[The same message was sent to the Senate.]
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 5, 1886_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of 1st instant from the Secretary
of the Interior, submitting a draft of a bill recommended by the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, providing for the payment of
improvements made by settlers on the lands of the Mescalero Indian
Reservation in the Territory of New Mexico.
The subject is presented for the consideration and action of Congress.