Minute book, 1st session (50A-Al); legislative journal, 1st session (59A-A2); minute book, 2d session (50A-A3); and legislative journal, 2d session (50A-A4). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 24 ft. 631 Fifty-three volumes of original House bills (50A-B1); 2 volumes of original House joint resolutions (50A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (50A-B3); desk copies of House bills passed (50A-B4); desk copies of House joint resolutions passed (50A-B5); and 23 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (50A-B6). Arranged numerically within each group, except 50A-B3, which is arranged chronologically. BILLS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 1/2 in. Senate bills (50A-C1), arranged numerically. ACCOMPANYING PAPERS FILE. 60 ft. 632 633 Papers relating to claims, pensions, and other forms of private relief together with papers relating to public matters (50A-Dl). Arranged alphabetically by person, State, Territory, or subject. COMMITTEE REPORTS. 61 vols. 15 ft. 634 Original committee reports, 1st session (50A-El) and 2d session (50AE2). Arranged numerically within each group. 635 COMMITTEE PAPERS. 60 ft. Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: various subjects (50A-F1.1), arranged by subject. There is also a volume of minutes (50A-F1.2). For statement of accounts before the committee, see entry 599. Committee on Agriculture: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (50A-F2.1); hearings (50A-F2.2); a statement of the expenditures of the Department of Agriculture for 1888 (50A-F2.3); and various subjects (50A-F2.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 50AF2.1 and 50A-F2.2, which are arranged numerically by bill or resolution. There are also a volume of minutes (504-F2.5) and a docket volume (50AF2.6). Committee on Appropriations: expositions (50A-F3.1); deficiency bill (50A-F3.2); fortifications bill (50A-F3.3); legislative, executive, and judicial bill (50A-F3.4); sundry civil expenses bill (50A-F3.5); and various subjects (50A-F3.6). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 50A-F3.2, 50A-F3.4, and 50A-F3.5, which are arranged by agency of origin or by subject. For letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence, see entry 586. Committee on Banking and Currency: various subjects (50A-F4.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F4.2) and a docket volume (50A-F4.3). Committee on Claims: French spoliation claims (50A-F5.1), arranged numerically by Senate miscellaneous document number. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F5.2) and a docket volume (50A-F5.3). Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: various subjects (50A-F6.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F6.2) and a docket volume (50A-F6.3). Committee on Commerce: bridges (50A-F7.1), arranged alphabetically by stream; a report on an investigation of the Reading Railroad strike (50A-F7.2); and various subjects (50A-F7.3), arranged by subject. Committee on the District of Columbia: a volume of minutes (50A-F8.1) and a docket volume (50A-F8.2). Committee on Elections: contested election cases of Charles S. Bradley v. Warren 0. Arnold, Rhode Island (50A-F9.1); James R. Chalmers v. James B. Morgan, Mississippi (50A-F9.2); depositions relating to the violation of election laws in the Eastern District of North Carolina (50A-F9.3); Nathan Frank v. John M. Glover, Missouri (50A-F9.4); Robert Lowry v. James B. White, Indiana (50-9.5); Joseph D. Lynch v. William Vandever, California (50A-F9.6); J. V. McDuffie v. A. C. Davidson, Alabama (50A-F9.7); Robert Smalls v. William Elliott, South Carolina (50A-F9.8); Frank J. Sullivan v. C. N. Felton, California (50A-F9.9); George H. Thobe v. J. G. Carlisle, Kentucky (50A-F9.10); and Nicholas E. Worthington v. Philip S. Post, Illinois (50A-F9.11). Arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F9.12) and 2 docket volumes (50A-F9.13). Committee on Enrolled Bills: a volume relating to the enrollment of bills and resolutions (50A-F10.1). Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice: a volume of minutes (50A-F11.1). Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department: partment employees (50A-F12.1). a report on Navy De various subjects abstract of articles Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: (50A-F13.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: purchased for the Army, 1886-88 (50A-F14.1); inspection of money accounts of Army disbursing officers (50A-F14.2); War Department contracts (50A-F14.3); and various subjects (50A-F14.4). Arranged by subject. Committee on Foreign Affairs: affairs in Samoa (50A-F15.1); emigration of British criminal classes (50A-F15.2); claim of James M. Hagar (50AF15.3); international arbitration (50A-F15.4); International Commission with Mexico (50A-F15.5); international expositions at Melbourne and Paris (50A-F15.6); reorganization of the Portuguese diplomatic and consular services (50A-F15.7); restriction of Chinese immigration Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (50A-F16.1); Confederated Peorias, Kaskaskia, wea, and Piank ashaw Indians (50A-F16.2); grants of Indian reservation lands for railroad purposes (50A-F16.3); removal of the Jicarilla Apaches (50A-F16.4); and various subjects (50A-F16.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 50A-F16.1, which is arranged alphabetically by claimant. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F16.6) and a docket volume (50A-F16.7). Committee on Invalid Pensions: a volume of minutes (50A-F17.1) and 6 docket volumes (50A-F17.2). Committee on the Judiciary: establishment of a Court of Patent Appeals (50A-F18.1); internal revenue taxes paid by State officers (50A-F18.2); investigation of the Kansas Pacific Railroad (50A-F18.3); and various subjects (50A-F18.4). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F18.5) and a docket volume (50A-F18.6). Committee on Labor: a volume of minutes (50A-F19.1) and a docket volume (50A-F19.2). Committee on the Library: exchange of congressional publications with Canada and Chile (50A-F20.1) and various subjects (50A-F20.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F20.3) and a docket volume (50A-F20.4). Committee on Manufactures: hearings (50A-F21.1), arranged by subject; a volume of minutes (50A-F21.2); and a docket volume (50A-F21.3). Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: investigation of seal fisheries in Alaska (50A-F22.1) and various subjects (50A-F22.2). Arranged by subject. Committee on Military Affairs: court-martial proceedings (50A-F23.1); increasing the efficiency of the Army (50A-F23.2); investigation of the Fort Brown Military Reservation in Texas (50A-F23.3); lists of records recommended for disposal by the War Department (50A-F23.4); ordnance (50A-F23.5); and various subjects (50A-F23.6). Arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F23.7) and 2 docket volumes (50A-F23.8). Committee on Mines and Mining: various subjects (50A-F24.1), arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (50A-F24.2). Committee on Naval Affairs: Naval Academy (50A-F25.1); Navy pay (50AF25.2); papers relating to the following Navy Department Bureaus: Construction and Repair (50A-F25.3), Equipment and Recruiting (50AF25.4), Medicine and Surgery (50A-F25.5), Navigation (50A-F25.6), Ordnance (50A-F25.7), Provisions and Clothing (50A-F25.8), Steam Engineering (50A-F25.9), and Yards and Docks (50A-F25.10); U. S. Marine Corps (50A-F25.11); and various subjects (50A-F25.12). Arranged by subject. Committee on Pacific Railroads: a volume of minutes (50A-F26.1) and a docket volume (50A-F26.2). Committee on Patents: various subjects (50A-F27.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F27.2) and a docket volume (50A-F27.3). Committee on Pensions: various subjects (50A-F28.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F28.2) and 2 docket volumes (50A-F28.3). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: various subject (50A-F29.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F29.2) and a docket volume (50A-F29.3). Committee on Printing: various subjects (50A-F30.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F30.2) and a docket volume (50A-F30.3). Committee on Private Land Claims: a volume of minutes (50A-F31.1) and a docket volume (50A-F31.2). Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: expenses incurred at the Executive Mansion following the shooting of President Garfield (50AF32.1), and various subjects (50A-F32.2), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F32.3) and a docket volume (50AF32.4). For letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence, see entry 623. Committee on Public Lands: establishment of land districts and land offices (50A-F33.1), and various subjects (50A-F33.2), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (50A-F33.3) and a docket volume (50A-F33.4). Committee on Railways and Canals: various subjects (50A-F34.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a volume of minutes (50A-F34.2). Committee on Revision of the Laws: a docket volume (50A-F35.1). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: various papers (50A-F36.1), arranged by subject; a volume of minutes (50A-F36.2); and a docket volume (50AF36.3). Committee on Rules: a resolution relating to the refunding of the direct tax (50A-F37.1). Committee on the Territories: various papers (50A-F38.1), arranged by subject; a volume of minutes (50A-F38.2); and a docket volume (50AF38.3). Committee on War Claims: 5 docket volumes (50A-F39.1). Committee on Ways and Means: drawback on tinplate (50A-F40.1); tariffs and tariff policy (50A-F40.2); taxation (50A-F40.3); and various subjects (50A-F40.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 50A-F40.4, which is arranged by subject. Select Committee on the Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress: a volume of minutes (50A-F41.1). Select Committee on the Eleventh Census: a volume of minutes (50A-F42.1) and a docket volume (50A-F42.2). Select Committee to Investigate the Administration of the Government Select Committee on Indian Depredation Claims: a docket volume (50A- Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: a volume of minutes For docket, see entry ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 278 vols. 67 it. 636 Original executive documents, 1st session (50A-G1) and 2d session (50A-G2); and original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (50A-G3) and 2d session (50A-G4). Arranged numerically within each group. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 70 ft. 637 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated: Committee on Agriculture: adulteration of lard (50A-H1.1); agricultural experiment stations (50A-H1.2); conservation of forest lands (50A-H1.3); construction of dams and reservoirs for the irrigation of arid lands in Colorado (50A-H1.4); control of cattle diseases and the administration of the Bureau of Animal Industry (50A-H1.5); establishment of a Department of Agriculture headed by a Secretary with Cabinet status (50AH1.6); legal restrictions on the sale of oleomargarine (50A-H1.7); legislation providing for inspection of meat (50A-H1.8); legislation to prevent the manufacture and sale of adulterated food (50A-H1.9); manufacture of sugar from sorghum (50A-H1.10); tariff protection of agriculture (50A-H1.11); and various subjects (50A-H1.12). Committee on Appropriations: adjustments of pay of post office and customs officers (50A-H2.1); enforcement of the law regulating the sale of oleomargarine (50A-H2.2); expositions and celebrations (50A-H2.3); Federal aid to various public and private charities (50A-H2.4); flood relief (50A-H2.5); headstones for graves of Union veterans (50A-H2.6); Hydrographic Office and the Coast and Geodetic Survey (50A-H2.7); improvement of streets in the District of Columbia (50A-H2.8); publication of Army and Navy records of the Civil War (50A-H2.9); public land surveys (50A-H2.10); repair and improvement of property of the Federal Government (50A-H2.11); Revenue-Marine Service (50A-H2.12); U. S. Signal Service (50A-H2.13); and various subjects (50A-H2.14). Committee on Banking and Currency: fractional currency for postal purposes (50A-H3.1) and various subjects (50A-H3.2). Committee on Claims: various subjects (50A-H4.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Coinage, weights, and Measures: various subjects (50A-H5.1). Committee on Education: Federal aid to public schools (50A-H7.1). Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: various subjects (50A- Committee on Foreign Affairs: establishment of an international court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes (50AH10.1); immigration (50A-H10.2); International Marine Conference (50AH10.3); and various subjects (50A-H10.4). |