grounds in the city of Washington from July 1, 1871, to Dec. 31, 1875 (44A-F29.2); public buildings erected or rented for the use of various Government agencies (44A-F29.3); ventilation of the Hall of the House of Representatives (44A-F29.4); and various subjects (44A-F29.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 44A-F29.3, which is arranged alphabetically by State or Territory. There is also a docket volume (44A-F29.6). For minutes, see entry 532. Committee on Public Expenditures: various subjects (44A-F30.1), arranged chronologically. For docket and minutes, see entry 504.

Committee on Public Lands: Louisiana swamplands selected by Surveyor General's office at New Orleans (44A-F31.1); suspended entries of public land for 1876 (44A-F31.2); and various subjects (44A-F31.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. For minutes, see entry 546. Committee on Railways and Canals: a volume of minutes, 44th Congress, 1st session, to 46th Congress, 3d session (44A-F32.1); and a docket volume (44A-F32.2).

Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Select: investigation of the conduct of M. D. Leggett, ex-Commissioner of Patents (44A-F33.1); investigation of charges against W. J. Purman, Representative from Florida (44A-F33.2); investigation of the Secret Service Department (44A-F33.3); investigation of charges against John W. Wright and Alexander Clapperton, indicted for defrauding the Government (44A-F33.4); and various subjects (44A-F33.5). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Revision of the Laws: correction of errors and omissions in the Revised Statutes (44A-F34.1) and various subjects (44A-F34.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: a combination minute and docket book (44A-F35.1).

Committee on the Territories: election of Territorial and local officers (44A-F36.1); papers relating to Colorado (44A-F36.2), Dakota (44AF36.3), Idaho (44A-F36.4), New Mexico (44A-F36.5), Oklahoma (44A-F36.6), Utah (44A-F36.7), and Washington (44A-F36.8); and various subjects (44A-F36.9). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a volume of minutes, 44th Congress, 1st session, to 46th Congress, 3d session (44A-F36.10).

Committee on War Claims: claims rejected by the Commissioners of Claims, i. e., Southern Claims Commission, Report No. 5 (44A-F37.1) and Report No. 6 (44A-F37.2). Arranged numerically within each group. There are also 3 docket volumes (44A-F37.3). For a consolidated index to claims reported by the Commissioners, and a list of claims disallowed, see entry 532. Committee on Ways and Means: commodity tariff (44A-F38.1); commodity taxation (44A-F38.2); financial affairs (44A-F38.3); papers from or about the Interior Department (44A-F38.4); papers from or about the Treasury Department (44A-F38.5); tariff policy (44A-F38.6); tax policy (44A-F38.7); papers relating to the Treasury's payment of $18,938.79 to the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railroad Co. (44A-F38.8); and various subjects (44A-F38.9). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (44A-F38.10) and 2 docket volumes (44A-F38.11).

Select Committees: on Federal Offices in Louisiana (44A-F39.1); on the Privileges, Powers, and Duties of the House of Representatives in

Counting the Electoral Votes for President and Vice President of the United States, including a volume of minutes (44A-F39.2); on the Real Estate Pool and Jay Cooke's Indebtedness (44A-F39.3); on the Recent Election in Florida (44A-F39.4); on the Recent Election in New York and Philadelphia (44A-F39.5); on the Use of Troops in the Southern States (44A-F39.6); on Whiskey Trials in St. Louis (44A-F39.7); and to Investigate the Affairs of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Co., a docket book (44A-F39.8).

227 vols. 54 ft.

ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 227 vols.

559 Original executive documents, 1st session (44A-G1) and 2d session (44A-G2); and original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (44A-G3) and 2d session (44A-G4). Arranged numerically within each group.

21 ft.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 560 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Appropriations: claims (44A-H1.1); erection of public buildings and other public works (44A-H1.2); free distribution of seeds by the Government (44A-H1.3); Government employees and salaries (44A-H1.4); National Medical Library in Washington (44A-H1.5); scientific testing of iron and steel (44A-H1.6); Signal Service (44A-H1.7); signal station on Block Island (44A-H1.8); and various subjects (44A-H1.9). Committee on Banking and Currency: resumption of specie payment (44AH2.1); tax on bank deposits, circulation, and capital (44A-H2.2); and various subjects (44A-H2.3).

Committee on Commerce:

cheap telegraphy (44A-H3.1); improvement of Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek, N. Y. (44A-H3.2); laws to regulate commerce and prevent unjust discrimination by common carriers (44A-H3.3); and various subjects (44A-H3.4).

Committee on Elections: various subjects (44A-H4.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: E. 0. M. Condon's release from an English prison (44A-H5.1); international arbitration (44A-H5.2); and various subjects (44A-H5.3).

Committee on Indian Affairs: various subjects (44A-H6.1).
Committee on Invalid Pensions:

various subjects (44A-H7.1).

Committee on the Judiciary: appointment of a commission to investigate the alcoholic liquor traffic (44A-H8.1); constitutional amendment to acknowledge God as the source of all authority and power in civil government (44A-H8.2); distribution of the Geneva award (44A-H8.3); woman suffrage (44A-H8.4); and various subjects (44A-H8.5).

Committee on Military Affairs: bounties (44A-H9.1) and various subjects (44A-H9.2).

Committee on Naval Affairs: various subjects (44A-H10.1).

Committee on the Pacific Railroad: Government aid to promote the construction of a Southern-Pacific railroad, i. e., the Texas Pacific Railroad (44A-H11.1); and various subjects (44A-H11.2).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: cheap telegraphy (44A-H12.1); mail routes (44A-H12.2); postage on merchandise (44A-H12.3); postage on third-class matter (44A-H12.4); and various subjects (44A-H12.5). Committee on Printing: various subjects (44A-H13.1).

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: construction of public buildings (44A-H14.1); monuments and other memorials (44A-H14.2); and various subjects (44A-H14.3).

Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (44A-H15.1).

Committee on Railways and Canals: various subjects (44A-H16.1).
Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: various subjects (44A-H17.1).
Committee on the Territories: various subjects (44A-H18.1).
Committee on War Claims: various subjects (44A-H19.1).

Committee on Ways and Means: appointment of a commission to study the
liquor traffic (44A-H20.1); bank deposits and capital (44A-H20.2);
bologna sausage (44A-H20.3); books and periodicals (44A-H20.4); cigars,
tobacco, and licorice (44A-H20.5); coal (44A-H20.6); cork (44A-H20.7);
definition of the powers and duties of officers of Internal Revenue
(44A-H2O.8); distilled spirits and malt beverages (44A-H20.9); earthen-
ware, crockery, glassware, and china (44A-H20.10); English lastings and
serges (44A-H20.11); flaxseed and flaxseed oil (44A-H20.12); fruit (44A-
H20.13); Government operation of telegraph lines (44A-H20.14); grain
sacks (44A-H20.15); iron and steel (44A-H20.16); lead and zinc (44A-H20.
17); linseed oil (44A-H20.18); matches (44A-H20.19); methods of packing
tobacco (44A-H20.20); quinine (44A-H20.21); reciprocity treaty with the
Hawaiian Islands (44A-H20.22); refunding of cotton tax paid during
1865-68 (44A-H20.23); repeal of stamp tax on medicinal preparations,
with such tax to be continued on patent or proprietary medicines (44A-
H20.24); revenue frauds (44A-H20.25); silk (44A-H20.26); sodium bicar-
bonate, red soda, caustic soda, and alum (44A-H20.27); general tariff
(44A-H20.28); tea and coffee (44A-H20.29); tax on bank checks (44A-
H20.30); tariff reduction (44A-H20.31); wine and brandy (44A-H20.32);
and various subjects (44A-H20.33).

Select Committees: on the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia (44AH21.1); on Counting the Electoral Votes (44A-H21.2); and on the Recent Election in Louisiana (44A-H21.3).

ELECTION RECORDS.

1 ft.

561 Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (44A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

OTHER RECORDS. 1 ft.

562

Copies of telegrams sent and received by the departmental telegraph lines which connected the House of Representatives with the executive departments and the Government Printing Office (44A-K1) and roll calls (44A-K2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Records of Impeachment Proceedings

563

IMPEACHMENT OF WILLIAM W. BELKNAP. 2 in. Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against William W. Belknap, late Secretary of War (44B-A1).

Records of the Office of the Clerk

RECORD BOOKS. 16 vols. 2 ft.

564

Bill book of House bills and resolutions together with index (44C-AT);

bill book of Senate bills and resolutions (44C-A2); individual ledger (44C-A3); register of enrolled bills and resolutions (44C-A4); daily order of business and calendars (44C-A5); register of committee reports (440A6); register of executive documents (44C-A7); register of miscellaneous documents (44C-A8); an inventory of books and a list of employees in the Folding Room (44C-A9); and 5 account books recording expenditures of the Clerk's Office (44C-A10). For a register of enrolled bills and resolutions, see entry 551.

OTHER RECORDS.

6 in.

565

Check stubs showing expenditures from the contingent fund (44C-B1), arranged numerically; and various papers (44C-B2), arranged by subject.

INDEX. 1 vol. 1 in.

566

Geographical index to petitions, 44th Congress, 1st session, to 46th Congress, 2d session (44C-C1).

FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1877-79

First Session, October 15-December 3, 1877
Second Session, December 3, 1877-June 20, 1878
Third Session, December 2, 1878-March 3, 1879
Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOKS AND JOURNALS.

6 vols. 2 ft.

567

Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (45A-Al); legislative journal, 2ď session (45A-A2); minute book, 45th Congress, 3d session, to 46th Congress, 1st session (45A-A3); and legislative journal, 3d session (45AA4).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 15 ft.

568

Thirty-three volumes of original House bills, volume I incorporating original committee reports for the 1st session (45A-B1); original House concurrent resolutions (45A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (45A-B3); desk copies of House bills passed (45A-B4); desk copies of House joint resolutions passed (45A-B5); and 9 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (45A-B6). Arranged numerically within each group, except 45A-B2, which is arranged chronologically, and 45A-B3, which is arranged alphabetically by Congressman.

BILLS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. Less than 1/4 in.

569

Senate bills (45A-C1), arranged numerically.

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS FILE. 74 ft.

570

Papers relating to claims, pensions, and other forms of private relief together with papers relating to public matters (45A-D1). Arranged alphabetically by person, State, Territory, or subject.

COMMITTEE REPORTS.

41 vols. 9 ft.

571

Original committee reports, 2d session (45A-E1) and 3d session (45AE2). Arranged numerically within each group. For original committee reports for the 1st session, see entry 568.

COMMITTEE PAPERS.

77 ft.

572

Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: various subjects (45A-F1.1), arranged chronologically. There are also a docket volume, 45th Congress, 1st session, to 47th Congress, 2d session (45A-F1.2); and a statement of accounts before the committee (45A-F1.3). For minutes, see entry 518; and a ledger of miscellaneous expenses, entry 558.

Committee on Agriculture: a docket volume (45A-F2.1).

Committee on Appropriations: claims (45A-F3.1); Dakota Territory (45AF3.2); papers from or about executive departments and agencies: Agriculture (45A-F3.3), Interior, general (45A-F3.4), Interior, Indian affairs (45A-F3.5), Interior, patents (45A-F3.6), Interior, pensions (45A-F3.7), Interior, public lands (45A-F3.8), Justice (45A-F3.9), Navy (45A-F3.10), Post Office (45A-F3.11), Smithsonian Institution (45A-F3.12), State (45A-F3.13), Treasury (45A-F3.14), U. S. Fish Commission (45A-F3.15), and War (45A-F3.16); District of Columbia (45AF3.17); Federal courts (45A-F3.18); hearings on customs duties illegally exacted (45A-F3.19); House of Representatives (45A-F3.20); management of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (45A-F3.21); Office of the Public Printer (45A-F3.22); papers accompanying specific bills (45AF3.23); Wyoming Territory (45A-F3.24); and various subjects (45A-F3.25). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 45A-F3.23, which is arranged numerically by bill. For letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence, see entry 504.

Committee on Banking and Currency: argument of Edward McPherson, Chief
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in relation to engraving and
printing the Government issues (45A-F4.1). There are also a volume of
minutes, 45th Congress, 1st session, to 48th Congress, 2d session (45A-
F4.2); and a docket volume (45A-F4.3).

Committee on Claims: various subjects (45A-F5.1), arranged by subject.
There are also a volume of rough minutes, 45th Congress, 1st session,
to 46th Congress, 2d session (45A-F5.2); and a docket volume (45A-F5.3).
For minutes, see entry 546.

Committee on Coinage, heights, and Measures: a volume of minutes, 45th
Congress, 1st session, to 48th Congress, 2d session (45A-F6.1).
Committee on Commerce: capitation taxes on immigrants (45A-F7.1); dis-
criminatory rates charged by the Central Pacific Railroad in Nevada
(45A-F7.2); improvement of navigation on inland waters (45A-F7.3);
papers accompanying specific bills (45A-F7.4); purchase and registry
of foreign-built ships by citizens of the United States (45A-F7.5);
regulation of commerce over the Rock Island Arsenal Bridge (45A-F7.6);
reports of the committee (45A-F7.7); U. S. Life-Saving Service (45A-
F7.8); oodruff Scientific Expedition (45A-F7.9); and various subjects
(45A-F7.10). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 45A-
F7.4, which is arranged numerically by bill.
Committee on the District of Columbia:

paving of streets and avenues