EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 8, 1883_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior
of the 7th instant, with accompanying papers, setting forth the urgent
necessity of stringent measures for the repression of the rapidly
increasing evasions and violations of the laws relating to public lands,
and of a special appropriation for the purpose both in the current and
approaching fiscal years.
The subject is presented for the consideration of Congress.