_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of the 11th instant from the
Secretary of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, a copy
of an agreement duly made under the provisions of the act of May 15,
1886 (24 U.S. Statutes at Large, p. 44), with the Indians residing upon
the Fort Berthold Reservation, in Dakota, for the cession of a portion
of their reservation in said Territory, and for other purposes.
The agreement, together with the recommendations of the Department, is
presented for the action of Congress.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, January 18, 1887_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
Referring to the message of the President of the United States dated
February 2, 1885,[13] I transmit herewith, for your consideration, a
report from the Secretary of State, inclosing a translation of the
convention for the protection of industrial property, of the
_protocole de cloture_ of said convention, and of a protocol
proposed by the conference of 1886 for ratification by the Governments
which have adhered to the convention.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
[Footnote 13: See p. 270.]
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 18, 1887_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
As a matter of national interest, and one solely within the discretion
and control of Congress, I transmit the accompanying memorial of the
executive committee of the subconstitutional centennial commission,
proposing to celebrate on the 17th of September, in the city of
Philadelphia, as the day upon which and the place where the convention
that framed the Federal Constitution concluded their labors and
submitted the results for ratification to the thirteen States then
composing the United States.
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