GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 8, 1886_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, dated
5th instant, inclosing the recommendation of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs for the insertion in the act making appropriations for the
current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department for the year
ending June 30, 1887, of an item providing for an agent for the
Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin, at a salary of $1,500 per annum.
The matter is respectfully submitted for the consideration and action of
Congress.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 8, 1886_.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE PRO TEMPORE.
SIR: In response to Senate resolution of January 7, 1886--
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, directed to
communicate to the Senate whether any surveys of the public lands have
been made within the last two years in the State of Nebraska; whether
there are any unsurveyed public lands within said State; also what
recommendations have been made within the last three years by the
surveyors-general of said district as to the discontinuance of said
office, and whether it is advisable that the office of surveyor-general
of said district should cease and be discontinued under the provisions
of section 2218 of the Revised Statutes of the United States--
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior,
dated the 3d instant, inclosing the information desired.
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