EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 4, 1888_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of 27th December, 1887, from the
Secretary of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, draft
of a bill "to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to fix the amount
of compensation to be paid for the right of way for railroads through
Indian reservations in certain contingencies."
The matter is commended to the consideration of Congress.