DECEMBER 6, 1915-SEPTEMBER 8, 1916

HOUSE DOCUMENTS

VOL. 145

WASHINGTON :: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : : 1916

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CONTENTS

859. Labor difficulties in coal fields of Colorado.

862. Hours of labor in Panama Canal Zone.

866. Draft of legislation to amend currency act.

867. Dry coloring matter for Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

885. Challenged mixed-blood cases, White Earth Agency, Minn.

886. Recommending modifications in immigration bill.

945. Release of certain land to St. Augustine, Fla.

946. Amendments to penal laws relating to mutilation of coins, etc.
965. Amendments to Revised statutes relating to patent fees, etc.
1034. Message of President relative to relations with Germany.

✓ 1038. Development of East Potomac Park, District of Columbia.

1053. Premium payments in Government employment.

1056. Speeches on bill to accept gift of homestead of Abraham Lincoln.

1084. Transportation of property of officers and men of Army.

1092. Proceedings in House on anniversary of birth of Joseph G. Cannon.

1114. Report of Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission, 1916.

1153. Case of Samuel Schwarz.

1185. Reduced rates for transportation of United States troops.

1192. Report on automatic train-control system.

1237. Note of State Dept. to de facto Government of Mexico, June 20, 1916.

1248. Per capita payments to Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Indians.

1261. Proposed amendment to criminal code relative to obscene objects.

1307. Eleventh annual report of American National Red Cross.

1308. Citizenship of Samuel Schwarz.

1315. Speeches of notification and acceptance of Republican nomination.

▸ 1320. Contract with Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co. for construction of collier,

1321. National Guard data.

1331. Breakwater in front of marine hospital, Chicago, Ill.

1332. Record of judgment in claim of Mille Lac band of Chippewa Indians.

1334. Message of President vetoing army appropriation bill.

1335. Veto message relative to public lands for cemetery and park purposes.
1336. Letter relative to national forest road law.

✓ 1340. Message of President on hours of service on railroads.

1343. Draft of legislation relative to National Archives Building.

1344. Claim for damages to Italian bark Fenice.

1354. Unveiling of statuary of pediment of House wing of Capitol.

1355. System of accounts for retail merchants.

1356. Fundamentals of cost system for manufacturers.

1357. Reclamation and development of Anacostia River and flats, D. C.

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