Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands: a docket volume (53A-F21.1). Committee on the Judiciary: various subjects (53A-F22.1), arranged chronologically. There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F22.2) and 2 docket volumes (53A-F22.3). Committee on Labor: adjustments of accounts arising under the 8-hour law (53A-F23.1); financial and labor conditions in the country (53A-F23.2); national board for arbitration of controversies between employees and employers (53A-F23.3); prison labor and convict-made goods (53A-F23.4); and various subjects (53A-F23.5). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F23.6) and a docket volume (53A-F23.7).

Committee on the Library: various subjects (53A-F24.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F24.2) and a docket

volume (53A-F24.3).

Committee on Manufactures:

volume (53A-F25.2).

a volume of minutes (53A-F25.1) and a docket

various subjects (53A-F26.1),

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: arranged chronologically. There are also a volume of minutes (53AF26.2) and a docket volume (53A-F26.3). Committee on Military Affairs: presentation of medals of honor to the militia and volunteer troops who offered their services in defense of Maryland and Pennsylvania in 1863 (53A-F27.1); reduction of officers in the Army Medical Corps (53A-F27.2); and various subjects (53A-F27.3). Arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F27.4) and 3 docket volumes (53A-F27.5).

Committee on the Militia: various subjects (53A-F28.1), arranged by subject. Committee on Mines and Mining: various subjects (53A-F29.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F29.2) and a docket volume (53A-F29.3).

Committee on Naval Affairs: abolition of the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey and transfer of its functions to bureaus in the Navy and Interior Departments (53A-F30.1); premiums paid to contractors of Navy war vessels (53A-F30.2); violation of armor contracts (53A-F30.3); and various subjects (53A-F30.4). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Pacific Railroads: various subjects (53A-F31.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F31.2) and a docket volume (53A-F31.3).

Committee on Patents: various subjects (53A-F32.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F32.2) and a docket volume (53A-F32.3).

Committee on Pensions: a volume of minutes (53A-F33.1) and a docket volume (53A-F33.2).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads:

daily reports of deductions,

fines, and remissions for mail contractors for the fiscal years 1893 and 1894 (53A-F34.1); reports of all allowances made to mail contractors; curtailment of expenses; and land and water mails established or ordered within the fiscal years 1893 and 1894 (53A-F34.2); and various subjects (53A-F34.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F34.4) and 2 docket volumes (53A-F34.5).

Committee on Printing: various subjects (53A-F35.1), arranged by subject. There is also a volume of minutes (53A-F35.2).

Committee on Private Land Claims: a volume of minutes (53A-F36.1) and a docket volume (53A-F36.2).

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds:

arranged by subject.

various subjects (53A-F37.1),

There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F37.2)

and a docket volume (53A-F37.3). Committee on Public Lands: claims (53A-F38.1); 5-percent grants to States from the net proceeds of public land sales (53A-F38.2); forest reservations and timber lands (53A-F38.3); forfeiture of railroad land grants (53A-F38.4); homestead laws and entries (53A-F38.5); indemnification and/or relief of certain purchasers and settlers of public and railroad lands (53A-F38.6); investigation of the charges of fraud, corruption, violence, etc., accompanying the opening of the Cherokee Strip (53A-F38.7); land grants for education, charitable institutions, and various other purposes (53A-F38.8); land offices and districts (53A-F38.9); land titles, patents, and entries (53A-F38.10); opening and settlement of Indian reservations (53A-F33.11); Yellowstone National Park (53A-F38.12); and various subjects (53A-F38.13). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 53A-F38.1, which is arranged alphabetically by claimant, and 53A-F38.13, which is arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F38.14) and a docket volume (53A-F38.15).

Committee on Railways and Canals: a report on a ship canal from the Great Lakes to the navigable waters of the Hudson (53A-F39.1). There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F39.2) and a docket volume (53A-F39.3). Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: various subjects (53A-F40.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F40.2) and a docket volume (53A-F40.3).

Committee on Revision of the Laws: a volume of minutes (53A-F41.1). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: river and harbor surveys and improvements (53A-F42.1), arranged alphabetically by river or harbor; and various subjects (53A-F42.2), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F42.3) and a docket volume (53A-F42.4). Committee on Rules: a volume of minutes (53A-F43.1) and a docket volume (53A-F43.2).

Committee on the Territories: papers relating to Alaska (53A-F44.1), Arizona (53A-F44.2), New Mexico (53A-F44.3), Oklahoma (53A-F44.4), and Utah (53A-F44.5); and various subjects (53A-F44.6). Arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (53A-F44.7) and a docket volume (53A-F44.8).

Committee on Ventilation and Accoustics:

various subjects (53A-F45.1);

arranged by subject. Committee on ways and Leans: remission of duties (53A-F46.1); orld's Columbian Exposition (53A-F46.2); zona Libre or Mexican Free Zone (53A-F46.3); and various subjects (53A-F46.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 53A-F46.4, which is arranged by subject. There are also 2 volumes of minutes (53A-146.5) and 4 docket volumes (53A-F46.6).

ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 168 vols. 39 ft.

673

Original executive documents, 1st session (53A-G1), 2d session (53A62), and 3d session (53A-G3); and original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (53A-G4), 2d session (53A-G5), and 3d session (53A-06). Arranged numerically within each group.

674

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 50 ft.
Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject.
Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group.
Committee on Agriculture: manufacture and sale of oleomargarine (53A-
H1.1) and various subjects (53A-H1.2).

Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: appointment of a commission to investigate alcoholic liquor traffic (53A-H2.1) and various subjects (53A-H2.2).

Committee on Appropriations: construction of a new Government Printing Office (53A-H3.1); Cotton States and International Exhibition at Atlanta (53A-H3.2); fortifications (53A-H3.3); sugar producers' bounty (53A-H3.4); transfer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to bureaus in the Navy and Interior Departments (53A-H3.5); and various subjects (53A-H3.6).

Committee on Banking and Currency: legal tender (53A-H4.1); repeal of the silver purchasing clause of the Sherman Act (53A-H4.2); and various subjects (53A-H4.3).

Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: free coinage and remonetization of silver (53A-H5.1); repeal of the silver purchasing clause of the Sherman Act (53A-H5.2); and various subjects (53A-H5.3). Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (53A-H6.1). Committee on Education: various subjects (53A-H7.1).

Committee on Elections: various subjects (53A-H8.1).

Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress: various subjects (53A-H9.1).

Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: various subjects (53A-H10.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs:

annexation of Hawaii (53A-H11.1); arbitra

tion with Great Britain (53A-H11.2); Chinese exclusion (53A-H11.3); construction of the Nicaraguan canal (53A-H11.4); and various subjects (53A-H11.5). Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: consular inspection of immigrants (53A-H12.1); protection of labor and restriction of immigration (53A-H12.2); and various subjects (53A-H12.3).

Committee on Indian Affairs: appropriations for sectarian schools (53A03.1); extension of the time for construction of the railway of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Co. (53A-H13.2); removal of the Southern Ute Indians (53A-H13.3); and various subjects (53A-H13.4). Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: construction of bridges (53A-H14.1); construction of the Nicaraguan canal (53A-H14.2); establishment of a Bureau of Public Health in the Treasury Department (53AH14.3); establishment of a Department of Trade and Commerce (53AH14.4); fog whistles, lighthouses, and lightships (53A-H14.5); Government control of telegraph and telephone lines (53A-H14.6); legalization

of pooling among transportation companies (53A-H14.7); promoting the safety of employees of railroads (53A-H14.8); punishment for trainwrecking (53A-H14.9); requiring license of persons living on boats (53A-H14.10); suppression of lotteries (53A-H14.11); and various subjects (53A-H14.12).

Committee on Invalid Pensions: enactment of a service pension law (53AH15.1); forbidding the suspension of pensions without notice and proof of fraud (53A-H15.2); and various subjects (53A-H15.3). Committee on the Judiciary: bankruptcy law (53A-H16.1); constitutional amendment to prohibit sectarian legislation (53A-H16.2); constitutional amendment to prohibit States from granting the franchise to aliens (53A-H16.3); constitutional amendment to recognize the supreme authority of God (53A-H16.4); consular inspection of immigrants (53A-H16.5); Federal judges and courts (53A-H16.6); administration of Attorney General Richard Olney (53A-H16.7); punishment for train-wrecking (53AH16.8); suppression of lotteries (53A-H16.9); and various subjects (53A-H16.10).

Committee on Labor:

convict labor (53A-H17.1); investigation of acts of unlawful violence (53A-H17.2); and various subjects (53A-H17.3). Committee on the Library: various subjects (53A-H18.1). Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries:

free admission to American

registry of foreign-built ships (53A-H19.1); relief of seamen (53AH19.2); and various subjects (53A-H19.3).

Committee on Military Affairs: various subjects (53A-H20.1).

Committee on the Militia: various subjects (53A-H21.1).

Committee on Mines and Mining: suspension of the annual assessment work on mining claims (53A-H22.1) and various subjects (53A-H22.2). Committee on Naval Affairs: various subjects (53A-H23.1). Committee on Pacific Railroads: various subjects (53A-H24.1). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: admission of all benevolent and fraternal society publications as second-class matter (53A-H25.1); Government control of telegraph and telephone lines (53A-H25.2); new grade of letter carriers in cities whose postal revenues exceed $500,000 (53A-H25.3); reduction of postage (53A-H25.4); removal of letter carriers (53A-H25.5); repealing provision of law permitting the Postmaster General to have return requests printed on stamped envelopes (53A-H25.6); suppression of lotteries (53A-H25.7); and various subjects (53A-H25.8). Committee on Printing: creation of the office of foreman of presswork in the Government Printing Office (53A-H26.1).

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (53A-H27.1). Committee on Public Lands: military reservations (53A-H28.1); Oklahoma homesteaders (53A-H28.2); railroad lands (53A-H28.3); timber lands and forest reserves (53A-H28.4); and various subjects (53A-H28.5). Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: various subjects (53A-H29.1). Committee on Revision of the Laws: various subjects (53A-H30.1). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: bays, harbors, and inlets (53A-H31.1); canals and channels (53A-H31.2); Congaree River, S. C. (53A-H31.3); other rivers (53A-H31.4); and various subjects (53A-H31.5).

Committee on the Territories: Oklahoma Territory (53A-H32.1).
Committee on .ays and Means: alcohol, beer, whiskey, and other distilled

spirits (53A-H33.1); barley and flax (53A-433.2); books (53A-H33.3); carpets (53A-H33.4); cigars and tobacco (53A-H33.5); coal and iron. ore (53A-H33.6); cotton yarn and spool cotton (53A-H33.7); fruits and nuts (53A-H33.8); glasses (53A-H33.9); income tax (53A-H33.10); Wilson tariff bill (53A-H33.11); and various subjects (53A-H33.12).

ELECTION RECORDS.

2 ft.

675

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (53A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against J. G. Jenkins, Judge of the U. S. Circuit Court for the Seventh Circuit (533-Al).

IMPEACHMENT OF AUGUSTUS J. RICKS. 1 in.

678

Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Augustus J. Ricks, U. S. Judge for the Northern District of Ohio (538-31).

Records of the Office of the Clerk

RECORD BOOKS. 13 vols. 2 ft.

679

House bill book (53C-Al); House resolution book (530-12); Senate bill book (53C-A3); Senate resolution book (530-A4); individual ledger (5305); register of papers sent to committees (53C-A6); register of papers from committees (53C-A7); register of papers sent to the Senate (53C-A8); register of papers received from the Senate (53C-9); register of committee reports (53C-A10); record of leaves of absence granted House Members (53C-All). For record of stationery supplies furnished committees, see entry 666.

Receipts for records withdrawn (53C-B1), arranged chronologically; and various papers (53C-B2), arranged by subject.

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-97

First Session, December 2, 1895-June 11, 1396
Second Session, December 7, 1896-March 3, 1897

620

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOKS AND JOURNALS. 8 vols. 4 ft.

681

Minute books, 1st and 2d sessions (54A-A1); and legislative journal, 1st session (54A-A2) and 2d session (54A-A3).