Committee on Accounts: For minutes, see entry 323.

Committee on Claims: claims (29A-D2.1), arranged alphabetically; and a copy of a communication from the Secretary of State concerning "making out and authenticating copies of records" (29A-D2.2). There are also a volume of minutes, 29th Congress, 1st session, to 33d Congress, 2d session (29A-D2.3), and an index to petitions referred to the committee (29A-D2.4). For letter book, see entry 293; and index to letter book, entry 279.

Committee on Commerce:

claims (29A-D3.1); joining Albemarle Sound and the Atlantic Ocean (29A-D3.2); lighthouses and other aids to navigation (29A-D3.3); and various subjects (29A-D3.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 29A-D3.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume covering part of the 1st session (29AD3.5). For another docket, see entry 337.

Committee on the District of Columbia: Alexandria, retrocession to Virginia and other subjects (29A-D4.1); claims (29A-D4.2); and various subjects (29A-D4.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 29A-D4.2, which is arranged alphabetically. For minutes, see entry 323.

Committee on Elections: contested election cases of W. H. Brockenbrough v. Edward C. Cabell, Florida (29A-D5.1), and Isaac G. Farlee v. John Runk, New Jersey (29A-D5.2); and a report on the rights of E. D. Baker of Illinois and Archibald Yell of Arkansas to their seats in the House (29A-D5.3). Arranged by subject. There is also a volume of minutes,

29th Congress, 1st session, to 31st Congress, 1st session (29A-D5.4). Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings: various subjects (29AD6.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (29A-D7.1); Great Britain (29A-D7.2); Mexico (29A-D7.3); Portugal (29A-D7.4); Spain (29A-D7.5); and various subjects (29A-D7.6). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 29A-D7.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume covering part of the 2d session (29A-D7.7). For another docket, and minutes, see entry 337.

Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (29A-D8.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (29A-D8.2), arranged by subject. For docket, see entry 337. Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (29A-D9.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (29A-D9.2), arranged chronologically. also a docket volume (29A-D9.3).

There is Committee on the Judiciary: claims (29A-D10.1); lottery tickets in the District of Columbia (29A-D10.2); creation of the office of Assistant Secretary of State (29A-D10.3); and various subjects (29A-D10.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 29A-D10.1, which is arranged alphabetically, and 29A-D10.4, which is arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume for the 2d session (29A-D10.5). For docket of the 1st session, see entry 337.

Committee on Military Affairs: claims (29A-D11.1), arranged alphabetically; fortifications (29A-D11.2), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (29A-D11.3), arranged by subject. For docket, see entry 337. Committee on the Militia: various subjects (29A-D12.1), arranged by subject.

Committee on Naval Affairs: Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (29A-D13.1); claims (29A-D13.2); marine inventions and improvements (29A-D13.3); spirit rations in the Navy (29A-D13.4); "war steamers" (29A-D13.5); and various subjects (29A-D13.6). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 29A-D13.2, which is arranged alphabetically and 29A-D13.6, which is arranged by subject.

Committee on Patents: claims (29A-D14.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (29A-D14.2), arranged by subject. For docket, see entry 337.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (29A-D15.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (29A-D15.2), arranged by subject. Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (29A-D16.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (29A-D17.1), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entries 307 and 337. Committee on Public Lands: claims (29A-D18.1); land grants for river and harbor improvements (29A-D18.2); sale of mineral lands of the United States (29A-D18.3); and various subjects (29A-D18.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 29A-D18.1, which is arranged alphabetically, and 29A-D18.4, which is arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (29A-D18.5). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (29A-D19.1), arranged alphabetically; Virginia military bounty land warrants (29A-D19.2), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (29A-D19.3), arranged by subject. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (29A-D20.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume for the 1st session (29A-D20.2). Committee on Roads and Canals: various subjects (29A-D21.1), arranged by subject. Committee on Ways and Means: claims (29A-D22.1); foreign money (29A-D22.2); Attorney General's Office (29A-D22.3); House of Representatives (29AD22.4); the Senate (29A-D22.5); papers from or about the Navy Department (29A-D22.6), the Post Office (29A-D22.7), the State Department (29 AD22.8), the Treasury Department (29A-D22.9), and the War Department (29AD22.10); tariff and tariff policy (29A-D22.11); and various subjects (29A-D22.12). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 29AD22.1, which is arranged alphabetically, and 29A-D22.12, which is arranged by subject.

Committee of the Whole House: various subjects (29A-D23.1), arranged by subject. There is also a volume of minutes, 29th Congress, 1st session, to 32d Congress, 2d session (29A-D23.2). For other minutes of the 1st session, see entry 307.

Select committees: various subjects (29A-D24.1), arranged by subject.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 11 vols.
11 vols. 3 ft.

352

Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1845 and 1846; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (29A-E1). Arranged chronologically.

10 ft.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 33 vols.
Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (29A-F1), the
Secretary of the Treasury (29A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States

353

(29A-F3), the Secretary of War (29A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (29AF5), the Postmaster General (29A-F6), and others (29A-F7). Arranged chronologically within each group.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES.

18 ft.

354

Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated. Committee on Claims: claims (29A-G1.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Commerce: beacons, bells, and buoys (29A-G2.1); claims (29AG2.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; collection districts and ports of entry (29A-G2.3); lighthouses, piers, and wharves (29A-G2.4); marine hospitals (29A-G2.5); rivers, creeks, harbors, and inlets (29AG2.6); and various subjects (29A-G2.7).

Committee on the District of Columbia: retrocession of Alexandria to the State of Virginia (29A-G3.1); schools and educational system of the District (29A-G3.2); slavery and slave trade in the District (29A-G3.3); and various subjects (29A-G3.4).

Committee on Elections: various subjects (29A-G4.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (29A-G5.1), arranged aabetically by petitioner; congress of nations for the settlement of international disputes (29A-G5.2); Mexican War (29A-G5.3); and various subjects (29AG5.4).

Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (29A-G6.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (29A-G6.2).

Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (29A-G7.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on the Judiciary: capital punishment (29A-G8.1); chaplains in Congress and in the armed services (29A-G8.2); circuit and district courts (29A-G8.3); claims (29A-G8.4), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; court sessions (29A-G8.5); judicial districts (29A-G8.6); naturalization laws (29A-G8.7); reception of Senators and Representatives from Texas (29A-G8.8); slavery and the slave trade (29A-G8.9); and various subjects (29A-G8.10).

Committee on Manufactures: various subjects (29A-G9.1).
Committee on Military Affairs:

armories and foundries (29A-G10.1); claims (29A-G10.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; forts, fortifications, and military posts (29A-G10.3); Mexican War (29A-G10.4); military roads (29A-G10.5); ordnance inventions and improvements (29A-G10.6); schools and churches on military posts (29A-G10.7); and various subjects (29A-G10.8).

Committee on the Militia: various subjects (29A-G11.1).

Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (29A-G12.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; construction of drydocks (29A-G12.2); naval depots (29AG12.3); transportation of food for Irish relief by vessels of the United States (29A-G12.4); Navy officers "holding commissions under the Government which are disconnected and irrevelant to the nature of the Commission held by them" (29A-G12.5); and various subjects (29A-G12.6).

Committee on Patents: claims (29A-G13.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; extension of Jethro Wood's patent for cast iron plow (29AG13.2); and various subjects (29A-G13.3).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (29A-G14.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; post offices (29A-G14.2); post roads (29AG14.3); postal rates (29A-G14.4); and various subjects (29A-G14.5). Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (29A-G15.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (29A-G16.1). Committee on Public Lands: claims (29A-G17.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; free land to actual settlers (29A-G17.2); land grants for the construction and improvement of rivers, harbors, and canals (29AG17.3); land grants for the construction of roads and railroads (29AG17.4); land grants for schools and other institutions (29A-G17.5); land offices and land districts (29A-G17.6); and various subjects (29A-G17.7). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (29A-G18.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: alphabetically by petitioner.

various subjects (29A-G19.1), arranged

Committee on Roads and Canals: bridges (29A-G20.1); canals (29A-G20.2); railroads (29A-G20.3); river and harbor surveys and improvements (29AG20.4); and roads (29A-G20.5).

Committee on the Territories: admission of Texas into the Union (29A-G21.1); amendment of the Constitution to remove involuntary servitude (29A-G21.2); Oregon Territory (29A-G21.3); and various subjects (29A-G21.4). Committee on Ways and Means: claims (29A-G22.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; duties on various commodities (29A-G22.2), arranged alphabetically by commodity; Tariff Acts of 1842 and 1846 (29A-G22.3); and various subjects (29A-G22.4).

Select committee: claim of Alvin C. Goell for improvement in a rocket machine (29A-G23.1).

Committee of the Whole House:

abolition of slavery (29A-G24.1); aids to navigation (29A-G24.2); Mexican War (29A-G24.3); Tariff Acts of 1842 and 1846 (29A-G24.4); and various subjects (29A-G24.5).

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE TABLED OR "NOT PRESENTED." 4 ft.

355

Grouped by subject as follows: admission of Texas into the Union (29AH1.1); chaplains in Congress (29A-H1.2); Mexican War (29A-H1.3); slavery (29A-H1.4); and various subjects (29A-H1.5). Arranged chronologically within each group.

ELECTION RECORDS.

3 in.

356

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (29A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

OTHER RECORDS. 1 ft.

357

Two volumes of roll calls (29A-K1); a volume containing "statements and correction of votes taken in yeas and nays" (29A-K2); 2 volumes of miscellaneous papers (29A-K3); and other papers (29A-K4). Arranged chronologically within each group.

נגב

Records of the Office of the Clerk

For index to documents ordered printed by the House, see entry 347.

RECORD BOOKS. 8 vols. 10 in.

358

Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (29C-A1); petition book (29C-A2); record of orders of the day (29C-A3); register of committee reports (29C-A4); register of printed documents and reports (29C-A5); record of reports, by origin, made to the House (29C-A6); membership of House committees, 29th Congress, 1st session, to 31st Congress, 2d session (290A7); and abstracts of appropriations, 29th Congress, 1st session, to 30th Congress, 2d session (29C-A8). For record of "petitions and other papers delivered from the Office of the Clerk," see entry 330:

RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS. 3 vols. 9 in.

359

Transcribed reports of the Committee on Claims, 29th Congress, 1st session, to 33d Congress, 1st session (29C-B1); and printed reports of the Committee on Elections, 29th Congress, 1st session, to 32d Congress, 1st session (29C-B2), and the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, 29th Congress, 1st session, to 30th Congress, 2d session (29C-B3). Arranged chronologically within each group. For reports of the Committee on the Territories, see entry 217; the Committee on Naval Affairs, entry 274; the Committee on Military Affairs, entry 288; the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Ways and Means, entry 302; the Committee on Invalid Pensions, the Committee on Private Land Claims, the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, entry 317; and the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, the Committee on Public Lands, and the Committee on Roads and Canals, entry 345.

OTHER RECORDS. 6 in.

360

Letter book of the Clerk's outgoing correspondence, 29th Congress, 1st session, to 32d Congress, 2d session (29C-C1), arranged chronologically; and receipts for records withdrawn (29C-C2) and contracts and agreements for furnishing the House with coal, wood, envelopes, and other items (29CC3), arranged by subject.

THIRTIETH CONGRESS, 1847-49

First Session, December 6, 1847-August 14, 1848
Second Session, December 4, 1848-March 3, 1849

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 3 vols. 10 in.

361

Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (30A-Al); and legislative journal, 1st session (30A-A2) and 2d session (30A-A3).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE.

6 ft.

362

Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (30ABl); original House joint resolutions and joint resolutions upon which