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within each group. There is also a docket volume, 48th Congress, 1st session, to 49th Congress, 1st session (48A-F2.12). For minutes, see entry 599. Committee on Appropriations: papers from or about executive departments or agencies: Civil Service Commission (48A-F3.1), Interior Department, general (48A-F3.2), Interior Department, census (48A-F3.3), Interior Department, Indian affairs (48A-F3.4), Interior Department, patents (48A-F3.5), Interior Department, pensions (48A-F3.6), Interior Department, public lands (48A-F3.7), Joint Commission for the Completion of the Washington Monument (48A-F3.8), Justice Department (48A-F3.9), National Board of Health (48A-F3.10), Navy Department (48A-F3.11), Post Office Department (48A-F3.12), Smithsonian Institution (48A-F3.13), State Department (48A-F3.14), Treasury Department (48A-F3.15), U. S. Fish Commission (48A-F3.16), and War Department (48A-F3.17); the Capitol (48A-F3.18); claims (48A-F3.19); District of Columbia (48A-F3.20); expenditures for the care, repair, and refurnishing of the Executive Mansion, 1883-84 (48A-F3.21); Federal courts (48A-F3.22); Greely relief expedition (48A-F3.23); House of Representatives (48A-F3.24); inquiry into use of carriages, wagons, and horses, and employees connected therewith in the departments (48A-F3.25); International Electrical Exhibition at Philadelphia (48A-F3.26); Office of the Public Printer (48A-F3.27); public buildings (48A-F3.28); Southern Exposition at Louisville (48AF3.29); World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans (48A-F3.30); and various subjects (48A-F3.31). Arranged chronologically within each group. For letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence, see entry 586.

Committee on Banking and Currency: For minutes, see entry 572. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: a docket volume (48A-F5.1). For minutes, see entry 572. Committee on Commerce: establishment of free commercial intercourse among nations of the Western Hemisphere, and of an American customs union (48A-F6.1); importation of American hog products into Germany and France (48A-F6.2); interstate commerce bill (48A-F6.3); papers accompanying bills relating to aids to navigation (48A-F6.4), construction of bridges (48A-F6.5), and other subjects (48A-F6.6); peril of collisions at sea (48A-F6.7); Steamboat-Inspection Service (48A-F6.8); and various subjects (48A-F6.9). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 48A-F6.4, 48A-F6.5, and 48A-F6.6, which are arranged numerically by bill number. Committee on the District of Columbia: school affairs (48A-F7.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume (48A-F7.2). Committee on Claims: a volume of minutes (48A-F8.1) and 2 docket volumes (48A-F8.2). For other minutes, see entry 599.

Committee on Elections: claims (48A-F9.1); contested election cases of Albert C. Janin v. Carleton Hunt, Louisiana (48A-F9.2), Alexander Botkin v. Martin Maginnis, Montana Territory (48A-F9.3), Benjamin T. Frederick v. James Wilson, Iowa (48A-F9.4), Charles T. O'Ferrall v. John Paul, Virginia (48A-F9.5), Francisco A. Manzanares v. Tranquilino Luna, New Mexico Territory (48A-F9.6), George A. Craig v. Charles M. Shelley, Alabama (48A-F9.7), George T. Garrison v. Robert M. Mayo, Virginia (48A-F9.8), James E. Campbell v. Henry L. Morey, Ohio (48AF9.9), James R. Chalmers v. Van H. Manning, Mississippi (48A-F9.10), James H. McLean v. James O. Broadhead, Missouri (48A-F9.11),

John E. Massey v. John S. Wise, Virginia (48A-F9.12), Jonathan H. Wallace v. William McKinley, Ohio (48A-F9.13), S. N. Wood v. S. R. Peters, Kansas (48A-F9.14), Walter R. Pool v. Thomas G. Skinner, North Carolina (48A-F9.15), and William E. English v. Stanton J. Peelle, Indiana (48A-F9.16); postponed election in the 6th Congressional District of Louisiana (48A-F9.17); and various subjects (48AF9.18). Arranged by subject. Committee on Enrolled Bills: a list of committee members (48A-F10.1) and a volume relating to the enrollment of bills and resolutions (48A-F10.2). Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice: correspondence of James Longstreet, U. S. Marshal (48A-F11.1); investigation of the Department of Justice (48A-F11.2); hearings (48A-F11.3); and star route cases (48A-F11.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 48AFll.3, which is arranged by subject. There are also a volume of rough minutes (48A-F11.5) and a volume of minutes (48A-F11.6). Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: various subjects (48AF12.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Foreign Affairs: administrative papers (48A-F13.1); charges against Philip Figyelmesy, U. S. consul at Demerara (48A-F13.2); Chinese immigration (48A-F13.3); claim of Helen M. Fiedler against the Government of Brazil (48A-F13.4); claim of W. J. Hale against the Argentine Republic (48A-F13.5); diplomatic representation at Belgrade and Bucharest (484-F13.6); exposition at Budapest, 1885 (48A-F13.7); French and American Claims Commission (48A-F13.8); gift of land for Legation at Tokyo (48A-F13.9); Gen. Casimir Pulaski (48A-F13.10); International Committee of the Red Cross (48A-F13.11); Nicaraguan canal (48A-F13.12); publication of papers relating to the Revolutionary War (48A-F13.13); publication in the United Irishman of New York, of a reward of $10,000 for the body of the Prince of Wales, dead or alive (48A-F13.14); relations with Spain (48A-F13.15); suppression of the opium traffic (48AF13.16); and various subjects (48A-F13.17). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (48A-F13.18) and a docket volume (48A-F13.19). Committee on Indian Affairs: agreements with the Sioux Indians to grant a right-of-way to the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad through the Sioux Reservation in Dakota (48A-F14.1); Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian lands (48A-F14.2); claims (48A-F14.3); copies of executive communications (48A-F14.4); eastern band of North Carolina Cherokees (48AF14.5); issue of land patents for the Kickapoo and Iowa Indians (48AF14.6); Nez Percé Indians in Idaho Territory (48A-F14.7); Round Valley Indian Reservation in California (48A-F14.8); and various subjects (48A-F14.9). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 48AF14.3, which is arranged alphabetically by claimant. There is also a docket volume (48A-F14.10). For minutes, see entry 586. Committee on Invalid Pensions: a volume of minutes (48A-F15.1) and 6 docket volumes, 1 of which contains entries for the 49th Congress, 1st session (48A-F15.2). For other minutes, see entry 599. Committee on the Judiciary: amendment of the Constitution in regard to the issue of legal tender paper money (48A-F16.1); a report on the claims of the States of Maryland and Virginia for services furnished in the erection of the first national public buildings in Washington (48A-F16.2); power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce (48AF16.3); and various subjects (48A-F16.4). Arranged chronologically

within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (48A-F16.5) and 2 docket volumes (48A-F16.6).

Committee on Labor:

administrative papers (48A-F17.1); 8-hour law (48AF17.2); and migration and importation of aliens into the United States as laborers (48A-F17.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a combination minute and docket book (48A-F17.4). Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River: administrative papers (48A-F18.1) and communications addressed to the chairman of the committee (48A-F18.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. For docket, see entry 572.

Committee on the Library: administrative papers (48A-F19.1); erection of a monument over the grave of Richard Henry Lee (48A-F19.2); interchange of public documents among various nations (48A-F19.3); Official Records of the War of the Rebellion (48A-F19.4); and Yorktown Centennial Commission (48A-F19.5). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume (48A-F19.6).

Committee on Manufactures: appointment of a commission to conduct tests and experiments on iron, steel, and other materials (48A-F20.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume (48A-F20.2). Committee on Military Affairs: abandoned military reservations (48A-F21.1); American military instructors for Korea (48A-F21.2); attempted settlement of parts of the Oklahoma District, Indian Territory, by D. L. Payne and others (48A-F21.3); copies of executive communications (48A-F21.4); erection at the Presidio, San Francisco, of a headquarters building and quarters for the Military Division of the Pacific (48A-F21.5); Haskell's multicharge gun (48A-F21.6); heavy ordnance for the Army (48A-F21.7); Marine hospital at Erie, Pa. (48A-F21.8); transfer of officers of the Army to the list of supernumeraries (48A-F21.9); Military Reservation at Fort Sullivan, Maine (48A-F21.10); and various subjects (48A-F21.11). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also 2 docket volumes (48A-F21.12). For minutes, see entry 586.

Committee on the Militia: administrative papers (48A-F22.1) and legislation for the benefit of the National Guard (48A-F22.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Naval Affairs: Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting (48A-F23.1); case of Cadet-Midshipman H. L. Sturdivant (48A-F23.2); civilian employees in the Navy Department (48A-F23.3); correspondence of the chairman of the committee (48A-F23.4); establishment of an experimental model basin for testing ships (48A-F23.5); Greely relief expedition (48A-F23.6); investigation of the Jeannette Arctic expedition (48A-F23.7); John Ericsson's plans for the defense of harbors (48A-F23.8); life-saving apparatus (48A-F23.9); papers accompanying bills referred to the committee (48A-F23.10); proceedings of the general court-martial in the case of Capt. Alfred Hopkins, U. S. N. (48A-F23.11); purchase of the journals and papers of the Confederate vessel Shenandoah (48A-F23.12); relief of the officers and crew of the Monitor (48A-F23.13); and various subjects (48A-F23.14). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 48A-F23.10, which is arranged numerically by bill. Committee on Pacific Railroads: administrative papers (48A−F24.1); Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad (48A-F24.2); mileage operated

by the railroad companies to which the United States loaned funds to
aid construction (48A-F24.3); transportation furnished for the Govern-
ment by various Pacific railroads (48A-F24.4); and various subjects
(48A-F24.5). Arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (48A-

F24.5). For minutes, see entry 572.
Committee on Patents: a docket volume (48A-F25.1).

Committee on Pensions: 3 docket volumes (48A-F26.1). For minutes, see

entry 572, Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: envelope frauds in the Stamp Division of the Post Office Department (48A-F27.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Printing: printing and distribution of public documents (48A-F28.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Private Land Claims: a docket volume (48A-F29.1). For minutes, see entry 599.

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds:

construction of various build

ings for the use of the Government (48A-F30.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (48A-F30.2) and a docket volume (48A-F30.3). Committee on Public Lands: administrative papers (48A-F31.1); forfeiture of certain lands assigned to the New Orleans Pacific Railway Co. (48AF31.2); forfeiture of certain lands granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. (48A-F31.3); laws of the United States relating to the Union and Central Pacific Railroads (48A-F31.4); relief of certain preemption and homestead settlers in California (48A-F31.5); and various subjects (48A-F31.6). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (48A-F31.7) and a docket volume (48A-F31.8).

Committee on Railways and Canals: a communication from the President of the United States regarding the cession of the Illinois and Michigan Canal to the United States by the State of Illinois (48A-F32.1). There is also a docket volume (48A-F32.2). For minutes, see entry 599. Committee on Revision of the Laws: various subjects (48A-F33.1), arranged numerically by bill. There is also a docket volume (48A-F33.2). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: hearing relating to the improvement of the Galveston Harbor (48A-F34.1). There are also a volume of minutes, 48th Congress, 1st session, to 49th Congress, 2d session (48A-F34.2); and 2 docket volumes (48A-F34.3).

Committee on Rules: various subjects (48A-F35.1), arranged chronologically.
There is also a docket volume, 48th Congress, 1st session, to 49th
Congress, 2d session (48A-F35.2).

Committee on the Territories: a docket volume (48A-F48.1).
Committee on lays and Means:

administrative papers (48A-F36.1); Alaska Commercial Co. (48A-F36.2); claims (48A-F36.3); duty on currants (48A-36.4), wool (48A-F36.5), and works of art (48A-F36.6); papers relating to bills (48A-F36.7); refund of excessive duties levied by overvaluation of Austrian paper florins (48-F36.8); Stewart College, Clarksville, Tenn. (48A-36.9); hearings (48A-F36.10); treaty of commerce with Mexico (48A-F36.11); hestern Union Railroad Co. (48A-F36.12); and various subjects (48A-F36.13). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 48A-F36.3, which is arranged alphabetically, and 48A-F36.7 and 484-F36.10, which are arranged numerically by bill.

There are also a volume of minutes (48A-F36.14) and 2 docket volumes (48A-F36.15).

Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: various subjects (48A-
F37.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume, 48th
Congress, 1st session, to 50th Congress, 1st session (48A-F37.2).
Select Committee on American Shipbuilding and Shipowning Interests:
various subjects (48A-F38.1), arranged chronologically.

Select Committee to Investigate Charges Against H. V. Boynton, Washington
Correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette: hearings (48A-
F39.1), arranged chronologically.
various subjects (48A-F40.1), arranged

Select Committee on the Census:

by subject.

Select Committee to Investigate Charges of Violating the Privileges of
the House by Hon. W. H. English: hearings (48A-F41.1), arranged
chronologically.
Select Committee on Ordnance and Gunnery: various subjects (48A-F42.1),
arranged by subject. There is also a volume of minutes (48A-F42.2).
Select Committee on Payment of Pensions, Bounty, and Back Pay: various
subjects (48A-F43.1), arranged by subject.

Select Committee on Law Respecting the Election of President and Vice
President: various subjects (48A-F44.1), arranged by subject.
Select Committee on Public Health: various subjects (48A-F45.1), arranged
chronologically.

Select Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics of the Hall of the House of Representatives: various subjects (48A-F46.1), arranged by subject. Select Committee to Investigate the Conduct of Lot Wright, U. S. Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio at the October Election of 1884: a volume of minutes (48A-F47.1) and a volume recording expenditures of the committee (48A-F47.2).

251 vols. 70 ft.

ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 251 vols.

611

Original executive documents, 1st session (48A-G1) and 2d session (48A-G2); and original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (48A-G3) and 2d session (48A-G4). Arranged numerically within each group.

612

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 54 ft.
Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject.
Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise
indicated.

various subjects (48A-H1.1).

Committee on Accounts: Committee on Agriculture: agricultural experiment stations (48A-H2.1); benefits to agriculture of the Signal Service weather reports (48AH2.2); creation of a Department of Agriculture (48A-H2.3); diseases of livestock (48A-H2.4); sugar (48A-H2.5); World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (48A-H2.6); and various subjects (48AH2.7). Committee on Appropriations: education in Alaska (48A-H3.1); education of the Indian (48A-H3.2); harbor and coast defense (48A-H3.3); hospitals (48A-H3.4); improvement of United States Government property (48A-H3.5); increased pay for bailiffs of U. S. courts in New York

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