Committee on Foreign Affairs: Chinese immigration (49A-H9.1); extradition treaty with Great Britain (49A-H9.2); international fisheries agreements between the United States and Canada (49A-H9.3); legislation to promote peace and to create a tribunal for international arbitration (49A-H9.4); relations with Mexico (49A-H9.5); and various subjects (49A-H9.6).

Committee on Invalid Pensions: equalization of bounties (49A-H10.1); fees paid examining surgeons in pension cases (49A-H10.2); passage of the Dependent Pension Bill over the President's veto (49A-H10.3); pensions for all honorably discharged Union veterans over 60 years of age who are manual laborers (49A-H10.4); pensions for disabled Union veterans (49A-H10.5); pensions for Union veterans who were prisoners of war (49AH10.6); recommendations of the Grand Army of the Republic concerning pension legislation (49A-H10.7); repeal of the Arrears of Pension Act (49A-H10.8); revision of pension laws (49A-H10.9); special taxation to finance payment of pensions (49A-H10.10); and various subjects (49AH10.11).

Committee on the Judiciary:

establishment of an Executive Council to replace the office of the President (49A-H11.1); legislation to confirm patents issued by the Governor of the Colony of New York in 1666-67 for lands on Manhattan Island (49A-H11.2); legislation to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy (49A-H11.3); legislative proposals directed against the Mormons (49A-H11.4); woman suffrage (49A-Hil.5); and various subjects (49A-H11.6).

Committee on Labor: establishment of a Department of Labor and a Bureau of Labor for Women (49A-H12.1); labor conflict and unemployment (49AH12.2); leaves of absence for employees in U. S. Navy Yards (49A-H12.3); limiting the working day of Government employees to 8 hours (49A-H12.4); national aid to education to be distributed to the States on the basis of illiteracy rates (49A-H12.5); wages paid by the Government Printing Office (49A-H12.6); and various subjects (49A-H12.7).

Committee on the Library: various subjects (49A-H13.1). Committee on Military Affairs: amendment of the act creating a retired list of enlisted men, to require 25 years of service instead of 30 (49A-H14.1); increased pay for Army hospital stewards (49A-H14.2); legislation to return bounties to men who were required to refund them when they were commissioned from the ranks (49A-H14.3); and various subjects (49A-H14.4).

Committee on the Militia: amendment of the act creating a retired list of enlisted men, to require 25 years of service instead of 30 (49AH15.1); increased pay for Army hospital stewards (49A-H15.2); and various subjects (49A-H15.3).

Committee on Naval Affairs: establishment of a shipyard for iron ships at the Norfolk Navy Yard (49A-H16.1) and various subjects (49A-H16.2). Committee on Patents: amendment of the patent laws (49A-H17.1) and international copyright law (49A-H17.2).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: adjustment of postmasters' salaries and payment of operating expenses of post offices (49A-H18.1); 8-hour day for letter carriers (49A-H18.2); establishment of postal savings banks (49A-H18.3); postal rates (49A-H18.4); subsidization of steamship lines carrying the mail between the United States and Central and South America (49A-H18.5); and various subjects (49A-H18.6).

Committee on Private Land Claims: legislation to confirm patents issued by the Governor of the Colony of New York in 1666-67 for lands on and adjoining Manhattan Island (49A-H19.1).

Committee on Public Lands: legislation to confirm patents issued by the Governor of the Colony of New York in 1666-67 for lands on and adjoining Manhattan Island (49A-H20.1); public land policy (49A-H20.2); and various subjects (49A-H20.3). Committee on Railways and Canals: endorsement by the Knights of Labor of the Hennepin Canal project (49A-H21.1) and various subjects (49A-H21.2). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: improvement of the Harlem River (49AH22.1).

Committee on the Territories:

division of Dakota Territory and creation of the Territory of North Dakota (49A-H23.1); organization of a Territorial government in Oklahoma and opening the Indian Territory for settlement (49A-H23.2); Utah Territory and the Mormon question (49AH23.3); and various subjects (49A-H23.4).

Committee on War Claims: various subjects (49A-H24.1). Committee on ways and Means: agricultural raw materials (49A-H25.1); clothing (49A-H25.2); consolidation of customs districts and changes in the customs law (49A-H25.3); cooperage industry (49A-H25.4); fish (49A-H25.5); food products and food adulteration (49A-H25.6); gold leaf, bronze or Dutch metal in leaf, and bronze powder (49A-H25.7); lumber (49A-H25.8); marble (49A-H25.9); metals (49A-H25.10); oleomargarine and other butter substitutes (49A-H25.11); repeal of internal taxes (49A-H25.12); salt, soda, borax, and potash (49A-H25.13); sugar (49A-H25.14); tariff revision (49A-H25.15); tobacco (49A-H25.16); treaties of reciprocity with Mexico and Hawaii (49A-H25.17); vegetable fiber and products (49A-H25.18); vinegar (49A-H25.19); window glass (49A-H25.20); wine, spirits, and malt liquors (49A-H25.21); wool (49AH25.22); works of art (49A-H25.23); and various subjects (49A-H25.24). Select Committee on American Shipbuilding and Shipowning Interests: pulsory pilotage (49A-H26.1); registration of foreign-built ships as vessels of the United States (49A-H26.2); and various subjects (49AH26.3).

Select Committee on Public Health: various subjects (49A-H27.1).

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626

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (49A-1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

House bill book with index (49C-A1); House resolution book (49C-A2); Senate bill and resolution book (49C-A3); petition book (49C-A4); individual ledger (49C-A5); register of committee reports (49C-A6); and register of miscellaneous documents (49C-A7). For record of leaves of absence granted House Members, see entry 604; and for registers of papers from committees, of papers referred to committees, of papers received from the Senate, and of papers sent to the Senate, see entry 616.

Minute book, 1st session (50A-Al); legislative journal, 1st session (59A-A2); minute book, 2d session (50A-A3); and legislative journal, 2d session (50A-A4).

631

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 24 ft. Fifty-three volumes of original House bills (50A-B1); 2 volumes of original House joint resolutions (50A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (50A-B3); desk copies of House bills passed (50A-B4); desk copies of House joint resolutions passed (50A-B5); and 23 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (50A-B6). Arranged numerically within each group, except 50A-B3, which is arranged chronologically.

BILLS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 1/2 in.

Senate bills (50A-C1), arranged numerically.

632

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS FILE. 60 ft.

633

Papers relating to claims, pensions, and other forms of private relief together with papers relating to public matters (50A-D1). Arranged alphabetically by person, State, Territory, or subject.

COMMITTEE REPORTS. 61 vols. 15 ft.

Original committee reports, 1st session (50A-E1) and 2d session E2). Arranged numerically within each group.

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635

Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: various subjects (50A-F1.1), arranged by subject. There is also a volume of minutes (50A-F1.2). For statement of accounts before the committee, see entry 599.

Committee on Agriculture: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (50A-F2.1); hearings (50A-F2.2); a statement of the expenditures of the Department of Agriculture for 1888 (50A-F2.3); and various subjects (50A-F2.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 50AF2.1 and 50A-F2.2, which are arranged numerically by bill or resolution. There are also a volume of minutes (504-F2.5) and a docket volume (50AF2.6).

Committee on Appropriations:

expositions (50A-F3.1); deficiency bill

(50A-F3.2); fortifications bill (50A-F3.3); legislative, executive, and judicial bill (50A-F3.4); sundry civil expenses bill (50A-F3.5); and various subjects (50A-F3.6). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 50A-F3.2, 50A-F3.4, and 50A-F3.5, which are arranged by agency of origin or by subject. For letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence, see entry 586. Committee on Banking and Currency:

various subjects (50A-F4.1), arranged

by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F4.2) and a docket volume (50A-F4.3).

Committee on Claims: French spoliation claims (50A-F5.1), arranged numerically by Senate miscellaneous document number. There are also a volume

of minutes (50A-F5.2) and a docket volume (50A-F5.3). Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: various subjects (50A-F6.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F6.2) and a docket volume (50A-F6.3). Committee on Commerce: bridges (50A-F7.1), arranged alphabetically by stream; a report on an investigation of the Reading Railroad strike (50A-F7.2); and various subjects (50A-F7.3), arranged by subject. Committee on the District of Columbia: a volume of minutes (50A-F8.1) and a docket volume (50A-F8.2).

Committee on Elections: contested election cases of Charles S. Bradley v. Warren 0. Arnold, Rhode Island (50A-F9.1); James R. Chalmers v. James B. Morgan, Mississippi (50A-F9.2); depositions relating to the violation of election laws in the castern District of North Carolina (50A-F9.3); Nathan Frank v. John M. Glover, Missouri (50A-F9.4); Robert Lowry v. James B. White, Indiana (50A-F9.5); Joseph D. Lynch v. William Vandever, California (50A-F9.6); J. V. McDuffie v. A. C. Davidson, Alabama (50A-F9.7); Robert Smalls v. William Elliott, South Carolina (50A-F9.8); Frank J. Sullivan v. C. N. Felton, California (50A-F9.9); George H. Thobe v. J. G. Carlisle, Kentucky (50A-F9.10); and Nicholas E. Worthington v. Philip S. Post, Illinois (50A-F9.11). Arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F9.12) and 2 docket volumes (50A-F9.13).

Committee on Enrolled Bills: a volume relating to the enrollment of bills and resolutions (50A-F10.1).

Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice: a volume of minutes (50A-F11.1).

Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department: a report on Navy Department employees (50A-F12.1).

Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: various subjects (50A-F13.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Expenditures in the War Department:

abstract of articles

purchased for the Army, 1886-88 (50A-F14.1); inspection of money accounts of Army disbursing officers (50A-F14.2); War Department contracts (50A-F14.3); and various subjects (50A-F14.4). Arranged by subject. Committee on Foreign Affairs: affairs in Samoa (50A-F15.1); emigration of British criminal classes (50A-F15.2); claim of James M. Hagar (50AF15.3); international arbitration (50A-F15.4); International Commission with Mexico (50A-F15.5); international expositions at Melbourne and Paris (50A-F15.6); reorganization of the Portuguese diplomatic

and consular services (50A-F15.7); restriction of Chinese immigration (50A-F15.8); and various subjects (50A-F15.9). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F15.10) and a docket volume (50A-F15.11). Committee on Indian Affairs:

claims (50A-F16.1); Confederated Peorias, Kaskaskia, wea, and Piank ashaw Indians (50A-F16.2); grants of Indian reservation lands for railroad purposes (50A-F16.3); removal of the Jicarilla Apaches (50A-F16.4); and various subjects (50A-F16.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 50A-F16.1, which is arranged alphabetically by claimant. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F16.6) and a docket volume (50A-F16.7). Committee on Invalid Pensions:

a volume of minutes (50A-F17.1) and 6

docket volumes (50A-F17.2). Committee on the Judiciary: establishment of a Court of Patent Appeals (50A-F18.1); internal revenue taxes paid by State officers (50A-F18.2); investigation of the Kansas Pacific Railroad (50A-F18.3); and various subjects (50A-F18.4). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F18.5) and a docket volume (50A-F18.6).

Committee on Labor: a volume of minutes (50A-F19.1) and a docket volume (50A-F19.2).

Committee on the Library:

exchange of congressional publications with Canada and Chile (50A-F20.1) and various subjects (50A-F20.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F20.3) and a docket volume (50A-F20.4).

Committee on Manufactures: hearings (50A-F21.1), arranged by subject; a volume of minutes (50A-F21.2); and a docket volume (50A-F21.3). Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: investigation of seal

fisheries in Alaska (50A-F22.1) and various subjects (50A-F22.2). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Military Affairs:

court-martial proceedings (50A-F23.1); increasing the efficiency of the Army (50A-F23.2); investigation of the Fort Brown Military Reservation in Texas (50A-F23.3); lists of records recommended for disposal by the War Department (50A-F23.4); ordnance (50A-F23.5); and various subjects (50A-F23.6). Arranged by

subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F23.7) and 2 docket volumes (50A-F23.8).

Committee on Mines and Mining: various subjects (50A-F24.1), arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (50A-F24.2).

Committee on Naval Affairs: Naval Academy (50A-F25.1); Navy pay (50AF25.2); papers relating to the following Navy Department Bureaus: Construction and Repair (50A-F25.3), Equipment and Recruiting (50AF25.4), Medicine and Surgery (50A-F25.5), Navigation (50A-F25.6), Ordnance (50A-F25.7), Provisions and Clothing (50A-F25.8), Steam Engineering (50A-F25.9), and Yards and Docks (50A-F25.10); U. S. Marine Corps (50A-F25.11); and various subjects (50A-F25.12). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Pacific Railroads: a volume of minutes (50A-F26.1) and a docket volume (50A-F26.2).

Committee on Patents: various subjects (50A-F27.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F27.2) and a docket volume (50A-F27.3).