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Records of Impeachmert Froceedings

IMPEACHMENT OF H. SNOWDEN HARSHALL. 1 in.

811 Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against H. Snowden Marshall, U. S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York (643-A1). IMPEACHMENT OF ENTERS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD. 1 in.

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Papers pertaining to activity by Representative Charles Augustus Lindbergh toward impeachment of individual members of the Federal Reserve Board (646-E1).

RECORD BOOKS.

Records of the Office of the Clerk

20 vols. 5 ft.

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House bill book (64C-A1); House resolution book--joint, concurrent, and simple--together with Senate joint and concurrent resolutions (6);C-12); Serate bill bock (64C-A3); individual ledger (6C-A); register of papers sent to the Senate (6C-A5); register of papers received from the Senate (64CA6); register of committee reports, messages from the President, and executive communications (64C-A7); Bill Clerk's receipt book (64C-A8); petition books (64C-A9); record of Senate bills passed by the House and presented to the Speaker for signature (64C-A10); notices for Unanimous Consent Calendar (64C-All); and record of referrals of bills and resolutions to committees (64C-A12).

SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1917-19

First Session, April 2-Cctober 6, 1917

Second Session, December 3, 1917-November 21, 1918
Third Session, December 2, 1918-arch 3, 1919

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINU TE BOOKS AND JOURNALS. 19 vols. 3 ft.

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Minute book, 1st session (65h-Al); legislative journal, 1st session (65AA2); minute bock, 2d session (65A-A3); legislative journal, 2d session (654Al); minute book, 3d session (-5); and legislative journal, 3d session (65A-A6).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 20 ft.

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Fifty-two volumes of original House bills (65A-B1); 1 volume of original House joint resolutions (65A-B2); original House concurrent resolutions (65A-B3); House simple resolutions (65A-B4); House orders (65A-B5); desk copies of House bills passed (65A-B6); desk copies of House joint resolutions passed (65A-B7); desk copies of House concurrent resolutions agreed to (65A-38); engrossed House bills (65A-E9); engrossed House joint resolutions (65A-B10); and engrossed House concurrent resolutions (65A-B11). Arranged numerically within each group, except 65A-B5, which is arranged chronologically.

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 1 ft. 819 Senate bills passed (65A-C1); Senate joint resolutions passed (65A-−C2); and attested copies of unnumbered Senate simple resolutions (65A-C3). Arranged numerically within each group, except 65A-C3, which is arranged chronologically.

PAPERS A CCOMPANYING SPECIFIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. 45 ft.

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Grouped by specified committees listed below. Arranged numerically by bill or resolution within each committee, except 65A-D3, 65A-D8, 65A-DU, 65A-D16, and 65A-D20, in which private bills are arranged alphabetically by person or subject.

Committee on Agriculture (65A-D1); Committee on Banking and Currency (65A-D2); Committee on Claims (65A-D3); Committee on Education (65A-D4); Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department (65A-D5); Committee on Indian Affairs (65A-16); Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (65A-D7); Committee on Invalid Pensions (65A-D8); Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands (65A-D9); Committee on the Judiciary (65A-D10); Committee on Labor (65A-D11); Committee on the Library (65A-D12); Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (65A-D13); Committee on Military Affairs (65A-D1⁄4); Committee on Naval Affairs (65A-D15); Committee on Pensions (65A-D16); Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (65A-D17); Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (65A-D18); Committee on Public Lands (65A-D19); Committee on War Claims (65A-D20); Committee on Ways and Means (65A-D21); and Special Committee to Inquire Into the Character of a Statement Contained in a Letter From the Chairman of the Committee on Public Information and Transmitted to the House of Representatives in a Report Made by the Postmaster General (65A-D22).

COMMITTEE REPORTS.

23 vols. 6 ft.

821 Original committee reports, 1st session (65A-E1), 2d session (65A-E2), and 3d session (65A-E3). Arranged numerically within each group.

COMMITTEE PAPERS. 46 ft.

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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 Appropriations: confidential correspondence and reports from war agencies, 1918 (65A-F1.1); correspondence arranged in numerical files, nos. 1-736 (65A-F1.2), arranged numerically; deficiency bill (65A-Fl.3); District of Columbia bill (65A-F1.4); legislative, executive, and judicial bill (65A-F1.5); sundry civil expenses bill (65A-F1.6); and various subjects (65A-F1.7).

Committee on Banking and Currency: correspondence and data on various subjects (65A-F2.1); a volume of minutes, with separately filed drafts of proceedings (65A-F2.2); and a docket volume (65A-F2.3).

Committee on Claims: a docket volume (65A-F3.1).

Committee on the District of Columbia: a docket volume, 65th to 67th Congress (65A-F4.1).

Committee on Education: adult illiteracy (65A-F5.1); a kindergarten divi

sion for the Bureau of Education (65A-F5.2); vocational education (65AF5.3); and various subjects (65A-F5.4).

Committee on Elections No. 1: contested election cases of Jacob Gerling v. Thomas B. Dunn, New York (65A-F6.1); Thomas J. Steele v. George C. Scott, Iowa (65A-F6.2); and James Wickersham v. Charles A. Sulzer, Territory of Alaska (65A-F6.3).

Committee on Elections No. 2: For minutes, see entry 784.

Committee on Elections No. 3: contested election cases of Samuel W. Beakes v. Mark R. Bacon, Michigan (65A-F8.1); and James J. Britt v. Zebulon Weaver, North Carolina (65A-F8.2).

Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress: a volume of minutes, 65th and 66th Congresses (65A-F32.1). Committee on Enrolled Bills: carbon copies of White House announcements of House bills and joint resolutions approved (65A-F9.1); reports on presentation of legislation for Presidential approval (65A-79.2); White House receipts for enrolled bills (65A-F9.3); and 2 volumes relating to the enrollment of bills and resolutions (65A-F9.4).

Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department: list of claims
acted upon by the Postmaster General, fiscal year 1916 (65A-F10.1).
Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: various subjects (65A-
F11.1).

Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: a volume of minutes (65A-F12. 1).

Committee on Indian Affairs: Alexander P. Powell's identity as one of the Choctaws of Mississippi (65A-F13.1). There are also a volume of minutes (65A-F13.2); and a docket volume (65A-F13.3).

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: high-powered radio transmitting stations (65A-F1.1); reporting by the Commissioner of Lighthouses (65A-F14.2); and various subjects (65A-F14.3). There are also a volume of minutes (65A-F14.4) and 2 docket volumes (65A-F14.5).

Committee on Invalid Pensions: 3 docket volumes (65A-F15.1). For a docket volume of public bills and a volume recording the disposition of case files, see entry 809.

Committee on the Irrigation of Arid Lands: various subjects (65A-F16.1). There are also a volume of minutes (65h-F16.2) and a docket volume (65AF16.3). Committee on the Judiciary: correspondence on various subjects (65A-F17.1); and bills and resolutions referred to the committee (65A-F17.2), arranged numerically. There is also a volume of minutes (65A-F17.3). Committee on Labor: proposal for a colonization board to encourage resettlement (65A-F18.1). Committee on the Library: the Commission of Fine Arts (65A-F19.1); incen

tive awards for scientific achievement in the public interest (65-F19.2); memorial to John Ericcson, constructor of the Monitor (65A-F19.3); proposals of Eugene E. Prussing for preservation of archival and historical materials (65A-F19.4);.and various subjects (65A-F19.5). There is also a docket volume, 65th to 68th Congresses (65A-F19.6). For minutes, see entry 784.

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: various subjects (65A-F20.1).

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Committee on Military Affairs: various subjects (65-F21.1) Committee on Mines and Mining: various subjects (65A-F22.1). For minutes, and docket, see entry 809.

Committee on Naval Affairs: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (65A-F23.1) and various subjects (65A-F32.2).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: correspondence (65A-F24.1), unarranged; and printed congressional items (65A-F24.2), arranged numerically. There are also minutes (65A-F2.3) and a docket volume (65A-F24.4). Committee on Printing: a volume of minutes (65A-F25.1) and a docket volume (65A-F25.2).

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: housing for warworkers (65A-F26. 1) and a new Navy Department Building (65A-F26.2). Committee on Rules: 2 volumes of minutes (65A-F27.1) and a docket volume (65A-F27.2).

Committee on the Territories: Alaska (65A-F28.1); Hawaii (65A-F28.2).

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are also a volume of minutes (65A-F28.3) and a docket volume (65A-F28.4). Committee on Ways and Means: correspondence (65A-F29.1), arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent; distribution of the cash holdings of the Treasury as of Apr. 1, 1918 (65A-F29.2); and printed Congressional items (65A-F29.3), arranged numerically.

Select Committee to Investigate Conditions in Illinois and Missouri Interfering With Interstate Commerce Between These States: original transcripts of hearing, Oct. 18-Nov. 17, 1917, on race rioting at East St. Louis, 111. (65A-F30.1), and report, exhibits, and photographs (65A-F30. Ill. 2).

Select Committee on Waterpower: correspondence (65A-F31.1); a volume of minutes (65A-F31.2); and a docket volume (65A-F31.3).

ORIGINALS OF FRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 127 vols. 30 ft.

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Original House documents, 1st session (65A-Gl), 2d session (65A-G2), and 3d session (65A-G3). Arranged numerically within each group.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOIU TIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERIED TO COMMITTEES. 25 ft.
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Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject.
Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group.
Committee on Agriculture: Bureau of Animal Husbandry (65A-H1.1); the coal
industry (65A-H1.2); corn prices (65A-H1.3); 8-hour day (65A-H1.4); farm
labor (65A-H1.5); farm production profit guarantee (65A-H1.6); fertilizer
shortage and price (65A-H1.7); food conservation (65A-Hl.8); food specu-
lation, and Government control of marketing and distribution (65A-H1.9);
livestock problems and profits (65A-H1.10); migratory and game bird pro-
tection (65A-H1.11); nursery-plant embargo (65A-H1.12); oleomargarine
(65A-H1.13); potato grading (65A-H1.14); prohibition of alcoholic bev-
erages (65A-H1.15); rural credits (65A-H1.16); tobacco (65A-H1.17);
wheat prices and wheat substitutes (65A-H1.18); and various subjects
(65A-H1.19).

Committee on Banking and Currency: deposit guarantee in national banks
(65A-H2.1); a Federal interest commission (65A-112.2); the Federal
Reserve Act (65A-H2.3); rural credit (65A-H2.1); and various subjects
(65A-H2.5).

Committee on Education: various subjects (65-3.1).

Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: various subjects (65A-4.1). Committee on Indian Affairs: California indians (65A-H5.1); Mississippi

Choctaws (65A-H5.2); irrigation on the Flathead Reservation, Mont. (65AH15.3); and various subjects (65A-E5.4).

Committee on interstate and Foreign Con erce: the bridging or dam ing of navigable waters (65A-H6.1); civil-service retirement (65A-H6.2); the ccal industry (65A-H6.3); daylight-saving time (65A-H6.4); 8-hour day (65A-H6.5); influenza epidemic (65A-H6.6); insurance companies (65A-li6. 7); Government regulation of the food supply, meatpacking, and the general price level (65A-56.8); rest horld War I procurement of raw materials (65A-H6.9); rail operation by the Government (65A-H6.10); rail ownership and control by the Government (65n-36.11); rail rates and charges (65h-6.12); telephone and telegraph ownership and control by the Government (65A-H6.13); waterborne and overseas commerce (65A-H6.14); and various subjects (65A-H6.15).

Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands: various subjects (65A-H7.1). Committee on the Judiciary: acknowledgement of God by constitutional amendment (65A-H8.1); antilynching legislation (65A-HƐ.2); bankruptcy (65AH8.3); banning the use of the German language (65A-8.4); censorship of news (65A-H8.5); compulsory military training (65A-H8.6); election instead of appointment of Federal judges (65A-H8.7); labor resentment at convictions in California of Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings (65A-48.8); pledges of loyalty and support to the President and the Government in the crisis with Germany (65A-18.9); polygamy (65A-H8.10); prohibition (65A-H8.11); repression of pro-German activities (65A-H8.12); respect to the national flag (65A-c.13); woman suffrage (65A-18.14); and various subjects (654-H8.15).

Committee on the Library: a day of national prayer and humility (65A-H9.1); a proposed national conservatory of music and art (65A-H9.2); and various subjects (65A-119.3).

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: amateur radio operators (654h10.1); creation of a strong merchant marine (65A-H10.2); a hospital for the Bristol Bay region of Alaska (65A-H10.3); pollution of streams and waters (65A-H10.4); and various subjects (65A-H10.5). Committee on Military Affairs: antagonism to fighting on foreign soil (65AH11.1); censorship of news (65A-H11.2); compulsory universal military training (65A-H11.3); engineer troops (65A-111.4); exemption from military service on religious grounds (65A-H11.5); personal communications to relatives in Hungary (65A-1!11.6); pledge of loyalty and support to the President and the Government in the crisis with Germany (65A-H11.7); prohibition (65A-H11.8); and various subjects (65A-H11.9). Committee on Mines and Mining: establishment of a Department of lines (65AH12.1) and various subjects (65A-H12.2).

Committee on Naval Affairs: the brig Niagara, Commodore Perry's flagship in the Battle of Lake Erie (654-13.1); sentiment from Puerto Rico for naming a battleship for that island (654-H13.2); too irksome efficiency imposed by premium or bonus system (65A-H13.3); and various subjects (65A-H13.4).

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