to the Senate resolution of the 18th
instant, a report of the Secretary of State and accompanying papers,
relating to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain
signed April 19, 1850.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 19, 1883_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication
from the Secretary of War, dated December 14, 1883, upon the subject of
abandoned military reservations, and renewing his former recommendation
for such legislation as will provide for the disposal of military sites
that are no longer needed for military purposes.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, December 19, 1883_.
_To the Senate of the United States of America:_
I transmit herewith to the Senate, for its consideration with a view
to ratification, a treaty of extradition between the United States of
America and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, concluded at Berlin on the
29th of October, A.D. 1883.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, December 24, 1883_.
_To the House of Representatives:_
The House of Representatives having adopted on the 19th instant a
resolution in the following words--
_Resolved_, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby,
requested to furnish for the information of this House, without delay,
if not incompatible with the public service, all communications,
documents, and papers in his possession relating to the trial,
conviction, and execution of the late Patrick O'Donnell by the British
Government--
I transmit herewith a report made to me by the Secretary of State, with
the papers enumerated in the subjoined list, as answering said
resolution.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 7, 1884_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior
of the 19th ultimo, submitting, with accompanying papers, a draft of a
bill providing for the allotment of lands in severalty to the Arickaree,
Gros Ventre, and Mandan Indians on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation,
in Dakota, and the granting of patents therefor, and for other purposes.
The matter is presented for the action of the Congress.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 7, 1884_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of
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