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Also (by request). a bill to authorize district EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. judges to order certain officers from one division to anotherto the Committee on the Judiciary. Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV. the following executive com- By Mr. GARDNER of Massachusetts: A bill to munications were taken from the Speakers table and referred as extend the exemption from head tax to citizens of Newfoundland follows: entering the United Statesto the Committee on Immigration and A letter from the president of the Capital Traction Company. Naturalization. submitting a statement of the receipts and disbursements for the By Mr. DICK: A bill to grant certain lands to year ended December 31. 1903to the Committee on the District the State of Ohioto the Committee on the Public Lands. of Columbia. and ordered to be printed. Also. a bill to increase the pensions of those who A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims. trans- have lost an eye or the sight of an eye in the military or naval mitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of service of the United Statesto the Committee on Invalid PenSamuel B.