that your honorable body will consider the charges herein made and the grounds for this contest as above set forth; that you will examine into the facts by conducting an inquiry, by summoning, examining, and hearing witnesses, and examining and considering other evidence, and, if the allegations herein shall be supported by facts and by sufficient proof, that you will find that Thomas D. Schall was not legally elected as Senator from the State of Minnesota, in the senatorial election held on November 4, 1930, and that his seat be declared vacant. Dated March 14, 1932. STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Hennepin, ss. ORREN E. SAFFORD, N. E. PARDEE, Attorneys for Petitioners. Einar Hoidale, being first duly sworn, upon his oath deposes and says that he is the same and identical person named as petitioner in the foregoing petition; that he has read said petition, and that the same is true to the best of his information and belief. EINAR HOIDALE. My commission expires September 5, 1933. CONSTRUCTION OF GATES AT INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY, SAN YSIDRO, CALIF. COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING A DRAFT OF A PROPOSED PROVISION PERTAINING TO AN ITEM FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, FISCAL YEAR 1933, RELATIVE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF GATES AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AT THE PORT OF SAN YSIDRO CALIF. APRIL 19, 1932.-Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, April 19, 1932. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a draft of a proposed provision pertaining to an item for the Treasury Department in the Budget for the fiscal year 1933. The necessity for the proposed provision and the reason for its transmission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget transmitted herewith, with whose comments and observations thereon I concur. Respectfully, HERBERT HOOVER. BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration a draft of a proposed provision pertaining to an item for the Treasury Department in the Budget for the fiscal year 1933, as follows: To the text of the item of $23,050,000 for collecting the revenue from customs, Bureau of Customs, add the following proviso at the end of the text of the estimate appearing on page 497 of the Budget: Provided: That not to exceed $6,000 of this appropriation is hereby made immediately available for the construction of gates at the international boundary across the highway at the port of San Ysidro, Calif SD-72-1-VOL 23—26 In 1925 the department erected gates across the international highway at the port of San Ysidro, Calif., in order to exclude traffic into the United States after 6 p. m. when the border is officially closed. The cost of erecting these gates was paid from the appropriation "Collecting the revenue from customs" as under a ruling of the Comptroller of the Treasury dated June 26, 1918, it was held that the erection of a fence on the international border as an aid in the enforcement of the customs laws was a proper charge against the customs appropriation. The county of San Diego, Calif., has relocated the international highway at San Ysidro and increased its width from 40 feet to 100 feet, making it necessary to erect new gates in order properly to control international traffic. The Comptroller General now holds that the construction of permanent gates to close a 100-foot roadway would constitute a public improvement that would require a specific appropriation or authority for that purpose from the Congress. As the new highway has been completed, this proposed provision is urgently required in order that the gates may be erected at the earliest possible date with a view to effectively enforcing the border closing order. I recommend that the draft of the proposed provision be transmitted to Congress. Very respectfully, The PRESIDENT. J. CLAWSON ROOP, Director of the Bureau of the Budget. о WOOD PULP AND PULPWOODS LETTER FROM THE ACTING CHAIRMAN OF THE UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION TRANSMITTING IN RESPONSE TO SENATE RESOLUTION No. 95, A REPORT OF ITS INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF THE DEPRECIATION IN VALUE OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES UPON THE IMPORTATION INTO THE UNITED STATES OF MECHANICALLY GROUND WOOD PULP; PULPWOODS APRIL 21, 1932.-Referred to the Committee on Finance UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1932 |