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Committee on Agriculture (6A-D1); Committee on Banking and Currency (64A-D2); Committee on Claims (64A-D3); Committee on the District of Columbia (64A-D4); Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department (64A-D5); Committee on Foreign Affairs (64A-D6); Committee on Indian Affairs (64A-D7); Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (64A-D8); Committee on Invalid Pensions (64A-D9); Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands (64A-D10); Committee on the Judiciary (64A-D11); Committee on the Library (64A-D12); Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (64A-D13); Committee on Military Affairs (64A-D14); Committee on Mines and Mining (64A-D15); Committee on Naval Affairs (64A-D16); Committee on Pensions (64A-D17); Committee on Printing (64A-D18); Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (64A-D19); Committee on Public Lands (64A-D20); Committee on Rivers and Harbors (64A-D21); Committee on Roads (64A-D22); Committee on Rules (64A-D23); and Committee on War Claims (64A-D24).

COMMITTEE REPORTS.

39 vols. 10 ft.

808

Criginal committee reports, 1st session (64A-E1) and 2d session (6AE2). Arranged numerically within each group.

COMMITTEE PAPERS. 40 ft.

809

Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated. Committee on Agriculture: citrus canker (64A-F1.1); tick-infested cattle from abroad (64A-F1.2); and various subjects (64A-F1.3). Committee on Appropriations: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (64A-F2.1) and congressional documents (64A-F2.2), arranged numerically within each group; deficiency bill (64A-F2.3); District of Columbia bill (64A-F2.4); fortifications bill (64A-F2.5); legislative, executive, and judicial bill (64A-F2.6); and sundry civil expenses bill (6A-F2.7).

Committee on Banking and Currency: a volume of minutes (64A-F3.1) and a docket volume (64A-F3.2).

Committee on Claims: various subjects (64A-F4.1). There is also a docket volume (64A-F4.2).

Committee on the District of Columbia: accounts between the District and the United States (64A-F5.1) and a docket volume (64A-F5.2). Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress: a volume of minutes (64A-F6.1) and a docket volume (64AF6.2).

Committee on Elections No. 1: contested election cases of J. McCan Davis v. William Elzer Williams, 1llinois (64A-F7.1); Jeremiah Donovan v. Ebenezer J. Hill, Connecticut (64A-F7.2); and Aaron P. Prioleau v. Richard S. Whaley, South Carolina (64A-F7.3).

Committee on Elections No. 2: contested election case of Francis J. Hogan v. George Holden Tinkham, Massachusetts (64A-F8.1).

Committee on Elections No. 3: contested election cases of Lathrop Brown v.
Frederick C. Hicks, New York (64A-F9.1); Jacob A. Cantor v. Isaac Siegel,
New York (64A-F9.2); and W. R. Gaylord v. William J. Cary, Wisconsin
(64A-F9.3).

Committee on Enrolled Bills: carbon copies of White House announcements of liouse bills and joint resolutions approved (64A-F10.1); conference reports, Feb. 27-Mar. 3, 1917, on Senate bills (64A-F10.2); reports on presentation of legislation for Presidential approval (61A-F10.3); White House receipts for enrolled bills (6A-F10.4); and 2 volumes relating to the enrollment of bills and resolutions (6)A-F10.5). Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: irregularities in the Bureau of Engraving (64A-F11.1) and various subjects (64A-F11.2). There are also a volume of minutes (64A-F11.3) and a docket volume (64A-Fl1.4). Committee on Flood Control: flood-ridden regions (6LA-F12.1); 1llinois Central Railroad (64A-F12.2); a national river control plan (64A-F12.3); and weather and precipitation (64A-F12.4).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: diplomatic and consular appropriations (64AF13.1); neutrality and war (64A-F13.2); sailing of U. S. citizens on vessels of belligerents (61A-F13.3); and various subjects (64A-13.4). Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: various subjects (64a-F14.1). There are also a volume of minutes (6A-F14.2) and a docket volume (64AFU.3).

Committee on Indian Affairs: various subjects (64A-F15.1). There are also a volume of minutes (64A-F15.2) and a docket volume (64A-F15.3). Committee on Insular Affairs: the Philippines (64A-F16.1) and Puerto Rico (64A-F16.2). There are also a volume of minutes (64A-F16.3) and a docket volume (64A-F16.4).

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: various subjects (6A-F17.1). There are also a volume of minutes (64A-F17.2) and 2 docket volumes (644F17.3).

Committee on Invalid Pensions: 5 docket volumes of private bills (64A-F18. 1); 1 docket volume of public bills of the 6th and 65th Congresses (6)AF18.2); and 1 volume recording the disposition of case files, 64th to 66th Congresses (64A-F18.3).

Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands: printed hearings on various subjects (64A-F19.1) a volume of minutes (64A-F19.2) and a docket volume (64AF19.3).

Committee on the Judiciary: bankruptcy (64A-F20.1); meatpacking industry (64A-F20.2); prohibition (64A-F20.3); woman suffrage (64A-F20.1); and various subjects (64A-F20.5). There is also a volume of minutes (64F20.6).

Committee on Labor: a volume of minutes (64A-F21.1) and a docket volume (64A-F21.2).

Committee on the Library: the Commission of Fine Arts (64A-F22.1); Statuary Hall in the Capitol (64A-F22.2); and various subjects (61A-F22.3). For minutes, see entry 784.

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: amending the Shipping Board Act of 1916 (64A-F23.1); disaster to the lake steamer Eastland (64A-F32.2); and various subjects (64A-F23.3).

Committee on Military Affairs: Army appropriations (64A-F24.1); military efficiency (61,A-F2}.2); and various subjects (64A-F24.3). There are also 3 docket volumes (64A-F24.4).

Committee on Kines and Mining: various subjects (64A-F25.1). There are also a volume of minutes, 64th and 65th Congresses (64A-F25.2); and a docket volume 64th and 65th Congresses (61LA-F25.3).

Committee on Naval Affairs: legislative calendar of the committee (64A-F26. 1); National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (64A-F26.2); and various subjects (64A-F26.3).

Committee on Pensions: various subjects (64A-F27.1).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: various subjects (64A-F28.1). There are also a volume of minutes (64A-F28.2) and a docket volume (64AF28.3).

Committee on Printing: bills referred to the committee (64A-F29.1) and resolutions referred to the committee (6LA-F29.2), arranged numerically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (64-F29.3) and a docket volume (64A-F29.4).

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (64A-F30.1). Committee on Public Lands: land withdrawals from settlement, location, sale, or entry (64A-F31.1); and various subjects (64A-31.2).

Committee on Revision of the Laws: a volume of minutes (64A-F32.1) and a

docket volume (64-F32.2).

Committee on Rivers and Harbors: various subjects (64A-F33.1).

Committee on Roads: a volume of minutes (64A-F34.1) and a docket volume (64AF34.2).

Committee on Rules: a volume of minutes (64A-F35.1) and a docket volume (64AF35.2).

Committee on the Territories: Alaska (64A-F36.1). There are also a volume of minutes (64A-F36.2) and a docket volume (64A-F36.3).

Committee on Ways and Means: appraisement by consular invoice (64A-F37.1); correspondence on various subjects (6LA-F37.2); documents on various subjects (6LA-F37.3); and the knit-underwear industry (64A-F37.4).

ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 134 vols.
134 vols. 33 ft.

810

Original House documents, 1st session (64A-G1) and 2d session (64A-G2). Arranged numerically within each group.

35 ft.

811

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: bird protection (644-H1.1); Bureau of Animal Industry (64-1.2); citrus canker (64A-1.3); cotton futures (64A-H1.4); dairies and creameries (64A-H1.5); dams for power for the fixation of nitrogen (64-H1.6); extension and vocational education (64A-H1.7); the fish industry (64A-H1.8); flour mixtures or adulteration (64A-1.9) game sanctuaries (64A-H1.10); grain inspection and grading (61-H1.11) livestock registration (64A-1.12); oleomargarine (64A-H1.13); pure food and drugs (64A-H1.14); rural credits (6A-H1.15); white-pine blister rust (64A-H1.16); and various subjects (64A-H1.17).

Committee on Appropriations: various subjects (6-12.1).

Committee on Banking and Currency: amendment of the Federal Reserve Act (6A-13.1); repeal of the National Bankruptcy Act (64A-H3.2); rural credits (64A-H3.3); and various subjects (644-13.4).

Committee on the District of Columbia: barbershops (64A-4.]); a juvenile court (6A-H4.2); prohibition (644-4.3); and Sunday observance (64AH4.4).

Committee on Education: Federal censorship of motion pictures (64A-H5.1); military training in civilian educational institutions (64A-H5.2); prohibition (64A-H5.3); vocational education (64A-H5.4); and various subjects (64A-H5.5).

Committee on Flood Control: the Mississippi River (64A-H6.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: anti-Semitism abroad (64A-H7.1); Armenian relief (64A-H7.2); bird protection (64A-H7.3); British interference with U. S. shipping and mails (64A-H7.4); embargo on the exportation of food to Europe (64A-H7.5); embargo on the exportation of munitions to belligerents (64A-H7.6); enforced labor of captive citizenry (64A-H7.7); evils charged to E. M. House and British agents (64A-H7.8); Irish affairs (64AH7.9); a League of Nations to enforce peace (64A-H7.10); a mediatory congress of neutral nations (64A-H7.11); Mexican affairs (64A-H7.12); milk for Central European children (64A-H7.13); Niagara Falls water diversion (64A-H7.14); Pan-American conference on neutral rights (64A-H7.15); peace and neutrality (64A-H7.16); Polish affairs (64A-H7.17); Presidential policy toward Germany and her allies (64A-H7.18); referendum on declaring war with the Central Powers (64A-H7.19); sailing of American citizens on vessels of belligerents (64A-H7.20); severance of diplomatic relations with Germany (64A-H7.21); U. S. military and naval expansion (64A-H7.22); and various subjects (64A-H7.23).

Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: immigration (64A-H8.1); naturalization (64A-H8.2); and various subjects (64A-H8.3).

Committee on Indian Affairs: elimination of public funds for sectarian purposes (6A-H9.1); reorganization of Indian affairs (64A-H9.2); and various subjects (64A-H9.3).

Committee on Insular Affairs: the Philippines (64A-H10.1); prohibition in the oversea possessions of the United States (64A-H10.2); and various subjects (64A-H10.3).

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: barge pilots (6A-H11.1); bills of lading (64A-H11.2); carrier duties (64A-H11.3); conservation of oil and regulation of the price of gasoline (64A-H11.4); the damming of navigable waters (64A-H11.5); daylight-saving and standard time (64AH11.6); dishonest advertising and price discrimination (64A-H11.7); divisions of mental hygiene and rural sanitation in the U. S. Public Health Service (61A-11.8); 8-hour workday (64A-H11.9); embargo on the exportation of foodstuffs (64A-I11.10); embargo on the exportation of munitions to belligerents (64A-H11.11); embargo on the exportation of wheat (64AH11.12); expansion of export trade (64A-H11.13); Federal aid for indigent tuberculars (64A-H11.14); interstate shipment of convict-made goods (64AH11.15); a national leprosarium (64A-H11.16); railway strikes and compulsory arbitration (64A-H11.17); taxation of interstate mail-order business (6A-H11.18); transportation ratemaking (64A-H11.19); and various subjects (6A-H11.20).

Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands: various subjects (64A-H12.1). Committee on the Judiciary: acknowledgement of God by constitutional amendment (64A-H13.1); a Federal court probation system (64A-H13.2); holidays in the District of Columbia (64A-13.3); polygamy (64A-13.4); prohibition (64A-13.5); woman suffrage (64-H13.6); workmen's compensation for Federal employees (64A-H13.7); and various subjects (64A-13.8). Committee on the Library: various subjects (64A-H14.1).

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: creation of a strong merchant marine (64A-H15.1); exemption of barges from compulsory pilotage (64AH15.2); regulation of radio communication (64A-H15.3); Seamen's Act (64A-H15.4); and various subjects (64A-H15.5).

Committee on Military Affairs: construction and maintenance of military highways (6A-H16.1); retirement for Civil War volunteer officers (64AH16.2); universal military training (64A-H16.3); and various subjects (6)A-H16.4).

Committee on Mines and Mining: various subjects (64A-H17.1).

Committee on Naval Affairs: aerial coast patrol (64A-H18.1); Navy Department employees (6LA-H18.2); navy yards (64A-H18.3); a Pacific coast naval academy (64A-H18.4); Pacific coast naval bases (64A-H18.5); strengthening the U. S. Navy (64A-H18.6); and various subjects (64A-H18. 7). Committee on Pensions: pensions for Confederate veterans, their widows, and minor children (6)A-H19.1); pensions for Indian War veterans (64AH19.2); pensions for survivors of veterans of the war with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition (64A-H19.3); and various subjects (64-H19.4).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: abridgement of freedom through postal regulation (64A-H20.1).

Committee on Public Lands: disposition of timberlands of the Oregon and California Railway Co. (64A-H22.1); game sanctuaries (64A-H22.2); a National Park Service (61-H22.3); national parksites (64A-H22.4); the oil industry in California (64A-H22.5); reclamation of swamp and arid lands (64A-H22.6); waterpower (64A-H22.7); and various subjects (64AH22.8).

Committee on Rivers and Harbors: various subjects (64A-H23.1).
Committee on Roads: various subjects (6A-H24.1).

Committee on the Territories: various subjects (6)A-H25.1).

Committee on Ways and Means: alcoholic beverages (64A-H26.1); bank checks (64A-H26.2); building and loan associations (64-H26.3); cigars and cigarettes (64A-H26.4); copper, gold, and silver (64A-H26.5); dyestuffs (64A-126.6); embargoes and restraints (64A-H26.7); Emergency Revenue Act (CLA-H26.8); flour mixtures (6LA-H26.9); gasoline and petroleum derivatives (6-26.10); grapes (64A-H26.11); inheritance and gift taxes (6ljaH26.12); insurance companies (64A-26.13); mail-order selling (64A-1126. 1); munitions (64-H26.15); oleomargarine (6)-H20.16); profits (64AH26.17); stamp tax (6A-H26.18); sugar (64A-H26.19); tariff schedules (64A-H26.20); toothpaste (64A-H25.21); theatres (644-H26.22); and various subjects (6A-H26.23).

EIECTION RECORDS.

7 in.

812

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (6A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

OTHER RECORDS. 6 in.

813

A volume of roll calls (64A-K1), arranged chronologically; and various papers (64A-K2), arranged by subject.

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