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(45A-F8.1); Washington Market Co. (45A-F8.2); and various subjects (45A-F8.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. also a docket volume (45A-F8.4). For another docket, see entry 518. For minutes, see entry 504, Committee on Roads and Canals. Committee on Education and Labor: various subjects (45A-F9.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Elections: accounts of claimants for expenses in contested elections (45A-F10.1); contested election cases of Charles W. Buttz v. E. W. M. Mackey, South Carolina (45A-F10.2), T. E. Chambliss v. Joseph Jorgenson, Virginia (45A-F10.3), Jere Haralson v. Charles M. Shelley, Alabama (45A-F10.4), John R. Lynch v. James R. Chalmers, Mississippi (45A-F10.5), John S. Richardson v. Joseph H. Rainey, South Carolina (45A-F10.6), Peter D. Wigginton v. Romualdo Pacheco, California (45AF10.7), Robert H. M. Davidson v. William J. Purman, Florida (45A-F10.8), Robert N. Baskin v. George Cannon, Utah Territory (45A-F10.9), Thomas B. Florence v. Chapman Freeman, Pennsylvania (45A-F10.10), William H. Hardy v. H. S. Stevens, Arizona Territory (45A-F10.11), and William E. Hinton v. Joseph Jorgensen, Virginia (45A-F10.12); and various subjects (45A-F10.13). Arranged by subject. For minutes, see entry 532. Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department: various subjects (45A-F11.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Expenditures in the State Department: various subjects (45AF12.1), arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (45A-F12.2). Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: contingent expenses of the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1878 (45A-F13.1).

Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: charges against Frank S. Johnson, chief inspector of clothing at the Quartermaster's Depot in Philadelphia (45A-F14.1); inspections of money accounts of Army disbursing officers (45A-F14.2); and various subjects (45A-F14.3). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Foreign Affairs: definition of the boundary between Alaska and Canada (45A-F15.1); Geneva award (45A-F15.2); International Exposition at Paris, 1878 (45A-F15.3); Japanese indemnity fund (45A-F15.4); Mexican awards under the convention of July 4, 1868, between the United States and Mexico (45A-F15.5); Venezuelan claims (45A-F15.6); and various subjects (45A-F15.7). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes, 45th Congress, 1st session, to 46th Congress, 3d session (45A-F15.8); and a docket volume (45AF15.9). For a volume recording the agenda referred to individual members, see entry 546.

Committee on Indian Affairs: educational fund of the Cherokee Nation (45A-F15.1); Gen. J. P. C. Shanks, Special Commissioner for the Indian Territory (45A-F16.2); Osage ceded lands (45A-F16.3); lands allotted to the Mexican Potawatomi Indians under the treaty of Nov. 15, 1861 (45A-F16.4); transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department (45AF16.5); and various subjects (45A-F16.6). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume (45A-F16.7). minutes, see entry 558. Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims of soldiers or widows of soldiers of the War of 1812 (45A-F17.1); papers accompanying specific bills (45A-F17.2); pensions for veterans of the Mexican War (45A-F17.3);

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transfer of certain records from the Surgeon General's Office, U. S. Army, to the Pension Office (45A-F17.4); U. S. pension agents (45AF17.5); and various subjects (45A-F17.6). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 45A-F17.2, which is arranged numerically. There are also 3 docket volumes (45A-F17.7). For minutes, see entry 449. Committee on the Judiciary: awards made by the Mexican Claims Commission (45A-F18.1); civil rights legislation (45A-F18.2); condemnation by the United States of block 121 of the school section addition to Chicago (45A-F18.3); Geneva award (45A-F18.4); and various subjects (45A-F18.5). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (45A-F18.6) and a docket volume (45A-F18.7).

Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River: a docket volume, 45th Congress, 1st session, to 46th Congress, 1st session, and 48th Congress, 1st session (45A-F19.1).

Committee on Manufactures: bills referred to the committee (45A-F20.1), arranged numerically; and a combination minute and docket volume (45AF20.2).

Committee on Military Affairs: abstracts of contracts made by the Quartermaster's Department in 1877 (45A-F21.1); appropriations and expenditures of the Army (45A-F21.2); briefs of Representative John H. Evins on the agenda of the committee (45A-F21.3); correspondence of Representative Henry B. Banning, chairman of the committee (45A-F21.4); sale of the Fort Yuma Military Reservation, Arizona Territory (45A-F21.5); and various subjects (45A-F21.6). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (45A-F21.7) and a docket volume (45A-F21.8).

Committee on the Militia: militia force of the United States (45A-F22.1). There is also a combination minute and docket volume (45A-F22.2). Committee on Naval Affairs: expenditures of the Navy Department under the contingent appropriation, July 1, 1877, to June 30, 1878 (45A-F23.1); relief of Lt. Comdr. Horace E. Mullan (45A-F23.2); Rogers American Code of Marine Signals (45A-F23.3); U. S. Naval Asylum, Philadelphia (45A-F23.4); U. S. Naval Observatory (45A-F23.5); and various subjects (45A-F23.6). Arranged by subject.

Committee on the Pacific Railroad: Austin-Topolovampo Pacific Railroad route (45A-F24.1); Northern Pacific Railroad (45A-F24.2); sinking fund provided for in the act of July 2, 1864, amending an act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean (45A-F23.3); and various subjects (45AF24.4). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes, 45th Congress, 2d session, to 48th Congress, 2d session (45A-F24.5); and a docket volume (45A-F24.6). For other minutes, see entry 558. Committee on Patents: various subjects (45A-F25.1), arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (45A-F25.2). For minutes, see entry 558. Committee on the Post Office and Post Office and Post Roads: increase of the revenues of the Post Office Department (45A-F26.1); return post cards (45A-F26.2); and various subjects (45A-F26.3). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Private Land Claims: papers accompanying specific bills (45A-F27.1), arranged numerically; and various subjects (45A-F27.2),

arranged chronologically.

There is also a docket volume (45A-F27.3). For minutes and another docket, see entry 558. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: Capitol Building and Grounds (45A-F28.1); construction of public buildings (45A-F28.2); charges against Edward Clark, Architect of the Capitol (45A-F28.3); charges against Samuel McCullough, Superintendent of Public Construction at San Francisco (45A-F28.4); papers accompanying specific bills (45AF28.5); public property in Alaska transferred to the United States by Russia (45A-F28.6); Washington Market Co. (45A-F28.7); and various subjects (45A-F28.8). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 45A-F28.5, which is arranged numerically by bill. There is also a docket volume (45A-F28.9). For minutes, see entry 532. Committee on Public Expenditures: a volume of minutes, 45th Congress, 1st session, to 47th Congress, 1st session (45A-F29.1); and a docket volume (45A-F29.2). Committee on Public Lands: Fort Smith Military Reservation, Ark. (45AF30.1); homestead legislation (45A-F30.2); papers accompanying specific bills (45A-F30.3); restoration of certain Michigan lands to market (45A-F30.4); and various subjects (45A-F30.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 45A-F30.3, which is arranged numerically by bill. There are also a rough docket, 45th Congress, 1st session, to 47th Congress, 2d session (45A-F30.6); and a docket volume (45A-F30.7). Committee on Railways and Canals: Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Railroad (45A-F31.1); Dismal Swamp Canal (45A-F31.2); Galveston and Camargo Railroad (45A-F31.3); papers accompanying specific bills (45A-F31.4); and various subjects (45A-F31.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 45A-F31.4, which is arranged numerically by bill. For minutes, see entry 558.

Committee on Revision of the Laws: a docket volume (45A-F32.1). Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: papers accompanying specific bills (45A-F33.1), arranged numerically by bill; a volume of minutes, 45th Congress, 1st session, to 46th Congress, 2d session (45A-F33.2), which also contains the minutes of the Committee on Pensions, 47th Congress, 1st session, to 48th Congress, 2d session; a docket volume (45A-F33.3), which also contains the docket of the Committee on Pensions for the 47th Congress; and an alphabetical register of case files requested by the committee, principally from the Commissioner of Pensions (45A-F33.4). Committee on the Territories: administrative records (45A-F34.1) and

various subjects (45A-F34.2). Arranged by subject. For minutes, see entry 558.

Committee on War Claims: claims rejected by the Commissioners of Claims, i. e., the Southern Claims Commission, Report No. 7 (45A-F35.1) and Report No. 8 (45A-F35.2); court-martial trial of Capt. G. W. Smith (45A-F35.3); and various subjects (45A-F35.4). Arranged by subject, except 45A-F35.1 and 45A-F35.2, which are arranged numerically within each group. There is also a docket volume (45A-F35.5). For a consolidated index to claims reported by the Commissioners, and a list of claims disallowed, see entry 532.

Committee on Ways and Means: ad valorem duties (45A-F36.1); currency

(45A-F36.2); distilled spirits (45A-F36.3); New York Customhouse investigation (45A-F36.4); papers accompanying specific bills (45A-F36.5);

refunding the national debt and the promotion of safety deposits (45AF36.6); scrapbook containing newspaper clippings of interest to the committee (45A-F36.7); tariff on bags and bagging (45A-F36.8), chloroform (45A-F36.9), dry goods (45A-F36.10), French wines (45A-F36.11), gloves (45A-F36.12), licorice paste (45A-F36.13), paper (45A-F36.14), saltpeter (45A-F36.15), sugar (45A-F36.16), sulphate of quinia (45AF36.17), type (45A-F36.18), wire rope (45A-F36.19), and wool (45AF36.20); taxes on alcohol and tobacco (45A-F36.21); vaporization of spirits for vinegar (45A-F36.22); and various subjects. Arranged chronologically within each group, except 45A-F36.5, which is arranged numerically. There are also a volume of minutes (45A-F36.23), a docket volume (45A-F36.24), and a record of petitions referred to the committee (45A-F36.25). Select Committees: on Alleged Frauds in the Late Presidential Election (1876), a volume of minutes, (45A-F37.1); on the Census, a docket volume, 45th Congress, 3d session, to 46th Congress, 3d session (45A-F37.2); on the Origin, Introduction, and Prevention of Epidemic Diseases in the United States, a volume of minutes, 45th Congress, 3d session, to 46th Congress, 3d session (45A-F37.3); on Reform in the Civil Service, a combination minute and docket book (45A-F37.4); and to Inquire Into the Manner of Ventilating the Hall of the House of Representatives, a volume of minutes (45A-F37.5).

ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 203 vols. 51 ft.

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Original executive documents, 1st session (45A-G1), 2d session (45 G2), and 3d session (45A-G3); and original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (45A-G4), 2d session (45 A-G5), and 3d session (45A-G6). Arranged numerically within each group.

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PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES.
Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject.
Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise
indicated.

Committee on Accounts: various subjects (45A-H1.1).
Committee on Agriculture: adulteration of food (45A-H2.1); conservation
of food fish in the Great Lakes (45A-H2.2); díseases of cattle and
swine (45A-H2.3); establishment of a Department of Agriculture headed
by a Secretary with Cabinet status (45A-H2.4); forestry (45A-H2.5);
legislation to promote the sugar beet industry (45A-H2.6); transmission
of bees through the mails (45A-H2.7); and transportation of livestock
(45A-H2.8).
Committee on Appropriations: claims (45A-H3.1), arranged alphabetically
by petitioner; continuance of the U. S. Board to Test Iron and Steel
(45A-H3.2); financial assistance for private organizations (45A-H3.3);
improvement of the mail service (45A-H3.4); land and coast surveys
(45A-H3.5); legislation for the preservation of food fish in the Great
Lakes and for the payment of enforcement officers (45A-H3.6); light-
houses and automatic signal buoys (45A-H3.7); military service (45A-
H3.8); monuments (45A-H3.9); public buildings (45A-H3.10); requests
for payment of or increase in the salaries of Government employees

(45A-H3.11); restoration of diplomatic relations with Bolivia and Colombia (45A-H3.12); and various subjects (45A-H3.13).

Committee on Banking and Currency: repeal of the Specie Resumption Act (45A-H4.1).

Committee on Claims:

various subjects (45A-H5.1), arranged alphabetically

by petitioner. Committee on Commerce: compulsory pilotage for coastal trade and fisheries (45A-H6.1); establishment of a Department of Commerce (45A-H6.2); immigration tax (45A-H6.3); licensing of shipmasters, mates, pilots, and engineers (45A-H6.4); Michigan Ship Canal (45A-H6.5); regulation and protection of fisheries on the lakes and rivers of the West (45A-H6.6); regulation of interstate commerce and the prohibition of unjust rebates and discriminations by common carriers (45A-H6.7); rivers and harbors (45A-H6.8); ships and shipping (45A-116.9); free competition in the construction and operation of telegraphic cables (45A-H6.10); transfer of the Life-Saving Service from the Treasury Department (45A-H6.11); and various subjects (45A-H6.12). Committee on the District of Columbia:

legislation to enable members of

the Western Emigration Society of the District of Columbia to take advantage of the homestead law (45A-H7.1). Committee on Education and Labor: aid to indigent colonizers of public land (45A-H8.1); aid to various groups for educational purposes (45AH8.2); appointment of a commission to investigate the alcoholic liquor traffic (45A-H8.3); claims (45A-H8.4), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; colonization of Liberia by American Negroes (45A-H8.5); distribution of the proceeds from the sale of public lands to the States for educational purposes (45A-H8.6); incorporation of the Iron Moulders Union of North America (45A-H8.7); legislation to effect enforcement of the 8-hour law and to provide fair and equitable pay for employees of the Government (45A-H8.8); prohibition of Chinese immigration (45AH8.9); refund of a succession tax paid by Stevens Polytechnic Institute (45A-H8.10); use of unclaimed cotton tax refunds, H. R. 1670, for educational purposes in the States in which it was paid (45A-H8.11); and various subjects (45A-H8.12).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: abrogation of the fishing articles of the Washington treaty (45A-H9.1); claims (45A-H9.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; diplomatic mission to Colombia (45A-H9.3); exploration and colonization of the North Polar Area (45A-H9.4); Mexico (45A-H9.5); and various subjects (45A-H9.6).

Committee on Invalid Pensions: amendment of the pension laws (45A-H10.1); pensions for veterans of the Mexican war and the Black Hawk War (45AH10.2); and various subjects (45A-H10.3).

Committee on the Judiciary: appointment of a commission to investigate the alcoholic liquor traffic (45A-H11.1); appointment of a special committee to investigate the official conduct of H. W. Blodgett, District Judge of the Northern District of Illinois (45A-1.2); creation of a new Federal judicial district in Texas (45A-H11.3); enforcement of the antipolygamy law of 1862 (45A-H11.4); repeal of the bankruptcy Iaw (45A-H11.5); settlement of the Alabama claims (45A-H11.6); woman suffrage (45A-H11.7); and various subjects (45A-H11.8).

Committee on Manufactures: adulteration of food (45A-H12.1) and various subjects (45A-H12.2).

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