This town is within the ceded Uintah Indian Reservation opened to entry under the act of May 27, 1902 (32 Stat., 245, 263), which provides that the proceeds of the sales of the land "shall be used for the benefit of the Indians." Almost all the platted portion of this town site lies between Duchesne and Strawberry rivers. The former river has a considerable fall at this point, but because of abrupt curves the water, during the spring freshets especially, is not readily carried off and the result is the flooding of a considerable portion of lands within the town site. This has occurred to such extent that the lots have not met with ready sale. Three hundred and fifty-six lots have been sold for the total sum of $10,734, while 632 lots, the appraised value of which is $19,066, remain unsold. Nearly all the lots that are not subject to overflow have been sold. The sum included in this estimate will not represent the cost of the work to be done, but this department is assured that the inhabitants of the town will contribute whatever additional amount of money or labor may be required for the protection of the town. It seems clear that the interests of the Indians demand that this work be done and that it is a good business proposition to expend this amount from the sale of said lots for the work. It is earnestly recommended that a provision to this effect be inserted in the Indian appropriation bill. Very respectfully, The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. R. A. BALLINGER, Secretary. Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, by the Secretary of the Interior. INDIAN AFFAIRS. UTAH. Straightening the Duchesne River, within the limits of the Duchesne town site in Utah, Department of the Interior For straightening the Duchesne River within the limits of the town site of Duchesne, now Theodore, in the State of Utah, the sum of $5,000, to be immediately available, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and to be reimbursable out of the proceeds of the sales of lots within said town site, under the act of May 27, 1902 (32 Stats., p. 245, sec. 1).............. $5,000 61ST CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (DOCUMENT 2d Session. NATIONAL TROPHY AND MEDALS FOR RIFLE PRACTICE. LETTER FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING A COPY OF A COMMUNICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR SUBMITTING AN ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION FOR NATIONAL TROPHY AND MEDALS FOR RIFLE PRACTICE. JANUARY 24, 1910.-Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress copy of a communication from the Secretary of War of the 21st instant, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $1,000 for national trophy and medals for rifle contests, being additional to the sum of $9,000 submitted for like purpose on page 209 of the Book of Estimates for the fiscal year 1911. Respectfully, CHARLES D. NORTON, Acting Secretary. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 21, 1910. SIR: I have the honor to forward here with for transmission to Congress an additional estimate of an appropriation of $1,000 required by the War Department for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, for "National trophy and medals for rifle contests." Very respectfully, The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. J. M. DICKINSON, Additional estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, by the War Department. MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. National trophy and medals for rifle contests That for the purpose of furnishing a national trophy and medals and other prizes to be provided and contested for annually, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, said contest to be open to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the national guard or organized militia of the several States, Territories, and of the District of Columbia, and for the cost of the trophy, prizes, and medals herein provided for, and for the promotion of rifle practice, including the reimbursement of necessary expenses of members of the national board for the promotion of rifle practice, to be expended for the purposes hereinbefore prescribed under the direction of the Secretary of War (act of Mar. 3, 1909, vol. 35, p. 750, sec. 1).... $1,000 Amount appropriated for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 1910.... 9,000 NOTE. The amount of the foregoing estimate is in addition to the sum of $9,000 estimated for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911 (Book of Estimates, 1911, p. 209), and is presented as the result of the action of the board for the promotion of rifle practice at its recent annual meeting in Washington, D. C. It is found that the number of contestants in the national matches becomes greater from year to year, requiring additional prizes, and with the increase in cost for various items in connection with the work of the board it is considered absolutely necessary that this request for an increased appropriation should be made at this time, and its favorable consideration is earnestly recommended. It was impracticable to include this amount in the annual estimates submitted by the department for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, as the data required for its preparation were not available at the time of the submission of said estimates. (Robert Shaw Oliver, President National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice.) 61ST CONGRESS, J DOCUMENT 2d Session. AMENDING ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION FOR MINT AT PHILADELPHIA. LETTER FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING A COPY OF A COMMUNICATION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT SUBMITTING AN AMENDED ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION FOR THE MINT AT PHILADELPHIA. JANUARY 24, 1910.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the favorable consideration of Congress, copy of a communication from the Director of the Mint, of the 19th instant, submitting an amendment to the estimate of appropriation on page 51 of the Annual Book of Estimates for 1911 for contingent expenses, mint at Philadelphia, increasing the amount therein for specimen coins and ores for the cabinet of the mint from $500 to $2,500. Respectfully, CHARLES D. NORTON, The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SIR: The estimates for contingent expenses, mint at Philadelphia, fiscal year 1911, contain a provision for "not exceeding five hundred dollars in value of specimen coins for the cabinet of the mint." I would respectfully request that you recommend that this amount be increased so as to read "not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars in value of specimen coins for the cabinet of the mint." This change in the distribution of the contingent will enable us to purchase medals and specimens which should be added to the numismatic collection in the mint at Philadelphia and does not increase the total amount requested for "Contingent expenses, mint at Philadelphia, nineteen hundred and eleven." It is not intended to purchase rare coins and curios, but such coins and medals as can be obtained abroad at small prices, from the foreign mints, for instance, as would be useful in an effort to raise the standard of designing in the mints. Respectfully, The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. O A. PIATT ANDREW, |