by the railroad companies to which the United States loaned funds to Committee on Patents: a docket volume (48A-F25.1). envelope frauds in the Stamp Division of the Post Office Department (48A-F27.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Printing: printing and distribution of public documents (48A-F28.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Private Land Claims: a docket volume (48A-F29.1). For minutes, see entry 599. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: construction of various build ings for the use of the Government (48A-F30.1), arranged by subject. Committee on Public Lands: administrative papers (48A-F31.1); forfeiture of certain lands assigned to the New Orleans Pacific Railway Co. (48AF31.2); forfeiture of certain lands granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. (48A-F31.3); laws of the United States relating to the Union and Central Pacific Railroads (48A-F31.4); relief of certain preemption and homestead settlers in California (48A-F31.5); and various subjects (48A-F31.6). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (48A-F31.7) and a docket volume (48A-F31.8). Committee on Railways and Canals: a communication from the President of the United States regarding the cession of the Illinois and Michigan Canal to the United States by the State of Illinois (48A-F32.1). There is also a docket volume (48A-F32.2). For minutes, see entry 599. Committee on Revision of the Laws: various subjects (48A-F33.1), arranged numerically by bill. There is also a docket volume (48A-F33.2). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: hearing relating to the improvement of the Galveston Harbor (48A-F34.1). There are also a volume of minutes, 48th Congress, 1st session, to 49th Congress, 2d session (48A-F34.2); and 2 docket volumes (48A-F34.3). Committee on Rules: various subjects (48A-F35.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on the Territories: a docket volume (48A-F48.1). administrative papers (48A-F36.1); Alaska Commercial Co. (48A-F36.2); claims (48A-F36.3); duty on currants (48A-36.4), wool (48A-F36.5), and works of art (49A-F36.6); papers relating to bills (48A-F36.7); refund of excessive duties levied by overvaluation of Austrian paper florins (48A-F36.8); Stewart College, Clarksville, Tenn. (48A-36.9); hearings (48A-F36.10); treaty of commerce with Mexico (48A-F36.11); estern Union Railroad Co. (48A-F36.12); and various subjects (48A-F36.13). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 48A-F36.3, which is arranged alphabetically, and 48A-F36.7 and 48A-F36.10, which are arranged numerically by bill. There are also a volume of minutes (48A-F36.14) and 2 docket volumes (48A-F36.15). Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: various subjects (48AF37.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume, 48th Congress, 1st session, to 50th Congress, 1st session (48A-F37.2). Select Committee on American Shipbuilding and Shipowning Interests: various subjects (48A-F38.1), arranged chronologically. Select Committee to Investigate Charges Against H. V. Boynton, Washington Correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette: hearings (48AF39.1), arranged chronologically. Select Committee on the Census: various subjects (48A-F40.1), arranged by subject. Select Committee to Investigate Charges of Violating the Privileges of the House by Hon. W. H. English: hearings (48A-F41.1), arranged chronologically. Select Committee on Ordnance and Gunnery: various subjects (48A-F42.1), arranged by subject. There is also a volume of minutes (48A-F42.2). Select Committee on Payment of Pensions, Bounty, and Back Pay: various subjects (48A-F43.1), arranged by subject. Select Committee on Law Respecting the Election of President and Vice Select Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics of the Hall of the House of Representatives: various subjects (48A-F46.1), arranged by subject. Select Committee to Investigate the Conduct of Lot Wright, U. S. Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio at the October Election of 1884: volume of minutes (48A-F47.1) and a volume recording expenditures of the committee (48A-F47.2). a ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 251 vols. 70 ft. 611 Original executive documents, 1st session (48A-G1) and 2d session (48A-G2); and original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (48A-G3) and 2d session (48A-G4). Arranged numerically within each group. 54 ft. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 612 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated. Committee on Accounts: various subjects (48A-H1.1). Committee on Agriculture: agricultural experiment stations (48A-H2.1); benefits to agriculture of the Signal Service weather reports (48AH2.2); creation of a Department of Agriculture (48A-H2.3); diseases of livestock (48A-H2.4); sugar (48A-H2.5); World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (48A-H2.6); and various subjects (48AH2.7). Committee on Appropriations: education in Alaska (48A-H3.1); education of the Indian (48A-H3.2); harbor and coast defense (48A-H3.3); hospitals (48A-H3.4); improvement of United States Government property (48A-H3.5); increased pay for bailiffs of U. S. courts in New York (48A-H3.6); lighthouses and marine signals (48A-H3.7); orphanages and reformatories for children (48A-H3.8); public roads (48A-H3.9); Rand and Ordway collection of photographic negatives of the Civil War (48AH3.10); rebate of tax on tobacco (48A-13.11); relief for sufferers from floods and tornadoes (48A-H3.12); scientific and technical activities of the Government (48A-H3.13); transfer of functions of pension agencies to the Treasury Department (48A-H3.14); and various subjects (48A-H3.15). Committee on Claims: various subjects (48A-H4.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Coinage, weights, and Measures: legislation to establish a metric system of weights and measures (48A-H5.1); redemption of the trade dollar and the suspension of the coinage of the silver dollar (48A-H5.2); and various subjects (48A-H5.3). Committee on Commerce: bridges (48A-H6.1); canal construction and river and harbor improvement (48A-H6.2); efficiency of the Revenue-Marine Service (48A-H6.3); legislation affecting shipping (48A-H6.4); legislation providing for "Snug Harbors" for disabled officers and seamen of the merchant marine (48A-H6.5); lighthouses, lightships, and buoys (48A-H6.6); ports (48A-H6.7); regulation of interstate commerce (48AH6.8); relief of commercial travelers from taxes and licenses imposed by the States (48A-H6.9); retaliatory legislation against France and Germany for their embargo against American pork (48A-H6.10); transportation of livestock by rail (48A-H6.11); and various subjects (48AH6.12). Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (48A-H7.1). Committee on Indian Affairs: Cherokee Indians of North Carolina (48A- Committee on Invalid Pensions: equalization of bounties and extension of Committee on Labor: enforcement of the 8-hour law (48A-H13.1); prohibition of the importation of foreign contract laborers (48A-H13.2); and various subjects (48A-H13.3). Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River: improvement of the Mississippi and its tributaries (48A-H14.1). Committee on the Library: purchase of a portrait of Maj. Gen. George H. Committee on Military Affairs: various subjects (48A-H17.1). Committee on the Militia: various subjects (48A-H18.1). Committee on Naval Affairs: adjudication of cases involving prize money (48A-H19.1); increase of naval strength (48A-H19.2); naval personnel policies (48A-H19.3); and various subjects (48A-H19.4). Committee on Pacific Railroads: various subjects (48A-H20.1). Committee on Patents: amendment of the patent laws (48A-H21.1); extension of the patent on the steam-driven grain shovel (48A-H21.2); international copyright law (48A-H21.3); organization of the Patent Office into a separate and independent department (48A-H21.4); and reduction of patent fees (48A-H21.5). Committee on Pensions: Mexican war pension bill (48A-H22.1), arranged alphabetically by State, and thereunder by county; and various subjects (48A-H22.2). Committee on Printing: various subjects (48A-H23.1). Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (46A-H24.1). Committee on Public Lands: disposal of Government swamplands and shoal water lands (48A-H25.1); disposal of lands in the U. S. reservation at Hot Springs, Ark. (48A-H25.2); forfeiture of the land grant of the Oregon Central Railroad Co. (48A-H25.3); grants of land to various railroads (48A-H25.4); homestead legislation (48A-H25.5); land settlement in Oklahoma (48A-H25.6); land granted in aid for building a railroad from Marquette to Ontonagon in northern Michigan (48A-H25.7); lands purchased from the Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad and from the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Co. (48A-H25.8); legislation to provide 160 acres of land for each honorably discharged Union veteran or his heirs (48A-H25.9); retention by the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. of land granted for a railroad from Lake Superior to Puget Sound (48A-H25.10); return of railroad indemnity land to the public domain for settlement (48A-H25.11); timber culture legislation (48A-H25.12); and various subjects (48A-H25.13). Committee on Railways and Canals: connecting Lake Michigan and the navig- Committee on Revision of the Laws: various subjects (48A-H27.1). Committee on Ways and Means: beer (48A-H30.1); books, periodicals, news- legislation to refund the bonded debt of the United States (48A-H30.8); lumber (48A-H30.9); medicinal alcohol (48A-H 30.10); metals and metal products (48A-H30.11); reciprocity treaties (48A-H30.12); rice (48AH30.13); sugar (48A-H30.14); tobacco and cigars (48A-H30.15); vinegar (48A-H30.16); whiskey in bond (46A-H30.17); wool (48A-H30.18); works of art (48A-H30.19); and various subjects (48A-H30.20). Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: commission of inquiry concerning the liquor traffic (48A-H31.1) and prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages (48A-H31.2). Select Committee on American Shipbuilding and Shipowning Interests: various subjects (48A-H32.1). Select Committee on the Census: various subjects (48A-H33.1). compensa Select Committee on Payment of Pensions, Bounty, and Back Pay: tion of Civil War veterans for loss of income resulting from wartime inflation (48A-H34.1); equalization of bounties (48A-H34.2); land grants for Union veterans (48A-H34.3); legislation for the benefit of Union veterans who were prisoners of war (48A-H34.4); pensions for all honorably discharged Union veterans (48A-H34.5); pensions for disabled veterans (48A-H34.6); recommendations for passage of bills affecting veterans' welfare (48A-H34.7); revision of pension rates for commissioned officers of volunteers (48A-H34.8); widows' pensions (48A-H34.9); and various subjects (48A-H34.10). Select Committee on Public Health: various subjects (4ƐA-H35.1). ELECTION RECORDS. 2 ft. 613 Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (48A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory. Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Samuel B. Axtell, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico (48B-AÍ). Records of the Office of the Clerk RECORD BOOKS. 13 vols. 2 ft. 616 House bill book with index (48C-Al); House resolution book (48C-A2); Senate bill and resolution book (48C-A3); individual ledger (48C-A4); register of papers from committees, 48th Congress, to 51st Congress (48CA5); register of papers referred to committees, 48th Congress, to 52d Congress (48C-A6); register of papers sent to the Senate, 48th Congress to 51st Congress (48C-A7); register of papers received from the Senate, 48th Congress, to 51st Congress (48C-A8); register of committee reports (48C-A9); register of executive documents (48C-A10); and register of miscellaneous documents (48C-All). For record of leaves of absence granted House Members, see entry 604. OTHER RECORDS. 1/4 in. Various papers (48C-B1), arranged by subject. 617 |