CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS ON GOVERNMENT ISLAND, ALAMEDA, CALIF. COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN BUILDINGS ON GOVERNMENT ISLAND, ALAMEDA, CALIF. FEBRUARY 17 (calendar day, FEBRUARY 21), 1931.-Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, February 21, 1981. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1931, to remain available until expended, amounting to $800,000, for the construction of facilities for the Bureau of Public Roads and Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, and the Coast Guard of the Treasury Department, on Government Island, Alameda, Calif. The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, 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 for your consideration a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture, for the fiscal year 1931, to remain available until expended, $800,000. For carrying out the provisions of the act entitled "An act to authorize the construction on Government Island, Alameda, California, of buildings required by the Bureau of Public Roads and Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and the Coast Guard of the Treasury Department," approved February 20, 1931, $800,000, fiscal year 1931, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be expended until the United States has accepted title to land on Government Island, Alameda, California, conveyed under authority of joint resolution of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1018) (submitted). The purpose of this estimate is to provide funds for buildings to be erected on a tract of land comprising an area of 15 acres which the city of Alameda, Calif., has voted to donate to the United States under authority of a joint resolution of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1018). This tract of land is located on an arm of San Francisco Bay and is admirably situated to meet the requirements of the Bureau of Public Roads and the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and the Coast Guard of the Treasury Department. At the present time these services are using temporary structures erected on Government Island by the Shipping Board during the World War. These structures are in a bad state of repair, are wholly inadequate for the present requirements, and must soon be removed because of the prospective termination of the lease covering the land on which they were erected. It is proposed to erect for the Bureau of Public Roads an equipment depot, including a repair shop, where may be assembled such roadbuilding equipment as is required in connection with the construction of Federal aid, forest highway and park roads in the States of California, Arizona and Nevada; for the Forest Service a suitable warehouse for storage and distribution of machinery and other equipment and supplies required in the construction and maintenance of roads and trails, and equipment and supplies necessary for fighting of forest fires in the national forests in California; for the Coast Guard shops for the repair of vessels and boats used on the western coast, storage space for different vessels, office space for the base commander's force, barracks and quarters for recruits and crews, including a sick bay and medical officers' office, and a marine railway on which smaller vessels may be hauled out for repair. In addition to these structures it is proposed that there shall be erected an administrative building for the joint use of the three services. The foregoing estimate of appropriation is submitted in furtherance of legislation which has been enacted since the transmission of the Budget for the fiscal year 1931, and its approval is recommended. Very respectfully, The PRESIDENT. J. CLAWSON ROOP, Director of the Bureau of the Budget. O PRINTING AND BINDING UNITED STATES COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING A SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION FOR PRINTING AND BINDING FOR THE UNITED STATES COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS, AMOUNTING TO $2,900 FEBRUARY 17 (calendar day, FEBRUARY 21), 1931.-Read; referred to the Committee on appropriations, and ordered to be printed The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, February 21, 1931. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1931, amounting to $2,900, for printing and binding for the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, 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 herweith, with whose comments and observations thereon I concur. Respectfully, HERBERT HOOVER. BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, SIR: I have the honor to submit for your consideration a supple mental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1931, amounting to $2,900. Printing and binding, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals: For printing and binding for the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, fiscal year 1931 (act July 3, 1930, vol. 46, p. 880). Supplemental estimate 1931, $2,900. Appropriated 1931, $6,600. Under the act of March 2, 1929, the jurisdiction vested in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in respect of appeals from the Patent Office in patent and trade-mark cases was transferred to the United States Court of Customs Appeals and the title of that court changed to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. The act of June 16, 1930, amending section 192 of the Judicial Code, provides that the reporter of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals shall cause to be compiled and published, at least once a year, in such manner as the court shall direct, all of the opinions rendered by said court to that date, together with such digests and indexes as the court may deem necessary. Formerly the opinions rendered by this court in customs cases were published by the Treasury Department and the cost of same paid from the appropriations of that department, but under the amendatory legislation all opinions rendered by the court will be published under the direction of the court and beginning with the fiscal year 1931 funds have been provided for expenditure by the court for this purpose. It was anticipated that two volumes of opinions would be published each year, one of customs cases and one of patent cases, and the appropriation for the fiscal year 1931 is sufficient only for the publication of these two volumes. The presiding judge of the court advises, however, that the opinions in patent cases which have been and are being handed down by the court during the present year, since October 1, 1930, should now be in the Printing Office, being set up, with their headnotes, for the next volume, and be fully completed and bound for distribution by the time the next year's court work begins on October 1, 1931, and it is estimated that an additional amount of $2,900 will be required for the fiscal year 1931 if this volume of opinions in patent cases is to be published at this time. This estimate of appropriation is to meet a contingency which has arisen since the transmission of the Budget for the fiscal year 1931, and its approval is recommended. Very respectfully, The PRESIDENT. J. CLAWSON ROOP, Director of the Bureau of the Budget. JUDGMENTS RENDERED BY THE COURT OF CLAIMS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING PURSUANT TO LAW RECORDS OF JUDGMENTS RENDERED BY THE COURT OF CLAIMS, AMOUNTING TO $36,145 FEBRUARY 17 (calendar day, FEBRUARY 21), 1931.-Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, February 21, 1931. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress, in compliance with the provisions contained in the act of September 30, 1890 (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 226), and the act of April 27, 1904 (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 583, par. 2), records of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, which have been submitted by the Attorney General through the Secretary of the Treasury and require an appropriation for their payment, as follows: Under the Navy Department.. $36, 145 The necessity for the appropriation asked is explained in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget transmitted herewith, in whose conclusions and observations thereon I concur. Respectfully, HERBERT HOOVER. BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration, in compliance with the provisions contained in the act of September 30, 1890 (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 226), and the act of April 27, 1904 (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 583, par. 2), records of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, which have been submitted by the Attorney |