In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, requesting a copy of the report of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson,[6] I transmit a communication from the Secretary of State and the documents by which it was accompanied.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WASHINGTON, December 24, 1862.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit, for the consideration of Congress, a report from the Secretary of State on the subject of consular pupils.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WASHINGTON, January 2, 1863.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I submit to Congress the expediency of extending to other Departments of the Government the authority conferred on the President by the eighth section of the act of the 8th of May, 1792, to appoint a person to temporarily discharge the duties of Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of War in case of the death, absence from the seat of Government, or sickness of either of those officers.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.