Committee on Manufactures: various papers (54A-F24.1), arranged chrono logically. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (54A-F25.1), arranged numerically; registry of the S. S. Kuhului (54A-F25.2), arranged chronologically; registry of the S. S. Miami (54A-F25.3), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (54A-F25.4), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (54A-F25.5) and a docket volume (54A-F25.6). Committee on Military Affairs: various subjects (54A-F26.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (54A-F26.2) and 3 docket volumes (54A-F26.3). Committee on the Militia: bills referred to the committee (54A-F27.1), arranged numerically; a volume of minutes (54A-F27.2); and a docket volume (54A-F27.3). Committee on Mines and Mining: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (54A-F28.1); Michigan Mining School (54A-F28.2); and mineral placer lands (54A-F28.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 54A-F28.1, which is arranged numerically. There is also a volume of minutes (54A-F28.4). Committee on Naval Affairs: administrative papers (54A-F29.1); investigation of the Brooklyn Navy Yard (54A-F29.2); reorganization of the Navy and Marine Corps (54A-F29.3); and various subjects (54A-F29.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 54A-F29.4, which is arranged by subject. Committee on Pacific Railroads: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (54A-F30.1), arranged numerically; hearings (54A-F30.2), arranged by subject; and Union Pacific Railroad (54A-F30.3), arranged chronologically. There are also a volume of minutes (54A-F30.4) and a docket volume (54A-F30.5). Committee on Patents: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (54A-F31.1), arranged numerically; patent and copyright legislation (54A-F31.2), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (54A-F31.3), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (54A-F31.4) and a docket volume (54A-F31.5). Committee on Pensions: a volume of minutes (54A-F32.1) and a docket volume (54A-F32.2). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: administrative papers (54AF33.1); personnel of the Post Office Department (54A-F33.2); secondclass matter (54A-F33.3); Washington City Post Office (54A-F33.4); and various subjects (54A-F33.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 54A-F33.5, which is arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (54A-F33.6) and a docket volume (54A-F33.7). Committee on Printing: administrative papers (54A-F34.1); Office of the Public Printer (54A-F34.2); and various subjects (54A-F34.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (54A-F34.4) and a docket volume (54A-F34.5). Committee on Private Land Claims: a volume of minutes (54A-F35.1) and a docket volume (54A-F35.2). Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: bills referred to the committee (54A-F36.1), arranged numerically; a volume of minutes (54A-F36.2); and a docket volume (54A-F36.3). Committee on Public Lands: papers supporting specific bills and resolutions (54A-F37.1), arranged numerically; a volume of minutes (54AF37.2); and a docket volume (54A-F37.3). Committee on Railways and Canals: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (54A-F38.1); incorporation of the Maritime Canal of North America (54A-F38.2); and Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal (54AF38.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 54A-F38.1, which is arranged numerically. There are also a volume of minutes (54A-F38.4) and a docket volume (54A-F38.5). Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (54A-F39.1), arranged numerically; and various subjects (54A-F39.2), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (54A-F39.3) and a docket volume (54A-F39.4). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (54A-F40.1); Florida (54A-F40.2); hearings (54A-F40.3); Illinois (54A-F40.4); Louisiana (54A-F40.5); maps and blueprints (54A-F40.6); Massachusetts (54A-F40.7); Michigan (54A-F40.8); Mississippi River (544F40.9); New York (54A-F40.10); Office of the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army (54A-F40.11); Ohio (54A-F40.12); Pennsylvania (54A-F40.13); a report on the levels of the Great Lakes (54A-F40.14); and various subjects (54A-F40.15). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 54A-F40.1, which is arranged numerically, and 54A-F40.6 and 54AF40.15, which are arranged by subject. There is also a volume of minutes (54A-F40.16). Committee on the Territories: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (54A-F41.1); New Mexico Territory (54A-F41.2); and various subjects (54A-F41.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 54A-F41.1, which is arranged numerically. There are also a volume of minutes (54A-F41.4) and a docket volume (54A-F41.5). Committee on .ar Claims: various subjects (54A-F42.1), arranged by subject. Committee on Ways and Means: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (54A-F43.1); adulterated beer (54A-F43.2); alcohol (54A-F43.3); cigarettes and tobacco (54A-F43.4); condition of the national finances (54A-F43.5); fur seal herd (54A-F43.6); greenbacks (54A-F43.7); pay of collectors of customs (54A-F43.8); reciprocity treaties (54A-F43.9); tea (54A-F43.10); undervaluation of imports (54A-143.11); and various subjects (544-F43.12). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 54A-F43.1, which is arranged numerically, and 54A-F43.12, which is arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (54A-F43.13). Committee of the whole House: various subjects (54A-F44.1), arranged by subject. Select Committee to Investigate Soldiers' Home in Leavenworth, Kansas: hearings (54A-F45.1), arranged chronologically. ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 126 vols. 26 ft. 687 Original House documents, 1st session (544-G1) and 2d session (544-G2). Arranged numerically within each group. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 39 ft. 688 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Agriculture: appropriation for the extermination of the gypsy moth (54A-H1.1); distribution of seeds by the Department of Agriculture (54A-H1.2); filled cheese (54A-H1.3); and various subjects (54A-H1.4). Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: appointment of a national commission to investigate the alcoholic liquor traffic (54A-42.1); sale of beer and liquors at Fort Wadsworth and Bedloe's and Ellis Islands (54AH2.2); and various subjects (54A-H2.3). Committee on Appropriations: coast defenses (54A-H3.1); preservation and publication of the records of the Continental Congress (54A-H3.2); sectarian appropriations (54A-H3.3); and various subjects (54A-H3.4). Committee on Banking and Currency: various subjects (54A-H4.1). Committee on Claims: various subjects (54A-H5.1). Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: adoption of the metric system (54A-H6.1); free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1 (54A-H6.2); and various subjects (54A-H6.3). Committee on the District of Columbia: age of consent for girls in the District (54A-H7.1); liquor regulation (54A-H7.2); modernization of the lines of the Eckington and Soldiers Home Railway Co. (54A-H7.3); regulation of fraternal beneficial societies, orders, and associations (54A-H7.4); Sunday observance (54A-H7.5); and various subjects (54AH7.6). Committee on Education: establishment of a national university (54A-HƐ.1); military training in the public schools (54A-H8.2); and various subjects (54A-H8.3). Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress: direct election of Senators (54A-H9.1); electoral vote of South Carolina (54A-H9.2); reduction of representation in Congress from certain southern States (54A-H9.3); and various subjects (54AH9.4). Committee on Elections No. 3: speedy settlement of contested election cases (54A-H10.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: Armenian massacre (54A-H11.1); Cuban independence (54A-11.2); imprisonment of J. L. Waller by the French Government (54A-H11.3); participation in the International Exposition in Paris 1900 (54A-H11.4); Venezuelan boundary dispute and the settlement of international difficulties by arbitration (54A-H11.5); and various subjects (54A-H11.6). Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: restriction of immigration (54A-H12.1) and sale of beer and liquor to immigrants on Ellis Island (54A-H12.2). Committee on Indian Affairs: various subjects (54A-H13.1). Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: antigambling legislation (54A-H14.1); anti-ticket-scalping legislation (54A-H14.2); bridge over the Detroit River (54A-H14.3); bridging the Niagara River at Grand Island (54A-H14.4); establishment of a Department of Commerce and Manufactures (54A-H14.5); Government ownership and control of telegraph lines (54A-H14.6); Nicaraguan canal (54A-.114.7); protection of game, birds, and fish (54A-H14.8); toll charges over Rock Island Bridge (54A-H14.9); transportation of obscene matter (54A-H14.10); uniform classification of freight (54A-H14.11); and various subjects (54AH14.12). Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (54A-H15.1). Committee on the Judiciary: age of consent for girls in the District of Columbia (54A-H16.1); Armenian massacres (54A-H16.2); constitutional amendment recognizing God as the source of all civil power (54A-H16.3); desecration of the United States flag (54A-H16.4); direct election of Senators (54A-H16.5); sectarian appropriations (54A-H16.6); uniform system of bankruptcy (54A-H16.7); and various subjects (54A-H16.8). Committee on Labor: alien contract labor (54A-H17.1); industrial arbitration and the establishment of an impartial commission to investigate the labor problem (54A-H17.2); protection of free labor from competition with convict labor (54A-H17.3); and various subjects (54A-H17.4). Committee on the Library: removal of the statue of Père Marquette from Statuary Hall (54A-H18.1) and various subjects (54A-H18.2). Committee on Manufactures: various subjects (54A-H19.1). Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: various subjects (54A-H20.1). Committee on the Militia: various subjects (54A-H21.1). Committee on Mines and Mining: various subjects (54A-H22.1). Committee on Naval Affairs: naval reserve (54A-H23.1); navy yards (54AH23.2); preservation of the frigate Constitution (54A-H23.3); and various subjects (54A-H23.4). Committee on Pacific Railroads: various subjects (54A-H24.1). Committee on Patents: registration of trade-marks and labels (54A-H25.1) and various subjects (54A-H25.2). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: establishment of postal savings banks (54A-H26.1); fourth-class postmasters (54A-H26.2); postal rates and second-class matter (54A-H26.3); reclassification and pay of postal employees (54A-H26.4); and various subjects (54A-H26.5). Committee on Printing: preservation and publication of the records of the Continental Congress (54A-H27.1) and various subjects (54A-H27.2). Committee on Public Lands: free homesteads for settlers on public lands in Oklahoma Territory and other areas (54A-H28.1) and various subjects (54A-H28.2). Committee on Railways and Canals: various subjects (54A-H29.1). various subjects (54A-H30.1). various subjects (54A-H31.1). Committee on Ways and Means: adulterated beer (54A-H32.1); filled cheese (54A-H32.2); protection of agricultural staples by an export bounty (54A-H32.3); sugar (54A-32.4); tea (54A-H32.5); Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (54A-H32.6); wool (54A-H32.7); and various subjects (54A-H32.8). ELECTION RECORDS. 2 ft. 689 Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (54A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory. OTHER RECORDS. 2 vols. 2 in. Roll calls (54A-K1), arranged chronologically. 690 Records of the Office of the Clerk RECORD BOOKS. 16 vols. 3 ft. 691 House bill book (55C-A1); House joint resolution book (54C-A2); House concurrent and simple resolution book together with Senate concurrent resolutions (54C-A3); Senate bill book (54C-A4); Senate joint resolution book (54C-A5); individual ledger (54C-A6); register of papers sent to committees (54C-A7); register of papers from committees (54C-A8); register of papers sent to the Senate (54C-A9); register of papers received from the Senate (54C-A10); register of committee reports (54C-All); record of leaves of absence granted to House Members (54C-A12); and record of stationery supplies furnished to committees (54C-A13). For record of stationery supplies furnished early in the 1st session, see entry 666. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-99 First Session, March 15-July 24, 1897 Records of Legislative Proceedings MINUTE BOOKS AND JOURNALS. 10 vols. 5 ft. 692 Minute books, 1st, 2d, and 3d sessions (55A-Al); and legislative journal, 1st session (55A-A2), 2d session (55A-A3), and 3d session (55A-A4). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 86 vols. 23 ft. 693 Forty volumes of original House bills (55A-B1); 1 volume of original House joint resolutions (55A-B2); 4 volumes of desk copies of House bills passed (55A-B3); 25 volumes of printed House bills (55A-B4); 15 volumes of engrossed House bills (55A-B5); and 1 volume of engrossed House joint resolutions (55A-B6). Arranged numerically within each group. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE 694 Senate bills (55A-C1) and Senate joint resolutions (55A-C2). Arranged numerically within each group. 695 ACCOMPANYING PAPERS FILE. 61 ft. Papers relating to claims, pensions, and other forms of private relief together with papers relating to public matters (55A-D1). Arranged alphabetically by person, State, Territory, or subject. COMMITTEE REPORTS. 23 vols. 696 Original committee reports, 1st session (55A-El), 2d session (55A-E2), and 3d session (55A-E3). Arranged numerically within each group. COMMITTEE PAPERS. 62 ft. 697 Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: |