EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 12, 1886_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of the 2d instant from the Secretary
of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, a draft of a bill
to amend section 9 of the act of March 3, 1885, relating to the trial
and punishment of Indians committing certain specified crimes.
The subject is presented for the consideration and action of Congress.