Committee on Commerce: beacons, lighthouses, and other aids to navigation (31A-D4.1); claims (31A-D4.2); and various subjects (31A-D4.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 31A-D4.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (31A-D5.1), ar ranged chronologically. Committee on Elections: the election case of Almon W. Babbitt, claiming a seat as Delegate from the so-called State of Deseret (31A-D6.1); admission of either W. S. Messervy or Hugh N. Smith as Delegate from New Mexico Territory (31A-D6.2); and the contested election cases of John S. Littel v. John Robbins, Jr., Pennsylvania (31A-D6.3), Daniel F. Miller v. William Thompson, Iowa (31A-D6.4), and Jared Perkins v. George W. Morrison, New Hampshire (31A-D6.5). Arranged by subject. For minutes, see entry 351. Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (31A-D7.1); duties levied on wine imported from Portugal (31A-D7.2); navigation of the St. Lawrence River (31A-D7.3); and various subjects (31A-D7.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 31A-D7.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (31A-D8.1); contract with H. M. Rice for removing Winnebago Indians to Minnesota (31A-D8.2); regulating intercourse with Indian tribes (31A-D8.3); and various subjects (31AD8.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 31A-D8.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (31A-D9.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (31A-D9.2). Committee on the Judiciary: various subjects (31A-D10.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume (31A-D10.2). Committee on Manufactures: a docket volume, 31st Congress, 1st session, to 32d Congress, 1st session (31A-D11.1). Committee on Military Affairs: claims (31A-D12.1); connecting Fort Mifflin with the mainland by means of dykes (31A-D12.2); fortifications at Dauphin Island and New Bedford (31A-D12.3); proposed site for an ordnance depot in Oregon (31A-D12.4); and various subjects (31A-D12.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 31A-D12.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (31A-D12.6). Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (31A-D13.1); establishment of an American prime meridian (31A-D13.2); removal of the wreck of the frigate Missouri (31A-D13.3); surveys for railroad route from the Mississippi Valley to the Pacific Ocean (31A-D13.4); and various subjects (31AD13.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 31A-D13.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on Patents: extension and renewal of patents (31A-D14.1) and various subjects (31A-D14.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (31A-D15.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (31A-D15.2), arranged chronologically. There are also 2 docket volumes (31A-D15.3). Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (31A-D16.1), arranged alphabetically. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (31A-D17.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (31A-D18.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume (31A-D18.2). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (31A-D19.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (31A-D19.2). Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (31A-D20.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (31A-D20.2). Committee on Roads and Canals: various subjects (31A-D21.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Rules: a report on the rules of the House (31A-D22.1). creation of the office of Assistant Secretary of State (31A-D24.1); estimates from the Interior Department (31AD24.2), the Navy Department (31A-D24.3), the Post Office (31A-D24.4), the State Department (31A-D24.5), the Treasury Department (31A-D24.6), and the War Department (31A-D24.7); and various subjects (31A-D24.8). Arranged chronologically within each group. Select Committees: to Investigate the Charges Against the Hon. Joshua R. Giddings of Abstracting Papers From the Post Office (31A-D25.1); to Investigate the Charges Against R. E. Harner, Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives (31A-D25.2); to Investigate the Conduct of Thomas Ewing, Secretary of the Interior, in Paying Certain Claims (31A-D25.3); to Investigate the Connection of the Hon. C. W. Crawford, Secretary of War, to the Galphin Claim (31A-D25.4); and various select committees (31AD25.5), which are arranged by committee. Committee of the Whole House: For minutes, see entry 351. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 15 vols. 4 ft. 378 Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1849 and 1850; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (31A-E1). Arranged chronologically. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 28 vols. 6 ft. 379 Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (31A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (31A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (31A-F3), the Secretary of War (31A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (31AF5), the Postmaster General (31A-F6), and the Secretary of the Interior (31A-F7). Arranged chronologically within each group. 380 PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED Committee on Agriculture: establishment of a Bureau of Agriculture (31A- Committee on Claims: various subjects (31A-G2.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Commerce: beacons, buoys, and other aids to navigation (31AG3.1); breakwaters, piers, and other harbor improvements (31A-G3.2); claims (31A-G3.3), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; customhouses (31A-G3.4); marine hospitals (31A-G3.5); ports of entry and collection districts (31A-G3.6); rivers and harbors (31A-G3.7); security of life on board steam vessels (31A-G3.8); and various subjects (31A-G3.9). Committee on the District of Columbia: slavery (31A-G4.1) and various subjects (31A-G4.2). Committee on Elections: various subjects (31A-G5.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (31A-G6.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; peaceful settlement of international disputes (31A-G6.2); recognition of Liberia (31A-G6.3); and various subjects (31A-G6.4). Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (31A-G7.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (31A-G7.2). Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (31A-G8.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Judiciary: additional compensation for the deputy and assistant marshals for taking the 7th Census (31A-G9.1); claims (31AG9.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; district courts and judicial districts (31A-G9.3); office of chaplains in Congress and the armed forces (31A-G9.4); slavery (31A-G9.5); and various subjects (31A-G9.6). Committee on Manufactures: amendment of the tariff laws (31A-G10.1) and duty on iron (31A-G10.2). Committee on Military Affairs: amendment of the bounty-land law (31AG11.1); claims (31A-G11.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (31A-G11.3). Committee on Naval Affairs: changing the prime meridian (31A-G12.1); claims (31A-G12.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; flogging (31A-G12.3); inventions and experiments for the Navy (31A-G12.4); liquor ration (31A-G12.5); medical officers of the Navy (31A-G12.6); steamship lines (31A-G12.7); and various subjects (31A-G12.8). Committee on Patents: amendment of the patent laws (31A-G13.1); Blanchard's self-directing machine (31A-G13.2); Parker's water wheels (31A-G13.3); Woodworth's planing machine (31A-G13.4); and various subjects (31A-G13.5). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (31A-G14.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; mail routes (31A-G14.2); postage and franking privileges (31A-G14.3); and various subjects (31A-G14.4). Committee on Printing: various subjects (31A-G15.1). Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (31A-G16.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (31A-G17.1). Committee on Public Lands: bounty lands (31A-G18.1); claims (31A-G18.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; compensation of receivers and registers of land offices (31A-G18.3); grants of public lands to actual settlers (31A-G18.4); land offices (31A-G18.5); railroad lands (31AG18.6); school lands (31A-G18.7); and various subjects (31A–G18.8). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (31A-G19.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: various subjects (31A-G20.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Roads and Canals: railroads (31A-G21.1) and various subjects (31A-G21.2). Committee on Rules: various subjects (31A-G22.1). Committee on the Territories: slavery (31A-G23.1) and various subjects (31A-G23.2). Committee on Ways and Means: amendment of the tariff law of 1846 (31AG24.1); claims (31A-G24.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (31A-G24.3). Committee of the Whole House: various subjects (31A-G25.1). PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED 381 Grouped by subject as follows: slavery (31A-H1.1) and various subjects (51A-H1.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. ELECTION RECORDS. 3 in. 382 Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (31A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory. ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS. 3 vols. 9 in. 383 Original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (31A-K1) and 2d session (31A-K2). Arranged numerically within each group. OTHER RECORDS. 1 ft. 384 Two volumes of roll calls (31A-L1), arranged chronologically; roll calls in the election of House officers (31A-L2), arranged by office, thereunder numerically; and various papers (31A-L3), arranged by subject. 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, 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 and the Committee on Elections, entry 359. RECORD BOOKS. 12 vols. 1 ft. 385 Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (31C-A1); petition book (31C-A2); record of orders of the day (31C-A3); register of resolutions sent to the President, heads of departments, and committees (31C-A4); register of printed documents (31C-A5); record of books purchased under H. Res. of Sept. 28, 1850 (31C-A6); compilation of laws and resolutións authorizing the employment of clerks, messengers, and laborers in the Clerk's Office together with a statement of the amount of compensation for each (31C-A7); record of the delivery of stationery and office supplies (31C-A8); newspaper book (31C-A9); and a record of referrals to the Committees on Engraving, Rules, Printing, and the Library (31C-A10). For membership of House committees, see entry 358. OTHER RECORDS. 10 in. 386 Records relating to the distribution of House documents and other publications (31C-B1), arranged alphabetically by recipient; and various papers (31C-B2), arranged by subject. For letter book of outgoing correspondence, see entry 360. THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1851-53 First Session, December 1, 1851-August 31, 1852 Records of Legislative Proceedings MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 5 vols. 1 ft. 387 Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (32A-A1); and legislative journal, Ist session (32A-A2) and 2d session (32A-A3). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 4 ft. 388 Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (32AB1); original House joint resolutions and joint resolutions upon which further action was taken (32A-B2); and 6 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (32A-B3). Arranged numerically within each group. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE 4 in. 389 Senate bills (32A-C1), arranged numerically; and S. J. Res. 16 for the relief of Y. P. Garnett (32A-C2). 390 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 7 ft. 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 377. Committee on Agriculture: a docket volume, 32d Congress, 1st session, to 34th Congress, 3d session (32A-D1.1). Committee on Claims: claims (32A-D2.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (32A-D2.2). For letter book, see entry 293; and minutes, entry 351. Committee on Commerce: buoys, lighthouses, and other aids to navigation (32A-D3.1); claims (32A-D3.2); rivers and harbors (32A-D3.3); trade with the British North American colonies (32A-D3.4); and various subjects (32A-D3.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 32A-D3.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on the District of Columbia: a docket volume (32A-D4.1). Committee on Indian Affairs: various subjects (32A-D6.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (32A-D7.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (32A-D7.2). Committee on the Judiciary: fees allowed attorneys, clerks, and marshals in Federal courts (32A-D8.1); 7th Census (32A-D8.2); and various subjects (32A-D8.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. a docket volume for the 1st session (32A-D8.4). There is also |