Committee on Military Affairs: t.. amvulance bill (38A-E12.1); engineer and other specialized troops (38A-E12.2); military justice (38A-E12.3); opinions of Dennis H. Mahan, a member of the faculty of the Military Academy, on the desirability of competitive examinations for entrance there, and for promotion of commissioned officers (38A-E12.4); papers from various agencies disclaiming the bureaucratic harboring of rebel sympathizers (38A-E12.5); pay and personnel of the Army (38A-E12.6); and various subjects (38A-E12.7). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (38A-E12.8) and a docket volume (38-12.9). Committee on Naval Affairs: channel marking in 1864, by the East Florida Committee on Private Land Claims: For docket, see entry 465. construction and improvement projects (38A-E17.1); membership of the committee (38A-E17.2); occupancy of the Winder Building, and leasing of office space (38A-E17.3); salaries and personnel (38A-E17.4); Silas Seymour, chief engineer and general superintendent of the Washington Aqueduct, and other persons accused of misconduct (38A-E17.5). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Public Expenditures: correspondence and papers about the New York Customhouse investigation (38A-E18.1). For docket, see entry 465. Committee on Public Lands: California land claims and concessions (38AE19.1); compensation of A. R. Parker for cartography for the committee (38A-E19.2); confiscation and sale of lands abandoned by secessionists in Northern Texas (38A-19.3); establishment of land offices and districts (38-19.4); establishment of a Mining Department (38A-E19.5); La Nana and Las Ormigas grants in Louisiana (38A-E19.6); land grants for educational purposes (38A-E19.7); mineral lands (38A-E19.8); provision of homesteads for military service (38A-E19.9); quieting of land titles along the Georgia-Florida boundary (38A-L19.10); railroads (38A-E19.11); relief of Eugene L. Guthrie, a Michigan homesteader (38A-E19.12); relief of purchasers and locators of swamp and overflow lands (38A-E19.13); renting of the main Farallon Island, off the California coast, to halt a local "Egg War" (334-19.14); rivers and canals (38A-E19.15); setting aside of an Apache Indian reservation at Bosque Rodondo, N. Mex. (38A-E19.16). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume (38A-E19.17). For minutes, see entry 419. Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (38A-E20.1), arranged alphabetically. For a volume containing both minute and docket entries, see entry 465. Committee on the Territories: a pamphlet, Laws of the Territory of New Mexico With the Joint Resolutions Passed by the Legislative Assembly at the Session of 1863-64, Theodore S. Greiner, translator, printed at Albuquerque, 1864 (38A-E21.1); and a proposed bill for the relief of the citizens of Great Salt Lake City, Territory of Utah (38A-E21.2). For minutes, see entry 434. Committee on Ways and Means: appointments to membership on various House committees (38A-E22.1); attested copies of House resolutions (38A-E22.2); claims (38A-E22.3); commodity tariff or other commodity taxation (38AE22.4); education (38A-E22.5); Government personnel (38A-E22.6); papers from or about an Academy of National Sciences (38A-E22.7), the Attorney General's Office (38A-122.8), the Commissioner of Public Buildings (38AE22.9), and the Government Printing Office (38A-E22.10); papers from or about the executive departments: Agriculture (38A-E22.11), Interior (38A-E22.12), Navy (38A-E22.13), Post Office (38A-E22.14), State (38AE22.15), Treasury (38A-E22.16), and war (38A-E22.17); and papers about tariff policy (38A-E22.18), taxation policy (38A-E22.19), and various subjects (38A-E22.20). Arranged chronologically within each group, except that 38A-E22.2, 38A-E22.3, 38A-£22.4, and 38A-E22.19 are arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (38A-E22.21). Select Committees: Appointed to Investigate Certain Charges Against the Commissioner of Patents (38A-E23.1); on Emancipation (38A-E23.2); on Immigration (38A-E23.3); on the Northeastern Defenses (38A-E23.4); on a Railroad From New York to washington (38A-E23.5); and on the Rebellious States (38A-L23.6). ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 60 vols. 18 ft. 478 Original executive documents, 1st session (38-Fl) and 2d session (384-F2), arranged by agency of origin, thereunder numerically. Original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (32A-F3) and 2d session (38A-F4), arranged numerically. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 15 ft. 479 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated. Committee on Accounts: tioner. claim of Charles B. Shirley (38A-G1.1). claims (3ƐA-G2.1), arranged alphabetically by peti Committee on Commerce: admeasurement of the tonnage of vessels of the United States (38A-G3.1); claims (38A-G3.2); construction of a ship canal around Niagara Falls (38A-G3.3); increase in the pay of steamboat inspectors and customs officers (38A-G3.4); reciprocity treaty between the United States and Great Britain (38A-G3.5); river and harbor improvements (38A-G3.6); steamship lines (38A-33.7); and various subjects (38A-G3.8). Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (38A-G4.1). Committee on Expenditures in the war Department: improvident expenditures and mismanagement in the War Department (38A-G6.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (38A-G7.1); French spoliations (38A-G7.2); and various subjects (38A-G7.3). Committee on Indian Affairs: various subjects (38A-G8.1). Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (38A-G9.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Judiciary: amendment of the Constitution to abolish slavery (38A-G10.1); confiscation of the property of persons supporting the rebellion (38-G10.2); Federal courts and judges (38A-G10.3); slavery (38-10.4); and various subjects (38A-G10.5). Committee on the Library: United States employment of John Mix Stanley to paint a picture illustrative of Indian history (38A-G11.1). Committee on Military Affairs: ambulance and hospital corps (38A-G12.1); Gen. Robert Anderson's retirement (38A-G12.2); bounties (38A-G12.3); chaplains (38-G12.4); claims (38A-G12.5); colored troops (38A-G12.6); conscript law (38A-G12.7); construction of the southwest branch of the Pacific Railroad (38A-G12.8); exchange and release of Union prisoners taken by Confederate forces (38A-G12.9); exemption of ministers of the gospel from military service (38A-G12.10); increase in the pay of officers and men in the Union Army (38A-G12.11); treatment of Confederate prisoners by Union forces (38A-G12.12); and various subjects (38AG12.13). Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (38A-G13.1); complaints of naval officers against the Naval Advisory Board (38A-G13.2); increase of the number of officers in the Navy in the grades of commander and captain (38A-G13.3); increase in the pay of employees of navy yards (38A-G13.4); increase in the pay of paymasters of the Navy (38A-G13.5); increase in the pay of the Corps of Professors of Mathematics in the Navy (38AG13.6); status of volunteer officers in the Navy (38-13.7); and various subjects (38A-G13.8). Committee on Patents: extension of Charles Goodyear's patent for the vulcanization of rubber (38A-G14.1); extension of George Page's patent for a portable sawmill (38A-G14.2); extension of J. P. Sherwood's patent for improvements on door locks (38A-G14.3); and various subjects (38A-G14.4). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: abolition of the franking privilege (38-G15.1); claims (38-15.2); establishment of postal routes in Illinois (38A-ul5.3), Indiana (38A-G15.4), Iowa (38A-G15.5), Kentucky (38A-C15.6), Maryland (38A-G15.7), Massachusetts (38-G15.8), Michigan (38-G15.9), Minnesota (38-C15.10), New York (38A-G15.11), Ohio (38A-G15.12), Pennsylvania (38A-G15.13), and isconsin (38A-G15.14); increase in the compensation of mail contractors and letter carriers (38A-G15.15); repeal of the 4th section of the "Act to provide for carrying the mails from the United States to foreign ports, and for other purposes," approved Mar. 25, 1864 (38A-G15.16); and various subjects (38A-G15.17). Committee on Printing: printing of Charles Lanman's Dictionary of Congress for the use of the House (38A-G16.1). Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (38A-G17.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: grant of land to the Guardian Society of the District of Columbia for the construction of a House of Industry and a Widows' and Orphans' Home (38A-G18.1). Committee on Public Lands: grant of land in aid of the construction of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Co. (38A-G19.1); grant of land to the State of Minnesota to aid in the construction of railroads (38A-G19.2); grant of public land to aid the construction of railroads in Wisconsin (38A-G19.3); issue of patents to purchasers of Stockbridge lands in Calumet County, Wis. (38A-G19.4); land claims in California (38A-G19.5); sale of mineral lands in Rocky Mountain country, and the grant of Government aid in the construction of the Northern and Central Pacific Railroads (38A-G19.6); survey and sale of public land in Wisconsin (38A-G19.7); title to swamplands in Iowa (38A-G19.8); and various subjects (38A-G19.9). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: various subjects (38A-G20.1), arranged various subjects (38A-G21.1), ar ranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Roads and Canals: construction of a canal around Niagara Falls (38A-G22.1); construction of roads in the western part of the country (38A-G22.2); construction of the St. Lawrence River Waterway Canal (38A-G22.3); establishment of a through railway line from New York to washington (38A-G22.4); grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Southern Minnesota Railroad (38A-G22.5); and various subjects (38A-G22.6). Committee on the Territories: construction of a capitol building and prison in Dakota Territory (38A-G23.1); construction of roads in the western territory (38A-G23.2); and salary increases for judges of the Supreme Court of Colorado Territory (38A-G23.3). Committee on Ways and Means: amendment of the internal revenue law (38AG24.1); claims (38A-G24.2); duties on paper and the materials used in the manufacture of paper (38A-G24.3); enactment of a tax on dogs (38AG24.4); improvement of rivers and harbors (38A-C24.5); increase in the duty on wool (38A-G24.6); increase in the pay of assistant assessors of internal revenue (384-G24.7); increase in the pay of employees of various departments of the Government (38A-G24.8); location of branch mint at Portland, Oreg. (38A-G24.9); national banks and banks chartered by the States (38A-G24.10); national income tax (38A-G24.11); repeal of the discriminatory duties on steel rails, axles, and tires (38A-G24.12); repeal of the tax on the gross receipts of ships and vessels (384-24.13); taxation of distilled spirits (38A-G24.14); taxation of cigars and tobacco (38A-G24.15); taxes on mineral waters (38A-G24.16); and various subjects (384-G24.17). Select Committees: on Emancipation (38A-C25.1); on the Establishment of a National Armory in the West (38A-325.2); on Immigration (38A-G25.3); on the Pacific Railroad (38A-G25.4); on the Railroad From New York to Washington (33A-G25.5); and on the Rebellious States (38A-G25.6). PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS IICH WERE TABLED. 2 ft. 480 Grouped by subject as follows: amendment of the conscription law (32A-H1.1); amendment of the Constitution of the United States to abolish slavery (38A-H1.2); bounties (32A-H1.3); claims for losses sustained by beef contractors and sutlers at the hands of Confederate troops (38A-H1.4); claims of property holders for supplies appropriated, and for office space leased, by military authorities of the United States (38A-H1.5); establishment of a uniform ambulance and hospital corps for the Army (38A-H1.6); exemption of ministers and aliens from military service (38A-H1.7); extension of patents held by Joseph Nock and Sarah Mather (38A-H1.8); improvement of rivers and harbors (38A-H1.9); increase in the pay of judges, criers, and bailiffs of Federal courts, and the appointment of a shorthand reporter for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (38A-H1.10); increase in the pay of soldiers and sailors (38A-H1.11); pensions (38AH1.12); the placing of colored soldiers on the same footing as white soldiers as regards pay and allowances (38A-H1.13); ships and shipbuilding (38A-H1.14); and various subjects (38A-H1.15). Arranged chronologically within each group. ELECTION RECORDS. 1 in. 481 Credentials of Representatives (38A-K1), arranged alphabetically by State. OTHER RECORDS. 5 in. 482 Two volumes of roll calls (38A-K1) and various papers (3ƐA-K2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Records of Impeachment Proceedings IMPEACHMENT OF ANDRE. G. MILLER. 2 in. 483 Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Andrew J. Miller, Judge of the U. S. District Court for the District of Wisconsin (38B-Al). Records of the Office of the Clerk RECORD BOOKS. 9 vols. 1 ft. 484 Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions together with index (38C-Al); register of bills and joint resolutions passed (38C-A2); petition book (38C-A3); record of orders of the day (38C-A4); and 4 account books, 38th Congress, to 41st Congress, 1st session (38C-A5). For membership of standing and select committees, see entry 398; and for Union Calendar and other account books, see entry 471. OTHER RECORDS. 1 in. Receipts for records withdrawn (380-B1), arranged chronologically. For Clerk's letter book, see entry 415. 485 |