FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-93 First Session, December 7, 1891-August 5, 1892 Records of Legislative Proceedings MINUTE BOOKS AND JOURNALS. 11 vols. 3 ft. Minute books, 1st and 2d sessions (52A-Al); and legislative journal, 1st session (52A-A2); and 2d session (52A-A3). 656 23 ft. 657 BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. Fifty volumes of original House bills (52A-B1); 1 volume of original House joint resolutions (52A-B2); original House concurrent resolutions (52A-B3); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (52A-B4); desk copies of House bills passed (52A-B5); desk copies of House joint resolutions passed (52A-B6); and 10 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (52A-B7). Arranged numerically within each group, except 52A-B3, which is arranged chronologically, and 52A-B4, which is arranged alphabetically by Congressman. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE 658 Senate bills (52A-C1) and Senate joint resolutions (52A-C2). Arranged numerically within each group. 659 ACCOMPANYING PAPERS FILE. 60 ft. Papers relating to claims, pensions, and other forms of private relief together with papers relating to public matters (52A-D1). Arranged alphabetically by person, State, Territory, or subject. COMMITTEE REPORTS. 37 vols. 9 ft. 660 Original committee reports, 1st session (52A-El) and 2d session (52AE2). Arranged numerically within each group. COMMITTEE PAPERS. 70 ft. 661 Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: a volume of minutes (52A-F1.1) and a docket volume (52A-F1.2). For statement of accounts before the committee, see entry 648. Committee on Agriculture: administrative papers (52A-F2.1); establishment of grain standards (52A-F2.2); hearings (52A-F2.3); work of the Botanical Division (52A-F2.4); and various subjects (52A-F2.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 52A-F2.3, which is arranged numerically by bill. Committee on Appropriations: deficiency bill (52A-F3.1); District of Columbia bill (52A-F3.2); fortifications bill (52A-F3.3); investigation of the management of the World's Columbian Exposition (52A-F3.4); legislative, executive, and judicial bill (52A-F3.5); pension bill (52A-F3.6); sundry civil expenses bill (52A-F3.7); and various subjects (52A-F3.8). Arranged by agency of origin or by subject within each group, except 52A-F3.8, which is arranged chronologically. There is also a volume of minutes (52A-F3.9). Committee on Banking and Currency: administrative papers (52A-F4.1); hearings (52A-F4.2); and various subjects (52A-F4.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52AF4.4) and a docket volume (52A-F4.5). Committee on Claims: (52A-F5.2). a volume of minutes (52A-F5.1) and 3 docket volumes Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: a volume of minutes (52A- a volume of minutes (52A-F7.1) administrative papers (52A-F8.1) and various subjects (52A-F8.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F8.3) and a docket volume (52AF8.4). Committee on Elections: contested election cases of A. K. Craig v. Andrew Stewart, Pennsylvania (52A-F9.1), Henry T. Noyes v. Hosea H. Rockwell, New York (52A-F9.2), John McDuffie v. Louis W. Turpin, Alabama (52A-F9.3), Michael F. Collins v. John A. Quackenbush, New York (52A-F9.4), John B. Reynolds v. George W. Shonk, Pennsylvania (52AF9.5), Rezin B. Wasson v. Lewis P. Ohliger, Ohio (52A-F9.6), T. H. Greevy v. Edward Scull, Pennsylvania (52A-F9.7), and Thomas E. Miller v. William Elliott, South Carolina (52A-F9.8); and interference with Supervisors of Election in New York State in the election of Nov. 1892 (52A-F9.9). Arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (52AF9.10). Committee on Enrolled Bills: a volume relating to the enrollment of bills and resolutions (52A-F10.1). Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture: statements of expenditures of the Department for the fiscal years 1891 and 1892 (52A-F11.1), arranged chronologically. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F11.2) and a docket volume (52A-F11.3). Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department: a volume of minutes (52A-F12.1). Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice: (52A-F13.1). a docket volume Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department: a volume of minutes (52A-F14.1). Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department: reports on contracts for carrying the mail during the fiscal years 1891 and 1892 (52A-F15.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: administrative papers (52A-F16.1) and various subjects (52A-F16.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52AF16.3) and a docket volume (52A-F16.4). Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: abstracts of articles purchased for the Army (52A-17.1); lists of outstanding checks issued by disbursing officers of the Army (52A-F17.2); inspection of money accounts of Army disbursing officers (52A-F17.3); and ordnance contracts (52A-F17.4). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Foreign Affairs: administrative papers (52A-F18.1); Chinese immigration (52A-F18.2); Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid in 1892 (52A-F18.3); Pan-American Medical Congress at Washington in Sept. 1893 (52A-F18.4); relations with Chile (52A-F18.5); and various subjects (52A-F18.6). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F18.7) and a docket volume (52A-F18.8). Committee on Indian Affairs: administrative papers (52A-F19.1); appropriations for the Indian Service (52A-F19.2); Choctaw Indians (52A-F19.3); executive communications (52A-F19.4); Indian Territory (52A-F19.5); Seminole Indians (52A-F19.6); Sioux Indians (52A-F19.7); and various subjects (52A-F19.8). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F19.9) and a docket volume (52AF19.10). Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: aids to navigation (52AF20.1); bridges (52A-F20.2); customs, ports of entry and delivery (52AF20.3); Life-Saving Service (52A-F20.4); regulation of interstate and foreign commerce (52A-F20.5); and ships and shipping (52A-F20.6). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Invalid Pensions: administrative papers (52A-F21.1); pension legislation (52A-F21.2); and various subjects (52A-F21.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 52A-F21.2, which is arranged numerically by bill. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F21.4) and 7 docket volumes (52A-F21.5). Committee on the Judiciary: administrative papers (52A-F22.1); Federal courts and judges (52A-F22.2); and various subjects (52A-F22.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F22.4) and a docket volume (52A-F22.5). Committee on Labor: administrative papers (52A-F23.1) and legislation relating to the 8-hour law and convict labor (52A-F23.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F23.3) and a docket volume (52A-F23.4). Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River: various subjects (52A-F24.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F24.2) and a docket volume (52A-F24.3). Committee on the Library: administrative papers (52A-F25.1) and various subjects (52A-F25.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F25.3) and a docket volume (52A-F25.4). Committee on Manufactures: volume (52A-F26.2). a volume of minutes (52A-F26.1) and a docket Committee on Lerchant Marine and Fisheries: administrative papers (52AF27.1); menhaden fish (52A-F27.2); and various subjects (52A-F27.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F27.4) and a docket volume (52A-F27.5). Committee on Military Affairs: administrative papers (52A-F28.1); Fort Brown, Tex. (52A-F28.2); National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (52A-F28.3); and various subjects (52A-F28.4). Arranged chronologi cally within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52AF28.5) and 3 docket volumes (52A-F28.6). Committee on the Militia: efficiency of the militia (52A-F29.1), arranged chronologically. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F29.2) and a docket volume (52A-F29.3). Committee on Mines and Mining: administrative papers (52A-F30.1), arranged chronologically; a volume of minutes (52A-F30.2); and a docket volume (52A-F30.3). Committee on Naval Affairs: administrative papers (52A-F31.1); appropriations for the naval service (52A-F31.2); Baker's submarine boat (52A-F31.3); case of Commodore Wm. K. Mayo, U. S. N. (52A-F31.4); delay in the construction of the U. S. S. Bennington and the U. S. S. Concord (52A-F31.5); selection of a site for a navy yard on the Pacific Coast (52A-F31.6); transfer of the Revenue-Cutter Service from the Treasury Department to the Navy Department (52A-F31.7); Naval Observatory (52A-F31.8); and various subjects (52A-F31.9). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Pacific Railroads: docket volume (52A-F32.2). a volume of minutes (52A-F32.1) and a Committee on Patents: administrative papers (52A-F33.1) and various subjects (52A-F33.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F33.3) and a docket volume (52A-F33.4). Committee on Pensions: a volume of minutes (52A-F34.1) and 3 docket volumes (52A-F34.2). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: administrative papers (52A F35.1) and various subjects (52A-F35.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F35.3) and 2 docket volumes (52A-F35.4). Committee on Printing: administrative papers (52A-F36.1), arranged chronologically; a report on the condition of the Sioux Indians (52AF36.2); a report of the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the fiscal year 1892 (52A-F36.3); and a volume of minutes (52A-F36.4). Committee on Private Land Claims: a volume of minutes (52A-F37.1) and a docket volume (52A-F37.2). Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: a volume of minutes (52A-F38.1) and a docket volume (52A-F38.2). Committee on Public Lands: administrative papers (52A-F39.1); swamplands in Oregon (52A-F39.2); and various subjects (52A-F39.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F39.4) and a docket volume (52A-F39.5). Committee on Railways and Canals: a volume of minutes (52A-F40.1) and a docket volume (52A-F40.2). Committee on Revision of the Laws: bills referred to the committee (52AF41.1), arranged numerically; a volume of minutes (52A-F41.2); and a docket volume (52A-F41.3). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: administrative papers (52A-F42.1), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (52A-F42.2), arranged by State. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F42.3) and a docket volume (52A-F42.4). Committee on the Territories: a volume of minutes (52A-F43.1) and a docket volume (52A-F43.2). Committee on Mar Claims: various subjects (52A-F44.1), arranged by subject. There are also 2 docket volumes (52A-F44.2). Committee on Ways and Means: administrative papers (52A-F45.1); tariffs (52A-F45.2); and various subjects (52A-F45.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also 3 docket volumes (52A-F45.4). Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: a volume of minutes (52A-F46.1) and a docket volume (52A-F46.2). Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition: various subjects (52AF47.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (52AF47.2) and a docket volume (52A-F47.3). Select Committee on the Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress: a volume of minutes (52A-F48.1) and a docket volume (52A-F48.2). Select Committee on the Eleventh Census: various subjects (52A-F49.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F49.2) and a docket volume (52A-F49.3). Select Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: various subjects (52A-F50.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (52A-F50.2) and a docket volume (52A-F50.3). Select Committee on the Irrigation of Arid Lands: a volume of minutes (52A-F51.1) and a docket volume (52A-F51.2). Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: various subjects (52A F52.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (52AF52.2) and a docket volume (52A-F52.3). Select Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics: a volume of minutes (52AF53.1) and a docket volume (52A-F53.2). ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 141 vols. 35 ft. 662 Original executive documents, 1st session (52A-G1) and 2d session (52A-G2); and original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (52A-G3) and 2d session (52A-G4). Arranged numerically within each group. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 43 ft. 663 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Accounts: various subjects (52A-H1.1). Committee on Agriculture: control of plant diseases (52A-H2.1); free delivery of rural mail (52A-H2.2); investigation of wheat price fixing by millers, railroads, and elevators (52A-42.3); silk culture (52AH2.4); legislation relating to the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine (52A-H2.5); legislation to prevent adulteration of food and drugs (524H2.6); prohibitions of contracts discrediting legal tender currency (52A-H2.7); speculation in farm products (52A-H2.8); taxation of compound lard (52A-H2.9); testing the strength of American woods (52AH2.10); Leather Bureau service to agriculture (52A-H2.11); and various subjects (52A-H2.12). Committee on Appropriations: construction of a new Government Printing Office building (52A-H3.1); education and religion (52A-H3.2); exposi |