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this communication, I have deposited in the State Department subject to
the action and direction of the Congress.

I am informed that the director-general of the exposition has made a
report directly to the Congress, and that no report of the lady managers
has yet been made.

The selection of such part of the material mentioned as may be
considered necessary to constitute a final exhibit of the action of
the commission and the results of the exposition is submitted to the
discretion of Congress.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, February 8, 1897_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of State and
accompanying reports from diplomatic and consular officers of the United
States on the passport regulations of foreign countries. In view of the
evident value of the information contained in these reports, especially
to American citizens going abroad and sojourning or traveling in foreign
lands, I approve the recommendation of the Secretary that Congress
authorize the printing of a special edition of 3,000 copies of the work,
to be distributed by the Department of State as indicated in the
Secretary's report.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 8, 1897_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I herewith submit the thirteenth annual report of the Civil Service
Commission, containing a detailed statement of its important work and
exhibiting the present condition of the classified service of the
Government.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 10, 1897_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, the
House of Representatives concurring, I return herewith Senate bill No.
3328, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to repeal the
timber-culture laws, and for other purposes.'"

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, February 11, 1897_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In response to the resolution of the Senate of February 4, 1897, I
transmit a report from the Secretary of State, submitting copies of
correspondence relative to the arrest and detention of Gaspar A.
Betancourt, a citizen of the United States, by the Spanish authorities
in Cuba.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, February 11, 1897_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In response to the re