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Committee on the Judiciary: power or right of the Senate to originate bills for the appropriation of money (47A-F15.1) and various subjects (47A-F15.2). Arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (47A-F15.3) and 2 docket volumes (47A-F15.4).

Committee on Military Affairs: abstract of purchases for the Signal Service, U. S. Army, 1875-81 (47A-F16.1). There are also 2 docket volumes (47A-F16.2). For minutes, and another docket, see entry 586. Committee on Naval Affairs: establishment of the Office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy (47A-F17.1); prize money (47A-F17.2); and various subjects (47A-F17.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Pacific Railroads: For minutes, see entry 572; and docket, entry 586.

Committee on Patents: extending and renewing letters patent for manufacture of ice issued to Alexander C. Twinning (47A-F19.1). There is also a volume of minutes (47A-F19.2). For docket, see entry 586.

Committee on Pensions:

a volume regarding the material withdrawn from

the files of the committee (47A-F20.1). For minutes and docket, see entry 572, Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: reduction of postage rates and money order fees (47A-F21.1) and various subjects (47A-F21.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Printing: estimates for printing (47A-F22.1); report of the National Academy of Sciences on the sorghum sugar industry (47A-F22.2); and various subjects (47A-F22.3). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (47A-F23.1), arranged chronologically. There are also a volume of minutes, 47th Congress, 1st session, to 48th Congress, 2d session (47A-F23.2); and a docket volume (47A-F23.3).

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: Army Medical Museum and Library (47A-F24.1); Freedman's Bank Building (47A-F24.2); Hall of Records, Washington, D. C. (47A-F24.3); House restaurant (47A-F24.4); rents paid by the Government in cities where public buildings had been recommended (47A-F24.5); and various subjects (47A-F24.6). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (47A-F24.7) and a docket volume (47A-F24.8).

Committee on Public Expenditures: For minutes, see entry 572. Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (47A-F26.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (47A-F26.2) and a docket volume (47A-F26.3). For rough docket, see entry 572.

Committee on Railways and Canals: various subjects (47A-F27.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes, 47th Congress, 1st session, to 48th Congress, 2d session (47A-F27.2); and a docket volume (47A-F27.3). For another docket, see entry 586.

Committee on the Territories: a docket volume (47A-F28.1).
Committee on war Claims: 2 docket volumes (47A-F29.1).

Committee on Ways and Means: adulteration of butter and cheese with
foreign fats (47A-F30.1); claims (47A-F30.2); commodity tariff (47A-
F30.3); commodity taxation (47A-F30.4); papers from or about executive
departments: Agriculture (47A-30.5), Post Office (47A-F30.6), State
(47A-F30.7), and Treasury (47A-F30.8); refund of excessive duties
levied by overvaluation of Austrian paper florins (47A-F30.9); tariff
policy (47A-F30.10); tax policy (47A-F30.11); use of alcoholic spirits

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in the manufacture of vinegar (47A-F30.12); and various subjects (47AF30.13). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 47A-F30.2, which is arranged alphabetically by claimant, and 47A-F30.3 and 47AF30.4, which are arranged alphabetically by commodity. There are also 2 volumes of minutes (47A-F30.14) and 2 docket volumes (47A-F30.15). Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: bills referred to the committee (47A-F31.1), arranged numerically; and a docket volume (47AF31.2).

Select Committee on the Census: bills referred to the committee (47AF32.1), arranged numerically; a volume of minutes (47A-F32.2); and a docket volume (47A-F32.3).

Select Committee on the Payment of Pensions, Bounty, and Back Pay: various subjects (47A-F33.1), arranged by subject.

Select Committee on Public Health: various subjects (47A-F34.1), arranged by subject.

Select Committee Relative to Appropriations for the Improvement of the
Mississippi River: various subjects (47A-F35.1), arranged by subject.
Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: a volume of minutes
(47A-F36.1) and a docket volume (47A-F36.2).

ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 193 vols. 45 ft.

600

Original executive documents, 1st session (47A-G1) and 2d session (47AG2); and original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (47A-G3) and 2à session (47A-G4). Arranged numerically within each group.

601

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 40 ft.
Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject.
Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise
indicated.

Committee on Accounts: various subjects (47A-H1.1).
Committee on Agriculture: various subjects (47A-H2.1).

Committee on Appropriations: appointment of a commission to test structural
materials (47A-H3.1); awards made under Creek Indian treaty of Aug. 11,
1866 (47A-H3.2); erection of Government buildings and other public works
(47A-H3.3); Government employees and salaries (47A-H3.4); Government
expenses in Montana and Wyoming Territories (47A-H3.5); increased ap-
propriation for the Hydrographic Office (47A-H3.6); National Board of
Health and control of contagious diseases (47A-H3.7); refund of money
contributed to finance the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876
(47A-H3.8); relief of people made destitute by floods and crop failures
(47A-H3.9); roads (47A-H3.10); salmon fishing and packing (47A-13.11);
signal lights, buoys, and harbor improvements (47A-H3.12); telegraphic
communications between Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket (47A-H3.13);
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (47A-H3.14); and various subjects (47A-
H3.15).

Committee on Banking and Currency: various subjects (47A-H4.1).

Committee on Commerce:

establishment of a Commission on Interstate Commerce (47A-H5.1); improvement of the Harlem River (47A-H5.2); international conference to establish a common meridian of reference (47AH5.3); legislation to prohibit the monopoly pricing of oil (47A-H5.4); legislation for testing anchors and chains (47A-H5.5); proposed transfer

of the U. S. Revenue-Marine, the Life-Saving Service, and the Marine Hospital Service to the Navy and the establishment of a Bureau of Mercantile Marine in the Navy Department (47A-H5.6); regulation of railroads engaged in interstate commerce and prevention of unjust rate discrimination (47A-H5.7); and various subjects (47A-H5.8).

Committee on the District of Columbia: incorporation of the United States Gas and Fuel Co. in the District (47A-H6.1) and various subjects (47AH6.2).

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Committee on Education and Labor: Federal aid to education in States and Territories on the basis of illiteracy (47A-H7.1) Committee on Elections: various subjects (47A-H8.1) Committee on Foreign Affairs: abrogation of the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty (47A-H9.1); imprisonment of American citizens by the British Government (47A-H9.2); incorporation of the Maritime Canal Co. of Nicaragua (47A-H9.3); proposed peace conference to be held in Washington in Nov. 1882 (47A-H9.4); treatment of Jews in Russia (47A-H9.5); and various subjects (47A-H9.6). Committee on Invalid Pensions:

extension of the time for filing under the Arrears of Pension Act (47A-H10.1); pension for Union soldiers who were prisoners of war (47A-H10.2); pension increase for veterans who lost a leg or an arm in the military service (47A-H10.3); and various subjects (47A-H10.4).

Committee on the Judiciary: legislation to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy (47A-H11.1); polygamy (47A-H11.2); and various subjects (47A-H11.3).

Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River:

subjects (47A-H12.1).

Committee on Military Affairs:

various

brevet commissions to officers for conspicuous gallantry and meritorious service in Indian campaigns (47AH13.1); compensation of paymasters who served during the Civil War (47A-H13.2); enactment of a compulsory retirement law for Army officers (47A-H13.3); and soldiers' home at Erie, Pa. (47A-H13.4). Committee on the Militia: amendment of the laws relating to the militia (47A-H14.1).

Committee on Naval Affairs: various subjects (47A-H15.1).

Committee on Patents: extension of the patent on the steam-driven grain shovel (47A-H16.1) and various subjects (47A-H16.2).

Committee on Pensions: various subjects (47A-H17.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: postal savings bank (47AH18.1); postal telegraph system (47A-H18.2); salary increases for employees of the Post Office Department (47A-H18.3); and various subjects (47A-H18.4).

Committee on Printing: various subjects (47A-H19.1).

Committee on Railways and Canals: construction of a free ship canal connecting Chesapeake and Delaware Bays (47A-H20.1); construction of a ship-railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (47A-H20.2); regulation of railroads engaged in interstate commerce and the prevention of unjust rate discrimination (47A-H20.3); and various subjects (47A-H20.4). Committee on Var Claims: payment of female nurses of the Civil War (47AH21.1) and various subjects (47A-H21.2).

Committee on Ways and Means: books (47A-H22.1); chemicals, medicinals, patent medicines, perfumes, and cosmetics (47A-H22.2); clothing (47AH22.3); coal (47A-H22.4); distilled spirits (47A-H22.5); earthenware and china (47A-H22.6); foods (47A-H22.7); foreign newspapers, magazines, and periodicals (47A-H22.8); general recommendations concerning the tariff (47A-H22.9); glass (47A-H22.10); glucose (47A-H22.11); income tax (47A-H22.12); tanned goat and sheep skins from India (47A-H22.13); internal revenue taxation (47A-H22.14); iron and steel (47A-H22.15); iron ties for bailing cotton (47A-H22.16); legislation to establish a Tariff Commission (47A-H22.17); lumber (47A-F22.18); malt (47A-H22.19); matches (47A-H22.20); metals (47A-H22.21); passage of the McKinley bill fixing the rates of duty on various products (47A-H22.22); pay increases for internal revenue gagers (47A-H22.23); steam plows and engines (47AH22.24); sugar (47A-H22.25); tax on bank checks, circulation, and deposits (47A-H22.26); tea (47A-H22.27); tinplate (47A-H22.28); tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, and snuff (47A-H22.29); treaty of reciprocity with the Hawaiian Islands (47A-H22.30); use of alcoholic spirits in the manufacture of vinegar (47A-H22.31); wine (47A-H22.32); wool (47A-H22.33); works of art (47A-H22.34); and various subjects (47A-H22.35). Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: appointment of a commission on the alcoholic liquor traffic (47A-H23.1).

Select Committee on the Census: additional compensation for supervisors of the 10th Census (47A-H24.1).

Select Committee on the Payment of Pensions, Bounty, and Back Pay: bounty payments to Union veterans of the Civil War (47A-H25.1); legislation to increase pensions to veteran amputees (47A-H25.2); pensions for Union soldiers who were confined to Confederate prisons (47A-H25.3); repeal of the limitations clause of the "Arrears of Pension Act" (47A-H25.4); and various subjects (47A-H25.5).

ELECTION RECORDS. 2 ft.

602

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (47A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

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House bill book together with index (47C-A1); House resolution book (47C-A2); bill book of Senate bills and resolutions (47C-A3); individual ledger (47C-A4); daily order of business and calendars (47C-A5); petition book (47C-A6); register of committee reports (47C-A7); and record of leaves of absence granted House Members, 47th Congress, 1st session, to 49th Congress, 2d session (47C-A8).

FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, 1883-85

First Session, December 3, 1883-July 7, 1884
Second Session, December 1, 1884-March 3, 1885

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOKS AND JOURNALS. 10 vols. 3 ft.

605

Minute book, 1st session (48A-A1); legislative journal, 1st session (48A-A2); minute book, 2d session (48A-A3); and legislative journal, 2d session (48A-A4).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 18 ft.

606 Thirty-three volumes of original House bills (48A-B1); 1 volume of original House joint resolutions (48A-B2); original House concurrent resolutions (48A-B3); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (48A-B4); desk copies of House bills passed (48A-B5); desk copies of House joint resolutions passed (48A-B6); and 12 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (48A-B7). Arranged numerically within each group, except 48A-B3, which is arranged chronologically, and 48A-B4, which is arranged alphabetically by Congressman.

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE
HOUSE. 5 in.

607 Senate bills (48A-C1) and Senate joint resolutions (48A-C2). Arranged numerically within each group.

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS FILE. 80 ft.

608

Papers relating to claims, pensions, and other forms of private relief together with papers relating to public matters (48A-D1). Arranged alphabetically by person, State, Territory, or subject.

COMMITTEE REPORTS. 37 vols. 9 ft.

609

Committee reports, 1st session (48A-El) and 2d session (48A-E2). Arranged numerically within each group.

610

COMMITTEE PAPERS. 38 ft.

Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: administrative papers (48A-F1.1), arranged chronologically; and a report on the preparation of the alphabetical list of private claims (48A-F1.2). There are also a volume of minutes (48AF1.3) and a docket volume (4ƐA-F1.4). For statement of accounts before the committee, see entry 599. Committee on Agriculture: administrative papers (48A-F2.1); establishment of agricultural experimental stations (48A-F2.2); forestation (48AF2.3); International Agricultural Exposition at Amsterdam (48A-F2.4); livestock diseases (48A-F2.5); Louisville Exposition (48A-F2.6); publication of agricultural reports (48A-F2.7); Signal Office of the War Department (48A-F2.8); silk culture (48A-F2.9); sugar production (48AF2.10); and various subjects (484-F2.11). Arranged chronologically

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