EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 27, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I submit herewith a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing
a communication from the secretary of the Territory of New Mexico, who
has custody of the public buildings at Santa Fe, in which are set forth
reasons why an appropriation should be made for the completion of the
capitol at Santa Fe, and commend the same to the consideration of
Congress.