MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. 
To the Senate and House of Representatives: 
1 transmit herewith, for the information of the Congress, the third 
report of the United States Board on Geographic Names, constituted 
by Executive order of September 4, 1890. 
The attention of the Congress is invited to the recommendations of 
the Board that, in addition to the number of copies of the report 
printed for the use of the Congress, 2,500 copies be printed for the 
use of the Board, and that an annual appropriation of $2,500 be asked 
to enable the Board to conduct the necessary correspondence, make 
investigations of questions submitted, and prepare, print, and promptly 
distribute the decisions made by the Board. 
Theodore Roosevelt. 
The White House, 
December 5 , 1905. 
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
Washington, D. C., November 29, 1905. 
To the President: 
I have the honor to transmit herewith the third report of the United 
States Board on Geographic Names, which includes all decisions made 
by the Board to date, and also contains an account of the origin, 
history, organization, methods, and principles of the Board. 
The Board respectfully recommends: 
First. That, in addition to the number of copies of this report 
printed for the use of Congress, 2,500 copies be printed for the use 
of the Board. 
Second. That, to conduct the necessary correspondence, make 
investigations of questions submitted, prepare, print, and promptly 
distribute the decisions as made, Congress be asked for an annual 
appropriation of $2,500. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Henry Gannett, 
Chairman. 
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