Mail service--Continued Florida and Cuba, 185 Improvement of, petitions, 214, 216, 269 Pneumatic tube, petitions, 291, 310, 361, Railway, 221, 314, 321 Petitions, 326, 332 Reduction and curtailment of, petitions, 291 Admission of, petitions, 45 Boundary rivers with Canada, bridge over, Citizens of, views concerning the militia, Constitution of the District of, select Contested elections in, 66, 97, 136, 227 Lobster hatcheries in, petitions, 298 Maine (U. S. S.), wreck of, 321 Petitions, 335, 342 Major, J. Earl, election contest, 391 Malt beverages, taxation of, petitions, 208, Management and labor, disputes of, petitions, Management of the Smithsonian Institution, Select Committee on, 130 Manhattan Island, lands on, petitions, 246, 247 Manning, Varney H., election contest, 227, 233 Manufactures British, penalties incurred by importation Census statistics on, printing, petitions, Domestic, tax on, 36 Encouragement and protection, 66, 71 Petitions, 36, 40, 41, 44, 50, 73 Tariff or taxes on, petitions, 36, 50, 173 Manufactures Committee Clerk for, 189 Members of, 220 Petitions referred to. See Petitions and Records of, 43, 48, 52, 61, 66, 71, 76, 81, Manufactures Committee--Continued Reports of, record of transcribed, 46, 64 Manzanares, Francisco A., election contest, 233 Process for making, 296 Report on certain, 113 Marble Contracts for, to investigate, 149 See also Granite and Stone. Marcantonio, Vito, election contest, 405 Marine Corps Appropriations, 189 Head of, rank, petitions, 425 Various, 57, 250, 257, 321 Marine Hospital Service, petitions, 223, 230, Marine hospitals, 66, 91, 97, 136, 142, 143, Petitions, 63, 66, 68, 73, 88, 93, 99, 104, Marine inventions. See Inventions. Mariposa, Calif., toll road between Yosemite Maritime Canal Co. of Nicaragua, 313 Maritime Canal of North America, 282 Maritime rights of the United States, peti- Maritime services, employees compensation in, Market, proposed new public, 189 Marketing commission, national, 344 Marketing system, interstate, petitions, 365 Markham, Henry H., election contest, 242 Marquette and Mackinaw Rivers, railroad to, Marriages, petitions, 29, 298 Marshall, H. Snowden, impeachment, 356 Marshall, Samuel S., election contest, 136 Martin, Charles H., election contest, 279 Affairs in, to investigate, 170, 177 Contested elections in, 23, 47, 142, 149, Court accommodations in, 137 Defense of, medals to militia and volunteer Political disabilities in, removal of, peti- Post office accommodations in, 137 Post routes in, petitions, 165 Reimbursement for losses sustained in War of Mason, A. T., election contest, 39 Contested elections in, 26, 51, 91, 203, 306, Mail routes in, petitions, 165 Members from, representations relative to Massey, John E., election contest, 234 Petitions, 201, 208, 217, 224, 231 Mates, ship, licensing of, petitions, 215 Mather, Sarah, patent of, petitions, 167 Maxwell, George R., election contest, 190, 198 to, petitions, 83 McAleer, William, election contest, 286 McCoy, William, election contest, 34 McEvoy, Edward T., election contest, 428 McMurray, Howard J., election contest, 429 McPherson, Edward, testimony on engraving and McPherson, John B., impeachment, 327 McRae, United States v., judgment in case of, Meade, Cowles, election of, petitions, 22 Inspection of, petitions, 252 Mechanics, hours of labor for, 331 Merchant Marine (Radio) and Fisheries Com- Papers to accompany bills and resolutions Petitions referred to. See Petitions and Records of. See Committee papers under all Merchants, petitions of certain, 78 Merchants Bank of Alexandria, charter of, Merchants National Bank of Washington, report Meridian, prime. See Prime meridian. Merrick, Anson C., election contest, 286 Message of the President, Select Committee on Message of the President Relative to Court- Message of the President Relative to the Mem- petitions, 378 Messages of the President. See under President of the United States. Petitions, 133, 231, 240, 247, 254, 393 Meteorological observations Report on certain, 160 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, Mexican Claims Commission Awards by, 212 Claims allowed by, investigation, 123 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 Termination of, petitions, 110, 111 Volunteer companies in, payment of, 191 Affairs in, 345 Petitions, 37, 354 Baptist missionary lands in, claim to, 157 271, 345, 358, 400, 435 Hospitals in, land grants for, 67 Grants of for road construction, petitions, Restoration of certain to market, 213 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 Petitions referred to, 105, 115, 139 Records of, 91, 113, 137, 191, 198, 332, 371 Report on, 91 Milford and Owego Turnpike Road Co., peti- tions, 45 memorials under all Congresses from the Records of. See Committee reports and papers through the 79th except the 72d, 75th, Reports of, record of transcribed, 41, 64, Military Air Service, petitions, 383 Military and naval personnel Appointment of as lighthouse keepers, peti- Bonuses. See Adjusted compensation. Brevet, commissions for certain, petitions, Brevetted, compensation, 56 Chaplains, 128, 314 Petitions, 36 See also National Guard. Militia Committee (select and standing) Papers to accompany bills and resolutions Petitions referred to, 73, 88, 94, 99, 110, Records of, 39, 43, 48, 57, 92, 102, 108, 170, 177, 18, 205, 212, 220, 235, 243, Court-martial of certain, 61 Distribution of to certain children, 354 Various, petitions, 130, 431 Milk industry, hearings on, 17 Milk sickness, land grants for discovery of, petitions, 146 Miller, Andrew G., impeachment, 167 |