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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 24, 1892

To the Senate of the United States:Referring to a communication of June 11, 1890, concerning the adoption by the Committee on Foreign Relations of a resolution respecting the claim of William Webster against the Government of Great…

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 19, 1892

Special Departmental Rule No. I is hereby amended by adding at the end of paragraph 10 the following: \and elevator conductors;\" so that as amended the paragraph will read: In all the Departments: Bookbinders and elevator conductors.

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 18, 1892

The Secretary of the Navy approves the recommendations of the commission, and they are respectfully submitted for the consideration of the Congress.

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 10, 1892

To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication of the 8th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting the agreements concluded by and between the Cherokee…

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 5, 1892

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication of the 4th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by an agreement concluded by the Cherokee Commission with the Tonkawa Indians in Oklahoma Territory…

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 4, 1892

I therefore recommend that he be authorized to charter a suitable vessel to receive them if a sufficient amount should be offered, and to send them under the charge of a naval officer to such Russian port as may be most convenient for…

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Jan 4, 1892

It is most appropriate that a people whose storehouses have been so lavishly filled with all the fruits of the earth by the gracious favor of God should manifest their gratitude by large gifts to His suffering children in other lands.

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Dec 30, 1891

Whereas the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Salvador at Washington has communicated to the Secretary of State the fact that, in reciprocity for the admission into the United States of America free of all duty of the…

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Dec 30, 1891

Whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Salvador at Washington that this action of the Government of Salvador in granting freedom of duties to the…

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Dec 30, 1891

And that the Government of Salvador has further stipulated that the laws and regulations adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedule are the product or…

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Dec 22, 1891

As it is desirable that uniform usage in regard to geographic nomenclature and orthography obtain throughout the Executive Departments of the Government, and particularly upon the maps and charts issued by the various Departments and…

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Dec 22, 1891

To consider the location, arrangement, and operation of electric wires in the District of Columbia,

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Dec 22, 1891

The decisions of the board are to be accepted by these Departments as the standard authority in such matters.

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Dec 22, 1891

Department officers are instructed to afford such assistance as may be proper to carry on the work of this board.

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Dec 22, 1891

The members of this board shall serve without additional compensation and its organization shall entail no expense on the Government.

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Dec 15, 1891

I transmit herewith, for your information, a letter from the Secretary of State, inclosing the first annual report and copies of the bulletins of the Bureau of the American Republics.

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Benjamin Harrison
@benjaminharrison· Republican · IN· Dec 8, 1891

The reports will, I believe, show that every question has been approached, considered, and decided from the standpoint of public duty upon considerations affecting the public interests alone.

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