It may be expedient to provide that such law as shall be passed in pursuance of this recommendation shall expire at the end of the next session of Congress.
There is no other subject upon which I would recommend legislation during the present session.
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, March 28, 1871.
To the Senate of the United States:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the papers[44] which accompanied it.
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, March 30, 1871.
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit, for consideration with a view to its ratification, a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and the Kingdom of Italy, signed at Florence on the 26th of last month.