Committee on the Territories: slavery (31A-G23.1) and various subjects (31A-G23.2). Committee on Ways and Means: amendment of the tariff law of 1846 (31AG24.1); claims (31A-G24.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (31A-G24.3). Committee of the Whole House: various subjects (31A-G25.1). PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED 381 Grouped by subject as follows: slavery (31A-H1.1) and various subjects (31A-H1.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. ELECTION RECORDS. 3 in. 382 Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (31A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory. ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS. 3 vols. 9 in. 383 Original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (31A-K1) and 2d session (31A-K2). Arranged numerically within each group. OTHER RECORDS. 1 ft. 384 Two volumes of roll calls (31A-L1), arranged chronologically; roll calls in the election of House officers (31A-L2), arranged by office, thereunder numerically; and various papers (31A-L3), arranged by subject. Records of the Office of the Clerk For transcribed or printed reports of the Committee on the Territories, see entry 217; the Committee on Military Affairs, entry 288; the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Ways and Means, entry 302; the Committee on Private Land Claims and the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, entry 317; the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, the Committee on Public Lands, and the Committee on Roads and Canals, entry 345; and the Committee on Claims and the Committee on Elections, entry 359. RECORD BOOKS. 12 vols. 1 ft. 385 Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (31C-A1); petition book (31C-A2); record of orders of the day (31C-A3); register of resolutions sent to the President, heads of departments, and committees (31C-A4); register of printed documents (31C-A5); record of books purchased under H. Res. of Sept. 28, 1850 (31C-A6); compilation of laws and resolutions authorizing the employment of clerks, messengers, and laborers in the Clerk's Office together with a statement of the amount of compensation for each (31C-A7); record of the delivery of stationery and office supplies (31C-A8); newspaper book (31C-A9); and a record of referrals to the Committees on Engraving, Rules, Printing, and the Library (31C-A10). For membership of House committees, see entry 358. OTHER RECORDS. 10 in. 386 Records relating to the distribution of House documents and other publications (31C-81), arranged alphabetically by recipient; and various papers (31C-B2), arranged by subject. arranged by subject. For letter book of outgoing correspondence, see entry 360. THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1851-53 First Session, December 1, 1851-August 31, 1852 Records of Legislative Proceedings MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 5 vols. 1 ft. 387 Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (32A-Al); and legislative journal, Ist session (32A-A2) and 2d session (32A-A3). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 4 ft. 388 Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (32ABl); original House joint resolutions and joint resolutions upon which further action was taken (32A-B2); and 6 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (32A-B3). Arranged numerically within each group. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE 4 in. 389 Senate bills (32A-C1), arranged numerically; and S. J. Res. 16 for the relief of Y. P. Garnett (32A-C2). COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 7 ft. 390 Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: For minutes, see entry 377. Committee on Agriculture: a docket volume, 32d Congress, 1st session, to 34th Congress, 3d session (32A-D1.1). Committee on Claims: claims (32A-D2.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (32A-D2.2). For letter book, see entry 293; and minutes, entry 351. Committee on Commerce: buoys, lighthouses, and other aids to navigation (32A-D3.1); claims (32A-D3.2); rivers and harbors (32A-D3.3); trade with the British North American colonies (32A-D3.4); and various subjects (32A-D3.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 32A-D3.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on the District of Columbia: a docket volume (32A-D4.1). Committee on Indian Affairs: various subjects (32A-D6.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (32A-D7.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (32A-D7.2). Committee on the Judiciary: fees allowed attorneys, clerks, and marshals in Federal courts (32A-D8.1); 7th Census (32A-D8.2); and various subjects (32A-D8.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume for the 1st session (32A-D8.4). Committee on Manufactures: claim of C. F. Stansbury for expenses in con nection with London Fair of 1851 (32A-D9.1), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 377. Committee on Military Affairs: claims (32A-D10.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (32A-D10.2), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume (32A-D10.3). Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (32A-D11.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (32A-D11.2), arranged chronologically. Committee on Patents: Moore and Hascall's harvesting machine (32A-D12.1) and the Woodworth patent (32A-D12.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (32A-D13.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (32A-D13.2), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume for the 2d session (32A-D13.3). Committee on Printing: claim of Thomas Ritchie (32A-D14.1) and printing and binding the 7th Census (32A-D14.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Private Land Claims: alphabetically. various subjects (32A-D15.1), arranged Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: purchase of the Winder Building in Washington (32A-D16.1) and various subjects (32A-D16.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume (32AD16.3). Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (32A-D17.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume (32A-D17.2). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: a report on the claim of the heirs of Lt. Bartlett Hinds (32A-D18.1). There is also a docket volume for the 1st session (32A-D18.2). Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (32A-D19.1), arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (32A-D19.2). Committee on Roads and Canals: canal around the falls of the Ohio River (32A-D20.1) and various subjects (32A-D20.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on the Territories: various subjects (32A-D21.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume (32A-D21.2). Committee on Ways and Means: papers relating to appropriations for the Interior Department (32A-D22.1), the Navy Department (32A-D22.2), the Post Office (32A-D22.3), the State Department (32A-D22.4), the Treasury Department (32A-D22.5), the War Department (32A-D22.6), and others (32AD22.7); deficiency bill and relief of S. Morris Waln (32A-D22.8); and West Point Military Academy appropriation (32A-D22.9). Arranged chronologically within each group. Select Committees: on the Foundation of the Extension of the Capitol (32AD23.1); and to Investigate the Connection of Thomas Corwin, Secretary of the Treasury, With the Claim of George A. Gardner Allowed by the Mexican Claims Commission (32A-D23.2). Committee of the Whole House: For minutes, see entry 351. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 14 vols. 4 ft. 391 Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1851 and 1852; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (32A-E1). Arranged chronologically. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 36 vols. 8 ft. 392 Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (32A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (32A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (32AF3), the Secretary of War (32A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (32A-F5), the Postmaster General (32A-F6), the Secretary of the Interior (32A-F7), and others (32A-F8). Arranged chronologically within each group. 393 PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED various subjects (32A-G1.1). Committee on Accounts: Committee on Agriculture: establishment of an Agricultural Bureau in Washington (32A-G2.1); homestead bill to grant land to actual settlers (32A-G2.2); and various subjects (32A-G2.3). Committee on Claims: claims (32A-G3.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Commerce: breakwaters, buoys, lighthouses, clearance of obstructions, and other aids to navigation (32A-G4.1); customhouses (32AG4.2); fishing bounties (32A-G4.3); free trade between the United States and Canada (32A-G4.4); harbors (32A-G4.5); marine hospitals (32A-G4.6); ports of entry (32A-G4.7); prohibition of immigration of convicts, felons, and paupers from foreign countries to the United States (32A-G4.8); relief of American seamen (32A-G4.9); steamboat laws (32A-G4.10); telegraph line from Fort Independence, Mo., to the Pacific coast (32A-G4.11); and various subjects (32A-G4.12). Committee on the District of Columbia: bridges (32A-G5.1); charters and incorporations, other than railroads (32A-G5.2); railroads (32A-G5.3); schools (32A-G5.4); streets (32A-G5.5); and various subjects (32A-G5.6). Committee on Elections: various subjects (32A-G6.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: fisheries (32A-G7.1); forcible intervention Committee on Indian Affairs: various subjects (32A-G8.1). betically by petitioner. Committee on the Judiciary: various subjects (32A-G9.1), arranged alpha additional compensation for assistant marshals for taking the 7th Census (32A-G10.1); abolition of the office of chaplain in Government service (32A-G10.2); abolition of slavery (32A-G10.3); courts (32A-G10.4); Mexican indemnity claims (32A-G10.5); repeal of the fugitive slave law (32A-G10.6); Wheeling, W. Va., Bridge (32A-G10.7); and various subjects (32A-G10.8). Committee on Manufactures: duties (32A-G11.1) and exhibits at London Fair of 1851 (32A-G11.2). Committee on Military Affairs: civilian superintendents for national armories (32A-G12.1); claims (32A-G12.2); and various subjects (32A-G12.3). Committee on Naval Affairs: aid to the Collins Line of steamships (32AG13.1); corporal punishment in the Navy (32A-G13.2); mail steamers (32AG13.3); navy yards and drydocks (32A-G13.4); spirit rations in the Navy (32A-G13.5); and various subjects (32A-G13.6). Committee on Patents: extension of the patent of Uri Emmons for a cylindrical planing machine (32A-G14.1); extension of the patent of Cyrus H. McCormick for improvements in reaping machines (32A-G14.2); extension of the patent of Zebulon and Austin Parker for improvements in the application of hydraulic power (32A-G14.3); extension of the Woodworth patent for the planing of boards (32A-G14.4); protection of patent rights (32AG14.5); and various subjects (32A-G14.6). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: construction of an air line Committee on Printing: various subjects (32A-G16.1). various subjects (32A-G17.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: bridges over the Potomac River (32A-G18.1); Washington waterworks (32A-G18.2); and various subjects (32A-G18.3). Committee on Public Lands: additional compensation for registers and receivers of land offices for locating military-bounty-land warrants (32AG19.1); grant of lands to aid educational and eleemosynary institutions (32A-G19.2); grant of lands to aid the construction of railroads (32AG19.3); land offices (32A-G19.4); modification of the Military Bounty Land Act of 1850 to give 160 acres of land to soldiers of the War of 1812 (32A-G19.5); and various subjects (32A-G19.6). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (32A-G20.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: various subjects (32A-G21.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Roads and Canals: construction of a canal around the falls Committee on the Territories: various subjects (32A-G23.1). additional appropriation for the national armory at Harpers Ferry (32A-G24.1); branch mints (32A-G24.2); capitation tax on immigrants (32A-G24.3); cigars and tobacco (32A-G24.4); claims against the United States for debts of the Republic of Texas (32A-G24.5); colonization of free Negroes in Liberia (32A-G24.6); customhouses (32A-G24.7); increased coinage of silver (32A-G24.8); increase of 20 percent in the pay of clerks and messengers in the executive departments (32A-G24.9); tariff on iron, coal, glass, and cotton (32A-G24.10); |