In compliance with a resolution passed by the House of Representatives on the 23d instant in respect to the new Treasury building, I submit the inclosed report from the commissioners charged with a general superintendence of the work, and which, with the documents annexed, is believed to contain all the information desired.
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I transmit herewith a report from the Secretaries of State, Treasury, and Navy and the Postmaster-General.
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