BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 17 ft. 595 Thirty-one volumes of original House bills and joint resolutions (47831); original House concurrent resolutions (47A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (47A-B3); desk copies of House bills passed (47A-B4); desk copies of House joint resolutions passed (47A-B5); and 8 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (47A-B6). Arranged numerically within each group, except 47A-B2, which is arranged chronologically, and 47A-B3, which is arranged alphabetically by Congressman. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE 596 Senate bills (47A-C1) and House amendments to Senate joint resolutions (47A-C2). Arranged numerically within each group. ACCOMPANYING PAPERS FILE. 77 ft. 597 Papers relating to claims, pensions, and other forms of private relief together with papers relating to public matters (47A-D1). Arranged alphabetically by person, State, Territory, or subject. COMMITTEE REPORTS. 23 vols. 23 vols. 5 ft. 598 Original committee reports, 1st session (474-1) and 2d session (47E2). Arranged numerically within each group. COMMITTEE PAPERS. 42 ft. 599 Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: various subjects (47A-F1.1), arranged by subject; and statement of accounts before the committee, 47th Congress, 2d session, to 50th Congress, 2d session (47A-Fl.2). For minutes, see entry 518; docket, entry 572; and other statements of accounts before the committee, entry 586. Committee on Agriculture: a volume of minutes, 47th Congress, 1st session, to 49th Congress, 2d session (47A-F2.1); and a docket volume, 47th Congress and 49th Congress (47A-F2.2). Committee on Appropriations: claims (47A-F3.1); Clerk of the House of Committee on Claims: a volume of minutes, 47th Congress, 1st session, Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: and docket, entry 586. For minutes, see entry 572, Committee on Commerce: regulation of interstate commerce and prohibition of unjust discriminations by common carriers (47A-F7.1) and various subjects (47A-F7.2). Arranged by subject. Committee on the District of Columbia: For docket, see entry 586. Committee on Elections: contested election cases of Samuel J. Anderson v. Thomas B. Reed, Maine (47A-F9.1), S. P. Bayley v. John S. Barbour, Virginia (47A-F9.2), Horatio Bisbee, Jr., v. Jesse J. Finley, Florida (47A-F9.3), George M. Buchanan v. Vanney H. Manning, Mississippi (47AF9.4), George Q. Cannon v. Allen G. Campbell, Utah Territory (47AF9.5), John C. Cook v. Marsena E. Cutts, Iowa (47A-F9.6), James Gillette v. Thomas H. Herndon, Alabama (47A-F9.7), John W. Jones v. Charles M. Shelley, Alabama (47A-F9.8), B. H. Lanier v. J. Floyd King, Louisiana (47A-F9.9), William M. Lowe v. Joseph Wheeler, Alabama (47A-F9.10), John R. Lynch v. James R. Chalmers, Mississippi (47A-F9.11), A. A. Mabson v. William C. Oates, Alabama (47A-F9.12), Edmund W. M. Mackey v. Michael P. O'Connor, South Carolina (47A-F9.13), Samuel W. McDowell v. Melvin C. George, Oregon at large (47A-F9.14), Gustavus Sessinghaus v. Richard Graham Frost, Missouri (47A-F9.15), Robert Smalls v. George D. Tillman, South Carolina (47A-F9.16), Alexander Smith v. Edward W. Robertson, Louisiana (47A-F9.17), James Q. Smith v. Charles M. Shelley, Alabama (47A-F9.18), Carlos J. Stolbrand v. D. Wyatt Aiken, South Carolina (47A-F9.19), John T. Stovall v. George Cabell, Virginia (47A-F9.20), Paul Strobach v. Hilary A. Herbert, Alabama (47A-F9.21), and George W. Witherspoon v. Robert H. M. Davidson, Florida (47A-F9.22); and various subjects (47A-F9.23). Arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (47A-F9.24) and a docket volume (47A-F9.25). Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: a list of officers and employees of the Department during the calendar year 1880 (47AF10.1). Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: inspection of money accounts of Army disbursing officers (47A-F11.1) and various subjects (47A-F11.2). Arranged by subject. There are also fragmentary minutes, Feb. 1 to June 26, 1882 (47A-F11.3). Committee on Foreign Affairs: administration of justice in Tunis (47AF12.1); Chile-Peruvian investigation (47A-F12.2); consular fees collected by U. S. consuls from ships sailing under the American flag, 1876-81 (47A-F12.3); Hawaiian treaty (47A-F12.4); interoceanic canal (47A-F12.5); prevention and punishment of counterfeiting the securities of foreign governments within the United States (47A-F12.6); proposed peace congress in Washington (47A-F12.7); and various subjects (47AF12.8). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (47A-F12.9) and a docket volume (47A-F12.10). Committee on Indian Affairs: sale of the Kansas lands of the Miami Indians (47A-F13.1) and the New York Indians (47A-F13.2); and various subjects (47A-F13.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume (47A-F13.4). For minutes, see entry 586. Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (47A-F14.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes, 47th Congress, 1st session, to 48th Congress, 1st session (47A-F14.2); and 5 docket volumes (47AF14.3). For letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence, see entry 586. Committee on the Judiciary: power or right of the Senate to originate bills for the appropriation of money (47A-F15.1) and various subjects (47A-F15.2). Arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (47A-F15.3) and 2 docket volumes (47A-F15.4). Committee on Military Affairs: abstract of purchases for the Signal Service, U. S. Army, 1875-81 (47A-F16.1). There are also 2 docket volumes (47A-F16.2). For minutes, and another docket, see entry 586. Committee on Naval Affairs: establishment of the Office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy (47A-F17.1); prize money (47A-F17.2); and various subjects (47A-F17.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Pacific Railroads: For minutes, see entry 572; and docket, entry 586. Committee on Patents: extending and renewing letters patent for manufacture of ice issued to Alexander C. Twinning (47A-F19.1). There is also a volume of minutes (47A-F19.2). For docket, see entry 586. a volume regarding the material withdrawn from Committee on Pensions: the files of the committee (47A-F20.1). For minutes and docket, see entry 572, Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: reduction of postage rates and money order fees (47A-F21.1) and various subjects (47A-F21.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Printing: estimates for printing (47A-F22.1); report of the National Academy of Sciences on the sorghum sugar industry (47A-F22.2); and various subjects (47A-F22.3). Arranged by subject. Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (47A-F23.1), arranged chronologically. There are also a volume of minutes, 47th Congress, 1st session, to 48th Congress, 2d session (47A-F23.2); and a docket volume (47A-F23.3). Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: Army Medical Museum and Library (47A-F24.1); Freedman's Bank Building (47A-F24.2); Hall of Records, Washington, D. C. (47A-F24.3); House restaurant (47A-F24.4); rents paid by the Government in cities where public buildings had been recommended (47A-F24.5); and various subjects (47A-F24.6). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (47A-F24.7) and a docket volume (47A-F24.8). Committee on Public Expenditures: For minutes, see entry 572. Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (47A-F26.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (47A-F26.2) and a docket volume (47A-F26.3). For rough docket, see entry 572. Committee on Railways and Canals: various subjects (47A-F27.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes, 47th Congress, 1st session, to 48th Congress, 2d session (47A-F27.2); and a docket volume (47A-F27.3). For another docket, see entry 586. Committee on the Territories: a docket volume (47A-F28.1). Committee on war Claims: 2 docket volumes (47A-F29.1). Committee on Ways and Means: adulteration of butter and cheese with foreign fats (47A-F30.1); claims (47A-F30.2); commodity tariff (47AF30.3); commodity taxation (47A-F30.4); papers from or about executive departments: Agriculture (47A-30.5), Post Office (47A-F30.6), State (47A-F30.7), and Treasury (47A-F30.8); refund of excessive duties levied by overvaluation of Austrian paper florins (47A-F30.9); tariff policy (47A-F30.10); tax policy (47A-F30.11); use of alcoholic spirits in the manufacture of vinegar (47A-F30.12); and various subjects (47AF30.13). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 47A-F30.2, which is arranged alphabetically by claimant, and 47A-F30.3 and 47AF30.4, which are arranged alphabetically by commodity. There are also 2 volumes of minutes (47A-F30.14) and 2 docket volumes (47A-F30.15). Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: bills referred to the committee (47A-F31.1), arranged numerically; and a docket volume (47AF31.2). Select Committee on the Census: bills referred to the committee (47AF32.1), arranged numerically; a volume of minutes (47A-F32.2); and a docket volume (47A-F32.3). Select Committee on the Payment of Pensions, Bounty, and Back Pay: various subjects (47A-F33.1), arranged by subject. Select Committee on Public Health: various subjects (47A-F34.1), arranged by subject. Select Committee Relative to Appropriations for the Improvement of the 600 ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 193 vols. 45 ft. 40 ft. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 601 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated. Committee on Accounts: various subjects (47A-H1.1). Committee on Agriculture: various subjects (47A-H2.1). Committee on Appropriations: appointment of a commission to test structural materials (47A-H3.1); awards made under Creek Indian treaty of Aug. 11, 1866 (47A-H3.2); erection of Government buildings and other public works (47A-H3.3); Government employees and salaries (47A-H3.4); Government expenses in Montana and Wyoming Territories (47A-H3.5); increased appropriation for the Hydrographic Office (47A-H3.6); National Board of Health and control of contagious diseases (47A-H3.7); refund of money contributed to finance the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 (47A-H3.8); relief of people made destitute by floods and crop failures (47A-H3.9); roads (47A-H3.10); salmon fishing and packing (47A-13.11); signal lights, buoys, and harbor improvements (47A-H3.12); telegraphic communications between Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket (47A-H3.13); U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (47A-H3.14); and various subjects (47AH3.15). Committee on Banking and Currency: various subjects (47A-H4.1). Committee on Commerce: establishment of a Commission on Interstate Commerce (47A-H5.1); improvement of the Harlem River (47A-H5.2); international conference to establish a common meridian of reference (47AH5.3); legislation to prohibit the monopoly pricing of oil (47A-H5.4); legislation for testing anchors and chains (47A-H5.5); proposed transfer of the U. S. Revenue-Marine, the Life-Saving Service, and the Marine Hospital Service to the Navy and the establishment of a Bureau of Mercantile Marine in the Navy Department (47A-H5.6); regulation of railroads engaged in interstate commerce and prevention of unjust rate discrimination (47A-H5.7); and various subjects (47A-H5.8). Committee on the District of Columbia: incorporation of the United States Gas and Fuel Co. in the District (47A-H6.1) and various subjects (47AH6.2). Committee on Education and Labor: Federal aid to education in States and Territories on the basis of illiteracy (47A-H7.1). Committee on Elections: various subjects (47A-H8.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: abrogation of the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty (47A-H9.1); imprisonment of American citizens by the British Government (47A-H9.2); incorporation of the Maritime Canal Co. of Nicaragua (47A-H9.3); proposed peace conference to be held in Washington in Nov. 1882 (47A-H9.4); treatment of Jews in Russia (47A-H9.5); and various subjects (47A-H9.6). Committee on Invalid Pensions: extension of the time for filing under the Arrears of Pension Act (47A-H10.1); pension for Union soldiers who were prisoners of war (47A-H10.2); pension increase for veterans who lost a leg or an arm in the military service (47A-H10.3); and various subjects (47A-H10.4). Committee on the Judiciary: legislation to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy (47A-H11.1); polygamy (47A-H11.2); and various subjects (47A-H11.3). Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River: various subjects (47A-H12.1). Committee on Military Affairs: brevet commissions to officers for conspicuous gallantry and meritorious service in Indian campaigns (47AH13.1); compensation of paymasters who served during the Civil War (47A-H13.2); enactment of a compulsory retirement law for Army officers (47A-H13.3); and soldiers' home at Erie, Pa. (47A-H13.4). Committee on the Militia: amendment of the laws relating to the militia (47A-H14.1). Committee on Naval Affairs: various subjects (47A-H15.1). Committee on Patents: extension of the patent on the steam-driven grain shovel (47A-H16.1) and various subjects (47A-H16.2). Committee on Pensions: various subjects (47A-H17.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: postal savings bank (47AH18.1); postal telegraph system (47A-H18.2); salary increases for employees of the Post Office Department (47A-H18.3); and various subjects (47A-H18.4). Committee on Printing: various subjects (47A-H19.1). Committee on Railways and Canals: construction of a free ship canal connecting Chesapeake and Delaware Bays (47A-H20.1); construction of a ship-railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (47A-H20.2); regulation of railroads engaged in interstate commerce and the prevention of unjust rate discrimination (47A-H20.3); and various subjects (47A-H20.4). Committee on War Claims: payment of female nurses of the Civil War (47AH21.1) and various subjects (47A-H21.2). |