DRAINAGE OF INDIAN ALLOTMENTS OF THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES. FEBRUARY 24 (calendar day, MARCH 1), 1921.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. OWEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany the message of the President returning without approval H. R. 517.] The Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 517) amending an act to provide for drainage of Indian allotments of the Five Civilized Tribes, approved March 27, 1914, together with the objections of the President thereto, having reconsidered said bill and objections thereto report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that said bill do pass, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. The bill as passed made only the following amendments to the existing statutes: On page 2, line 10, it struck out the words "or the United States." Provided further, That in any event such assessment on any Indian allotment shall not exceed $15 per acre, and no such assessment shall be made unless the Indian allottee affected or his legal guardian shall consent thereto: And. The President withheld his signature solely on the following ground, without explanation: Because it seems to me to reduce the number of safeguards from around the property of our Indians when there is no apparent necessity for doing so. The necessity for the change in the existing law is to permit the assessment of a higher rate than $15 per acre because of the increased cost in constructing drainage since the passage of the original act approved March 27, 1914, and to take away the right of an allottee to veto a drainage district by refusing his assent. The amendment does not subject the land of the Indian to assessment, but only moneys in the hands of the Interior Department, and then only after the Secretary of the Interior shall have caused a review of the schedules of assessment against the tract of land and reviewed the land assessed to ascertain whether such Indian allottee, or his lands, not subject to taxation, have been assessed more than their pro rata share as compared with other lands allotted in said district similarly situated and deriving like benefits. These overflow lands are of very little value, but after proper drainage is established thereon, their value is materially enhanced, and the drainage district is of benefit alike to the Indian allottees and the white citizens who own lands intermingled with the Indian lands. The necessity for drainage districts is well known, and the Indian is fully protected. This bill was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate upon favorable reports of the Secretary of the Interior. Your committee recommends the passage of the following resolution: Resolved, That the bill pass, two-thirds of the Senators present having voted in the affirmative. SENATE. 66TH CONCRESS, } { REPORT No. 826. DUTIES OF JUDGE OF DISTRICT COURTS OF UNITED STATES. FEBRUARY 24 (calendar day, March 2), 1921.—-Ordered to be printed. Mr. NELSON, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 5042.] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1042) to require judges appointed under authority of the United States to devote their entire time to the duties of a judge, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass with an amendment. In line 12, after the word "judge," insert the following words: "and shall not engage in any other employment or vocation for which he receives compensation." О Mr. CALDER, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 5044.] The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 5044) granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River near Haileys Ferry, and between the counties of Anderson, S. C., and Hart, Ga., having considered the same, report favorably thereon, and recommend that the bill do pass without amendment. The bill has the approval of the Department of War, as will appear by the annexed communication with reference to a similar bill (H. R. 10963) introduced in the House of Representatives. [Second indorsement.] WAR DEPARTMENT, December 15, 1919. Respectfully returned to the chairman Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives. So far as the interests committed to this department are concerned, I know of no objection to the favorable consideration by Congress of the accompanying bill, H. R. 10963, current session, to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River at or near Haileys Ferry, and between the counties of Anderson, S. C., and Hart, Ga. I must, however, direct attention to the fact that under date of November 8, 1919, this department submitted to the committee a report on a bill, H. R. 10205, current session, to authorize the construction of a bridge at or near Haileys Ferry by the Hailey's Bridge Co., and again, under date of December 12, 1919, a report on É. R. 10922, current session, to vest authority for the construction of a bridge at the same locality in the Alfords Bridge Co. The enactment of any one of the bills, subject to such amendments as may have been suggested, is satisfactory to the War Department, but it is recommended that not more than one of them be enacted. NEWTON D. BAKER, 66TH CONGRESS, 3d Session. SENATE. { REPORT No. 828. ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL FACILITIES FOR PATIENTS OF THE BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE AND OF THE FEDERAL BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, DIVISION OF REHABILITATION. MARCH 2 (calendar day, MARCH 3), 1921.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. WARREN, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 15894.] The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 15894) to authorize an appropriation to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to provide medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies for persons who served in the World War and are patients of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance and of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, Division of Rehabilitation, and for other purposes, reports the same to the Senate and recommends that all of the matter after the enacting clause of said bill be stricken out and the matter herein submitted adopted instead. The subject matter of this bill has been recommended by the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the House and the bill passed that body authorizing $13,000,000 for the purposes set forth therein. The bill had the approval of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the Senate, but with the approval of the chairman of that committee it was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, which possessed the power to appropriate the needed funds. The great and growing need for additional beds and early extended hospital facilities seemed so urgent that the Committee on Appropriations has in its amendment proposed to appropriate therefor $18,600,000 to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. The amendment proposed to the bill by your committee is as follows: That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, within the limits of appropriations made herein, to provide additional hospital and out-patient dispensary facilities for persons who served in the World War and are now or hereafter may be patients of |