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Mail service--Continued

Florida and Cuba, 185

Improvement of, petitions, 214, 216, 269
Ocean, 221

Pneumatic tube, petitions, 291, 310, 361,
367, 408

Railway, 221, 314, 321

Petitions, 326, 332

Reduction and curtailment of, petitions, 291
Sunday. See Mail service under Sunday.
Mail tubes, patents for, petitions, 132
Maine

Admission of, petitions, 45

Boundary rivers with Canada, bridge over,
petitions, 238

Citizens of, views concerning the militia,
132

Constitution of the District of, select
committee on, 44

Contested elections in, 66, 97, 136, 227
400

Lobster hatcheries in, petitions, 298
Mail routes in, petitions, 159

Maine (U. S. S.), wreck of, 321

Petitions, 335, 342

Major, J. Earl, election contest, 391
Major, Sam C., election contest, 363
Mallory, R. C., election contest, 42
Malt, tariff or taxes on, petitions, 231

Malt beverages, taxation of, petitions, 208,
216, 224, 247, 304

Management and labor, disputes of, petitions,
437

Management of the Smithsonian Institution,

Select Committee on, 130

Manhattan Island, lands on, petitions, 246, 247
Mann, J. R., papers of, 342, 350

Manning, Varney H., election contest, 227, 233
Manual Labor Corps, proposal for, 170
Manufactured products, identity of, petitions,
341

Manufactures

British, penalties incurred by importation
of, 28

Census statistics on, printing, petitions,
132

Domestic, tax on, 36

Encouragement and protection, 66, 71

Petitions, 36, 40, 41, 44, 50, 73
Reports on, 43, 48

Tariff or taxes on, petitions, 36, 50, 173
Unfair trade practices relating to, peti-
tions, 408

Manufactures Committee

Clerk for, 189

Members of, 220

Petitions referred to. See Petitions and
memorials under all Congresses from the
16th through the 33d; and the 35th,
43d, 45th, 16th, 48th, 50th, 54th, and
61st Congresses.

Records of, 43, 48, 52, 61, 66, 71, 76, 81,
86, 91, 97, 102, 118, 123, 142, 162,
170, 177, 184, 191, 198, 212, 220, 235,
250, 265, 273, 281

Manufactures Committee--Continued

Reports of, record of transcribed, 46, 64
Manufactures, Mechanics, and Mines Department,
to create, petitions, 223

Manzanares, Francisco A., election contest, 233
Maps

Process for making, 296

Report on certain, 113
Various, petitions, 173

Marble

Contracts for, to investigate, 149
Use of for building construction, 87
Various, petitions, 247, 254

See also Granite and Stone.

Marcantonio, Vito, election contest, 405
Margry, Pierre, publication of certain docu-
ments of, petitions, 194

Marine Corps

Appropriations, 189

Head of, rank, petitions, 425
Personnel for, estimates, 435
Reorganization of, 281

Various, 57, 250, 257, 321
Marine engines, 163

Marine Hospital Service, petitions, 223, 230,
303, 30, 323

Marine hospitals, 66, 91, 97, 136, 142, 143,
148, 235

Petitions, 63, 66, 68, 73, 88, 93, 99, 104,
110, 115, 120, 124, 130, 138, 145, 238,
326

Marine inventions. See Inventions.
Marine signal devices, petitions, 297
Marine signals, code of, 212
Petitions, 238

Mariposa, Calif., toll road between Yosemite
and, 185

Maritime Canal Co. of Nicaragua, 313
Petitions, 230

Maritime Canal of North America, 282

Maritime rights of the United States, peti-
tions, 24

Maritime services, employees compensation in,
petitions, 383

Market, proposed new public, 189

Marketing commission, national, 344

Marketing system, interstate, petitions, 365
Markets Bureau, petitions, 372

Markham, Henry H., election contest, 242
Marquette, Père, statue of, petitions, 284, 309
Marquette, Mich., railroad from Ontonagon to,
land grant for, petitions, 239

Marquette and Mackinaw Rivers, railroad to,
petitions, 224

Marriages, petitions, 29, 298

Marshall, H. Snowden, impeachment, 356

Marshall, Samuel S., election contest, 136
Marshals

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Martin, Charles H., election contest, 279
Martin, H. M., election contest, 162
Maryland

Affairs in, to investigate, 170, 177
Claim of for erection of Federal buildings,
234

Contested elections in, 23, 47, 142, 149,
162, 256, 278, 313

Court accommodations in, 137

Defense of, medals to militia and volunteer
troops for, 273

Political disabilities in, removal of, peti-
tions, 180

Post office accommodations in, 137

Post routes in, petitions, 165

Reimbursement for losses sustained in War of
1812, 129

Mason, A. T., election contest, 39
Masonic Lodge of Alexandria, petitions, 35
Massachusetts

Contested elections in, 26, 51, 91, 203, 306,
330, 351, 363

Mail routes in, petitions, 165

Members from, representations relative to
the District of Maine, petitions, 45
Rivers and harbors of, 282

Massey, John E., election contest, 234
Massey, Z. D., election contest, 330
Matches, tariff or taxes on, 179, 222

Petitions, 201, 208, 217, 224, 231
Materia medica system, petitions, 145
Maternal welfare, petitions, 437
Maternity, protection for, petitions, 366,
372, 382. See also Mothers.

Mates, ship, licensing of, petitions, 215
Mathematics professors in the Navy, pay of,
petitions, 165

Mather, Sarah, patent of, petitions, 167
Matteson, Hon. O. B., charges against, 144
Mattings, tariff on, petitions, 342
Maury, Lt. M. F., meteorological observations
of, petitions, 138, 146

Maxwell, George R., election contest, 190, 198
Mayo, Robert M., election contest, 233
Mayo, Commodore William K., case of, 266
Maysville, Ky., road from Zanesville, Ohio,

to, petitions, 83

McAleer, William, election contest, 286
McAndrews, James, election contest, 400
McArthur, Duncan, election contest, 76
McCabe, J., election contest, 219
McCandless, Lincoln L., election contest, 1:06
McClellan, George B., election contest, 279
McCloskey, Augustus, election contest, 391
McCormick, Cyrus, patents of, 150
Petitions, 125, 132, 139

McCoy, William, election contest, 34
McCreary, George D., election contest, 338
McCreery, William, election contest, 23
McCullough, Samuel, charges against, 213
McDonald, William J., election contest, 345
McDowell, Samuel W., election contest, 227
McDuffie, J. V., election contest, 249, 256
McDuffie, John, election contest, 264

McEvoy, Edward T., election contest, 428
McFarland, Duncan, election contests, 20, 23
McGann, Lawrence E., election contest, 279
McGarrahan, William, claim of, 184
McGavin, Charles, election contest, 319
McGinnis, James H., election contest, 242
McGranie, George W., election contest, 183
McGrew, Archibald F., election contest, 242
McGuire, Bird S., election contest, 307
McKay, Alexander M., election contest, 242
McKenny, W. R., election contest, 279
McKinley, William, election contest, 234
Assassination of, petitions, 303
McKissick, Isaac G., election contest, 190
McLaurin, John, election contest, 279
McLean, George R., election contest, 338
McLean, James H., election contest, 233
McLean, John, impeachment, 95

McMurray, Howard J., election contest, 429
McNerhany, F., claim of, 156

McPherson, Edward, testimony on engraving and
printing, 210

McPherson, John B., impeachment, 327

McRae, United States v., judgment in case of,
169

Meade, Cowles, election of, petitions, 22
Meade, Richard W., merchandising of, 329
Measurers. See Weights and measures.
Meat

Inspection of, petitions, 252
Packing and packers of, 352, 372
Petitions, 360, 366, 401

Mechanics, hours of labor for, 331
Petitions, 334

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Merchant Marine (Radio) and Fisheries Com-
mittee

Papers to accompany bills and resolutions
referred to. See Accompanying papers
under all Congresses from the 58th
through the 19th except the 61st, 66th,
and 72d.

Petitions referred to. See Petitions and
memorials under all Congresses from
the 51st through the 79th except the
66th, 76th, 77th, and 78th.

Records of. See Committee papers under all
Congresses from the 50th through the
79th except the 67th.

Merchants, petitions of certain, 78

Merchants Bank of Alexandria, charter of,
petitions, 36

Merchants National Bank of Washington, report
on, 169

Meridian, prime. See Prime meridian.
Meridian Hill Park, 322

Merrick, Anson C., election contest, 286
Merrill, 0. C., election contest, 42

Message of the President, Select Committee on
the Special, petitions, 153

Message of the President Relative to Court-
houses, Select Committee on, 130

Message of the President Relative to the Mem-
phis Navy Yard, Select Committee on, 130
Messages, telephone and telegraph, tax on,

petitions, 378

Messages of the President.

See under President

of the United States.
Messervy, W. S., admission of as delegate, 118
Metals and metal products, tariff or tax on,
289

Petitions, 133, 231, 240, 247, 254, 393
See also Iron, Lead, and other specific
metals.

Meteorological observations

Report on certain, 160
Various, petitions, 146

Metric system, adoption of, 183

Petitions, 238, 263, 315

Metropolis, Nation Bank of the, 175

Metropolitan Gas Co., incorporation of, 148

Metropolitan Police, D. C., Board of, 197

Metropolitan Railroad Co., track extension,
148

Mexican Claims Commission

Awards by, 212

Claims allowed by, investigation, 123
Mexican Free Zone, 274

Mexican Potawatomi Indians, lands allocated

to, 211

Mexican War

Soldiers and dependents of

Land grants for, petitions, 133

Pensions and other relief for, 114, 211
Petitions, 215, 239, 253, 334

Termination of, petitions, 110, 111

Volunteer companies in, payment of, 191
Mexico

Affairs in, 345

Petitions, 37, 354

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Baptist missionary lands in, claim to, 157
Boundaries of land districts in, 57
Buildings in, land grants for, 67
Children, education of, petitions, 29
Election contests in, 51, 56, 81, 149, 256,

271, 345, 358, 400, 435

Hospitals in, land grants for, 67
Indians in, citizenship for certain, 102
Lands in

Grants of for road construction, petitions,
160

Restoration of certain to market, 213
Mail routes in, petitions, 163

Rivers and harbors of, 282

Strikes in, petitions, 348

Michigan, Lake. See Lake Michigan.

Michigan Cavalry Regiment, retention of, 170

Michigan Mining School, 281

Michigan Ship Canal, petitions, 215

Michler, Maj. Nathaniel, 178

Middle Atlantic States, river and harbor pro-

jects in, petitions, 326

Mifflin, Fort. See Fort Mifflin.

Migratory birds, protection of, petitions, 359
Mileage books, petitions, 372
Mileage Committee

Petitions referred to, 105, 115, 139

Records of, 91, 113, 137, 191, 198, 332, 371
Mileage of Members, 67, 72

Report on, 91

Milford and Owego Turnpike Road Co., peti-

tions, 45

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memorials under all Congresses from the
12th through the 79th except the 66th,
72d, 73d, and 74th.

Records of. See Committee reports and papers
under all Congresses from the 12th
through the 36th and Committee papers
under all Congresses from the 37th

through the 79th except the 72d, 75th,
and 77th.

Reports of, record of transcribed, 41, 64,
84

Military Air Service, petitions, 383

Military and naval personnel

Appointment of as lighthouse keepers, peti-
tions, 260

Bonuses. See Adjusted compensation.
Bounties for, 179, 184

Brevet, commissions for certain, petitions,
230

Brevetted, compensation, 56

Chaplains, 128, 314

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Petitions, 36

See also National Guard.

Militia Committee (select and standing)

Papers to accompany bills and resolutions
referred to, 305, 318

Petitions referred to, 73, 88, 94, 99, 110,
131, 145, 216, 223, 230, 239, 276, 284,
291, 298, 325, 334

Records of, 39, 43, 48, 57, 92, 102, 108,

170, 177, 18, 205, 212, 220, 235, 243,
257, 265, 273, 281, 288, 321, 332
Militiamen

Court-martial of certain, 61
Land grants for, petitions, 152
Medals of honor for certain, 273
Pension claims of, petitions, 260
Milk and dairy processes

Distribution of to certain children, 354
Filled or imitation, petitions, 372

Various, petitions, 130, 431

Milk industry, hearings on, 17

Milk sickness, land grants for discovery of,

petitions, 146

Miller, Andrew G., impeachment, 167
Miller, Daniel F., election contest, 118
Miller, Locke, election contest, 406
Miller, Louis E., election contest, 429
Miller, Thomas E., election contests, 256,
264

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