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- "Waterways Treaty." Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State concerning legislation necessary under the treaty with Great Britain, commonly known as the "Waterways Treaty." May 24, 1910. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
- Acts of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the acts and resolutions of the fifth Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, in special session August 30 to September 3, 1910. December 13, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Acts of the Second Philippine Legislature and of the Philippine Commission (Nos. 2076 to 2187, inclusive). Message from the President of the United States transmitting the laws enacted by the Second Philippine Legislature during its second and special sessions, from October 16, 1911, to February 6, 1912, inclusive, and certain laws enacted by the Philippine Commission. August 15, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed.
- Acts of the second Philippine Legislature and of the Philippine Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the laws enacted by the second Philippine Legislature, first session, and laws enacted by the Philippine Commission. December 13, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed.
- Address of Hon. William H. Taft, President of the United States, delivered in Boston, Mass., Thursday, April 25, 1912. Presented by Mr. Reed. April 29, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Address of President Taft at Marion, Ind. Mr. Page presented the following address delivered by Hon. William H. Taft, President of the United States, at the Marion (Ind.) branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers on July 3, 1911. July 28, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Address of President Taft at the Lincoln birthday banquet of the Republican Club of the City of New York at the Waldorf-Astoria, February 12, 1910. Presented by Mr. Hale. February 14, 1910. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Address of President Taft at the banquet of the Swedish-American Republic League at Congress Hall, Chicago, Ill. March 9, 1912. Presented by Mr. Cullom. March 22, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Address of President Taft at the joint meeting of brotherhoods in train service at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass., April 3, 1910. Presented by Mr. Lodge. April 16, 1910. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Address of President Taft at the opening session of the convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at Continental Memorial Hall, Washington, D.C., November 12, 1912. Presented by Mr. Johnston. December 6, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Address of President Taft to the General Court of the Legislature of Massachusetts at Boston, Mass., March 18, 1912. Presented by Mr. Gallinger March 22, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Address of President William H. Taft at the banquet of the Tippecanoe Club Cleveland, Ohio, January 29, 1912 in celebration of the birthday anniversary of the late President William McKinley. Presented by Mr. Smoot. February 5, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Address of President William H. Taft in front of the State House at Concord, N.H. March 19, 1912. Presented by Mr. Gallinger. April 11, 1912. -- 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.
- Affairs in Liberia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State submitting a report of the commission which visited Liberia... "to investigate the interests of the United States and its citizens in the Republic of Liberia, with the consent... of said republic." March 25, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Affairs in Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, inviting the attention of the Congress to the affairs of the island of Porto Rico, and recommending legislation amending the act under which the island is governed. May 24, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
- Affairs in Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, inviting the attention of the Congress to the legislative difficulties in Porto Rico, with accompanying papers, and recommending an amendment to the Foraker Act. May 10, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Affairs in the Kongo, Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State, with accompanying correspondence, touching the condition of affairs in the Kongo. July 29, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Affairs of Hungary, 1849-1850. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence with A. Dudley Mann (1849-1850) in response to Senate Resolution No. 85 of December 7, 1909, relating to affairs of Hungary. January 10, 1910. -- Ordered to be printed. January 20, 1910. -- Ordered to be reprinted with corrections.
- Aid for inhabitants of Kodiak, Alaska. Message from the President of the United States, recommending appropriation for aid of people in Alaska rendered homeless through the action of a volcano near Kodiak. June 12, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
- Alcohol in the Philippines. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report made by the Secretary of State relative to the change of the percentage of alcohol in the Philippine tariff act for still wines. December 16, 1910. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
- Ambrose Dudley Mann. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information, in response to Senate Resolution No. 85 of December 7, 1909, concerning the reports of Ambrose Dudley Mann in regard to affairs in Austria-Hungary. December 20, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Amending land laws of Philippine Islands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an act of the Philippine Legislature amending the public land laws of the Philippine Islands by specifying the officials before whom the final evidence to perfect homestead grants may be taken. April 10, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Amendment to the Food and Drugs Act. Message from the President of the United States, calling attention to the necessity of passing at this session an amendment to the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 768). June 21, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
- Annual payment to Panama under terms of treaty. Message from the President of the United States, recommending and urging appropriation for payment to the Republic of Panama of the annual amount due under terms of Article XIV of the Convention of November 18, 1903. February 26, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriation, and ordered to be printed.
- Appropriation for camp and maneuvers of organized militia of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, recommending an appropriation for encampment and maneuvers of the organized militia. June 24, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Appropriation for protecting levees from floods. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communication from Secretary of War... April 15, 1912. -- Read; part in relation to levees referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and part to recompense War Department referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed.
- Appropriations for rivers and harbors. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the "piecemeal" policy of the Bill (H.R. 20686) making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. June 25, 1910. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
- Appropriations under control of the Department of State. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, concerning expenditures by the Department of State. December 17, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department and ordered to be printed.
- Appropriations under control of the Department of State. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, concerning expenditures by the Department of State. December 7, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, and ordered to be printed.
- Arbitration with France. Message from the President of the United States transmitting an authenticated copy of a treaty signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and France on August 3, 1911, extending the scope and obligation of the policy of arbitration adopted in the present arbitration treaty of February 10, 1908, between the two countries... in future to settle by diplomacy. Presented by Mr. Lodge. August 12, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Arbitration with France. Message from the President of the United States transmitting an authenticated copy of a treaty signed by... the United States and France on August 3, 1911, extending the scope and obligation of the policy of arbitration adopted in the present arbitration treaty... August 12, 1911. -- On motion by Mr. Lodge, ordered to be printed with amendments reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Arbitration with Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States transmitting an authenticated copy of a treaty signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and Great Britain on August 3, 1911, extending the scope and obligation of the policy of arbitration adopted in the present arbitration treaty of April 4, 1908... Presented by Mr. Lodge. August 12, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Arbitration with Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an authenticated copy of a treaty signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and Great Britain on August 3, 1911, extending the scope and obligation of the policy of arbitration... August 12, 1911. -- On motion by Mr. Lodge, ordered to be printed with amendments reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Archives of government offices outside of the City of Washington. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report by the Librarian of Congress in reference to the archives of government offices outside of the City of Washington. March 1, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
- Articles on the free list. Special message from the President of the United States returning without approval H.R. 4413 an act to place on the free list agricultural implements, cotton bagging, cotton ties, leather, boots and shoes, fence wire, meats, cereals, flour, bread, ... and other articles, together with the bill as passed by Congress. Presented by Mr. Smoot. August 19, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Battleships for Argentine Republic. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting answer of the Secretary of State to Senate Resolution of February 27, 1911, relative to the construction of battleships for Argentine Republic. April 5, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Behn Brothers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a certified copy of a franchise granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico to Behn Brothers to construct a bridge across a portion of the Condado Bay. July 16, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Boundary line between New Mexico and Texas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication relating to the boundary line between New Mexico and Texas. December 21, 1910. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
- Business methods in executive departments. Message from the President of the United States, asking appropriation to continue investigation of the business methods employed in the executive departments. March 3, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
- Canadian reciprocity message from the President of the United States transmitting text of the reciprocal trade agreement negotiated with Representatives of the Dominion of Canada. April 5, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
- Canadian reciprocity. Address by Hon. William H. Taft, President of the United States, before the Western Economic Society at Chicago, Ill., June 3, 1911, relative to reciprocity with Canada. Presented by Mr. Du Pont. June 6, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Canadian reciprocity. Special message of the President of the United States transmitted to the two Houses of Congress January 26, 1911 correspondence embodying an agreement between the Department of State and the Canadian government in regard to reciprocal tariff legislation ... January 26, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
- Cancer in fishes. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communications from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, the Commissioner of Fisheries, and Dr. H.R. Gaylord, director of the New York State Cancer Laboratory, in respect to the necessity for an active investigation... April 9, 1910. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
- Capital punishment. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate concurrent resolution of January 30, 1913, the Bill (S. 7162), entitled "An Act To Amend a Certain Section of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia Relating to Capital Punishment." February 4, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.
- Capt. Frank Parker, United States Army. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State concerning a decoration... conferred upon Capt. Frank Parker, United States Army, by the President of Cuba for services rendered as military instructor of the Rural Guard of Cuba. June 27, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Cuban Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Certain deficiencies in payments to Government Hospital for the Insane. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia relative to certain deficiencies in payments made by the District to the Government Hospital... June 10, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed.
- Charges filed against Judge Robert W. Archbald. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to certain papers in case of Hon. Robert W. Archbald, judge of United States Commerce Court. May 4, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
- Charges with respect to the conduct of the Interior Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior... with reference to certain charges in respect to the conduct of the Interior Department. January 18, 1910. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
- Charges with respect to the conduct of the Interior Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting... showing certain defects in the record... with reference to certain charges in respect to the conduct of the Interior Department. January 18, 1910. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
- Choctaw and Chickasaw agreements. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a Senate resolution of April 15, 1910, "requesting the President to transmit to the Senate contracts or agreements between the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians and J.F. M'Murray and others"... April 22, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Chugach National Forest lands in Alaska. Message from the President of the United States transmitting in response to a Senate resolution of June 27, 1911, all papers and information relating to the elimination from the Chugach National Forest of certain lands fronting upon Controller Bay in Alaska. July 26, 1911. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and, with accompanying illustrations, be printed.
- Civil Service Commission advises that it be empowered to administer oaths in investigations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Civil Service Commission submitting... proposed legislation... for investigating frauds... February 28, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
- Claims of American citizens Apia. In the Samoan Islands. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report from the Secretary of State concerning claims... growing out of joint naval operations of the United States and Great Britain in and about the Town of Apia, in the Samoan Islands, March, April, and May, 1899. January 10, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
- Claims of and against the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 25, 1913, certain information in relation to claims of and against the Chickasaw and Choctaw Tribes of Indians. March 1, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Classification and appraisement of certain lands, Coeur d'Alene Reservation, Idaho. January 12, 1910. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Coal lands in Oklahoma. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports rendered in connection with the investigation to determine the extent and value of the coal deposits in and under the segregated coal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in Oklahoma. February 28, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
- Commission of Fine Arts. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the report of the Commission of Fine Arts for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1912. December 3, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed, with accompanying illustrations.
- Commission on Economy and Efficiency. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of January 25, 1912, giving the names of the members of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency in the government service. February 5, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
- Conditions in Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report made by the Secretary of War upon conditions existing in Porto Rico. January 29, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Conduct of Indian agent at Union Agency, Ind. T. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement from the Secretary of the Interior concerning the investigation as to the conduct of affairs at Union Agency, Ind. T., while in charge of J. Blair Shoenfelt as agent. July 27, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Conservation of national resources. Special message of the President of the United States, transmitted to the two Houses of Congress, January 14, 1910. January 14, 1910. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
- Constitution of New Mexico. Message from the President of United States transmitting copy of the constitution of New Mexico with formal approval thereof, and recommending the approval of the same by Congress. February 24, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
- Construction of a gunboat on the Great Lakes. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting information relative to the construction of a gunboat on the Great Lakes, etc. April 16, 1910. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, and ordered to be printed.
- Cooperation and cost of living in certain foreign countries. Message of the President of the United States transmitting data on cooperation and the cost of living in certain foreign countries. March 13, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Cooperation and cost of living in certain foreign countries. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting letter of the Acting Secretary of State with accompanying data on cooperation and cost of living in certain foreign countries. May 6, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
- Cooperation and cost of living. Message from the President of the United States transmitting reports from American consular officers in the German Empire and certain other foreign countries in regard to cooperation and the cost of living. June 14, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
- Corporations organized under federal authority. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 30, 1912, information relative to the number, name, and business of all corporations organized under the laws of the United States. May 10, 1912. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
- Correspondence with Columbia relating to Panama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State in response to the resolution of the Senate of March 1, 1912, relating to correspondence between this country and Columbia upon matters relating to Panama. May 22, 1912. -- Read, ordered that it lie on the table and be printed.
- Cost of occupation of Philippine Islands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statement relative to the cost which has accrued to the United States as a result of the occupation of the Philippine Islands. July 19, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Cotton manufactures. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the Tariff Board on schedule 1 of the tariff law. In two volumes. Volume 1. (Index in volume 2.) March 26, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and so much as that Committee direct of the accompanying documents, ordered to be printed.
- Cotton manufactures. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the Tariff Board on schedule I of the tariff law. In two volumes. Volume 2. (Index in Volume 2.) March 26, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Ways, and Means, and, so much as that Committee direct of the accompanying documents, ordered to be printed.
- Declaration of International Naval Conference signed by the delegates of the United States to the International Naval Conference held at London, England, from December 4, 1908, to February 26, 1909 together with an opinion of Hon. Cone Johnson, solicitor for the State Department, relative to the transfer of merchant ships during war. Presented by Mr. O'Gorman and Mr. Simmons. August 11, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Defense of Panama Canal. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War inclosing report of Board of Officers of Army and Navy to consider defense of Panama Canal. January 12, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
- Defenses of the Panama Canal. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War inclosing the report of the board of officers of the Army and the Navy appointed by him to consider the subject of the defenses of the Panama Canal. April 30, 1910. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Department of the Interior -- L.R. Glavis. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution No. 112 of December 21, 1909, original statement of charges made to the President by L.R. Glavis, together with other statements, letters, and records. January 6, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
- Diseases among Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the present conditions of health on Indian reservations and in Indian schools, pointing out the alarming death rate, and urging upon Congress the necessity for additional appropriations for the use of the Indian medical service. August 10, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Disposition of public domain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending that appeal be taken from departmental decisions to the Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, under certain conditions and in the public interest. June 21, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
- Dr. Friedmann's new treatment for tuberculosis. Message from the President of the United States transmitting in response to Senate resolution of January 2, 1913, a memorandum of the Secretary of State submitting a report by the consul general at Berlin relative to the Friedmann cure for tuberculosis. January 17, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Health and national Quarantine, and ordered to be printed.
- Duties of cotton. Special message from the President of the United States returning without approval H.R. 12812, an Act To Reduce the Duties on Manufactures of Cotton, together with the bill as passed by Congress. Presented by Mr. Smoot. August 22, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Duties on wool. Special message from the President of the United States returning without approval H.R. 11019 to reduce the duties on wool and manufactures of wool, together with the bill as passed by Congress. Presented by Mr. Smoot. August 19, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Duties, taxes, etc., on sugar in foreign countries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State, with an accompanying statement, in response to Senate resolution of April 8, 1909, requesting information as to duties, taxes, and concessions on sugar in certain foreign countries. April 19, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
- Economy and efficiency in the government service. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting reports of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency. April 4, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Electrical power. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a certified copy of an ordinance granting to the Porto Rico Power and Light Company the right to develop the water power known as "Comerio Falls," etc. June 7, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Examination of customhouse frauds. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a joint report of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General showing exactly what has been done by them and by their subordinates, and the present state of fact in the matter of the investigation... May 9, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed.
- Exhibition of pictures in public places of amusement in the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval Senate Bill 2600, entitled "An Act to... Prevent the Exhibition of Obscene, Lewd, Indecent, or Vulgar Pictures in Public Places of Amusement..." February 10, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.
- Expenditures in administration of customs laws. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statement of expenditures in securing information and assisting officers of the government in the administration of the Customs Laws, as provided in section 2 of the tariff bill. April 5, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Expenditures of State Department, 1909. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, concerning expenditures by the Department of State. December 14, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department and ordered to be printed.
- Expenditures of the Department of State. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report by the Secretary of State concerning appropriations, expenditures, and balances under the Department of State. December 11, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department and ordered to be printed.
- Expense of patrolling the boundary in Texas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence relative to the expense of policing and patrolling the international boundary along the Rio Grande by the State of Texas. March 12, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
- Export tax on Manila hemp. Message from the President of the United States transmitting, in response to House resolution of February 10, 1913 information regarding the exemption of American importers of Manila hemp from payment of the export tax. thereon, etc. February 17, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
- Extension of 2-cent letter postage. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports by the Secretary of State and the Postmaster General relative to the extension of 2-cent letter postage to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands. March 1, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
- Family of Samuele Badolato, deceased. Message from the President of the United States, advising the Senate of the approval of Bill H.R. 23081, "An Act for the Relief of the Family of Samuele Badolato," who was killed at West Brownsville, Pa., on April 1, 1909; also making recommendation to provide for similar claims. January 21, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
- Fertilizer resources of the United States. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, together with a preliminary report by the Bureau of Soils, on the fertilizer resources of the United States. December 18, 1911. Read; referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed with accompanying illustrations.
- First International Sporting and Field Sports Exposition, Vienna, 1910. Message from the President of the United States, recommending an appropriation of $50,000 to enable the United States to participate in the first International Field Sports Exposition, at Vienna, in 1910. January 28, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
- Flood waters of the Colorado River. Message from the President of the United States, ... submitting an appeal of the board of supervisors of Imperial County, Cal., for further appropriations of money and further works for the protection of lands ... in the United States against the flood waters of the Colorado River. June 14, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
- Floods in the Mississippi Valley. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the Secretary of War regarding the flood conditions in the Mississippi Valley and asking an appropriation for the protection of levees in said territory. April 2, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and ordered to be printed.
- Fourth International Conference of American States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State inclosing a report, with accompanying papers, relative to the Fourth International Conference of American States held at Buenos Aires from July 12 to August 30, 1910. January 16, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Fourth International Conference of American States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State regarding representation by the United States at the Fourth International Conference of American States, etc. December 10, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene. Message from the President of the United States, recommending appropriation for the Fourth International Congress of [i.e., on] School Hygiene to be held in Buffalo, N.Y., August 25 to 30, 1913. January 22, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed.
- Franchises granted by executive council of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting certified copies of franchises granted by the executive council of Porto Rico. January 10, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Franchises granted by the Executive Council of 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. December 16, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Franchises granted by the Executive Council of 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. December 21, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Franchises granted in Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War with the accompanying certified copies of franchises granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico. January 3, 1912. Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Franchises of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting certified copies of railroad, street-railway, telephone, and telegraph franchises and concessions granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico. March 2, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed.
- Fund for reclamation of arid lands. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report of the Board of Army Engineers in relation to the reclamation fund. January 6, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands and ordered to be printed.
- Fur seals protection. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a convention looking to the protection and preservation of fur seals and sea otters in a certain defined zone of the North Pacific Ocean, signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia, at Washington on July 7, 1911. Presented by Mr. Lodge. July 25, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Fur-seal convention. Message from the President of the United States, urging the importance of enacting at the earliest possible moment... legislation necessary to enable this government to make the payments to Great Britain and Japan as required by a convention entered into by the United States... on July 7, 1911... August 14, 1912. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed.
- Fur-seal convention. Presented by Mr. Kendall. August 20, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- German manufactures. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution No. 55, by Senator La Follette, of June 4, 1909, all correspondence which passed between the Department of State and the German government having relation to German manufactures... June 16, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
- Government of Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Acting Secretary of War submitting a supplemental report, with accompanying papers, of Hon. Charles E. Magoon, provisional governor of Cuba, for the period from December 1, 1908, to January 28, 1909. June 5, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Cuban Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Government officers and employees. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in compliance with Senate resolution of December 21, 1910, relative to appointment and removal of all officers and employees of the government by the President. February 24, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment, and ordered to be printed.
- H.R. 23515. Message from the President of the United States, returning House Bill 23515, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of July 3, 1912. July 10, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed.
- Howard University. The necessity for its existence, development, and support. The influences of education in sustaining law, constituted authority, and governmental institutions. An address delivered by President Taft before the alumni of Howard University at the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C., April 9, 1912. Presented by Mr. Smoot April 16, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Increased rates for interstate transportation of persons and property. Message from the President of the United States, recommending that the section of the bill authorizing the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend the going into effect of increases in rates until after due investigation... June 7, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
- Indian treaties. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting agreements concluded with certain Indian tribes for the commutation of their perpetual annuities under treaty stipulations, together with draft of a bill providing for the ratification of said agreements, etc. February 10, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Internal revenue taxes in the Philippine Islands. Message from the President of the United States, submitting copy of an act passed by the Philippine Legislature relative to the disposition of internal revenue taxes collected in the Philippine Islands, requiring affirmative approval of Congress. April 30, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed.
- International Conference on Bills of Exchange. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State inclosing a report of the delegate to the International Conference on Bills of Exchange, held at The Hague, June 23 to July 25, 1910. January 20, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign relations, and ordered to be printed.
- International Exposition at Turin, Italy. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statement of expenditures on account of the International Exposition at Turin, Italy, in 1911. June 7, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the States Department, and ordered to be printed.
- International Fisheries Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the American member of the International Fisheries Commission. February 10, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- International Waterways Commission progress report. Message from the President of the United States transmitting in compliance with the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, the report of the American Commissioners of the International Waterways Commission and recommending appropriation for the continuance of the work of the Commission. December 3, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed with illustration.
- International exposition at Ghent, Belgium, in 1913. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an invitation from the Belgian Government asking the United States to take part in an international exposition to be held at Ghent, Belgium, from April to October 1913, together with a report from the Secretary of State relative thereto. December 18, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
- International exposition at Rome and Turin, Italy. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State setting forth reasons for the acceptance by the United States of the invitation... to participate in two international expositions to be held at Rome and Turin. January 25, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- International expositions. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report by the Secretary of State in answer to the Resolution of the Senate of July 13, 1911, concerning invitations extended to the United States to participate in expositions in foreign countries and invitations extended by the United States... August 13, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Intoxicating liquors among Indians. Message from the President of the United States, submitting matters relative to the modification of certain treaties entered into with Indian tribes occupying certain territory in the restriction of intoxicating liquors on account of changed conditions. February 17, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- John C. Scholtz. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State inclosing draft of a joint resolution authorizing John C. Scholtz to receive instruction at the United States Military Academy. June 10, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- John L. Baird. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House without approval House Bill 8853, "An Act for the Relief of John L. Baird." February 27, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed with illustration.
- Joint operations ashore of detachments of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letters from the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy relative to joint operations of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, etc. January 6, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Journal of the Executive Council of Porto Rico. Letter from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the journal of the Executive Council of Porto Rico for the session beginning August 30 and ending September 3, 1910. December 21, 1910. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Journal of the Executive Council of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a copy of the Journal of the Executive Council of Porto Rico for the second session and the extraordinary session of the Sixth Legislative Assembly, 1912. May 27, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed.
- Journal of the Executive Council of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a copy of the journal of the Executive Council of Porto Rico for the session of January 9 to March 9, 1911. June 30, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed.
- Journal of the executive council of Porto Rico. Letter from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the journal of the of the executive council of Porto Rico for the session beginning January 10 and ending March 26, 1910. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Judiciary and progress. Address of Hon. William H. Taft at Toledo, Ohio, Friday evening March 8, 1912. Presented by Mr. Oliver. March 13, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Juvenile Court of District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the fourth annual report of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910. December 7, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
- Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the fifth annual report of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. August 22, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.
- Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the sixth annual report of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1912. August 19, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
- Land at Magdalena Bay. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of April 2, 1912, a report of the Secretary of State relating to the purchase of land at Magdalena Bay by the Japanese government or by a Japanese company. May 1, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Lands on Magdalena Bay. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of May 16, 1912, copies of correspondence relative to the American syndicate interested in lands on Magdalena Bay. May 23, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and 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 by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico during the sessions beginning January 8 and ending March 4, 1912. April 24, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Laws of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of session laws and resolutions passed by the first session of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, January 9 to March 9, 1911. April 17, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed.
- Laws of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting... the laws enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico during the session January 10--March 10, 1910. April 4, 1910. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed.
- Lease of North American Commercial Company. Message from the President of the United States, recommending the repeal of the provision... for the renewal of the lease of the North American Commercial Company in the matter of the taking of fur seals on the Island[s] of St. Paul and St. George. March 15, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
- Levy of duties on wood pulp, paper, etc. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to duties levied on wood pulp, paper, etc. January 9, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
- Lieut. Col. J.F. Reynolds Landis, United States Army. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State concerning a silver medal and diploma awarded by the Italian Government to Lieut. Col. J.F. Reynolds Landis, United States Army, for services rendered at the time of the Messina earthquake. June 27, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
- Lincoln Memorial Commission report. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report of the Lincoln Memorial Commission, and its recommendations, upon the location, plan, and design for a memorial, in the City of Washington, to the memory of Abraham Lincoln... December 5, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
- Losses sustained by forest fire. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State relative to the claim of the G.R. Caswell Lumber Company, an American concern, and Mr. W.K. Baldwin, a resident of Quebec, for losses sustained by a forest fire, etc. February 18, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Lower Colorado River. Message from the President of the United States, requesting an immediate appropriation of a suitable sum to relieve the situation on the lower Colorado River. June 25, 1910. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
- Lumber industry. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of January 18, 1907, Part I, of a summary report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the Lumber Industry of the United States. February 14, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and, with accompanying illustrations, ordered to be printed.
- Mabilla Mining Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a certified copy of a franchise granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico to the Mabilla Mining Company [for] the right to utilize the waters of Mabilla Creek for mining purposes. July 1, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Malambo fire claims. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War, with accompanying papers, relative to the Malambo fire claims. December 13, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
- Maneuvering grounds in Tennessee. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting... the report of the commission to investigate and report on the advisability of establishing certain permanent maneuvering grounds, etc., for troops of the United States. June 30, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Marcos Radich. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State relative to claim for property stated to have been appropriated by United States military authorities in Texas. July 5, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Meat-Inspection service. Message from the President of the United States, recommending an additional appropriation of $1,000,000 for the meat inspection service of the Department of Agriculture. April 12, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed.
- Memorial services for the dead of the U.S.S. "Maine." Message from the President of the United States, suggesting that appropriate action be taken by Congress relating to the memorial service to be held for the dead recovered from the U.S.S. "Maine" (old). March 18, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Message of the President of the United States concerning the work of the Departments of the Post Office, Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce and Labor, and District of Columbia affairs. Communicated to the two Houses of Congress Thursday, December 19, 1912. December 19, 1912. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed.
- Message of the President of the United States on economy and efficiency in the government service. In two volumes. Vol. 1. January 17, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Message of the President of the United States on economy and efficiency in the government service. In two volumes. Vol. 2. [Continuation of the Appendix from Part 1: Report to the President by the Commission on Economy and Efficiency.] January 17, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Message of the President of the United States on fiscal, judicial, military, and insular affairs. Communicated to the two Houses of Congress Friday, December 6, 1912. Union calendar No. 391. December 6, 1912. -- Read, referred to Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed.
- Message of the President of the United States on foreign relations. December 7, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Message of the President of the United States on fur seals. Communicated to the two Houses of Congress, Wednesday, January 8, 1913. January 9, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Message of the President of the United States on our foreign relations communicated to the two houses of Congress. December 3, 1912. Union calendar No. 387. December 3, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed.
- Message of the President of the United States on the financial condition of the Treasury, needed banking and currency reform and departmental questions communicated to the two houses of Congress December 21, 1911. December 21, 1911. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
- Message of the President of the United States submitting for the consideration of the Congress a budget with supporting memoranda and reports. February 26, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed with accompanying papers.
- Message of the President of the United States transmitting data of the work of the Interior Department, and other matters, with accompanying papers. February 2, 1912. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
- Message of the President of the United States transmitting the annual report of the Postmaster General for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, and the report of the commission on second-class mail matter. February 22, 1912. -- Message, and report of commission on second-class mail matter, ordered printed; and, with other accompanying documents, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
- Message of the President of the United States transmitting the report of the Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensation Commission pursuant to Joint Resolution No. 41 (approved June 25, 1910) together with the hearings held before the Commission. Vol. II. Hearings and briefs with table of cases and general index. February 21, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Message of the President of the United States transmitting the report of the Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensation Commission pursuant to Joint Resolution No. 41 (approved June 25, 1910) together with the hearings held before the commission. Vol. I. Message of President and report of commission with index analysis. Table of cases and general index in Volume II. February 21, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Message of the President of the United States, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Sixty-first Congress. March 16, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
- Mexican cotton-boll weevil. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a communication from the Secretary of Agriculture submitting a report on the Mexican cotton-boll weevil.
- Motor and other vehicles in the government service -- State Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report ... in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1912, relative to motor and other vehicles in the government service. April 17, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed., and ordered to be printed.
- Municipality of Ciales. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting certified copy of a franchise granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico to the Municipality of Ciales to use water from the Cojo Bales Brook. July 16, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Need for a national budget. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency on the subject of the need for a national budget. June 27, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Needs of Government Hospital for the Insane. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the committee to consider the organization and needs of the Government Hospital for the Insane to the Secretary of the Interior. January 15, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- New Jersey and New York Joint Harbor Line Commission. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, without approval, the Joint Resolution authorizing the President to appoint a member of the New Jersey and New York Joint Harbor Line Commission. February 4, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries arbitration. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State submitting a report by Chandler P. Anderson. Esq., relative to the North Atlantic coast fisheries arbitration before the Permanent Court at the Hague. February 2, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries. Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under the provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In twelve volumes.) Volume I.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries. Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under the provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In twelve volumes.) Volume II.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries. Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under the provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In twelve volumes.) Volume III.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries. Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under the provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In twelve volumes.) Volume IV.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries. Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under the provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In twelve volumes.) Volume IX.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries. Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under the provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In twelve volumes.) Volume V.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries. Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under the provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In twelve volumes.) Volume VI.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries. Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under the provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In twelve volumes.) Volume VII.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries. Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under the provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In twelve volumes.) Volume VIII.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries. Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under the provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In twelve volumes.) Volume X.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries. Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under the provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In twelve volumes.) Volume XI.
- North Atlantic coast fisheries. Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under the provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In twelve volumes.) Volume XII.
- Operations of the Juvenile Court. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the third annual report of the operations of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia. December 10, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
- Opium evil. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communication of the Secretary of State covering the report of the American delegation to the International Opium Conference held at The Hague from December 1, 1911, to January 23, 1912. May 31, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Opium problem. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting from the Secretary of State a report on the International Opium Commission and on the opium problem as seen within the United States and its possessions... February 21, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Opium traffic. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State relative to the control of the opium traffic. January 11, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Orinoco Steamship Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, in response to Senate resolution of February 26, 1908, showing the settlement of the controversies which existed with the government of Venezuela... April 20, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Ownership of the wrecks of Spanish vessels off Santiago De Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Acting Secretary of State concerning the ownership of the wrecks of the Spanish vessels which were destroyed by the American Fleet off Santiago De Cuba. August 21, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Panama Canal tolls. Message from the President of the United States, urging legislation to fix the rate of tolls for vessels using the Panama Canal, etc. August 6, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
- Panama Canal. Message from the President of the United States, suggesting passage of joint resolution relative to the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. August 19, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Panama Railroad Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the sixty-second annual report of the board of directors of the Panama Railroad Company to the stockholders for the year ended June 30, 1911. January 15, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals and ordered to be printed, with accompanying illustrations.
- Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States with the annual message of the President transmitted to Congress December 6, 1910.
- Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States with the annual message of the President transmitted to Congress December 7, 1911.
- Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States with the annual message of the President transmitted to Congress, December 7, 1909.
- Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, with the annual message of the President transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912.
- Participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the United States government board of managers of the government participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. December 7, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Industrial Expositions and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
- Patent laws of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to the patent laws of the United States. May 10, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed.
- Pay and allowances of certain Army officers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War relative to the pay and allowances of certain Army officers detailed for service in the Republic of Cuba. June 4, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Cuban Relations, and ordered to be printed.
- Payment of Malambo fire claims, City of Panama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter from the Attorney General, with the accompanying papers, relative to payments of claims for damages on account of fire at Malambo Ward, City of Panama. March 3, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed.
- Permanent maneuvering grounds. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, without approval, House Joint Resolution 178, and stating certain objections thereto. March 29, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Personnel of the Navy. Message from the President of the United States, giving reasons why the ages of our senior officers should be materially reduced and opportunity given thereby for experience and training for battle ship and fleet commands. February 28, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Petroleum fields of Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate Resolution No. 53, by Senator Cummins, of May 28, 1909, a communication from the Secretary of the Interior inclosing a statement by Dr. C.W. Hayes respecting the petroleum fields of Mexico. June 5, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
- Population of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement showing the result of the enumeration according to the Thirteenth Decennial Census, taken at the date of April 15, 1910. December 14, 1910. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Census, and ordered to be printed.
- Potassium in its various combinations. Message from the President of the United States, suggesting enactment of laws for protection of deposits of potash and nitrates. March 26, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
- Preliminary report on land and agricultural credit in Europe, including the letter of President William H. Taft to the governors of states and the recommendations of Ambassador Myron T. Herrick in connection with the proposal of President Taft to introduce cooperative credit in the United States. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. December 5, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Preservation of Niagara Falls. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War, submitting additional information concerning the operation of the United States Lake Survey from June 29, 1906, to June 29, 1911. December 7, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
- Preservation of Niagara Falls. Message from the President of the United States transmitting information relative to scientific investigations made by certain officers of the War Department for the preservation of Niagara Falls. August 21, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
- Prices of tobacco. A report on the prices of tobacco transmitted in response to Senate Resolution No. 44, by Senator Beveridge, of May 14, 1909, prepared by the Commissioner of Corporations of the Department of Commerce and Labor. June 5, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
- Proceedings of eighth International Prison Congress. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, letter of the Secretary of State submitting proceedings of the eight International Prison Congress, held in Washington in October, 1910. July 26, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Profits and business of corporations engaged in iron and steel industry, metal manufacturing, mining, woolen and cotton industries, and sugar refining. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting,...information regarding the profits and business from returns of annual net income of corporations engaged in iron and steel... December 3, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
- Proposed tariff revision law of 1909 for the Philippine Islands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War in reference to the proposed tariff revision law of 1909 for the Philippine Islands. April 15, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
- Protection and preservation of food fishes in international boundary waters of the United States and Canada. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State submitting a system of uniform and common international regulations for the protection and preservation of the food fishes.. February 2, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Public health. Address by Hon. William H. Taft, President of the United States, before the Philadelphia Medical Club, at the Bellevue-Stratford, Philadelphia, Pa., on May 4, 1911. Presented by Mr. Smoot. August 4, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Pulp and newsprint paper industry. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Tariff Board relative to pulp and newsprint paper industry. May 17, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
- Railroad, telegraph, and telephone franchises in Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States transmitting in obedience to law, a letter of the Secretary of War, together with certified copies of railroad, street railway, telegraph, and telephone franchises, privileges, or concessions ... August 3, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Railway routes in Alaska. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of Alaska Railroad Commission. February 6, 1913. -- Read; message and accompanying papers, maps, and charts referred to Committee on the Territories; and message ordered to be printed. February 7, 1913. -- Resolved, that the message of the President... be printed as a document.
- Railway routes in Alaska. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting maps and profiles to accompany the report of the Alaska Railroad Commission. March 1, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
- Reciprocity with Canada. Message from the President of the United States transmitting in response to Senate resolution of February 23, 1911, a report from the Tariff Board relative to various commodities named in the proposed Canadian reciprocity measure. March 1, 1911. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed with accompanying illustrations.
- Reciprocity. Address by Hon. William H. Taft, President of the United States, at the banquet of the Marion Club, Indianapolis, Ind., July 4, 1911, on republican reciprocity. Presented by Mr. Du Pont. July 6, 1911. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Recovery of government waste paper. Message from the President of the United States, submitting in response to Senate resolution of February 21, 1913, additional information relative to the saving in recovery of government waste paper. February 24, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
- Regulation of Lake Erie. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the International Waterways Commission, dated January 8, 1910, on the regulation of Lake Erie, together with the appendix, tables, and plates. March 14, 1910. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
- Regulation of the immigration of aliens. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, without approval, the Bill (S. 3175) entitled "An Act To Regulate the Immigration of Aliens to and the Residence of Aliens in the United States." February 14, 1913. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
- Relations between United States and Republic of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report by the Secretary of State on the subject of relations between the United States and the Republic of Columbia. March 1, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Relief for employees of the Isthmian Canal Commission injured while in discharge of their duties. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting certain papers relative to... injured on the Isthmus prior to August 1, 1908, while in the employment of the Isthmian Canal Commission. February 8, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, and ordered to be printed.
- Reorganization of the Customs Service. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting plan of reorganization of the Customs Service and detailed estimate of expenses of the same. March 4, 1913. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
- Report of Alaska Road Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War inclosing a report of the Alaska Road Commission of military officers of work done by them during the year under act of January 27, 1905, and inviting attention to their recommendations. April 18, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
- Report of United States delegates to International Commission of Jurists, Rio de Janeiro June, 1912. Message from the President of the United States transmitting letter from the Secretary of State inclosing a report, with accompanying papers, of the delegates of the United States to the International ... February 5, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Report of the Commission of Fine Arts. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the report of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. December 19, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
- Report of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency. Message from the President of the United States transmitting reports of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency relative to centralization of the distribution of government publications, and so forth. February 5, 1912. -- Read ordered to lie on the table and printed with illustration.
- Report of the Governor of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Governor of Porto Rico to the Secretary of War for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. January 9, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Report of the Panama Railroad Company. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the Sixty-third annual report of the Board of Directors of the Panama Railroad for fiscal year ending June 30, 1912. January 22, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
- Report of the Philippine Commission. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War for the year ended June 30, 1912. January 21, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Report of the Philippine Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the twelfth annual report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War for the year ended June 30, 1911. February 27, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Report of the Railroad Securities Commission to the President and letter of the President transmitting the report to the Congress. December 11, 1911. -- Message and accompanying papers ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
- Report of the delegates of the United States to the Pan-American Scientific Congress held at Santiago, Chile, December 25, 1908, to January 5, 1909. May 29, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Report of the investigation of the United States Patent Office made by the President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency. December, 1912. December 9, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
- Report on the wreck of the Maine. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of board convened at Habana, Cuba, by order of the Secretary of the Navy, to inspect and report on the Wreck of the "Maine" (old). December 14, 1911. -- Message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Request of the Republic of Chile. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War relative to the request of the Republic of Chile that an officer of the Coast Artillery Corps of the army serve as an instructor in the army of that republic. February 29, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign relations, and ordered to be printed.
- Retirement from the classified civil service of superannuated employees. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency on the subject of retirement from the classified civil service of superannuated employees. May 6, 1912. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
- Right to use water from the Rio Jueyes. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of law, a certified copy of a franchise granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico to Conrado Diaz, his heirs and assigns, the right to use water for irrigation purposes. May 29, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- San Juan Light and Transit Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of an ordinance granting to the San Juan Light and Transit Company the right to own, extend, and operate certain electric railway lines in Porto Rico, etc. May 24, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Schedule K -- wool. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statement of the Tariff Board in response to House resolution of June 7, 1911, requesting information relative to schedule K of act of August 5, 1909. June 20, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
- Second Philippine Legislature. Message from the President of the United States transmitting copy of the laws enacted by the Second Philippine Legislature in special session and laws enacted by the Philippine Commission. December 17, 1910. Read; referred to the Committee on the Philippines and Letter of transmittal only ordered to be printed.
- Session laws of the second Philippine legislature. Message from the President of the United States transmitting, pursuant to law, copies of the laws and resolutions enacted during the first session of the second Philippine legislature and by the Philippine Commission. July 27, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Philippines, and ordered to be printed.
- Sixty-first report of the Panama Railroad Company. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the report of the Board of Directors of the Panama Railroad Company to the stockholders for the year ended June 30, 1910. January 16, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canal, and ordered to be printed.
- Slavery in Peru. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, concerning the alleged existence of slavery in Peru. February 7, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Spanish Treaty Claim Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the final report of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, dated May 2, 1910. May 17, 1910. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
- Special message of the President of the United States on interstate commerce and antitrust laws and federal incorporation. January 7, 1910. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
- Special message of the President of the United States returning without approval House Joint Resolution No. 14. August 15, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
- Special report of J.M. Dickinson, Secretary of War, to the President, on the Philippines. January 6, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Speech of William Howard Taft accepting the Republican nomination for President of the United States together with the speech of notification by Senator Elihu Root. Delivered at Washington, D.C. August 1, 1912. Presented by Mr. Brandegee August 9, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Standard weight of the silver coins of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, submitting a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury inclosing a memorandum and letter from the Director of the Mint relative to a modification of the deviations now allowed by law from the standard weight... February 7, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
- Statement by Hon. William H. Taft, President of the United States, published in the Washington Post, April 29, 1912, in reply to a speech of Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, delivered at Worcester, Mass, April 27, 1912. Presented by Mr. Reed. April 29, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Statistics of corporations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to a compilation of the returns made by corporations for internal revenue purposes for the years 1910 and 1911. June 11, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
- Statistics of imports and exports of United States. Message from the President of the United States, recommending the enactment of a measure to remedy the unsatisfactory conditions in our export statistics. February 4, 1913. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
- Sugar in foreign countries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report by the Secretary of State in regard to information collected concerning sugar in foreign countries. February 5, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
- Suppression of the white slave traffic. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, with accompanying letters, in response to Senate Resolution No. 86 of December 7, 1909, information concerning the repression of the trade in white women. December 20, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Tariff Board. Message from the President of the United States, urging upon Congress the appropriation of $250,000 for the use of the Tariff Board, together with the statement of the Chairman of the Tariff Board. March 28, 1910. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
- Tariff negotiations between the United States and foreign governments. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting through the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury reports relative to recent tariff negotiations between the government of the United States and foreign governments... June 9, 1910. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
- Tariff speech. Address of President Taft at Winona, Minn., September 17, 1909. Presented by Mr. Carter. December 7, 1909. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Tax on net income of corporations. Message from the President of the United States, recommending an amendment to the tariff bill imposing upon all corporations and joint stock companies for profit, except national banks (otherwise taxed), savings banks, and building and loan associations, an excise tax... June 16, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
- Telephone service in Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copy of an ordinance passed by the Executive Council of Porto Rico May 20, 1909, granting to Juan Bertran the right to construct, maintain, and operate a system of long distance telephone lines in Porto Rico. June 7, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Ten Eyck De Witt Veeder. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without approval, Bill (S. 10172) entitled "An Act for the Relief of Ten Eyck De Witt Veeder, Commodore on the Retired List of the United States Navy." March 4, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- To establish and maintain a ferry service in Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of law, a certified copy of a franchise granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico to Frank P. McCurdy to maintain ferry service between... San Juan and Catano. June 1, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- Traveling expenses of officers and employees of Isthmian Canal Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter from the Secretary of War submitting letter... of all expenses incurred by officers and employees of the Isthmian Canal Commission in attending meetings and conventions from June 30 to December 1, 1912. January 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Treaty of 1832 between the United States and Russia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copy of a notice forwarded by the Secretary of State to the American Ambassador at St. Petersburg relative to the termination of the treaty of 1832 between the United States and Russia. December 18, 1911. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
- Twenty-eighth annual report of the United States Civil Service Commission for the year ended June 30, 1911. The previous annual reports of the Commission can be found at the principal public libraries.
- Twenty-ninth annual report of the United States Civil Service Commission for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1912.
- Twenty-seventh annual report of the United States Civil Service Commission for the year ended June 30, 1910.
- Universal and International Exposition at Brussels. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, stating reasons why it is desirable to take part officially in the Brussels Exposition. May 27, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
- Use of telephones by government officials. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia relative to appropriations for the use of telephones by government officials. June 17, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.
- Veto message -- Capt. Joseph Herring. Message from the President of the United States, returning,... Senate Bill 67, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Capt. Joseph Herring, United States Army, Retired," together with the report of the Secretary of War thereon and memorandum of the Commissary General of the Army. August 26, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed.
- Veto message -- sundry civil bill. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting to the House of Representatives, without approval, House Bill 28775, "An Act Making Appropriations for the Sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1914, and for Other Purposes." March 1 (calendar day, March 4), 1913. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Veto message relating to Army appropriation bill. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, without approval, House Bill 18956, "An Act Making Appropriation for the Support of the Army for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1913, and for Other Purposes." June 17, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Veto message relating to dam across White River at Cotter, Ark. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, without approval, House Bill 20347, and stating certain objections thereto. August 6, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
- Veto message relating to hazing at Military Academy. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without approval, Senate Joint Resolution No. 94, entitled "Joint Resolution... To Give Certain Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy the Benefit of a Recent Amendment of the Law Relative to Hazing..." February 14, 1911. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Veto message relating to inherited estates in the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval Senate Bill 4948, entitled "An Act Relating to Inherited Estate in the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma," together with the report of the Secretary of the Interior in relation thereto. August 6, 1912. -- Read, ordered to lie on the tables, and to be printed.
- Veto message relating to legislative appropriation bill. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, without approval, House Bill 24023, making appropriations for the... expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and for other purposes, and stating certain objections thereto. August 15, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Veto message relating to sale of burnt timber on public lands. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives without approval House Bill 9845, "An Act to Authorize the Sale of Burnt Timber on the Public Lands, and for Other Purposes," and stating certain objections thereto. March 29, 1912. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
- Veto message relating to the Corbett Tunnel of the Shoshone irrigation project. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval Senate Bill 4862... together with the report of the Secretary of the Interior in relation thereto. July 18, 1912. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
- Veto message relating to the Mesa Verde National Park. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the Senate, without approval, Senate Bill 1751, "An Act To Amend an Act Creating the Mesa Verde National Park, Approved June 29, 1906." April 28, 1910. -- Read, ordered printed, and to lie on the table.
- Veto message relating to the building of a dam across the Coosa River, Ala. Message from the President of the United States, returning without approval Senate Bill 7343, entitled "An Act To Authorize the Building of a Dam Across the Coosa River, Ala., at the Place Selected for Lock No. 18 on Said River." August 24, 1912. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
- Veto message relating to the iron and steel schedule. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, without approval, H.R. 18642, a bill entitled "An Act To Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act To Provide Revenue, Equalize Duties, and Encourage the Industries of the United States, and for Other Purposes,'" approved August 5, 1909. August 15, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Veto message relating to the military record of Aaron Cornish. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the Senate without approval Senate Bill 4571, "An Act To Amend the Military Record of Aaron Cornish," and stating certain objections thereto. March 28, 1910. -- Ordered to be printed.
- Veto message relating to the military record of Charles J. Smith. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the Senate, without approval, Senate Bill 5752, "An Act To Correct the Military Record of Charles J. Smith," and stating certain objections thereto. April 4, 1910. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Veto message relating to the wool bill. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, without approval, H.R. 22195, "An Act to Reduce the Duties on Wool and the Manufactures of Wool," and stating certain objections thereto. August 9, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed.
- W.S.H. Lothrop. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of an ordinance amending an ordinance granting to W.S.H. Lothrop, his heirs, etc., the right to construct and operate an electric railway, etc. May 24, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed.
- Wages in Germany. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Resolution No. 51, by Senator La Follette, a letter from the Acting Secretary of State concerning the request for the statement of the German government in relation to wages paid, etc. May 29, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
- War Department. Annual reports, 1909. (In nine volumes.) Volume I. Reports of: Secretary of War, Chief of Staff, the Adjutant General, Inspector General, Judge Advocate General.
- Water for irrigation and domestic purposes in Rio Piedras. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a certified copy of a franchise granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico for the use of water for irrigation and domestic purposes in Rio Piedras. April 30, 1909. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
- William Porter White. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House without approval House Bill 30969, "An Act for the Relief of William Porter White," and stating certain objections thereto. March 4, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
- Wireless telegraphy in the Philippine Islands. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a series of joint reports by officers representing the insular government of the Philippine Islands, the Army and Navy, relative to wireless telegraphy in the Philippine Islands. February 8, 1912. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed.
- Wool and manufactures of wool. Message of the President of the United States transmitting a report of the Tariff Board on schedule K of the tariff law. In four volumes. Volume I (Part 1): Letter of the President. Letter of submittal, with summary of findings, glossary. December 21, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed, with illustrations.
- Wool and manufactures of wool. Message of the President of the United States transmitting a report of the Tariff Board on schedule K of the tariff law. In four volumes. Volume III (Parts 3 and 4). Manufacturing costs, tops, yarn, and cloth, ready-made clothing. December 21, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed with illustrations.
- Wreck of the battleship "Maine." Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War on the result of his personal inspection of the wreck of the battleship "Maine"; also of his conference with the Board of Engineers having charge of the removal of the same. August 21, 1911. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
- Wreck of the battleship "Maine." Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War on the result of his personal inspection of the wreck of the battleship "Maine"; also of his conference with the board of engineers having charge of the removal of the same. August 21, 1911. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
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