I recommend the passage of a law prohibiting such importation, with proper regulations as to the continuance of such prohibition.

The national flag be displayed at half-mast on the public buildings and on all national vessels on the day of the funeral.

In testimony of respect to the memory of the honored dead it is ordered that the executive offices in Washington be closed on the day of the funeral and be draped in mourning for thirty days.

The painful duty devolves upon the President to announce the death, at an early hour this morning, at his residence in this city, of Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice of the United States.

The sole purpose of the provision is to benefit the public service.

the roads have not been built, and yet an attempt is made to claim the lands

to preserve the public domain for settlers and to frustrate unlawful attempts to appropriate the same may not be neglected

the most unblushing frauds upon the Government

I have the honor to transmit herewith and recommend for your constitutional approval a convention signed and concluded in this city on the 12th instant, under my direction, between the United States and China, for the exclusion hereafter…

I herewith transmit, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 16th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by certain correspondence in regard to the Mexican zona libre.

It would seem advisable that the full text of this treaty should be made public.

I transmit herewith, with a view to its ratification, a treaty between the United States of America and Zanzibar.

I deem myself now justified in expressing to the Senate, in response to its resolution, the hope and expectation that a treaty will soon be concluded.

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State on the subject.

I take pleasure in expressing my concurrence in the suggestion therein referred to.

I herewith transmit a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanied by documents and correspondence, in relation to the recent negotiations with Great Britain concerning American fishing interests in British North American waters.

I hereby direct that the officers, clerks, and other employees of the United States Civil Service Commission shall be arranged in the following classes.

The treaty now submitted to you has been framed in a spirit of liberal equity and reciprocal benefits.