ANDREW JOHNSON.

PROCLAMATION.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas objects of interest to the United States require that the Senate should be convened at 12 o’clock on Monday, the 1st day of April next, to receive and act upon such communications as may be made to it on the part of the Executive.

Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, have considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, declaring that an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on Monday, the 1st day of April next, at 12 o’clock on that day, of which all who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice.

[SEAL.]

Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Washington, the 30th day of March, A.D. 1867, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-first.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

By the President: 
  WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
    Secretary of State.

SPECIAL MESSAGES.

[The following messages were sent to the special session of the Senate.]

WASHINGTON, March 28, 1867.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 20th instant, a report[24] from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

[Footnote 24:  Relating to the exequatur of the consul of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg residing at New York.]

WASHINGTON, April 12, 1867.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 10th instant, calling for information relative to prisoners of war taken by belligerents in the Mexican Republic, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, April 13, 1867.

To the Senate of the United States: 

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th of January last, requesting certain information in regard to governors, secretaries, and judges of Territories, I transmit herewith reports[25] from the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Attorney-General.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

[Footnote 25:  Relating to the absence of Territorial officers from their posts of duty.]

WASHINGTON, April 15, 1867.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 13th instant, a report[26] from the Secretary of State.

ANDREW JOHNSON.