increase in the compensation of mail contractors and letter carriers Committee on Printing: printing of Charles Lanman's Dictionary of Con- various subjects (384-G17.1), arranged Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: grant of land to the Guardian Society of the District of Columbia for the construction of a House of Industry and a Widows' and Orphans' Home (38A-G18.1). Committee on Public Lands: grant of land in aid of the construction of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Co. (38A-G19.1); grant of land to the State of Minnesota to aid in the construction of railroads (38A-G19.2); grant of public land to aid the construction of railroads in Wisconsin (38A-G19.3); issue of patents to purchasers of Stockbridge lands in Calumet County, Wis. (38A-G19.4); land claims in California (38A-G19.5); sale of mineral lands in Rocky Mountain country, and the grant of Government aid in the construction of the Northern and Central Pacific Railroads (38A-G19.6); survey and sale of public land in Wisconsin (38A-G19.7); title to swamplands in Iowa (38A-G19.8); and various subjects (38A-G19.9). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: various subjects (38-G20.1), arranged various subjects (38A-G21.1), ar ranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Roads and Canals: construction of a canal around Niagara Falls (38A-G22.1); construction of roads in the western part of the country (38A-G22.2); construction of the St. Lawrence River Waterway Canal (38A-G22.3); establishment of a through railway line from New York to washington (38A-G22.4); grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Southern Minnesota Railroad (38-G22.5); and various subjects (38A-G22.6). Committee on the Territories: construction of a capitol building and prison in Dakota Territory (38A-G23.1); construction of roads in the western territory (3ƐA-G23.2); and salary increases for judges of the Supreme Court of Colorado Territory (38A-G23.3). Committee on Ways and Means: amendment of the internal revenue law (38AG24.1); claims (38A-G24.2); duties on paper and the materials used in the manufacture of paper (38A-G24.3); enactment of a tax on dogs (38AG24.4); improvement of rivers and harbors (38A-C24.5); increase in the duty on wool (38A-G24.6); increase in the pay of assistant assessors of internal revenue (38A-G24.7); increase in the pay of employees of various departments of the Government (38A-G24.8); location of branch mint at Portland, Oreg. (3&A-G24.9); national banks and banks chartered by the States (38A-G24.10); national income tax (38A-G24.11); repeal of the discriminatory duties on steel rails, axles, and tires (38A-G24.12); repeal of the tax on the gross receipts of ships and vessels (38A-G24.13); taxation of distilled spirits (38A-G24.14); taxation of cigars and tobacco (38A-G24.15); taxes on mineral waters (38A-G24.16); and various subjects (38A-G24.17). Select Committees: on Emancipation (38A-C25.1); on the Establishment of a National Armory in the West (38A-325.2); on Immigration (38A-G25.3); on the Pacific Railroad (38A-G25.4); on the Railroad From New York to Washington (38A-G25.5); and on the Rebellious States (3ƐA-G25.6). PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE TABLED. 2 ft. 480 Grouped by subject as follows: amendment of the conscription law (32A-H1.1); amendment of the Constitution of the United States to abolish slavery (38A-H1.2); bounties (38A-H1.3); claims for losses sustained by beef contractors and sutlers at the hands of Confederate troops (38A-H1.4); claims of property holders for supplies appropriated, and for office space leased, by military authorities of the United States (38A-H1.5); establishment of a uniform ambulance and hospital corps for the Army (38A-H1.6); exemption of ministers and aliens from military service (38A-H1.7); extension of patents held by Joseph Nock and Sarah Mather (38A-H1.8); improvement of rivers and harbors (38A-H1.9); increase in the pay of judges, criers, and bailiffs of Federal courts, and the appointment of a shorthand reporter for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (38A-H1.10); increase in the pay of soldiers and sailors (39A-H1.11); pensions (38AH1.12); the placing of colored soldiers on the same footing as white soldiers as regards pay and allowances (38A-H1.13); ships and shipbuilding (38A-H1.14); and various subjects (38A-H1.15). Arranged chronologically within each group. 481 Credentials of Representatives (38A-K1), arranged alphabetically by State. OTHER RECORDS. 5 in. 482 Two volumes of roll calls (38A-K1) and various papers (38A-K2). ranged chronologically within each group. Records of Impeachment Proceedings IMPEACHMENT OF ANDRE. G. MILLER. 2 in. 483 Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Andrew G. Miller, Judge of the U. S. District Court for the District of Wisconsin (38B-Al). Records of the Office of the Clerk RECORD BOOKS. 9 vols. 1 ft. 484 Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions together with index (38C-Al); register of bills and joint resolutions passed (38C-A2); petition book (38C-A3); record of orders of the day (38C-A4); and 4 account books, 38th Congress, to 41st Congress, 1st session (38C-A5). For membership of standing and select committees, see entry 398; and for Union Calendar and other account books, see entry 471. OTHER RECORDS. 1 in. Receipts for records withdrawn (380-B1), arranged chronologically. For Clerk's letter book, see entry 415. 485 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS, 1865-67 First Session, December 4, 1865-July 28, 1866 Records of Legislative Proceedings MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 4 vols. 1 ft. Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (39A-Al); and legislative journal, 1st session (39A-A2) and 2d session (39A-A3). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 13 ft. 486 487 Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (39A-B1); original House joint resolutions and joint resolutions upon which further action was taken (39A-B2); attested copies of House concurrent resolutions passed (39A-B3); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (39A-B4); and 8 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (39A-B5). Arranged numerically within each group, except 39A-B4, which is arranged alphabetically by Congressman. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 11 in. 488 Senate bills (39A-C1) and Senate joint resolutions (39A-C2). Arranged numerically within each group. ACCOMPANYING PAPERS FILE. 13 ft. 489 Papers submitted to various committees relating to claims, pensions, and other forms of private relief together with papers relating to public matters (39A-D1). Arranged alphabetically by person, State, Territory, or subject. COMMITTEE REPORTS. 7 ft. 490 Original committee reports, 1st session (39A-El) and 2d session (39AE2). Arranged numerically within each group. COMMITTEE PAPERS. 21 ft. 491 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 434. Committee on Agriculture: agricultural lands distributed to the States (39A-F1.1). Committee on Appropriations: the Attorney General's Office (39A-F2.1); claims (39A-F2.2); the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (39A-F2.3); the Commissioner of Public Buildings (39-2.4); the Federal courts (394-F2.5); the House of Representatives (39A-F2.6); the Library of Congress (39A-F2.7); the metropolitan Police of washington (39.-F2.8); the St. Louis Arsenal (39A-F2.9); papers from or about the executive departments: Agriculture (39A-F2.10), Interior, including numerous "Indian Papers" (39A-F2.11), Navy (39A-r2.12), Post Office (39A-F2.13), State (39A-F2.14), Treasury (39A-F2.15), and 1.ar (39A-F2.16); and various subjects (394-F2.17). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 39A-F2.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on Banking and Currency: a report on the national banks, especially the Merchants National Bank of Washington (39A-F3.1). Committee on Claims: a volume of rough minutes, 39th Congress, 1st session, to 40th Congress, 2d session (39A-F4.1); a volume of minutes, 39th Congress, 2d session, to 42d Congress, 3d session (39A-F4.2); and a docket volume (39A-F4.3). For minutes, see entry 419; and letter book, entry 434. Committee on Commerce: compensation of the U. S. consul at Quebec (39AF5.1); consolidation of Petersburg and Richmond collection districts in Virginia (39A-F5.2); lighthouse dues (39A-F5.3); lighthouse at Wangooshance, Mich. (39A-F5.4); port of entry for Calais, Maine (39AF5.5); quarantine warehouses for the port of New York (39A-F5.6); registry, or other problems, relating to vessels (39A-F5.7). chronologically within each group, except 39A-F5.7, which is arranged alphabetically by name of vessel. Arranged Committee on the District of Columbia: Long Bridge over the Potomac (39A-F6.1); opposition of the Guardian Society to a proposed house of correction for juvenile delinquents (39A-F6.2); proposal of a public park in the valley of Rock Creek (39A-F6.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume (39A-F6.4). Committee on Elections: claim of Abelard Guthrie for representing in 1852, the then unorganized Territory of Nebraska (39A-F7.1); and an election contest, Smith Fuller v. John L. Dawson, Pennsylvania (39A-F7.2). For minutes, see entry 419, and for an inquiry into public affairs in Maryland begun by the Committee on Elections but continued by the Committee on the Judiciary, see 39A-F13.4, below. Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: copies of Lieutenant General Grant's circular telegram of May 29, 1865, officially encouraging the resumption of the Southern export trade, especially in cotton (39A-F8.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: Anglo-American boundary impingements (39AF9.1); banishment of criminals to the United States (39A-F9.2); claims (39A-F9.3); consular problems (39A-F9.4); exchange of statistical publications (39A-F9.5); foreign consular jurisdiction in this country (39A-F9.6); judgment of the Lord Chancellor of England in the case of the United States v. Mckae, a financial agent of the late Confederate States (39A-F9.7); medal for the patriotic generosity of Cornelius Vanderbilt (39A-F9.8); Paris Universal Exposition (39A-F9.9); presents from foreign powers (39A-F9.10); organization of the Department of State (39A-F9.11); relations with Brazil, Fiji, Mexico, Santo Domingo, and Switzerland (39A-F9.12); and various subjects (39A-F9.13). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 39A-F9.3 and 39A-F9.4, which are arranged alphabetically. There are also a volume of minutes, 39th Congress, 1st session, to 41st Congress, 3d session (39A-F9.14); and a docket volume (39A-F9.15). Committee on Freedmen's Affairs: attested House resolutions of Dec. 10, 1866 (39A-F10.1); funds received by the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (39A-F10.2); and scarcity of food in South Carolina (39A-F10.3). Arranged by subject. Committee on Indian Affairs: administration of the Indian Office (39AFll.1); attested copies of House resolutions (39A-F11.2); bids, goods, and contracts (39A-F11.3); captives (39A-F11.4); Indian policy (39 AF11.5); transcribed quarterly accounts, 1865 and 1866, of the Southern Superintendency, Ft. Leavenworth, Kans., and its subordinate agencies (39A-F11.6); and tribal matters of the following regions: California (39A-F11.7), Kansas and Nebraska (39A-F11.8), Minnesota and the Sioux country (39A-F11.9), Montana and the Pacific Northwest (39A-F11.10), New Mexico and Utah (39A-F11.11), the Southern Superintendency (39AF11.12); and the Upper Missouri River country (39A-F11.13). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Invalid Pensions: a docket volume (39A-F12.1). For minutes, see entry 449. Committee on the Judiciary: attested House resolutions (39A-F13.1); civil and legal rights, especially of freedmen (39A-F13.2); nominations for customs and internal revenue positions ignored or rejected by the Senate (39A-F13.3); inquiry into public affairs in Maryland begun by the Committee on Elections and continued by the Committee on the Judiciary (39-F13.4); legislative proposals affecting the Federal judiciary and law enforcement personnel (39A-F13.5); proposal for a U. S. Manual Labor Corps (394-F13.6); protection of Federal officials, including Provost Marshal personnel, from local vindictiveness (39A-F13.7); repair of Southern railroads (39A-F13.8); return of various Louisiana properties (39.1-F13.9); trial of Jefferson Davis, president of the late Confederate States, for treason (39A-F13.10); woman suffrage (39AF13.11); various court or legal problems of regional interest (39AF13.12). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 39A-F13.9, which is arranged numerically, and 39-F13.12, which is arranged alphabetically by State or Territory. There is also a docket volume (39AF13.13). For minutes, see entry 477. Committee on Manufactures: a docket volume, 39th Congress, 1st session, to 42d Congress, 2d session (39A-F14.1). Committee on Military Affairs: bounty for Missouri militia (39A-F15.1); detention of the Michigan Cavalry Regiment (39A-F15.2); fraud in recruiting in the Provost Marshal's Department, Western District of New York (39A-F15.3); horses and equipage of the 1st Regiment of Dakota Cavalry (39A-F15.4); indictment, in 1866, of A. B. Morey for acts allegedly committed during the occupation of Vicksburg, Miss. (39-F15.5); payment of commutation of rations to prisoners of war for the period of their confinement (39A-F15.6); scope of statistical information available in the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (39AF15.7); and various subjects (39A-F15.8). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (39A-F15.9) and a docket volume (39-15.10). Committee on the militia: analysis and amendment of militia legislation (394-F16.1), arranged chronologically; and correspondence and views from various localities (394-F16.2), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory. There is also a docket volume, 39th Congress, 1st session, to 41st Congress, 1st session, and 44th Congress, 1st and 2d sessions (39A-F16.3). Committee on Naval Affairs: Bureau of Ordnance commendation to inspector D. Lynch, Norfolk, Va. (39A-F17.1); freshwater basin at or near Portland, Maine, for ironclad vessels of the Navy (39A-F17.2); pay of |