EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 4, 1886_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of 3d instant from the Secretary of
the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, a draft of a bill
authorizing the use of certain funds belonging to the Miami Indians in
Indian Territory, proceeds of sales of their lands, for the purpose of
relieving their present pressing necessities.
The matter is presented for the consideration and action of Congress.