Mr. Sherman to Mr. Terrell.

No. 1460.]

Sir: You are requested to procure and forward to the Department, with as little delay as possible, a copy of the special law governing the holding of real estate in Turkey by subjects of Ottoman birth who have changed their nationality, referred to in Article I of the legislative enactments, printed on page 826 of the volume of “Treaties and Conventions between the United States and other Powers,” edition of 1889.

Respectfully, yours,

John Sherman.