(35 A-G15.5); planing machine patents (35A-G15.6); power-weaving loom patent (35A-G15.7); surveying and calculating instruments (35A-G15.8); and various subjects (35A-G15.9). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (35A-G16.1); mail routes (35A-G16.2); ocean mail routes (35A-G16.3); overland mail route, California via Arizona (35A-G16.4); postal rates and laws (35A-G16.5); post offices (35A-G16.6); and various subjects (35A-G16.7). 35A-G16.1 is arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and 35 A-G16.2 and 35A-G16.6 are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Committee on Printing: various subjects (35A-G17.1).

Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (35A-G18.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (35A-G19.1). Committee on Public Lands: land grants for agricultural colleges and other public institutions (35A-G20.1); claims (35A-G20.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; geological surveys of public lands on the Pacific coast (35A-G20.3); land grants for the benefit of historical and antiquarian societies (35A-G20.4); land grant (Fort Brooks) to the city of Tampa, Fla. (35A-G20.5); land grant to person who may discover cause of milk sickness (35A-G20.6); monopoly of and traffic in public lands (35A-G20.7); railroads (35A-G20.8); and various subjects (35AG20.9).

Committee on Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (35A-G21.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: various subjects (35A-G22.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Roads and Canals: river and canal improvements (35A-G23.1). Committee on the Territories: claims (35A-G24.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; Kansas Territory (35A-G24.2); overland route to California via Arizona (35A-G24.3); and various subjects (35A-G24.4). Committee on Ways and Means: claims (35A-G25.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; iron, coal, and salt (35 A-G25.2); mint and assay offices (35A-G25.3); tariff and revenue laws (35A-G25.4); and various subjects (35A-G25.5).

Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad: Kansas valley route (35A-G26.1) and Phelps bill (35A-G26.2).

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE TABLED. 1 ft.

438

Grouped by subject as follows: agricultural colleges and other institutions of learning (35A-H1.1); claims (35A-H1.2); 1st article of the Constitution of the United States (35A-H1.3); franking privilege (35A-H1.4); Lt. Matthew Fontaine Maury (35A-H1.5); meteorological observations (35AH1.6); military bands (35A-H1.7); national currency and uniform rates of interest (35A-H1.8); national foundries (35A-H1.9); ocean mail routes (35A-H1.10); Pacific mail service (35A-H1.11); public lands (35A-H1.12); railroads (35A-H1.13); Rock Island (35A-H1.14); supplying water on the Ohio River (35A-H1.15); telegraph lines to Fort Laramie and Salt Lake (35A-H1.16); Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Co. (35A-H1.17); and various subjects (354-H1.18). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 35A-H1.2, which is arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

ELECTION RECORDS.

1/2 in.

439

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (35A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS. 9 vols. 2 ft. 440 Original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (35A-K1) and 2d session (35A-K2). Arranged numerically within each group.

OTHER RECORDS.

3 in.

441

Two volumes of roll calls (35A-L1), arranged chronologically; and a letter from N. B. Banks to the Speaker, announcing his resignation from the House (35A-L2).

Records of Impeachment Proceedings

IMPEACHMENT OF THOMAS IRWIN. 4 in.

442

Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Thomas Irwin, Judge of the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (35B-A1).

IMPEACHMENT OF JOHN C. WATROUS. 1 ft.

443

Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against John C. Watrous, Judge of the U. S. District Court for the District of Texas (35B-B1). For other papers relating to the impeachment of Judge Watrous, see entries 427 and 457.

Records of the Office of the Clerk

For transcribed reports of the Committee on Claims, see entry 414.

RECORD BOOKS. 9 vols. 1 ft.

444

Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (35C-A1); petition book (35C-A2); record of orders of the day (35C-A3); record of committee reports (35C-A4); a volume showing the libraries designated by Members of Congress to receive books under the act of Mar. 3, 1857 (35C-A5); and 4 account books recording expenditures of the Clerk's Office, 35th Congress, 1st session, to 37th Congress, 1st session (35C-A6). For membership of standing and select committees, and a register of resolutions, see entry 398; for a record of referrals to and reports from the Court of Claims, see entry 413; and for a register of executive documents, a register of House and Senate documents, reports, and bills, a register of House bills and resolutions, bill book of House bills based upon reports from the Court of Claims, a register of reports from the Court of Claims, and account books, see entry 428.

OTHER RECORDS. 1/2 in.

445

Receipts for records withdrawn (35C-B1) and correspondence relating to Dunlop's Digest of United States Laws (35C-B2). Arranged chronologically within each group. For Clerk's letter book, see entry 415.

THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, 1859-61

First Session, December 5, 1859-June 25, 1860
Second Session, December 3, 1860-March 2, 1861

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 3 vols. 11 in.

446

Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (36A-Al); and legislative journal, 1st session (36A-A2) and 2d session (36A-A3).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 8 ft.

447

Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (36A-B1); original House joint resolutions and joint resolutions upon which further action was taken (36A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (36A-B3); 4 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (36A-B4); and House bills based upon reports from the Court of Claims (36A-B5). Arranged numerically within each group, except 36A-B3, which is arranged alphabetically by Congressman.

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE
HOUSE. 6 in.

Senate bills (36A-C1) and Senate joint resolutions (36A-C2). numerically within each group.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 13 ft.

448

Arranged

Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: For minutes, see entry 434.

449

Committee on Agriculture: pleuropneumonia in cattle (36A-D2.1). Committee on Claims: claims (36A-D3.1), arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (36A-D3.2); a volume listing claims according to date of filing, 36th Congress, 1st session, to 38th Congress, 2d session (36A-D3.3); and 8 volumes comprising a record of claims arising from disorders in Kansas, Nov. 1, 1855, to Dec. 1, 1856, as audited in 1859 by Territorial commissioners (36A-D3.4). For minutes, see entry 419; and letter book, entry 434. Committee on Commerce: claims (36A-D4.1); the coolie trade (36A-D4.2); courthouses, customhouses, post offices, and other public buildings (36h-D4.3); fraudulent misbranding (36A-D4.4); lighthouses (36A-D4.5); marine hospitals (36A-D4.6); ports of entry and collection districts (36A-D4.7); protection of female immigrants (36A-D4.8); Provincetown Harbor (36A-D4.9); and various subjects (36A-D4.10). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D4.1, which is arranged alphabetically.

Committee on the District of Columbia:

claims (36A-D5.1); hospital for the insane (36A-D5.2); incorporation of the Metropolitan Gas Co. (36AD5.3); incorporation of the U. S. Agricultural Society (36A-D5.4); trackage extensions from the Georgetown terminus of the Metropolitan Railroad Co. (36A-D5.5); Washington Infirmary (36A-D5.6); Washington National Monument (36A-D5.7). Arranged chronologically within each

group, except 36A-D5.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 2d session (36A-D5.8).

Committee on Elections: contested elections cases of Francis P. Blair v. John R. Barrett, Missouri (36A-D6.1); James S. Chrisman v. William C. Anderson, Kentucky (36A-D6.2); Samuel G. Daily v. Experience Estabrook, Territory of Nebraska (36A-D6.3); William G. Harrison v. Henry Winter Davis, Maryland (36A-D6.4); William A. Howard v. George B. Cooper, Michigan (36A-D6.5); William P. Preston v. J. Morrison Harris, Maryland (36A-D6.6); and Amos J. Williamson v. Daniel E. Sickles, New York (36AD6.7). There are also proceedings of a convention held at "Hamilton Rocky Mountains," Sept. 22, 1860, setting up the "United Mining District" and naming H. C. Wetmore to represent the wants of the region to Congress (36A-D6.8). For minutes, see entry 419.

Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department:

a report on alleged

abuses in the- Navy Department (36A-D7.1). Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: investigation of the mode of expending the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen (36A-D8.1). There is also a docket volume, 2d session (36A-D8.2). Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: investigation of the contract for the marble for the extension to the Capitol (36A-D9.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (36A-D10.1); the consular and

diplomatic system of the United States (36A-D10.2); inquiry into French seizure of the American barque Adriatic (36A-D10.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D10.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 1st session (36A-D10.4). Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (36A-D11.1); demands arising under the Intercourse Act of 1834 (36A-D11.2); estimate of funds required for the Indian Service, and an additional estimate for that Service in the Territory of Utah (36A-D11.3); the Miami Reserve in Kansas (36A-D11.4); protection of the Texas frontier (36A-D11.5); Cherokee reservations under treaties of 1817 and 1819 (36A-D11.6); satisfaction of Ponca treaty stipulations (36A-D11.7); testimony taken in Menominee Indian Investigation, 1860 (36A-D11.8). Arranged chronologically within each

group, except 36A-D11.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (36A-D12.1), arranged alphabetically. There are also a volume of minutes, 36th Congress, 1st session, to 45th Congress, 3d session (36A-D12.2); and 2 docket volumes (36A-D12.3). Committee on the Judiciary: claims (36A-D13.1); compensation of district attorneys, marshals, and court employees (36A-D13.2); the Court of Claims (36A-D13.3); Federal courts in Arkansas, New Hampshire, New York, and Pennsylvania (36A-D13.4); jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (36AD13.5); polygamy in the Territories (36A-D13.6); protest of the President, Mar. 28, 1860, against the Covode Resolution adopted by the House, Mar. 5, 1860 (36A-D13.7); relaxation of Federal laws thought coercive upon State sovereignty (36A-D13.8); slavery in the Territory of New Mexico (36A-D13.9); suppression of the foreign slave trade (36A-D13.10); and various subjects (36A-D13.11). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D13.1 and 36A-D13.11, which are arranged alphabetically. There are also a volume of minutes, 36th Congress, lst session, to 37th Congress, 2d session (36A-D13.12); and 2 docket volumes (36A-D13.13).

Committee on Military Affairs: claims (36A-D14.1); commission of outrages on Minnesota citizens by soldiers from Fort Ridgeley (36A-D14.2); military roads in the Territory of New Mexico (36A-D14.3); militia in the District of Columbia (36A-D14.4); national foundries in Alabama and Pennsylvania for the casting of cannon (36A-D14.5); St. Louis Arsenal (36A-D14.6); and strengthening of Tortugas Harbor and Forts Jefferson and Taylor in the Florida Keys (36A-D14.7). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D14.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (36A-D14.8). For minutes, see entry 419; and the committee clerk's calendar, entry 434. Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (36A-D15.1); contract with Chiriqui Improvement Co. for services and privileges in the Republic of New Granda (36A-D15.2); pay of clerks and pursers (36-D15.3); purchase and examination of naval and marine inventions and improvements (36AD15.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D15.1, which is arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Patents: McCormick patent for reaping and mowing machines (36A-D16.1) and various subjects (36A-D16.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume, 36th Congress, lst session, and 43d Congress, 1st session (36A-D16.3).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (36A-D17.1); reorganization of the postal service (36A-D17.2); unlawful collection and delivery of letters (36A-D17.3); and various subjects (36A-D17.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D17.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 2d session (36A-D17.5). Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (36A-D18.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 2d session (36A-D18.2). Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: a new jail for the District of Columbia (36A-D19.1); and relief of James Harrington, a special watchman, and Caleb Warner, a marble worker (36A-D19.2).

Committee on Public Expenditures: investigation of public printing (36AD20.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Public Lands: claims (36A-D21.1); grant of land to Iowa for the improvement of the Des Moines River (36A-D21.2); recognition of the survey of Grand Cheniere Island, La. (364-D21.3); rights of preemption of land by mail contractors (36A-D21.4); and various subjects (36A-D21.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D21.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (36A-D21.6). For minutes, see entry 419.

Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (36A-D22.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 1st session (36A-D22.2). Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (36A-D23.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 1st session (36A-D23.2). Committee on the Territories: copy of a constitution for Kansas adopted at hyandot, July 29, 1859 (36A-D24.1); original drafts of proposed bills providing Territorial governments for Arizona, Chippewa (between Minnesota and Washington), Dakota, Idaho, levada, and New Mexico (36AD24.2); and certain administrative officials of the Territories of New Mexico and washington (36A-D24.3). Arranged by subject. For docket

and minutes, see entry 434.