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Committee on Indian Affairs: allotment of J. F. Rowell (61A-F22.1); attorney's contracts in Oklahoma, 1910 (61A-F22.2); Choctaw and Chickasaw affairs (61A-F22.3); Indian depredations (61A-F22.4); Muscogee allotments (61A-F22.5); Osage enrollment (61A-F22.6); bills and resolutions referred to the committee (61A-F22.7), arranged numerically; and various subjects (61A-F22.8). There are also a volume of minutes (61A-F22. 9), arranged mumerically; and a docket volume (61A-F22.10). Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at Seattle, 1909 (61A-F23.1); international Olympic games (61AF23.2); a national Negro exposition to commemorate a half-century of freedom (61A-F23.3); a Panama Canal commemorative exposition (61A-F23. 4); and bills and resolutions referred to the committee (61A-F23.5), arranged numerically. There are also a volume of minutes (61A-F23.6) and a docket volume (61A-F23.7).

Committee on Insular Affairs: a volume of minutes (61A-F24.1) and a docket volume (61A-F24.2).

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: correspondence (61A-F25.1); bills and resolutions referred to the committee (61A-F25.2), arranged numerically; the British iron and steel industry (61A-F25.3); Chicago railroads (61A-F25.4); locomotive boiler inspections (61A-F25.5); Ohio and West Virginia railroads (61A-F25.6); and various hearings (61A-G25. 7). There are also a volume of minutes (61A-F25.8) and 2 docket volumes (61A-F25.9).

Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (61A-F26.1). There are also 12 docket volumes (61A-F26.2).

Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands: conservation and several other subjects (61A-27.1). There are also a volume of minutes (61A-F27.2) and a docket volume (61A-F27.3).

Committee on the Judiciary: correspondence and data on various subjects

(61A-F28.1); printed House documents (61A-F28.2), arranged numerically; a volume of minutes (61A-F28.3); and 2 docket volumes (61A-F28.4). Committee on Labor: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (61AF29.1), arranged mumerically; hearings, briefs, and reports (61A-F29.2); establishment of a Department of Labor (61A-F29.3); penal labor competition with free labor (61A-F29.4); and service hours of laborers and mechanics (61A-F29.5). There are also a volume of minutes (61A-F29.6) and 2 docket volumes (61A-F29.7).

Committees on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River: various subjects (61A-F30.1). There are also a volume of minutes (61A-F30.2)

and a docket volume (61A-F30.3). Committee on the Library: authorizations to the committee (61A-F31.1); the Library of Congress (61A-F31.2); memorials and statues (61A-F31.3); portraits of ex-Speakers (61A-F31.4); remodeling the hall of the House (61AF31.5); report to the President, Jan. 11, 1909, by the Committee on Departmental Methods, Documentary Historical Publications of the United States Government (61A-F31.6); Theodore Sutro's arguments for the purchase of certain historical paintings (61-F31.7); and Valley Forge (61A-F31.8). There are also a volume of minutes (61A-F31.9) and a docket volume (61A-F31.10).

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: various subjects (61A-F32.1). Committee on Mileage: mileage bills (61A-F33.1).

Committee on Military Affairs: bills and resolutions referred to the com-
mittee (61A-F34.1), arranged numerically; correspondence (61A-F34.2);
and various subjects (61A-F34.3). There are also a volume of minutes
(61A-F34.4) and a docket volume (61A-F34.5).

Committee on the Militia: bills, correspondence, hearings, and reports (61A-
F35.1); a volume of minutes (61A-F35.2); and a docket volume (61A-F35.3).
Committee on Mines and Mining: authorizations to the committee (61A-F36.1);
a volume of minutes (61A-F36.2); and a docket volume (61A-F36.3).
Committee on Naval Affairs: committee legislative calendar, 1909-11 (61A-
F37.1), and various subjects (61A-F37.2).

Committee on Patents: various papers (61A-F38.1); a volume of minutes (61A-
F38.2); and a docket volume (61A-F38.3).

Committee on Pensions: individual case files (61A-F39.1) and various subjects (61A-F39.2). There are also 3 docket volumes (61A-F39.3). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims of certain postmasters (61A-F40.1); correspondence (61A-F40.2); and hearings on fraternal society publications (61A-F40.3), ocean mail (61A-F40.4), parcel post (61AF40.5), postal appropriation bill (61A-F40.6), postal-savings bank (61AF40.7), pay to railroads for mail services (61A-F40.8), second-class mail (60A-F40.9), pay to short-line railroads for mail services (60A-F40. 10), and stamped envelopes (61A-F40.11). There are also a volume of minutes (61A-F40.12) and 2 docket volumes (61A-F40.13). Committee on Private Land Claims: bills and correspondence on various subjects (61A-F41.1); hearings and other items (61A-F41.2); a volume of minutes (61A-F41.3); and a docket volume (61A-F41.4).

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: bills and correspondence on various subjects (61A-F42.1); a commission to investigate the postal situation in New York City (61A-F42.2); and public buildings in Kansas (61AF42.3). There is also a docket volume (61A-F42.4).

Committee on Public Lands: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (614-F43.1), arranged numerically; correspondence and data (61A-F43.2); hearings on regional subjects: Alaska (61A-F43.3), Arizona (61A-F43.4), Arkansas (61A-F43.5), Iowa (61A-F43.6), Washington (61A-F43.7), and Wyoming (61A-F43.8); and hearings on various subjects (61A-F43.9). There is also a docket volume, 61st Congress, 1st session, to 62d Congress, 1st session (61A-F43.10).

Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: bills, resolutions, and documents (61A-F44.1), arranged numerically; and correspondence on various subjects (61A-F44.2).

Committee on Rivers and Harbors: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (61A-F45.1), arranged numerically; and varicus subjects (61A-F45. 2).

Committee on Rules: data and hearings on various subjects (61A-F46.1); a volume of minutes (61A-Fl6.2); and 2 docket volumes (61A-F46.3). Committee on the Territories: Alaska (61A-F47.1); Arizona (61A-F47.2); Hawaii (61A-F47.3); Indian Territory (61A-F47.4); New Mexico (61A-F47.5); and stationery and printing (61A-F47.6). There are also a volume of minutes (61A-F47.7) and a docket volume (61A-F47.8).

Committee on Ways and Means: tariff correspondence, segregated by pertinent schedule (61A-F48.1); tariff "free list" correspondence (614-F48.2); tariff "miscellaneous" correspondence (61A-F48.3); index to unprinted tariff hearings, nos. 46-53 (61A-F48.4); mailing lists (61A-FL8.5); and Presidential messages and communications from high officials (61A-F48.6). Committee of the Whole House: original messages of the President (61A-F49.1). ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 159 vols. 38 ft.

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Original House documents, 1st session (61A-G1), 2d session (61A-G2), and 3d session (61A-G3). Arranged numerically within each group.

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771

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES.
Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject.
Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group.
Committee on Agriculture: various subjects (61A-H1.1).
Committee on Appropriations: consolidation of pension agencies (61A-H2.1);
George Washington University (61A-H2.2); Hydrographic Office of the Navy
Department (61A-H2.3); preservation of Lincoln's birthplace (61A-112.4);
and various subjects (61A-H2.5).

Committee on Banking and Currency: retention of both greenbacks and silver coinage (61A-H3.1) and various subjects (61-H3.2).

Committee on the Census: Slovaks in the United States (61A-H4.1) and swamplands (61A-H4.2).

Committee on Claims: Freedman's Savings and Trust Co. (61A-H5.1) and a
Rhode Island tidal channel (61A-H5.2).

Committee on the District of Columbia: a reformatory near Mt. Vernon (61AH6.1); Lucy Webb Hayes Missionary School and Hospital (61A-H6.2); playgrounds (61A-H6.3); prohibition (61A-H6.4); Sunday observance, and acknowledgement of God by constitutional amendment (61A-H6.5); teacher retirement (61A-H6.6); Telepost Co.'s lines (61A-H6.7); Washington Humane Society (61A-H6.8); and various subjects (61A-H6.9).

Committee on Education: extension of the field work of the U. S. Bureau of Education (61A-H7.1) and various subjects (61A-H7.2).

Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department: a Children's Bureau (61A-H8.1) and a National Health Bureau (61A-H8.2).

Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: various subjects (61A-H9.1).

Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: Division of Information of

the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization in the Department of Commerce and Labor (61A-H10.1); restriction of immigration by increased head tax (61A-H10.2), literacy test (61A-H10.3), means test (61A-H10.4), and other ways (61A-H10.5); and various subjects (61A-H10.6). Committee on Indian Affairs: various subjects (61A-11.1). Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions: Italian expositions in Rome and Turin, 1911 (61A-H12.1); a national Negro exposition to commemorate a half-century of freedom (61A-H12.2); a Panama-Pacific exposition (61AH12.3); the Paris Exposition of 1900 (61-H12.4); and Perry's Lake Erie victory centennial (61A-H12.5).

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: boiler inspections (61A-H13. 1); a Department of Health (61A-H13.2); express companies (61A-H13.3); motor-vehicle registration (61A-H13.4); retirement and relief of members of the Life-Saving Service (61A-H13.5); shipment of liquor into prohibition territory (61A-H13.6); and various subjects (61A-H13.7). Committee on Invalid Pensions: Army nurse volunteers of the Civil War (61AH14.1); the G.A.R. amendment to the Age Act of 1907 (61A-H14.2); the National Tribune bill pensioning Civil War and Mexican War veterans (61AH14.3); the Sherwood bill for one-dollar-a-day pensions (61A- H14.4); the Sulloway bill (61A-H14.5); veterans who lost limbs (61A-Hill.6); and various subjects (61A-H14.7).

Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands: various subjects (61A-H15.1). Committee on the Judiciary: anti-injunction and other labor legislation (61AH16.1); antiprizefight legislation (61A-H16.2); bankruptcy (61A-H16.3); child labor, and a Children's Bureau (61A-H16.4); compensation of judges (61A-H16.5); corporations and trusts (61A-H16.6); cost of living (61AH16.7); courts and districts (61A-H16.8); direct election of U. S. Senators (61A-H16.9); gambling and speculation (61A-H16.10); liquor control (61A-H16.11); the national flag (61A-H16.12); national holidays (61AH16.13); prison reform (61A-H16.14); social security (61A-H16.15); Sunday observance, and acknowledgement of God by constitutional amendment (61A-H16.16); woman suffrage (61A-H16.17); and various subjects (61AH16.18).

Committee on Labor: a Children's Bureau (61A-H17.1); 8-hour law applied

to operation under Government contracts (61A-H17.2); limitation of hours of service of laborers and mechanics employed on public works of the United States or the District of Columbia (61A-H17.3); the National Bureau of Distribution, especially as to distribution of farm labor (61AH17.4); various subjects (61A-H17.5).

Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River: various subjects (61A-H18.1).

Committee on the Library: the placing of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Statuary Hall at the Capitol (61A-H19.1) and various subjects (61A-H19. 2).

Committee on Manufactures: objections of paint manufacturers to the Heyburn paint bill (61A-H20.1).

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: coastwise shipping (61A-H21.1); hydrographic pilot charts (61A-H21.2); rehabilitation of the merchant marine (61A-H21.3); safety of passengers and crews of vessels (61A-H21. 4); seamen's law (61A-H21.5); steamship service from Panama to the Pacific coast (61A-H21.6); and various subjects (61A-H21.7).

Committee on Military Affairs: officers' retired list of Civil War volunteers (61A-H22.1); Panama Canal defense (61A-H22.2); and various subjects (614-22.3).

Committee on the Militia: militia pay bill, H. R. 28436 (61A-123.1), and various subjects (61A-H23.2).

Committee on Mines and Mining: a national Bureau of Mines (61A-H24.1). Committee on Naval Affairs: battleship construction in a public navy yard

under limited working hours (61A-H25.1); commemoration of Jefferson Davis on the silver service of the battleship Mississippi (61A-H25.2);

naval expansion (61A-H25.3); raising of the U. S. S. Maine (61A-H25.4); and various subjects (61A-H25.5).

Committee on Patents: various subjects (61A-H26.1).

Committee on Pensions: various subjects (61A-H27.1).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: benevolent, fraternal, and educational society publications (61A-H28.1); parcel post, and postal savings (61A-128.2); postage rates on advertisements of fortune tellers, spiritualists, and clairvoyants (61A-H28.3); postage rates on periodicals and magazines (61A-H28.4); retirement plan for postal employees (61AH28.5); rural carrier compensation (61A-H28.6); stamped envelopes printed by the Government (61A-H28.7); and various subjects (61A-H28.8). Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: public construction in Troy, Ohio (61A-H29.1), and various subjects (61A-H29.2).

Committee on Public Lands: abolition of the Ozark National Forest (61A-130. 1); disposition of lands of Fort Walla Walla, Wash. (61A-H30.2); San Francisco's water supply (61A-H30.3); and various subjects (61A-H30.4). Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: retirement and reclassification of Federal employees (61A-131.1) and various subjects (61A-131.2). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: the Hudson River (61A-H32.1); the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers in California (61A-H32.2); and various subjects (61A-H32.3).

Committee on the Territories: Alaska (61A-H33.1); Hawaii (61A-H33.2); land donation to sectarian educators, St. Louis Province, N. M. (61A-H33.3); and various subjects (61A-H33.4).

Committee on Ways and Means: Canadian reciprocity (61A-H34.1); creation of a permanent Tariff Commission (61A-H34.2); tariff on barley, and grains generally (61A-H34.3), casein and lactarene (61A-H34.4), cigars and tobacco from the Philippines (61A-H31.5), cocoa beans (61A-H34.6), coffee and tea (61A-H34.7), diamonds, precious stones, and glass (61A-H34.8), hides (61A-H34.9), hosiery and gloves (61A-H34.10), iron ores (61A-H34. 11), lithographic products (61A-H34.12), lumber (61A-н34.13), paper and pulp (61A-H34.14), petroleum (61A-H34.15), post cards (61A-H34.16), raw and refined sugar (61A-H34.17), wheat (61A-H34.18), wools and woolen goods (61A-H34.19), and zinc ores (61A-H34.20); taxation of corporations (61A-H34.21), inheritance (61A-H34.22), and oleomargarine (61A-H34.23); and various subjects (61A-H34.24).

ELECTION RECORDS.

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Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (61A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

OTHER RECORDS. 6 in.

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Three volumes of roll calls (61A-K1), arranged chronologically; notices of ratification of the 16th amendment to the Constitution (61A-K2), arranged alphabetically by State; and various papers (61A-K3), arranged by subject.

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