EXECUTIVE MANSION, _April 9, 1888_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of the 6th instant from the
Secretary of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, a draft
of proposed legislation, prepared in the Office of Indian Affairs, to
authorize the use of certain funds therein specified in the purchase of
lands in the State of Florida upon which to locate the Seminole Indians
in that State.
The matter is presented for the favorable consideration of Congress.