The Indians were further assured by the commissioners that the amount appropriated for the expenses of the commission could not under the law be made a charge upon the proceeds of their lands.

I commend the matter to the favorable consideration of Congress.

It is by no means certain that this proposed legislation...would be upheld.

Upon the merits as the case now stands, and because of the mistake in describing the relationship of the beneficiary, this bill, I think, should not become a law.

when the same is no longer used as a cemetery it should revert to the Government.

I herewith transmit, in reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, a copy of a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, relative to the pending treaty with China.

Our government is the creation of the people, established to carry out their designs and accomplish their good.

It thus appears that even if this bill were approved there could be no rating, and the legislation would be of no advantage to the beneficiary named.

This case has been very exhaustively examined by the Pension Bureau upon the application for a pension filed there by the beneficiary named in this bill.

Although there are cases in which it seems not improper that pensions should be granted for injuries sustained during furlough and before actual return to duty, this does not appear to me to be one of them.

To give the least encouragement to postmasters that these allowances would be upon their application revised and increased by Congress would lead to demoralization in the service.

I think it should not, on the grounds that the amount was fixed by the Department upon full examination.

If there is any value to be placed upon the reports of these examining boards, the refusal of the Pension Bureau to restore this beneficiary to the rolls was fully justified.

To allow a claim so lacking in merit would endanger discipline and invite irregularity and loose methods in a very important branch of the public service.

Neither the service nor the alleged disability of this beneficiary are of a meritorious character.

I return the joint resolution without approval.

This bill does not give the name of the intended beneficiary.

The propriety and expediency of this appropriation should be left to legislative discretion.