000... January 28, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
United States in leases on oil lands. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1930, in the sum of $100,000, to enable the Chief Executive to continue the litigation to cancel certain leases of oil lands and incidental contracts, and for other purposes. January 28, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Reserve material, Navy. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, for the Navy Department, amounting to $450,000. January 28, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Navy Department, appropriations. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, amounting in all to $4,050,000. January 28, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous appropriations, Department of State. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates by the Bureau of the Budget of appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal years 1929 and 1930, amounting to $45,668.50. January 28, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous appropriations, Department of Commerce. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates by the Bureau of the Budget of appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928... January 28, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous appropriations, Navy Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for the Navy Department, amounting to $442,680. January 29, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1923, for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, amounting to $258.17. January 29, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Barley investigations, Department of Agriculture. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation amounting to $38,280 for the Department of Agriculture fiscal year 1929, to remain available until June 30, 1930. January 30, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims for personal injury, etc., War Department. Letter from the Comptroller General of the United States transmitting report with his recommendations thereon of certain claims transmitted by the Secretary of War covering damages for personal injury, death, or property loss, as required by law. February 7, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Norfolk (Va.) Marine Hospital. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, $15,000; also a draft of proposed legislation affecting the use of an existing appropriation. February 7, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Maintenance and care of buildings, national capital. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the office of public buildings and public parks on the national capital for the fiscal years 1929 and 1930, $104,840. February 7, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries, General Accounting Office. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the General Accounting Office for the fiscal years 1929 and 1930, in the amount of $10,800. February 8, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous deficiency appropriation, District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations for the District of Columbia for 1928 and prior fiscal years, $85,951.26; for the fiscal year 1929, $405,910.89; and for the fiscal year 1930, $16,600... February 8, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States Penitentiary (Leavenworth, Kans.) power plant. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1929, amounting to $38,000. February 8, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States Tariff Commission. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the United States Tariff Commission for the fiscal year 1929, in the amount of $4,000, and a draft of proposed legislation increasing the limitation of $562,470 for personal services in the District of Columbia contained in the independent offices appropriation act for the fiscal year 1929, to $629,000. February 9, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Fort Donelson National Military Park. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for Fort Donelson National Military Park, Tenn., amounting to $45,000. February 9, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Gray Artesian Well Co. Letter from the Comptroller General of the United States transmitting report and recommendation to the Congress concerning the claim of the Gray Artesian Well Co. against the United States. January 3, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Control of predatory animals. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture transmitting report on investigations made by the Department of Agriculture as to the feasibility of a ten year cooperative program for the control of predatory animals within the United States. January 3, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
Automobile and maintenance for the Vice President. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment, United States Senate, for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $5,000. January 3, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Payment to widow of Hon. Frank R. Gooding, Senate stationery. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations pertaining to the legislative establishment, United States Senate, for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $13,500. January 3, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Architect of the Capitol. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment, Architect of the Capitol, for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $10,000. January 3, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Federal Board for Vocational Education. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Federal Board for Vocational Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, amounting to $13,400. January 5, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Porto Rican Hurricane Relief Commission. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation amounting to $7,130,000, for the fiscal year 1929, to enable the Porto Rican Hurricane Relief Commission to extend relief to the people of Porto Rico. January 5, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1930 for the War Department for Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, $5,500. January 9, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Inland Waterways Corporation. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, to remain available until expended, for the purchase of capital stock of the Inland Waterways Corporation created by the act of Congress approved June 3, 1924, as amended by the act approved May 29, 1928, $10,000,000. January 9, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Legislative establishment, Library of Congress. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment, Library of Congress, for the fiscal year 1930, in the sum of $7,220. January 14, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Fourth World's Poultry Congress, to be held in England in 1930. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report by the Secretary of State recommending that Congress be requested to authorize an appropriation of $40,000 for the participation of the United States by official delegates and a national exhibit in the Fourth World's Poultry Congress, to be held in England in 1930. January 15, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Origin and development of the office of the Attorney General. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting manuscript entitled "Origin and development of the office of the Attorney General, the establishment of the Department of Justice, and their relation to the judicial system of the United States." January 16, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Civil Service Commission. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Civil Service Commission for the fiscal year 1929, to remain available until June 30, 1930, amounting to $50,000. January 17, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States Employees' Compensation Commission. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the United States Employees' Compensation Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, in the sum of $350,000. January 17, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Smithsonian Institution. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting deficiency estimate of appropriation for the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, in the sum of $658.75. January 17, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous items for the District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, amounting to $1,674,000. January 17, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Public buildings and public parks of the national capital. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the national capital for the fiscal year 1929, in the amount of $5,000. January 18, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Capitol power plant, 1930. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment for the Capitol power plant under the Architect of the Capitol for the fiscal year 1930 in the sum of $100,250. January 21, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Weather Bureau (investigating atmospheric phenomena). Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation amounting to $350,000 for the Department of Agriculture, fiscal year 1930. February 6, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Department of Justice, miscellaneous appropriations and drafts of proposed legislation. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting deficiency estimates of appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1928 and prior years... February 6, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States Military Academy. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation... for completing the construction of the new cadet mess hall, cadet store, dormitories, and drawing academy at the United States Military Academy, $297,540. January 9, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Public vessels of the United States. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting records of judgments rendered against the government by the United States district courts, under the public vessels, act, as submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury, in all $6,679.80. February 12, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Buildings, reformatory, District of Columbia. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for the construction of permanent buildings at the reformatory located at Lorton, Va., amounting to $25,000. February 14, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Relief of contractors, Navy Department. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Navy Department for the fiscal year 1929, in the sum of $51,150.02 for the relief of contractors. January 29, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 9036 Carters Creek, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Carters Creek, Lancaster County, Va. January 21, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Dry Pass, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Dry Pass, Alaska. December 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Entrance to Willoughby Channel, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of entrance to Willoughby Channel, Va. January 14, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
St. Johns River, Fla., Jacksonville to the Ocean. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of St. Johns River, Fla., from Jacksonville to the ocean. December 19, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
St. Marks River, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of St. Marks River, Fla. December 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Hudson River Channel, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Hudson River Channel, N.Y., from the battery to Twentieth Street with a view to securing a depth of 40 feet from shore to shore. December 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Milton Harbor, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Milton Harbor, N.Y. December 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Manhasset Bay, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Manhasset Bay, N.Y. December 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Raritan River, N.J. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Raritan River, from Washington Channel to the lower lock of the Delaware and Raritan Canal at New Brunswick, with the view of having the present channel increased to a depth of 15 feet below low water. December 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Housatonic River, Conn. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Housatonic River, Conn., up to the Dam at Shelton, Conn. December 4, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with three illustrations.
Schuylkill River, Pa., stream pollution. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination of Schuylkill River, Pa., with a view to devising methods whereby the source of pollution caused by the settling of coal dust or culm may be removed. December 12, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.
Middle River and Empire Cut in vicinity of Henning tract and Mildred Island, Calif. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Middle River and Empire Cut in the vicinity of Henning tract and Mildred Island, San Joaquin County, Calif. December 17, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Manasquan River and Inlet, N.J. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Manasquan River and Inlet, N.J. December 17, 1928. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
Cape Fear River below Wilmington, N.C., and between Wilmington and Navassa. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Cape Fear River below Wilmington, N.C., and between Wilmington and Navassa. February 28, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with two illustrations.
Skamokawa (Steamboat) Slough, Wash. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers on preliminary examination and survey of Skamokawa (Steamboat) Slough, Wash. January 8, 1929. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration.
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Serial set 9037-1 Publications of the Department of State. Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1917. Supplement 1. The World War. 1
Serial set 9037-2 Publications of the Department of State. Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1917. Supplement 2. The World War. (In two volumes.) Volume I. 1
Serial set 9037-3 Publications of the Department of State. Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1917. Supplement 2. The World War. (In two volumes.) Volume II. 1
Serial set 9038-1 Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1928. (In three volumes.) Volume I. 1
Serial set 9038-2 Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1928. (In three volumes.) Volume II. 1
Serial set 9038-3 Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1928. (In three volumes.) Volume III. 1
Serial set 9039 Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the fiscal year ended June 30 1928, with appendices. 1
Serial set 9040 Combined statement of the receipts and expenditures balances, etc., of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1928. 1
Serial set 9041 Message of the President of the United States transmitting the budget for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930. 1
Serial set 9042 Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency. December 13, 1928. 1
Serial set 9043 Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30 1928. 1
Serial set 9044 Annual report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United States for the fiscal year 1928. 1
Serial set 9045 Key-catalogue of parasites reported for primates (monkeys and lemurs) with their possible public health importance, by C.W. Stiles and Albert Hassall, and Key-catalogue of primates for which parasites are reported, by C.W. Stiles and Mabelle Orleman Nolan. [U.S. Hygienic Laboratory Bulletin No. 152. November 1929.].
Study of endemic pellagra in some cotton-mill villages of South Carolina, by Joseph Goldberger and G.A. Wheeler, surgeons, Edgar Sydenstricker, statistician, and Wilford I. King, special consultant in statistics, with the cooperation of Wm. S. Bean, Jr., R.E. Dyer, J.D. Reichard, P.M. Stewart, surgeons... U.S. Public Health Service. [U.S. Hygienic Laboratory Bulletin No. 153. January 1929.].
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Serial set 9046 Studies on Rocky Mountain spotted fever. [U.S. Hygienic Laboratory Bulletin No. 154. January 1930.]. 1