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DOCUMENTS
accompanying the Presidents Special Message,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, !
WASHINGTON, 9TH January, 1865

accompanying the Presidents Special Message,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, !
WAsHINGToN, 9TH January, 1905
To the President of the United States
The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred
resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3ls
ut, requesting the President of the United States to
communicate to That body as early as ne conveniently
can, whether, since the last session of Congress, any
person has been by him appointed either civil or mill
tary governor of California and New Mexico. Ii any
military or civil governor has been appointed, their
names and their compensation. Ii military and civil
governor has been united in person. whether any adj
dona compensation has been given for said duties and
the same"
"Also, that he be requested to communicate to this
House whether any agent agents, or other PERSONS
have been appointed by the President any of the De-
partments of the Government and sent to California or
New Mexico, or recognized IN SAID territories by tiS
Government authorized to organize the people OF Call
fornia or New Mexico into government or to AID or
advise them in such organizations or whether such agent
civil military governor was instructed or directed TO
aid preside over be present at the assembly OF
body OF persons called convention in California, TO
control aid advise, direct participate in any manner
the deliberations OF that body OF persons IT any, the
names of such agent agents, and their compensa-
ton Also that the President be requested to inform
this House whether the Executive, either of the De-
partmens have sent any agents on the part OF this 90
yernment to California or New Mexico, TO aid or ad-
wise the people OF those territories to the formation OF
government for themselves, and it such agent or
agents have been SENT who they and their copen-
saton Also, that the President be respectfully re-
uuested to communicate to this House all the instruc-
tons given to such governor, civil or military IN Cali
fonia New Mexico, or to any officers OF the army
of the United States, or any other persons who may
have been sent by this Government to New Mexico or
California and the procamatons and communications
by them made to the people OF said Territories, as well
the entire correspondence OF such agents or governor
with this government. And, also, whether any person
or persons have been authorized by this Government, or
any of its departments, to appoint and direct the cleo
tons in said Territories and determine the qualhca-
tons OF the voters the same and whether any laws
bau heen
fornia; and if so, what Jaws g!
"And that the President be requested to communicate
to this House all correspondence held by this govern
atiye to the formation OF Government Tor the SAID
Territories by the inhabitants thereof and whether any
census OF citizens OF said Territories has been made
and that the same, ifmade, be communicated to this
House Also, all similar instructions that were given to
similar officers agents by the late Executive, and all
similar information Of which the Department of State
had possession, and similar matters at the expiration OF
the term of office Of the late President" Has the
honor to report to the President the accompanying
papers on file in his Department embraced by the reso-
luton Copies of so much OF the correspondence OF this
Department during the last administration, with officers
and agents California, after the Treaty OF Guadalupe
as was deemed proper orusefu TO be communicated to
Congress- will be found among the papers accompany
ING the message of President Polk of December5, S4S
from page As to page SO inclusive. [See vol Execu-
tive Documents, ID session, Both Congress. Prior to
that PERIOD Il. O. Larken Esq, was appointed conf
dental agent of the Department in California, and re-
ceved for his services the sum OF st, lo7 The sum OF
81 900 has been paid to Mr.. King.
The Secretary of State has the honor to add thatno
official report has been received at this Department
from Mr. King, who, on the Sd of April last, APP
pointed bearer of dispatches to California and agent to
collecl information necessary to the proper execution
of the treaty with Mexico, as well as to communicate
Information to the people of that Territory, fully
stated in the copy OF his instl ucons herewith SENT
Private advices from California have informed that
he was confined by severe illness, not long after his
rival at San Francisco but that he had recovered and
his arrival in the United States may, therefore, be
expected.
A report will then, doubtless, be made by him in ODE
dence to his instructions.
Respectfully submitted,
J. M. CLAYTON.