EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 15, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a letter from
the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a copy of a letter from the
acting governor of New Mexico, in which he sets forth reasons why
authority should be given and provision made for holding a session of
the Territorial legislature of New Mexico in January, 1883, or soon
thereafter.