EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 21, 1885_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of the 15th instant from the
Secretary of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers on the
subject, a draft of a bill to amend section 5388 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States, relating to timber depredations upon lands
reserved or purchased for military, Indian, or other purposes, etc.
This is an important subject, and is commended to the early attention of
Congress.