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DISPOSITION OF USELESS PAPERS IN THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.

MARCH 17, 1916.-Ordered to be printed.

Mr. TALBOTT, from the Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. Doc. 675.]

The joint select committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed on the part of the Senate and on the part of the House of Representatives, to which were referred the reports of the heads of departments, bureaus, etc., in respect to the accumulation therein of old and useless files of papers which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business therein, respectively, and have no permanent value or historical interest, with accompanying statements of the condition and character of such papers, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to an act entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the executive departments," approved February 16, 1889, as follows:

Your committee have met and, by a subcommittee appointed by your committee, carefully and fully examined the said reports so referred to your committee and the statements of the condition and the character of such files, and papers therein described, and we find and report that the files and papers described in the report of the Secretary of the Navy in House Document No. 675, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session, dated February 8, 1916, are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such departments and bureaus and have no permanent value or historical interest.

Respectfully submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives.

W. L. JONES,

JAMES E. MARTINE,

Members on the part of the Senate.
J. FRED. C. TALBOTT,

WILLIAM S. BENNET,

Members on the part of the House.

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DISPOSITION OF USELESS PAPERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

MARCH 17, 1916.-Ordered to be printed.

Mr. TALBOTT, from the Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. Doc. 662.]

The joint select committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed on the part of the Senate and on the part of the House of Representatives, to which were referred the reports of the heads of departments, bureaus, etc., in respect to the accumulation therein of old and useless files of papers which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business therein, respectively, and have no permanent value or historical interest, with accompanying statements of the condition and character of such papers, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to an act entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the executive departments," approved February 16, 1889, as follows:

Your committee have met and, by a subcommittee appointed by your committee, carefully and fully examined the said reports so referred to your committee and the statements of the condition_and the character of such files, and papers therein described, and we find and report that the files and papers described in the report of the Secretary of Labor in House Document No. 662, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session, dated February 4, 1916, are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such departments and bureaus and have no permanent value or historical interest.

Respectfully submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives.

W. L. JONES,

JAMES E. MARTINE,

Members on the part of the Senate.
J. FRED. C. TALBOTT,

WILLIAM S. BENNET,

Members on the part of the House.

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64TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1st Session.

DISPOSITION OF USELESS PAPERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

MARCH 17, 1916.-Ordered to be printed.

Mr. TALBOTT, from the Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. Doc. No. 649.]

The joint select committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed on the part of the Senate and on the part of the House of Representatives, to which were referred the reports of the heads of departments, bureaus, etc., in respect to the accumulation therein of old and useless files of papers which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business therein, respectively, and have no permanent value or historical interest, with accompanying statements of the condition and character of such papers, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to an act entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the executive departments," approved February 16, 1889, as follows:

Your committee have met and, by a subcommittee appointed by your committee, carefully and fully examined the said reports so referred to your committee and the statements of the condition and the character of such files and papers therein described, and we find and report that the files and papers descril ed in the report of the Secretary of the Interior in House Document No. 649, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session, dated February 2, 1916, are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such departments and bureaus and have no permanent value or historical interest.

Respectfully submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives.

W. L. JONES,

JAMES E. MARTINE,

Members on the part of the Senate.
J. FRED. C. TALBOTT,

WM. S. BENNET,

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CONGRESS

JURISDICTION OVER THE WATERS OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.

MARCH 20, 1916.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed.

Mr. HADLEY, from the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 6097.]

The Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 6097) to ratify the compact and agreement between the States of Oregon and Washington regarding concurrent jurisdiction over the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries in connection with regulating, protecting, and preserving fish, having considered the same, report it to the House with the recommendation that it do pass.

The advisability of this legislation is set forth in the following communication from Mr. A. L. Thurman, Solicitor for the Department of Commerce:

Hon. J. W. ALEXANDER,

House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.

OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
Washington, February 7, 1916.

MY DEAR JUDGe Alexander: I am in receipt of your letter of the 5th instant, inclosing H. R. No. 6097, to ratify the compact and agreement between the States of Oregon and Washington regarding concurrent jurisdiction over the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, in connection with regulating, protecting, and preserving fish, and asking me to please give the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries my opinion as to the merits of the bill and the wisdom of enacting it into law. This same matter was covered in S. 2529, introduced by Senator Charles F. Johnson, and sent to the department by the Committee on Fisheries of the Senate for an expression of opinion. The matter was referred by the department to the Bureau of Fisheries, and I am inclosing you a copy of letter to Senator Johnson prepared by the bureau and signed by Assistant Secretary Sweet, which seems to entirely cover the matter. The department is of the opinion that the bill should be enacted into law.

Yours, very truly,

A. L. THURMAN, Solicitor.

(Copy.)

JANUARY 8, 1916.

MY DEAR SENATOR: In reply to your letter of January 3, inclosing a copy of S. 2529, a bill ratifying the compact and agreement between the States of Oregon and Washington regarding concurrent jurisdiction over the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries in connection with regulating, protecting, and preserving fish, I beg to advise that this is regarded as a meritorious and desirable measure and its passage is recommended.

It is essential for the welfare and conservation of the fisheries of the Columbia River that the legislation affecting them be consistent and harmonious, and as the jurisdiction over that stream and certain of its tributaries is divided between the States party to this compact, it is highly important that the laws of the two should be in accord. The recent sessions of the Legislatures of Oregon and Washington took cognizance of this, and the fisheries regulations relating to these waters are now uniform in the two States. It is desirable that this condition should be perpetuated by ratification of the compact which, while not preventing modification of the present laws by mutual agreement of the two States, will make impossible their amendment by any ill-considered action of one State.

Very truly, yours,

Hon. CHARLES F. JOHNSON,

(Signed)

E. F. SWEET,
Acting Secretary.

Chairman Committee on Fisheries, United States Senate, Washington. Memorials to Congress have been passed by the Legislatures of the States of Washington and Oregon, respectively, urging upon Congress the enactment of appropriate legislation ratifying and confirming the compact above referred to and giving its consent to the compact and agreement between the States named, as required by section 10 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States.

The compact is embodied in the memorials and is set forth in the bill.

The memorial of the legislature of the State of Washington is as follows:

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled and to the Senators and Representatives in Congress from the State of Washington:

We, your memorialists, the senate and house of representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, most respectfully represent, show, and pray as follows:

Whereas the Legislatures of the States of Oregon and Washington did appoint committees from their respective bodies to confer each with the other and to recommend legislation necessary to be provided for the regulation, preservation, and protection of salmon and other food fishes in the waters of the Columbia River, over which the States of Washington amd Oregon have concurrent jurisdiction, and over waters within the boundaries of said States which might be of concurrent interest; and Whereas said committees did meet in Portland, Öreg., on the 6th day of February, 1915, and did agree on the necessary measures and legislation to be enacted by the Legislatures of the States of Washington and Oregon, and in their reports to their respective bodies did recommend. "We further recommend that a resolution be passed by the Legislatures of Washington and Oregon, whereby the ratification by Congress of the laws of the States of Oregon and Washington shall act as a treaty between said States, subject to modification by joint agreement by said States;' and

Whereas said report was adopted by both the house of representatives and the senate by the passage of senate concurrent resolution No. 8; and

Whereas the legislature did fulfill the recommendations by enactment of house bill No. 170, which in section 108 reads as follows:

"SEC. 108. Should Congress, by virtue of the authority vested in it under section 10, Article I, of the Constitution of the United States, providing for compacts and agreements between States, ratify the recommendations of the conference committees of the States of Oregon and Washington appointed to agree on the legisla

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