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navy yards (51A-F26.3); and organization, rank, and pay (51A-F26.4). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Pacific Railroads: a docket volume (51A-F27.1).

Committee on Patents: various subjects (51A-F28.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (51A-F28.2) and a docket volume (51A-F28.3).

Committee on Pensions: a volume of minutes (51A-F29.1) and a docket

volume (51A-F29.2).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads:

extension of the free delivery system (51A-F30.1); hours of work and leaves of absence for postal employees (51A-F30.2); periodicals containing reprints of books (51A-F30.3); and various subjects (51A-F30.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 51A-F30.4, which is arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (51A-F30.5) and a docket volume (51A-F30.6).

Committee on Printing: various subjects (51A-F31.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (51A-F31.2) and a docket volume (51A-F31.3).

Committee on Private Land Claims: a volume of minutes (51A-F32.1) and a docket volume (51-F32.2). Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (51A-F33.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (51A-F33.2), a docket volume (51A-F33.3), and a record of bills before the committee, giving detailed history of action (51A-F33.4). Committee on Public Lands: restoration of lands within the 40-mile limits of the grant for the Northern Facific Railroad in Minnesota (51A-F34.1), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (51A-F34.2), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (51A-F34.3) and a docket volume (51A-F34.4).

Committee on Railways and Canals: a volume of minutes (51A-F35.1) and a docket volume (51A-F35.2).

Committee on Revision of the Laws: a volume of minutes (51A-F36.1). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: harbors (51A-F37.1); rivers (51A-F37.2); surveys (51A-F37.3); and various subjects (51A-F37.4). Arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (51A-F37.5) and a docket volume (51A-F37.6).

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Committee on Rules: a docket volume (51A-F32.1). Committee on the Territories: Alaska (51A-F39.1); Arizona (51A-F39.2); Idaho (51A-39.3); New Mexico (51A-39.4); Oklahoma (51A-F39.5); and Utah (51A-39.6). Arranged chronologically within each group. are also a volume of minutes (51A-F39.7) and a docket volume (51AF39.8). Committee on ar Claims: various subjects (51A-F40.1), arranged alphabetically; and a record of petitions referred to the committee (51AF40.2). Committee on ays and Means: claims (51A-F41.1); commercial treaties and trade information (51-F41.2); duties on sugar (51A-F41.3), tobacco (51A-F41.4), and other commodities (51A-F41.5); bills referred to the committee (51A-F41.6); and various subjects (51A-F41.7). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 51A-F41.1, which is arranged alphabetically, 51A-F41.6, which is arranged numerically by bill, and 51A-F41.7, which is arrang.d by subject. There are also 3 docket volumes (51A-F41.8).

Select Committee on the Accounts of the Late Sergeant at Arms of the
House: various papers (51A-F42.1), arranged by subject.

Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: bills and resolutions
referred to the committee (51A-F43.1), arranged numerically by bill
or resolution; a volume of minutes (51A-F43.2); and a docket volume
(51A-F43.3).

Select Committee on the Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress: resolutions referred to the committee (51AF44.1), arranged chronologically; a volume of minutes (51A-F44.2); and a docket volume (51A-F44.3).

Select Committee on the Eleventh Census: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (51A-F45.1), arranged numerically by bill or resolution; a volume of minutes (51A-F45.2); and a docket volume (51A-F45.3). Select Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: various papers (51AF46.1), arranged by subject; a volume of minutes (51A-F46.2); and a docket volume (51A-F46.3).

Select Committee on Indian Depredations: a volume of minutes (51A-F47.1). Select Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands: a volume of minutes (51AF48.1) and a docket volume (51A-F48.2).

Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: various papers (51AF49.1), arranged by subject; a volume of minutes (51A-F49.2); and a docket volume (51A-F49.3).

Select Committee on the World's Fair: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (51A-F50.1), arranged numerically by bill or resolution; and a docket volume (51A-F50.2).

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ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 296 vols. 70 ft. Original executive documents, 1st session (51A-G1) and 2d session (51A-G2); and original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (51A-G3) and 2d session (51A-G4). Arranged numerically within each group.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 64 ft.

650 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated.

Committee on Agriculture: adulteration and misbranding of food and drugs (51A-H1.1); combines and trusts (51A-H1.2); farm loans and drought relief (51A-H1.3); lard and lard compound (51A-H1.4); oleomargarine (51A-H1.5); prohibition on the selling of produce futures and options (51A-H1.6); transfer of the U. S. Fish Commission to the Department of Agriculture (51A-H1.7); and Weather Bureau (51A-H1.8). Committee on Appropriations: cemeteries and national monuments (51A-H2.1); Civil Service Commission (51A-H2.2); Navy and coast defense (51A-H2.3); and various subjects (51A-H2.4).

Committee on Banking and Currency:

farm and real-estate loans and

mortgages (51A-H3.1); free coinage and remonetization of silver (51AH3.2); National Banking System (51A-H3.3); subtreasury plan (51A-H3.4); and various subjects (51A-H3.5).

Committee on Claims: various subjects (51A-H4.1).

Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: free coinage and remonetization of silver (51A-H5.1) and various subjects (51A-H5.2).

Committee on Commerce: aids to navigation (51A-H6.1); appointment of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors as lighthouse keepers (51AH6.2); bridges and tunnels (51A-H6.3); customs districts, customs offices, and ports of entry (51A-H6.4); establishment of a Department of Commerce (51A-H6.5); free transportation of oil or petroleum barrels by railroads (51A-H6.6); granting the use of Government piers to private firms or corporations (51A-H6.7); harbor improvements (51AH6.8); interstate commerce law (51A-H6.9); Life-Saving Service (51AH6.10); long and short hauls and the division of traffic anong railroad companies (51A-16.11); Niagara and Nicaraguan Canals (51A-H6.12); payment of commissions or compensation for procuring or influencing passenger transportation and sale of railroad tickets by persons other than authorized agents (51A-H6.13); railroad safety and safety devices (51A-H6.14); transportation of intoxicating liquors into States and Territories contrary to and in violation of the laws, and "Original Package" decision of the U. S. Supreme Court (51A-H6.15); transportation rates for commercial travelers in interstate commerce (51A-H6.16); and various subjects (51A-H6.17).

Committee on the District of Columbia: Breckinridge bill to prevent forced labor on Sunday (51A-H7.1); construction of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad (51A-H7.2); and removal of the Baltimore and Potomac depot (51A-H7.3). Committee on Foreign Affairs: Chinese exclusion (51A-H8.1); liquor traffic in the Congo (51A-H8.2); reciprocal trade with Canada (51AH8.3); reciprocal trade with Mexico, Brazil, and other South American countries (51A-H8.4); New York City as the site of the World's Fair of 1892 (51A-H8.5); treatment of the Jews in Russia (51A-H8.6); and various subjects (51A-H8.7).

Committee on Indian Affairs:

Cherokee Strip (51A-H9.1); Chickasaw Indians (51A-H9.2); education and schools (51A-H9.3); removal of the Southern Utes (51A-H9.4); and various subjects (51A-H9.5). Committee on Invalid Pensions: Army nurse pensions (51A-H10.1); dependent pensions (51A-H10.2); granting of pensions to prisoners of war (51AH10.3); repeal of the limitations clause of the "Arrears Pension Act of 1379" (51A-H10.4); repeal of special limitation on pension claims of State militiamen (51A-H10.5); service pensions, pension plans, and legislation (51A-H10.6); and various subjects (51A-H10.7). Committee on the Judiciary: election of Senators by direct vote (51AH11.1); increased salaries for judges of U. S. district courts (51AH11.2); international copyrights (51A-H11.3); manufacture and sale of oleomargarine (51A-11.4); "National Prohibitory Constitutional Amendment" (51A-H11.5); relief of the Supreme Court of the United States (51A-H11.6); Sunday rest law (51A-H11.7); transportation of intoxicating liquors into States and Territories contrary to and in violation of the laws, and "Original Package" decision of the U. S. Supreme Court (51A-H11.8); uniform system of bankruptcy (51A-H11.9); woman suffrage (51A-H11.10); and various subjects (51A-H11.11). Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River: subjects (51A-H12.1).

various

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: a load line bill for safety of loaded vessels (51A-H13.1); tonnage bill (51A-H13.2); and various subjects (51A-H13.3).

Committee on Military Affairs: various subjects (51A-H14.1).

Committee on Naval Affairs: Naval Reserve Corps (51A-H15.1); coast defenses (51A-H15.2); navy yards and docks (51A-H15.3); and various subjects (51A-H15.4).

Committee on Patents: international copyrights (51A-H16.1) and various subjects (51A-H16.2).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: annual leave, hours of work, and compensation of postal clerks and employees (51A-H17.1); increased pay for fourth-class postmasters (51A-H17.2); increased pay of letter carriers (51A-H17.3); postage rates (51A-H17.4); postal telegraph (51AH17.5); railway station and street mailboxes (51A-H17.6); reclassifying and fixing the salary of railway postal clerks (51A-H17.7); return of second-class mail matter (51A-H17.8); transmission of obscene matter through the mail (51A-H17.9); and various subjects (51A-H17.10). Committee on Printing: adoption of the "short method of spelling" by the Government Printing Office (51A-H18.1); completion and publication of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion (51A-H18.2); wages paid by the Government Printing Office (51A-H18.3); and various subjects (51A-H18.4).

Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (51A-H19.1).

Committee on Railways and Canals:

canals (51A-H20.1); protection of

trainmen and other railroad employees in handling locomotives, freight trains, and freight cars engaged in interstate commerce (51A-H20.2); and various subjects (51A-H20.3).

Committee on Rivers and arbors: complete system of levees on the Misissippi River from Cairo to the Gulf to prevent floods and to improve navigation (51A-H21.1); improvement of Galveston Harbor (51A-H21.2); improvement of various rivers and harbors (51A-H21.3); and various subjects (51A-H21.4).

Committee on the Territories: Arizona (51A-H22.1); Idaho (51A-H22.2); New Mexico (51A-H22.3); Oklahoma (51A-H22.4); and Utah (51A-H22.5). Committee on Ways and Means: adulteration of lager beer (51A-H23.1); bounty on flour exported in American vessels (51A-H23.2); commodity tariffs (51A-H23.3); commodity taxation (51A-H23.4); improvement of Galveston Harbor (51A-H23.5); income tax (51A-H23.6); McKinley Tariff bill (51A-H23.7); Mexican ore and reciprocal relations with that country (51A-H23.8); modification of existing laws relating to duties on imports and collection of the revenue (51A-H23.9); reciprocal trade with Canada and South America (51-H23.10); subtreasury plan (51AH23.11); tax rebates and drawbacks on smoking tobacco, snuff, and burlap (51A-H23.12); trusts, combines, and monopolies (51A-H23.13); and various subjects (51A-H23.14). 51A-H23.3 and 51A-H23.4 are arranged alphabetically by commodity.

Select Committee on the Alcoholic Luor Traffic:

adulteration of lager

beer (51A-H24.1); commission to investigate the alcoholic liquor traffic and social vices (51A-124.2); liquor traffic in the Congo (51A-H24.3); "National Prohibitory Constitutional Amendment" (51AH24.4); sale of fermented liquors within soldiers' homes, arsenals, recruiting stations, and navy yards (51A-H24.5); transportation of intoxicating liquors into States and Territories contrary to and in violation of the law, and the "Original Package" decision of the U. S.

Supreme Court (51A-H24.6); and various subjects (51A-H24.7). Select Committee on the Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress: various subjects (51A-H25.1).

Select Committee on the Eleventh Census: electrical industry (51A-H26.1); establishment of a permanent Census Office (51A-H26.2); home and farm ownership and mortgages (51A-H26.3); and various subjects (51A-H26.4). Select Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: Chinese exclusion (51A-H27.1); restriction of immigration (51A-H27.2); and various subjects (51A-H27.3).

Select Committee on Indian Depredation Claims:

adjudication and payment

of Indian depredation claims (51A-H28.1). Select Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands: irrigation in various States and Territories (51A-H29.1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory; and various subjects (51A-H29.2).

Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: various subjects (51AH30.1).

Select Committee on the World's Fair: conducting Fair business on Sunday (51A-H31.1); Chicago as a site for the Fair (51A-H31.2); Washington as a site for the Fair (51A-H31.3); and various subjects (51A-H31.4).

ELECTION RECORDS. 3 ft.

651 Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (51A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

OTHER RECORDS. 1 ft.

652

Three volumes of roll calls (51A-K1), arranged chronologically; and various papers (51A-K2), arranged by subject.

Records of Impeachment Proceedings

3 in.

IMPEACHMENT OF ALECK BOARMAN.

Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Aleck Boarman, U. S. Judge for the Western District of Louisiana (51B-A1).

653

Records of the Office of the Clerk

RECORD BOOKS. 11 vols. 2 ft.

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House bill book (51C-Al); House resolution book (51C-A2); Senate bill and resolution book (51C-A3); individual ledger (51C-A4); register of committee reports (51C-A5); register of private bills receiving a favorable committee report (51C-A6); and record of documents sent out by the Clerk on request of Hon. J. M. Miley, a Representative from New York (51C-A7). For registers of papers from committees, of papers referred to committees, of papers received from the Senate, and of papers sent to the Senate, see entry 616.

OTHER RECORDS. 1 in.

Receipts for records withdrawn (51C-B1), arranged chronologically; and various papers (51C-B2), arranged by subject.

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