THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, 1859-61 First Session, December 5, 1859-June 25, 1860 Records of Legislative Proceedings MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 3 vols. 11 in. Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (36A-Al); and legislative journal, 1st session (36A-A2) and 2d session (36A-A3). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 8 ft. 446 447 Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (36A-B1); original House joint resolutions and joint resolutions upon which further action was taken (36A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (36A-B3); 4 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (36A-B4); and House bills based upon reports from the Court of Claims (36A-B5). Arranged numerically within each group, except 36A-B3, which is arranged alphabetically by Congressman. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE Senate bills (36A-C1) and Senate joint resolutions (36A-C2). Arranged numerically within each group. 448 449 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 13 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 434. Committee on Agriculture: pleuropneumonia in cattle (36A-D2.1). Committee on Claims: claims (36A-D3.1), arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (36A-D3.2); a volume listing claims according to date of filing, 36th Congress, 1st session, to 38th Congress, 2d session (36A-D3.3); and 8 volumes comprising a record of claims arising from disorders in Kansas, Nov. 1, 1855, to Dec. 1, 1856, as audited in 1859 by Territorial commissioners (36A-D3.4). For minutes, see entry 419; and letter book, entry 434. Committee on Commerce: claims (36A-D4.1); the coolie trade (36A-D4.2); courthouses, customhouses, post offices, and other public buildings (36A-D4.3); fraudulent misbranding (36A-D4.4); lighthouses (36A-D4.5); marine hospitals (36A-D4.6); ports of entry and collection districts (36A-D4.7); protection of female immigrants (36A-D4.8); Provincetown Harbor (36-D4.9); and various subjects (36A-D4.10). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D4.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on the District of Columbia: claims (36A-D5.1); hospital for the insane (36A-D5.2); incorporation of the Metropolitan Gas Co. (36AD5.3); incorporation of the U. S. Agricultural Society (36A-D5.4); trackage extensions from the Georgetown terminus of the Metropolitan Railroad Co. (36A-D5.5); Washington Infirmary (36A-D5.6); Washington National Monument (36A-D5.7). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D5.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 2d session (36A-D5.8). Committee on Elections: contested elections cases of Francis P. Blair v. John R. Barrett, Missouri (36A-D6.1); James S. Chrisman v. William C. Anderson, Kentucky (36A-D6.2); Samuel G. Daily v. Experience Estabrook, Territory of Nebraska (36A-D6.3); William G. Harrison v. Henry Winter Davis, Maryland (36A-D6.4); William A. Howard v. George B. Cooper, Michigan (36A-D6.5); William P. Preston v. J. Morrison Harris, Maryland (36A-D6.6); and Amos J. Williamson v. Daniel E. Sickles, New York (36AD6.7). There are also proceedings of a convention held at "Hamilton Rocky Mountains," Sept. 22, 1860, setting up the "United Mining District" and naming H. C. Wetmore to represent the wants of the region to Congress (36A-D6.8). For minutes, see entry 419. a report on alleged Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department: abuses in the-Navy Department (36A-D7.1). Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: investigation of the mode of expending the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen (36A-D8.1). There is also a docket volume, 2d session (36A-D8.2). Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: investigation of the contract for the marble for the extension to the Capitol (36A-D9.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (36A-D10.1); the consular and diplomatic system of the United States (36A-D10.2); inquiry into French seizure of the American barque Adriatic (36A-D10.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D10.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 1st session (36A-D10.4). Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (36A-D11.1); demands arising under the Intercourse Act of 1834 (36A-D11.2); estimate of funds required for the Indian Service, and an additional estimate for that Service in the Territory of Utah (36A-D11.3); the Miami Reserve in Kansas (36A-D11.4); protection of the Texas frontier (36A-D11.5); Cherokee reservations under treaties of 1817 and 1819 (36A-D11.6); satisfaction of Ponca treaty stipulations (36A-D11.7); testimony taken in Menominee Indian Investigation, 1860 (36A-D11.8). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D11.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (36A-D12.1), arranged alphabetically. There are also a volume of minutes, 36th Congress, 1st session, to 45th Congress, 3d session (36A-D12.2); and 2 docket volumes (36A-D12.3). Committee on the Judiciary: claims (36A-D13.1); compensation of district attorneys, marshals, and court employees (36A-D13.2); the Court of Claims (36A-D13.3); Federal courts in Arkansas, New Hampshire, New York, and Pennsylvania (36A-D13.4); jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (36AD13.5); polygamy in the Territories (36A-D13.6); protest of the President, Mar. 28, 1860, against the Covode Resolution adopted by the House, Mar. 5, 1860 (36A-D13.7); relaxation of Federal laws thought coercive upon State sovereignty (36A-D13.8); slavery in the Territory of New Mexico (36A-D13.9); suppression of the foreign slave trade (36A-D13.10); and various subjects (36A-D13.11). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D13.1 and 36A-D13.11, which are arranged alphabetically. There are also a volume of minutes, 36th Congress, 1st session, to 37th Congress, 2d session (36A-D13.12); and 2 docket volumes (36-D13.13). Committee on Military Affairs: claims (36A-D14.1); commission of outrages on Minnesota citizens by soldiers from Fort Ridgeley (36A-D14.2); military roads in the Territory of New Mexico (36A-D14.3); militia in the District of Columbia (36A-D14.4); national foundries in Alabama and Pennsylvania for the casting of cannon (36A-D14.5); St. Louis Arsenal (36A-D14.6); and strengthening of Tortugas Harbor and Forts Jefferson and Taylor in the Florida Keys (36A-D14.7). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D14.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (36A-D14.8). For minutes, see entry 419; and the committee clerk's calendar, entry 434. Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (36A-D15.1); contract with Chiriqui Improvement Co. for services and privileges in the Republic of New Granda (36A-D15.2); pay of clerks and pursers (36A-D15.3); purchase and examination of naval and marine inventions and improvements (36AD15.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D15.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on Patents: McCormick patent for reaping and mowing machines (36A-D16.1) and various subjects (36A-D16.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume, 36th Congress, 1st session, and 43d Congress, 1st session (36A-D16.3). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (36A-D17.1); reorganization of the postal service (36A-D17.2); unlawful collection and delivery of letters (36A-D17.3); and various subjects (36A-D17.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D17.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 2d session (36A-D17.5). Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (36A-D18.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 2d session (36A-D18.2). Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: a new jail for the District of Columbia (36A-D19.1); and relief of James Harrington, a special watchman, and Caleb Warner, a marble worker (36A-D19.2). Committee on Public Expenditures: investigation of public printing (36AD20.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Public Lands: claims (36A-D21.1); grant of land to Iowa for the improvement of the Des Moines River (36A-D21.2); recognition of the survey of Grand Cheniere Island, La. (36A-D21.3); rights of preemption of land by mail contractors (36A-D21.4); and various subjects (36A-D21.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D21.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (36A-D21.6). For minutes, see entry 419. Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (36A-D22.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 1st session (36A-D22.2). Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (36A-D23.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 1st session (36A-D23.2). Committee on the Territories: copy of a constitution for Kansas adopted at hyandot, July 29, 1859 (36A-D24.1); original drafts of proposed bills providing Territorial governments for Arizona, Chippewa (between Minnesota and Washington), Dakota, Idaho, Nevada, and New Mexico (36AD24.2); and certain administrative officials of the Territories of New Mexico and Washington (364-D24.3). Arranged by subject. and minutes, see entry 434. For docket Committee on Ways and Means: claims (36A-D25.1); papers from or about the Attorney General's Office (36A-D25.2), the Government Printing Office (36A-D25.3), and officers of the House of Representatives (36AD25.4); papers from or about the following executive departments: Interior (36A-D25.5), Navy (36A-D25.6), Post Office (36A-D25.7), State (36A-D25.8), Treasury (36A-D25.9), and War (36A-D25.10); and various subjects (36A-D25.11). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D25.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 1st session (36A-D25.12). For minutes, see entry 434. Select committees: Select Committee on Alleged Improper Interference by Officers of the Government with Legislation of Congress, Employment of Money to Carry Elections, Etc. (36A-D26.1); Select Committee of One From Each State on the Condition of the Country (36A-D26.2); Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad (36A-D26.3); Select Committee Appointed to Investigate the Public Store Contract in New York City (36A-D26.4); Select Committee on the Rules of the House of Representatives (36AD26.5); and Select Committee on the Tobacco Trade (36A-D26.6). Numbered committee reports: unbound original House reports, 2d session (36A-D27.1), arranged numerically. Committee of the Whole House: For minutes, see entry 404. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 12 vols. 4 ft. 450 Original annual message, with pertinent documents, 1859; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and communications from executive departments, 1st session (36A-E1). ranged chronologically. The annual message for the 2d session is missing, but other communications from the President are bound in the executive documents series described in entry 451. Ar 451 REPORTS AND COM UNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 45 vols. 11 ft. Reports and communications, 1st session, from the Secretary of State (36A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (36A-F2), the Secretary of ar (36A-F3), the Secretary of the Navy (36A-F4), the Postmaster General (36A-F5), and the Secretary of the Interior (36A-F6). Reports and communications from the President and executive departments for the 2 session are bound in the executive documents series (36A-F7). There are also reports from the Court of Claims (36-F8). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-F7 and 36A-F8, which are arranged numerically. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 27 ft. 452 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated. various subjects (364-01.1). Committee on Agriculture: tioner. Committee on Commerce: channel, harbor, and river improvements (36A-G3.1); claims (36A-G3.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; life-saving stations and apparatus (36A-G3.3); lighthouses, light-vessels, and beacons (36A-G3.4); Revenue-Cutter Service (36A-G3.5); and various subjects (36A-G3.6). Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (36A-G4.1). Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: various subjects (36A-G6.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: by petitioner; slave trade Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (36A-G7.1), arranged alphabetically (36A-G7.2); and various subjects (36A-G7.3). claims (36A-G8.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (36A-G8.2). Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (35A-09.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Judiciary: bankruptcy law (36A-G10.1); claims (36A-G10.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; Crittenden Compromise (36A-G10.3); fugitive slave laws (36A-G10.4); slavery, abolition of (36A-G10.5); slavery in the District of Columbia, abolition of (36A-G10.6); slaves, freeing by purchase (36A-G10.7); slave trade (36-G10.8); and various subjects (36-G10.9). Committee on Military Affairs: claims (36A-G11.1); arranged alphabetically by petitioner; Government arsenals, foundries, and military posts (36A-G11.2); and various subjects (36A-G11.3). Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (36A-G12.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; naval signals, inventions, and patents (36A-G12.2); pay of Navy officers (36A-G12.3); and various subjects (36-G12.4). Committee on Patents: extension of S. F. B. Morse's patents on telegraphic inventions (36A-G13.1) and various subjects (36A-G13.2). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (36A-G14.1); mail routes (36A-G14.2), arranged alphabetically by States, and thereunder chronologically; ocean mail (36A-G14.3); postal laws (36A-G14.4); post offices and customhouses (36A-G14.5); and various subjects (36A-G14.6). Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (36A-G15.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (36-16.1). Committee on Public Lands: bounty land and homestead laws (36A-G17.1); claims (36A-G17.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; Indian lands (36A-G17.3); land districts (36A-G17.4); land entries and patents (36-G17.5); land grants for railroad construction (36A-G17.6); land grants for river improvements (36A-G17.7); land grants for schools (36A-G17.8); land grants to soldiers and militiamen of the war of 1812 and the Indian wars (36A-C17.9); and various subjects (36A-G17.10). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (36A-18.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: various subjects (36A-19.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Roads and Canals: various subjects (36A-G20.1). Committee on the Territories: various subjects (36A-G21.1). Committee on ways and Means: copper coins (36A-G22.1); duty on iron (36A-G22.2); Morrill Tariff bill (36h-t22.3); payment of New Mexico militia and volunteers (36-22.4); protection of American industry (36A-22.5); and various subjects (36A-G22.6). Select Committee of One From Each State on the Condition of the Country: Crittenden Compromise (36A-23.1); national convention for the settlement of national difficulties (36A-G23.2); and various subjects (36AG23.3). |