further action was taken (30A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (30A-B3); and 2 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (30A-B4). Arranged numerically within each group, except 30A-B3, which is arranged chronologically. BILLS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 2 in. 363 Senate bills (30A-C1), arranged numerically. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 9 ft. 364 Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: For minutes, see entry 323. Committee on Agriculture: various subjects (30A-D2.1), arranged chrono logically. Committee on Claims: claims (30A-D3.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (30A-D3.2). For minutes, see entry 351; and letter book, entry 293. Committee on Commerce: beacons, buoys, and other aids to navigation (30AD4.1); claims (30A-D4.2); and various subjects (30A-D4.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 30A-D4.2, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (30A-D4.4). Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (30A-D5.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume (30A-D5.2). Committee on Elections: contested election case of James Monroe v. David Jackson, New York (30A-D6.1) and the case of Henry H. Sibley claiming a seat as Delegate from Wisconsin Territory (30A-D6.2). Arranged by subject. For minutes, see entry 351. Committee on Engraving: a report on the lithographic maps accompanying the President's annual message of 1847 (30A-D7.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (30A-D8.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (30A-D8.2), arranged chronologically. Committee on Indian Affairs: Cherokee Indians in North Carolina (30A-D9.1); claims (30A-D9.2); revoking the license of W. G. and G. W. Ewing, Indian traders (30A-D9.3); and various subjects (30A-D9.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 30A-D9.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (30A-D10.1), arranged alphabetically. Committee on the Judiciary: claims (30A-D11.1), arranged alphabetically; and a report on revision of the laws of the United States (30A-D11.2). There is also a docket volume (30A-D11.3). Committee on Mileage: a report on the mileage of Members of Congress (30AD12.1). Committee on Military Affairs: claims (30A-D13.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (30A-D13.2), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume (30A-D13.3). Committee on Naval Affairs: astronomical observations relating to navigation (30A-D14.1); claims (30A-D14.2); railroad across the Isthmus of Panama (30A-D14.3); steamer communication with China and the Sandwich Islands (30A-D14.4); and various subjects (30A-D14.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 30A-D14.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on Patents: claims for compensation, extension, and renewals of patents (30A-D15.1); investigation of the Patent Office under the administration of Edmund Burke, Commissioner of Patents (30A-D15.2); and various subjects (30A-D15.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 30A-D15.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (30A-D16.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (30A-D16.2), arranged chronologically. Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (30A-D17.1), arranged alphabetically. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (30A-D18.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Public Expenditures: chronologically. Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (30A-D19.1), arranged claims (30A-D20.1); reduction of the price of public land (30A-D20.2); Virginia military land warrants (30A-D20.3); and various subjects (30A-D20.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 30A-D20.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (30A-D20.5). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (30A-D21.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (30A-D21.2). Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (30A-D22.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (30A-D22.2), arranged chronologically. Committee on Roads and Canals: a report on the building of the Cumberland Road (30A-D23.1). Committee on the Territories: chronologically. group. various subjects (30A-D24.1), arranged Committee on Ways and Means: duties on imports (30A-D25.1); Indian appropriations (30A-D25.2); estimates from the Navy Department (30A-D25.3), the Post Office (30A-D25.4), the State Department (30A-D25.5), the Treasury Department (30A-D25.6), and the War Department (30A-D25.7); and various subjects (30A-D25.8). Arranged chronologically within each Select committees: construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean (30A-D26.1); families of deceased soldiers of the Mexican War (30A-D26.2); levying duties in the ports of Mexico during the war (30A-D26.3); patenting medicines (30A-D26.4); revising the penitentiary system of the District of Columbia (30A-D26.5); swamplands in Missouri and Arkansas (30A-D26.6); tobacco trade with Europe (30A-D26.7); rules and orders (30A-D26.8); pensions for widows and orphans of soldiers killed during the Mexican War (30A-D26.9). Arranged by subject. Committee of the Whole House: For minutes, see entry 351. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 10 vols. 3 ft. 365 Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1847 and 1848; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (30A-E1). Arranged chronologically. 30 vols. 6 ft. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 366 Secretary of the Treasury (30A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (30A-F3), the Secretary of War (30A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (30AF5), the Postmaster General (30A-F6), and others (30A-F7). Arranged chronologically within each group. 16 ft. 367 PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED various subjects (30A-G1.1). Committee on Accounts: Committee on Claims: claims (30A-G3.1), arranged alphabetically by peti tioner. Committee on Commerce: beacons, lighthouses, and other aids to navigation (30A-G4.1); claims (30A-G4.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; customhouses (30A-G4.3); marine hospitals (30A-G4.4); ports of entry and collection districts (30A-G4.5); rivers and harbors (30A-G4.6); and various subjects (30A-G4.7). Committee on the District of Columbia: slavery (30A-G5.1) and various subjects (30A-G5.2). Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (30A-G6.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; peace with Mexico (30A-G6.2); and various subjects (30AG6.3). Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (30A-G7.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (30A-G7.2). Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (30A-G8.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Judiciary: claims (30A-G9.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; slavery (30A-G9.2); and various subjects (30A-G9.3). Committee on Manufactures: various subjects (30A-G10.1). Committee on Mileage: various subjects (30A-G11.1). Committee on Military Affairs: claims (30A-G12.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; peace with Mexico (30A-G12.2); protection of emigrants to California (30A-G12.3); purchase of Mount Vernon estate by the Federal Government (30A-G12.4); and various subjects (30A-G12.5). Committee on Naval Affairs: abolition of corporal punishment in the naval and military services (30A-G13.1); claims (30A-G13.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; prohibition of intoxicating liquors on board vessels of the United States (30A-G13.3); and various subjects (30AG13.4). Committee on Patents: amendment of the patent laws (30A-G14.1); investigation of the Patent Office (30A-G14.2); renewal of Jethro Wood's patent for the cast iron plow (30A-G14.3); Sickels' "cut off" for steam boilers (30A-G14.4); and various subjects (30A-G14.5). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (30A-G15.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; mail routes (30A-G15.2); postage and franking privileges (30A-G15.3); and various subjects (30A-G15.4). Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (30A-G16.1), arranged alphabet1 cally by petitioner. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (30A-G17.1). Committee on Public Expenditures: various subjects (30A-G18.1). Committee on Public Lands: claims (30A-G19.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; free distribution of the public lands to nonlandholders (30A-G19.2); land grants for various purposes (30A-G19.3); reduction of the price of public lands (30A-G19.4); and various subjects (30A-G19.5). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (30A-G20.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: various subjects (30A-G21.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Roads and Canals: building a road from lower Sandusky to the Greenville treaty line (30A-G22.1); railroads (30A-G22.2); and various subjects (30A-G22.3). Committee on the Territories: slavery (30A-G23.1) and various subjects (30A-G23.2). Committee on Ways and Means: amendment of the revenue laws (30A-G24.1); claims (30A-G24.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (30A-G24.3). Select Committee on the Survey of Railroad Routes to the Pacific Ocean: various subjects (30A-G26.1). PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED 368 Grouped by subject as follows: Jethro Wood's patent for a cast iron plow (30A-H1.1); railroad to the Pacific Ocean (30A-H1.2); and various subjects (30A-H1.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. Credentials of Representatives (30A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State. ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS. 3 vols. 1 ft. Original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (30A-Kl) and 2d session (30A-K2). Arranged numerically within each group. 369 370 371 OTHER RECORDS. 3 vols. 4 in. Two volumes of roll calls (30A-L1) and a volume of related computations (30A-L2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Records of the Office of the Clerk For transcribed or printed reports of the Committee on the Territories, see entry 217; the Committee on Military Affairs and the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, entry 288; the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Ways and Means, entry 302; the Committee on Private Land Claims and the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, entry 317; the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, the Committee on Public Lands, and the Committee on Roads and Canals, entry 345; and the Committee on Claims, the Committee on Elections, and the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, entry 359. RECORD BOOKS. 9 vols. 10 in. 372 Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (30C-Al); petition book (30C-A2); record of orders of the day (30C-A3); record of reports, by origin, made to the House (30C-A4); register of miscellaneous documents (30C-A5); register of printed documents (30C-A6); record of the distribution of printed laws (30C-A7); record of engrossment of House bills and resolutions (30C-A8); and newspaper book (30C-A9). For abstracts of appropriations and for membership of House committees, see entry 358. OTHER RECORDS. 8 in. 373 Letters to the Clerk, principally relating to the distribution of House documents and other publications (30C-B1), arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent; and memoranda relating to the withdrawal of records (30CB2), and bids and contracts for furnishing the House with stationery, wood, coal, and other items (30C-B3), arranged by subject. For letter book of outgoing correspondence, see entry 360. THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1849-51 First Session, December 3, 1849-September 30, 1850 Records of Legislative Proceedings MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 7 vols. 2 ft. 374 Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (31A-A1); legislative journal, 1st session (31A-A2) and 2d session (31A-A3); and a longhand index to the printed journal, 1st session (31A-A4). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 1 ft. 375 Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (31ABl); original House joint resolutions and joint resolutions upon which further action was taken (31A-B2); and 2 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (31A-B3). Arranged numerically within each group. BILLS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 7 ft. 2 in. 376 377 Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: a volume of minutes, 31st Congress, 1st session, to 33d Congress, 1st session (31A-D1.1); and a volume containing a compilation of administrative authorizations for the Clerk's Office and other House officials, 1796-1841 (31A-D1.2). Committee on Agriculture: a report on the establishment of an Agricultural Bureau (31A-D2.1). There is also a docket volume (31A-D2.2). Committee on Claims: claims (31A-D3.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (31A-D3.2). For minutes, see entry 351; and letter book, entry 293. |