In accordance with section 3, act approved June 23, 1874, I appointed a
board to make a survey of the mouth of the Mississippi River with a view
to determine the best method of obtaining and maintaining a depth of
water sufficient for the purposes of commerce, etc.; and in accordance
with an act entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a
commission of engineers to investigate and report a permanent plan for
the reclamation of the alluvial basin of the Mississippi River subject
to inundation," I appointed a commission of engineers. Neither board has
yet completed its labors. When their reports are received, they will be
forwarded to Congress without delay.
U.S. GRANT.
[Footnote 84: See pp. 273-276.]
[Footnote 85: See pp. 277-281.]
[Footnote 86: See pp. 276-277.]
SPECIAL MESSAGES.
WASHINGTON, _December 8, 1874_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 3d of February, 1873,
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, together with
the papers[87] which accompanied it.
U.S. GRANT.
[Footnote 87: Dispatches in regard to the records and public documents
of the Mexican Government relative to the lands embraced within the
Territories of Arizona and New Mexico.
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