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of Claims, 34th Congress, 1st session, to 37th Congress, 2d session (34CAll). For membership of standing and select committees and a register of resolutions, see entry 398; and for a record of referrals to and reports from the Court of Claims, and contingent accounts, see entry 413.

OTHER RECORDS. 5 in.

429

Memoranda relating to the withdrawal of records (34C-B1), arranged alphabetically by subject; and various papers (34C-B2), arranged by subject. For Clerk's letter book, see entry 415.

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Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (35A-Al); and legislative journal, 1st session (35A-A2) and 2d session (35A-A3).

8 ft.

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 432 Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (35ABl); original House joint resolutions and joint resolutions upon which further action was taken (35A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (35A-B3); 3 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (35AB4); and House bills based upon reports from the Court of Claims (35A-B5). Arranged numerically within each group, except 35A-B3, which is arranged chronologically.

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE
HOUSE. 2 in.

433

Senate bills (35A-C1) and Senate joint resolutions (35A-C2). Arranged numerically within each group.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 32 ft.

434

Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: a report on the malfeasance of R. B. Hackney, Doorkeeper (35A-Dl.1). There is also a volume of minutes, 35th Congress, 2d session, to 39th Congress, 2d session (35-D1.2). Committee on Agriculture: a docket volume (35 A-D2.1). Committee on Claims: claims (354-D3.1), arranged alphabetically.

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are also a volume indexing bills from the Court of Claims referred to the committee, Jan. 18, 1858 (35A-D3.2); 2 docket volumes, 1 of which registers held-over reports and new cases from the Court of Claims (35A-D3.3); and a letter book, 35th Congress, 1st session, to 39th

Congress, 2d session (35A-D3.4). For minutes, see entry 419; and letter book covering part of the 1st session, entry 293.

Committee on Commerce: channel or harbor improvements (35A-D4.1); claims (35A-D4.2); commercial use of Government piers at Chicago (35A-D4.3); consulate for Rosario, Argentine Confederation (35A-D4.4); marine hospitals (35A-D4.5); navigational and personal safety on vessels (35AD4.6); and Revenue-Cutter Service (35A-D4.7). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-D4.2, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (35A-D4.8).

Committee on the District of Columbia: claims (35A-D5.1); Columbia Turnpike and Rockville-Washington Turnpike (35A-D5.2); courts, including the Court of Claims, in the District (35A-D5.3); street railway for horsedrawn cars on Pennsylvania Avenue (35A-D5.4); and various subjects (35AD5.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-D5.1, which is arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Elections: claims (35A-D6.1); contested election cases of Henry P. Brooks v. Henry W. Davis, Maryland (35A-D6.2), Bird B. Chapman v. Fenner Ferguson, Territory of Nebraska (35A-D6.3), C. L. Vallandigham v. Lewis D. Campbell, Ohio (35A-D6.4), and W. P. Whyte v. Harris J. Morrison, Maryland (35A-D6.5); and the seating of a Delegate from the Territory of Linnesota (35A-D6.6). Arranged by subject, except 35A-D6.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For minutes, see entry 419. Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (35A-D7.1); and relations with foreign countries: France, over the seizure of the American barque Adriatic (35A-D7.2); Nicaragua, over the activities of William Walker and his followers (35A-D7.3); Paraguay, over the treatment of American citizens and over an outrage to the American vessel Water-hitch (35A-D7.4); and Spain, over unadjusted differences, including the future of Cuba (35A-D7.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-D7.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (35A-D7.6). For another docket volume, see entry 419. Committee on Indian Affairs: Cherokee reservations under treaties of 1817 and 1819 (35A-D8.1); claims (35A-D8.2); Moravian improvements to lands (35A-D8.3); preemption rights on Fort Atkinson Reserve, Iowa (35A-D8.4); Sebastian Military and Indian Reservation, Calif. (35A-D8.5); Territory of Utah (35A-D8.6); widow's interest in the plates from which had been published Henry Schoolcraft's Indian history (35A-D8.7). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-DE.2, which is arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Invalid Pensions:

claims (35A-D9.1), arranged alphabetically; and pensions for Army, Navy, and Marine personnel (35A-D9.2), arranged chronologically. Committee on the Judiciary: bankruptcy (35A-D10.1); claims (35A-D10.2); judicial districts (35A-D10.3); and witnesses in U. S. courts (35AD10.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-D10.2, which is arranged alphabetically. There are also a docket volume (35AD10.5) and a volume of minutes (35A-D10.6).

Committee on Manufactures: a docket volume (35A-D11.1).
Committee on Military Affairs: claims (35A-D12.1); contracts for the
transportation of military supplies (35A-D12.2); expedition into the
Territory of Utah (35A-D12.3); military academies, posts, ranges, and

roads (35A-D12.4); and various subjects (35A-D12.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-D12.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There are also a volume of the committee clerk's calendar, 35th Congress, 1st session, to 36th Congress, 2d session (35A-D12.6); and a docket volume (35A-D12.7). For minutes, see entry 419. Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (35A-D13.1); flag of the United States (35A-D13.2); marine hospitals (35A-D13.3); and William Walker and his followers (35A-D13.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-D13.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on Patents: firearms (35A-D14.1); patent laws (35A-D14.2); power looms for weaving (35A-D14.3); regulators for steam valves (35A-D14.4); surveying and calculating instruments (35A-D14.5); typecasting machinery (35A-D14.6); and various subjects (35A-D14.7). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume (35A-D14.8). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (35A-D15.1); Post Office Department (35A-D15.2); post offices (35A-D15.3); and various subjects (35A-D15.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-D15.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on Printing: congressional and departmental binding (35A-D16.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (35A-D17.1); certain lands in Louisiana (35A-D17.2); certain lands in Missouri (35A-D17.3); and certain lands in the Territory of New Mexico (35A-D17.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-D17.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (35A-D17.5). Committee on Public Lands: agricultural and mechanical colleges (35AD18.1); disposition of the public lands (35A-D18.2); claims (35A-D18.3); land bounty for the War-of-1812 captors of the British ship Dauntless (35A-D18.4); railroads (35A-D18.5); and various subjects (35A-D18.6). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-D18.3, which is arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (35A-D18.7). For minutes, see entry 419.

Committee on Revolutionary Claims:

claims (35A-D19.1), arranged alpha

betically. There is also a docket volume (35A-D19.2). Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (35A-D20.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (35A-D20.2).

Committee on the Territories: claims originating in the Territory of Kansas (35A-D21.1); creation of a Territory of Nevada (35A-D21.2); encouragement to railroad construction in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska (35A-D21.3); roads and bridges in the Territory of Minnesota (35A-D21.4); statehood for the Territory of Oregon (35A-D21.5); and suffrage in the Territories (35A-D21.6). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-D21.1, which is arranged numerically. There are also a docket volume (35A-D21.7); and a volume containing rough docket entries for the 35th and 36th Congresses, and committee minutes, 36th Congress, 1st session, to 43d Congress, 1st session (35AD21.8).

Committee on Ways and Means: the census (35A-D22.1); claims (35A-D22.2); coinage and finance (35A-D22.3); the collection of revenue (35A-D22.4); the consular and diplomatic service (35A-D22.5); courts in the District of Columbia (35A-D22.6); general appropriations (35A-D22.7); Government

clerks and salaries (35A-D22.8); the Houses of Congress (35A-D22.9); Indians (35A-D22.10); Interior Department, including the land office system (35A-D22.11); lighthouses (35A-D22.12); Navy shop equipment (35A-D22.13); the Northwestern Boundary Survey (35A-D22.14); pensions (35A-D22.15); the postal service (35A-D22.16); printing and binding (35A-D22.17); public buildings and property (35A-D22.18); the Smithsonian Institution (35A-D22.19); the tariff (35A-D22.20); the Territories (35A-D22.21); and the White House (35A-D22.22). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-D22.2, which is arranged alphabetically. There are also a docket volume (35A-D22.23); and a volume of minutes, 35th Congress, 2d session, to 37th Congress, 1st session (35 AD22.24).

Select Committees:

in Relation to the Accounts and Official Conduct of the Late Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives (35A-D23.1); on the Accounts of the Late Superintendent of Public Printing (35A-D23.2); on the Apportionment of Clerks and Messengers in the Several Departments of the United States Government (35A-D23.3); on Charges Against O. B. Matteson, M. C. (35A-D23.4); on Charges Against a Llember of the Committee on Accounts (35A-D23.5); Appointed to Inquire Into the Expenditure of Money for the Purpose of Influencing the Passage of the Tariff of 1857 (35A-D23.6); Appointed to Investigate the Facts and Circumstances Connected With the Sale and Purchase of Property at Wilkins' or Willett's Point, Long Island, N. Y., for Fortification Purposes in 1857 (35A-D23.7); on Grant of Lands to the Niagara Ship Canal (35A-D23.8); on Levees on the Mississippi River in the States of Tennessee and Kentucky (35A-D23.9); on the Memorial of Artists of the United States (35A-D23.10); to Which Was Referred the Message of the President Concerning the Kansas (Lecompton) Constitution (35A-D23.11); on Naval Contracts and Expenditures (35A-D23.12); to Investigate the Official Conduct and Accounts of William Cullom, Late Clerk of the House of Representatives (35A-D23.13); on the Pacific Railroad (35A-D23.14); on Printing (35A-D23.15); on the Purchase by the Government of the Banking House of the Bank of Pennsylvania, in the City of Philadelphia (35A-D23.16); on Reduction of the Expenditures of the Government, the Navigation Laws, and the Existing Duties on Imports (35A-D23.17); on the Removal of Desks and Rearrangement of Seats of Members (35A-D23.18); and on the Rules of the House (35A-D23.19).

Committee of the Whole House: For minutes, see entry 404.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 43 vols. 11 ft.

435

Original annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1857 and 1858; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (35A-El). Arranged chronologically.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE.

50 vols. 12 ft.

436 Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (35A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (35A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (35A-F3), the Secretary of War (35A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (35AF5), the Postmaster General (35A-F6), the Secretary of the Interior (35AF7), the Court of Claims (35A-F8), and others (35A-F9). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-F8, which is arranged numerically.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 22 ft.

437

Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated.

Committee on Agriculture: Agricultural Bureau (35A-G1.1); agricultural

colleges and schools of practical sciences (35A-G1.2); monopoly of and traffic in public lands (35 A-G1.3); and various subjects (35A-G1.4). Committee on Claims: claims (35A-G2.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Commerce: bay, canal, channel, and river improvements (35AG3.1); beacons, buoys, fog bells, and light-vessels (35A-G3.2); breakwaters and seawalls (35A-G3.3); changing names of vessels (35A-G3.4); claims (35A-G3.5); harbors and piers (35A-G3.6); lighthouse board (35AG3.7); lighthouse construction and maintenance (35A-G3.8); mail steamers (35A-G3.9); marine hospitals (35A-G3.10); marine inventions (35A-G3.11); marine signal codes (35A-G3.12); mint and assay branches (35A-G3.13); ports of entry (35A-G3.14); registry of ships (35A-G3.15); and various subjects (35A-G3.16).

Committee on the District of Columbia: acts of incorporation (35A-G4.1); claims (35A-G4.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; Potomac River bridge (35A-G4.3); railroads (35A-G4.4); roads and streets (35A-G4.5); schools and institutions (35 A-G4.6); street lighting (35A-G4.7); and various subjects (35A-G4.8).

Committee on Elections: various subjects (35A-G5.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (35A-G6.1); French spoliation claims (35A-G6.2); and various subjects (35A-G6.3). 35 A-G6.1 and 35 A-G6.2 are arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (35A-G7.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (35A-G7.2).

Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (35A-G8.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on the Judiciary: bankruptcy law (35A-G9.1); claims (35A‐G9.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; courthouses, court reorganization, and court terms (35A-G9.3); office of chaplain (35A-G9.4); and various subjects (35A-G9.5).

Committee on the Library: distribution of public documents (35 A-G10.1) and various subjects (35A-G10.2).

Committee on Manufactures: various subjects (35A-G11.1).

Committee on Military Affairs: claims (35 A-G12.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; epidemic cholera (35 A-G12.2); military ordnance, inventions, and vehicles (35A-G12.3); militia armament (35A-G12.4); national foundries (35 A-G12.5); New York military defenses (35 A-G12.6); and various subjects (35A-G12.7).

Committee on the Militia: militia armament (35A-G13.1). Committee on Naval Affairs: chaplains (35 A-G14.1); claims (35A-G14.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; increased pay for Navy officers (35A-G14.3); and various subjects (35 A-G14.4).

Committee on Patents: claims (35 A-G15.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; Colt patent for revolving pistol (35 A-G15.2); india rubber patents (35A-G15.3); materia medica system (35A-G15.4); patent laws

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