cally within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52AF28.5) and 3 docket volumes (52A-F28.6). Committee on the Militia: efficiency of the militia (52A-F29.1), arranged chronologically. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F29.2) and a docket volume (52A-F29.3). Committee on Mines and Mining: administrative papers (52A-F30.1), arranged chronologically; a volume of minutes (52A-F30.2); and a docket volume (52A-F30.3). Committee on Naval Affairs: administrative papers (52A-F31.1); appropriations for the naval service (52A-F31.2); Baker's submarine boat (52A-F31.3); case of Commodore Wm. K. Mayo, U. S. N. (52A-F31.4); delay in the construction of the U. S. S. Bennington and the U. S. S. Concord (52A-F31.5); selection of a site for a navy yard on the Pacific Coast (52A-F31.6); transfer of the Revenue-Cutter Service from the Treasury Department to the Navy Department (52A-F31.7); Naval Observatory (52A-F31.8); and various subjects (52A-F31.9). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Pacific Railroads: docket volume (52A-F32.2). a volume of minutes (52A-F32.1) and a Committee on Patents: administrative papers (52A-F33.1) and various subjects (52A-F33.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F33.3) and a docket volume (52A-F33.4). Committee on Pensions: a volume of minutes (52A-F34.1) and 3 docket volumes (52A-F34.2). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: administrative papers (52AF35.1) and various subjects (52A-F35.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F35.3) and 2 docket volumes (52A-F35.4). Committee on Printing: administrative papers (52A-F36.1), arranged chronologically; a report on the condition of the Sioux Indians (52AF36.2); a report of the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the fiscal year 1892 (52A-F36.3); and a volume of minutes (52A-F36.4). Committee on Private Land Claims: a volume of minutes (52A-F37.1) and a docket volume (52A-F37.2). Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: a volume of minutes (52A-F38.1) and a docket volume (52A-F38.2). Committee on Public Lands: administrative papers (52A-F39.1); swamplands in Oregon (52A-F39.2); and various subjects (52A-F39.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F39.4) and a docket volume (52A-F39.5). Committee on Railways and Canals: a volume of minutes (52A-F40.1) and a docket volume (52A-F40.2). Committee on Revision of the Laws: bills referred to the committee (52AF41.1), arranged numerically; a volume of minutes (52A-F41.2); and a docket volume (52A-F41.3). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: administrative papers (52A-F42.1), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (52A-F42.2), arranged by State. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F42.3) and a docket volume (52A-F42.4). Committee on the Territories: a volume of minutes (52A-F43.1) and a docket volume (52A-F43.2). Committee on ar Claims: various subjects (52A-F44.1), arranged by subject. There are also 2 docket volumes (52A-F44.2). Committee on Ways and Means: administrative papers (52A-F45.1); tariffs (52A-F45.2); and various subjects (52A-F45.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also 3 docket volumes (52A-F45.4). Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: a volume of minutes (52A-F46.1) and a docket volume (52A-F46.2). Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition: various subjects (52AF47.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (52A F47.2) and a docket volume (52A-F47.3). Select Committee on the Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress: a volume of minutes (52A-F48.1) and a docket volume (52A-F48.2). Select Committee on the Eleventh Census: various subjects (52A-F49.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F49.2) and a docket volume (52A-F49.3). Select Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: various subjects (52A-F50.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F50.2) and a docket volume (52A-F50.3). Select Committee on the Irrigation of Arid Lands: a volume of minutes (52A-F51.1) and a docket volume (52A-F51.2). Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: F52.1), arranged by subject. various subjects (52A There are also a volume of minutes (52A F52.2) and a docket volume (52A-F52.3). Select Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics: a volume of minutes (52AF53.1) and a docket volume (52A-F53.2). ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 141 vols. 35 ft. 662 Original executive documents, 1st session (52A-G1) and 2d session (52A-G2); and original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (52A-G3) and 2d session (52A-G4). Arranged numerically within each group. 43 ft. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 663 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Accounts: various subjects (52A-H1.1). Committee on Agriculture: control of plant diseases (52A-H2.1); free delivery of rural mail (52A-H2.2); investigation of wheat price fixing by millers, railroads, and elevators (52A-H2.3); silk culture (52AH2.4); legislation relating to the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine (52A-H2.5); legislation to prevent adulteration of food and drugs (52AH2.6); prohibitions of contracts discrediting legal tender currency (52A-H2.7); speculation in farm products (52A-H2.8); taxation of compound lard (52A-H2.9); testing the strength of American woods (52AH2.10); Weather Bureau service to agriculture (52A-H2.11); and various subjects (52A-H2.12). Committee on Appropriations: construction of a new Government Printing Office building (52A-H3.1); education and religion (52A-H3.2); exposi tions and conventions (52A-H3.3); irrigation (52A-H3.4); Pan-American Medical Congress (52A-H3.5); relief for sufferers of the Mississippi River flood (52A-H3.6); and various subjects (52A-H3.7). Committee on Banking and Currency: bankruptcy legislation (52A-H4.1); Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: various subjects (52A-H5.1). annexation of the Hawaiian Islands (52AH7.1); British imprisonment of American citizens (52A-H7.2); Bureau of American Republics (52A-H7.3); Chinese immigration (52A-H7.4); completion and control of the Nicaraguan canal (52A-H7.5); Pan-American Medical Congress (52A-H7.6); and various subjects (52A-H7.7). Committee on Indian Affairs: Indian education (52A-H8.1) and various subjects (52A-H8.2). Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: amendment of the interstate commerce law (52A-H9.1); canals (52A-H9.2); enactment of national quarantine legislation (52A-H9.3); expansion and improvement of the Life-Saving Service (52A-H9.4); immigration (52A-H9.5); legislation relating to ships and shipping (52A-H9.6); lighthouses and fog signals (52A-H9.7); ports of entry and customs collection (52A-H9.8); RevenueCutter Service (52A-H9.9); roads and bridges (52A-H9.10); safety devices for railroad cars (52A-H9.11); and various subjects (52A-H9.12). Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (52A-H10.1). Committee on the Judiciary: bankruptcy legislation (52A-H11.1); constitutional amendment to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and importation of liquor (52A-H11.2); courts and judicial districts (52A-H11.3); direct election of Senators (52A-H11.4); establishment of a Department of Public Health (52A-H11.5); immigration and naturalization (52A-H11.6); legislation to make all money issues of the Federal Government legal tender (52A-H11.7); prohibition of the sale, manufacture, or importation of cigarettes (52A-H11.8); separation of church and state (52AH11.9); woman suffrage (52A-H11.10); and various subjects (52A-H11.11). Committee on Labor: convict labor (52A-H12.1); direct election of Senators (52A-H12.2); 8-hour working day (52A-H12.3); employment of private police in labor disputes (52A-H12.4); immigration legislation to protect American labor (52A-H12.5); investigation of the living conditions of slum dwellers (52A-H12.6); and various subjects (52A-H12.7). Committee on the Library: various subjects (52A-H13.1). Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: home for aged seamen (52AH14.1); inshore fishing with purse seines (52A-H14.2); and legislation dealing with ships and shipping (52A-H14.3). Committee on Military Affairs: preservation and marking of the battle lines at Gettysburg (52A-H15.1) and various subjects (52A-H15.2). Committee on Naval Affairs: management of the Naval Observatory (52AH16.1); shipboard comfort of immigrants (52A-H15.2); transfer of the Revenue-Cutter Service from the Treasury Department to the Navy Department (52A-H16.3); and various subjects (52A-H16.4). Committee on Patents: trade-mark legislation (52A-H17.1) and various subjects (52A-H17.2). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: establishment of a postal telegraph and telephone system (52A-H18.1); improvement of steamship and railroad mail service (52A-H18.2); legislation to prohibit the transmission of obscene printed matter through the mails (52A-H18.3); legislation to put used and unused postage stamps on the free list (52A-H18.4); pay and classification of postal employees (52A-H18.5); rural free delivery (52A-H18.6); speculative bidding for mail contracts (52A-H18.7); and various subjects (52A-H18.8). Committee on Printing: various subjects (52A-H19.1). Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (52A-H20.1). Committee on Railways and Canals: various subjects (52A-II21.1). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: appointment of an Ohio River Improvement Commission (52A-H22.1); canals (52A-H22.2); Chicago River control (52AH22.3); construction and improvement of port and harbor facilities (52A-H22.4); improvement of the Arkansas River (52A-H22.5); improvement of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers (52A-H22.6); improvement of the Sabine River and a survey of Sabine Lake (52A-H22.7); and various subjects (52A-H22.8). Committee on the Territories: jurisdiction of the U. S. courts in the Indian Territory (52A-H23.1) and various subjects (52A-H23.2). Committee on Ways and Means: alcohol, wine, and distilled spirits (52AH24.1); bagging and binding twine (52A-H24.2); barley and hops (52AH24.3); cotton and cotton gins (52A-H24.4); German looking-glass plate (52A-H24.5); iron, steel, and coal (52A-H24.6); lard (52A-H24.7); lumber (52A-H24.8); revenue from a single tax on the value of land (52AH24.9); sugar (52A-H24.10); tariff reform and reciprocity agreements (52A-H24.11); tax measures and other fiscal matters (52A-H24.12); tin, tinplate, and lead ores (52A-H24.13); tobacco and cigarettes (52AH24.14); used and unused postage stamps (52A-H24.15); wearing apparel and other personal effects of those arriving in this country (52AH24.16); wool (52A-H24.17); works of art (52A-H24.18); and various subjects (52A-H24.19). Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: repeal of the law prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquor in Alaska (52A-H25.1); suppression of liquor traffic with the natives of Africa (52A-H25.2); and various subjects (52A-H25.3). Select Committee on the Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress: direct election of Senators (52A-H26.1); woman suffrage (52A-H26.2); and various subjects (52A-H26.3). Select Committee on the Eleventh Census: various subjects (52A-H27.1). Select Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: establishment of a national quarantine (52A-H28.1); exclusion of Chinese immigrants (52AH28.2); legislation to restrict immigration, naturalization, and suffrage (52A-H28.3); and various subjects (52A-H28.4). Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: H29.1). various subjects (52A 664 Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (52A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory. OTHER RECORDS. 1 ft. Two volumes of roll calls (52A-Kl), arranged chronologically; and various papers (52A-K2), arranged by subject. Records of the Office of the Clerk RECORD BOOKS. 14 vols. 2 ft. 665 066 House bill book (52C-Al); House resolution book (52C-A2); Senate bill book (52C-A3); Senate resolution book (52C-A4); individual ledger (520A5); register of papers from committees (52C-A6); register of papers sent to the Senate (52C-A7); register of papers received from the Senate (52CA8); register of committee reports (52C-A9); record of claims referred to the Court of Claims under provisions of the Bowman Act of 1883 (52C-Al0); record of leaves of absence granted House Members (52C-All); and record of stationery supplies furnished to committees, 52d Congress, 1st session, to 54th Congress, 1st session (52C-A12). For register of papers referred to committees, see entry 616. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1893-95 First Session, August 7-November 3, 1893 Records of Legislative Proceedings MINUTE BOOKS AND JOURNALS. 10 vols. 3 ft. 667 Minute books, 1st, 2d, and 3d sessions (53A-Al); and legislative journal, 1st session (53A-A2), 2d session (53A-A3), and 3d session (53A-A4). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 20 ft. 668 Forty-three volumes of original House bills (53A-B1); 1 volume of original House joint resolutions (53A-B2); original House concurrent resolutions (53A-B3); House simple resolutions and motions (53A-B4); desk copies of House bills passed (53A-B5); desk copies of House joint resolutions passed (53A-B6); 9 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (53A-B7); and enrolled bills returned with Presidential veto (53A-B8). Arranged numerically within each group, except 53A-B3, which is arranged chronologically, and 53A-34, which is arranged alphabetically by Congressman. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE 1 ft. 669 Senate bills (53A-C1) and Senate joint resolutions (53A-C2). Arranged numerically within each group. ACCOMPANYING PAPERS FILE. 45 ft. 670 Papers relating to claims, pensions, and other forms of private relief together with papers relating to public matters (53A-D1). Arranged alphabetically by person, State, Territory, or subject. |