Bay rum, tax on, 322 Bays, 288, 29% Petitions, 88, 99, 145, 176, 291, 308 Petitions, 53, 58, 63, 73, 78, 83, 88, 93, Beakes, Samuel W., election contest, 358 Relknap, Charles E., election contest, 271 Bennington (. S. S.), delay in construction Bichromate of potash, petitions, 224 Bill and resolution books. See uncer Records Bills, resolutions, and motions Appropriation, power or right of Senate to Attested copies, 154, 159, 171, 179 Drafting of, bureau for, petitions, 348 Index to certain, 154 Members for whom prepared, record of, 299 panying papers. Passed, engrossed, or enrolled See Accom- Records relating to. Sec Enrolled Bills Registers of, 100, 117, 125, 135, 140, Pension, rejection notices, 407 Private, enrolled but not passed, 90, 95, Blackfoot Indian Reservation, Mont., petitions, 323 Blair, Francis P., election contest, 149 Blanchard, Thomas, patent renewal, petitions, 159 Blanchard's self-directing machine, petitions, 120 Bland, William T., election contest, 363 Annuities or other aid for, petitions, 408, Education of, petitions, 303 Rehabilitation of, petitions, 408 Transportation for guides and, petitions, University for, 176, 190 Block Island, signal station on, 207 Official conduct of, to investigate, 215 "Blue laws." See Observance under Sunday. Board of Health. See District of Columbia Board of Metropolitan Police, District of Board of Public Works, investigation of, Power, regulations, petitions, 298 See also Steamboats and Vessels. Bodenstab, Henry L., election contest, 363 Bogy, Bernard P., election contest, 370 Boilers Explosions of, petitions, 7, 92, 100 Safety guards on, petitions, 104, 105, 115, See also Steam engines. Bolivia, restoration of diplomatic relations with, petitions, 215 Boll weevil, study of, petitions, 223 Bowles, Charles, election contest, 400 Boys' Brigade, United, uniforms for, Bracken, John P., seating of, 370 Braddock Memorial, 339 Pradford, Allen A., election contest, 183 Brant, Lt. Col., case of, 97 Braxton, Flliott M., election contest, 190 at, 127 Brewer, Willis P., election contest, 286 Brewster, Henry C., election contest, 286 Indictments for, petitions, 373 Bridgeland, John A., conduct of, 204 Alexandria Canal, 197 Construction of, 77, 103, 136, 143, 169, 171, 183, 197, 203, 233, 242, 249, 256, Petitions, 24, 27, 58, 73, 99, 105, 106, Military, 129, 137 Passage of small boats under, 203 See also specific rivers and other waterways. British colonies, trade with, 28, 97, 122 British Parliament, acts of 1822, 48 British provinces, reciprocity with, petitions, Britt, James J., election contest, 358 Broadhead, John O., election contest, 233, 234 Bromberg, Frederick G., election contest, 203 Bronze powder, petitions, 247 Broocks, Moses L., election contest, 313 Drydock at, petitions, 94 Post office, consolidation with New York, Brooklyn Navy Yard Construction of battleships at, petitions, Irregularities in, investigation of, 280, Brooks, Henry P., election contest, 142 Brown, Capt. R. M., maps accompanying report Brule Índians, treaty with, 155 Brussels Universal and International Bureau of Biological Survey, petitions, 401 Establishment, petitions, 172 Field work, to extend, petitions, 333 National, Select Committee on a, petition, 174 Bureau of Engraving and Printing Employees, payment, petitions, 224 Management of, 210 Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, Navy, Bureau of Ethnology, petitions, 324 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Bureau of Immigration, investigation of, Bureau of Markets, petitions, 372 Bureau of Mines, petitions, 325, 334, 342 Bureau of Standards, to establish, petitions, Bureau of Statistics, petitions, 158 Burke, Edmund, investigation of administra- Burlap, tariff, taxes, and drawbacks on, petitions, 261, 327 Burleigh, W. A., election contest, 190 petitions, 201 Burnett, John L., election contest, 300 Caddo Indians, alleged fraud in negotiating Cadets, West Point, abuses against, petitions, Caffee, William J., petition of, 58 Cairo (U. S. gunboat), loss of, 156 Cairo, Ill., term of court at, 162 Calais, Maine, port of entry for, 169 Calaveras big-tree groves, preservation, Calculating instruments, 143 Caldera (Chilean bark), 198 Calendars of business, 209, 217, 225, 231 Unanimous consent, notices for, 361 Calhoun, John C., conduct of as Secretary of California Big-tree groves in, preservation, petitions, Boundary, modification of, 137 Coal fields in, discovery of certain, 157 Emigrants to, protection of, petitions, 115 Cattle for treating with, petitions, 131 California--Continued Reimbursement for certain duties, 129 River and harbor projects in, petitions, 326 Cameron, Charles S., election contest, 183 Investigate, records of, 387, 430 Campbell, Timothy J., election contest, 279 Affairs concerning, 320 Annexation of, petitions, 104, 105 Alaska, definition, 211 Friction along, 162 Immigration across, 386 Boundary rivers between Maine and, bridges Carrying United States mail through, Exchange of congressional publications Fish caught in waters of, 222 Free trade with, petitions, 124 Postal communications with, 163, 178 Reciprocity with, 172, 179 Petitions, 260, 261, 303, 335, 342 Various, petitions, 290 Canal boats, license exemptions for, Canals Cession of certain to the United States, 236 52, 66, 67, 77, 82, 87, 102, 114, 123, 136, Petitions, 35, 40, 45, 49, 54, 59, 63, 64, 58, 69, 73, 78, 83, 89, 94, 100, Rights-of-way for, 272 Candler, Allen D., election contest, 256 Canea, Crete, consulate at, 176 |