Committee on Ways and Means: claims (36A-D25.1); papers from or about the Attorney General's Office (36A-D25.2), the Government Printing Office (36A-D25.3), and officers of the House of Representatives (36AD25.4); papers from or about the following executive departments: Interior (36A-D25.5), Navy (36A-D25.6), Post Office (36A-D25.7), State (36A-D25.8), Treasury (36A-D25.9), and War (36A-D25.10); and various subjects (36A-D25.11). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-D25.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 1st session (36A-D25.12). For minutes, see entry 434. Select committees: Select Committee on Alleged Improper Interference by Officers of the Government with Legislation of Congress, Employment of Money to Carry Elections, Etc. (36A-D26.1); Select Committee of One From Each State on the Condition of the Country (36A-D26.2); Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad (36A-D26.3); Select Committee Appointed to Investigate the Public Store Contract in New York City (36A-D26.4); Select Committee on the Rules of the House of Representatives (36AD26.5); and Select Committee on the Tobacco Trade (36A-D26.6). Numbered committee reports: unbound original House reports, 2d session (36A-D27.1), arranged numerically. Committee of the Whole House: For minutes, see entry 404. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 12 vols. 4 ft. 450 Original annual message, with pertinent documents, 1859; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and communications from executive departments, 1st session (36A-El). Arranged chronologically. The annual message for the 2d session is missing, but other communications from the President are bound in the executive documents series described in entry 451. 451 REPORTS AND COMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 45 vols. 11 ft. Reports and communications, 1st session, from the Secretary of State (36A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (36A-F2), the Secretary of War (36A-F3), the Secretary of the Navy (36A-F4), the Postmaster General (36A-F5), and the Secretary of the Interior (36A-F6). Reports and communications from the President and executive departments for the 2 session are bound in the executive documents series (36A-F7). There are also reports from the Court of Claims (36-F8). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-F7 and 36A-F8, which are arranged numerically. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 27 ft. Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated. various subjects (36A-01.1). 452 Committee on Agriculture: tioner. Committee on Commerce: channel, harbor, and river improvements (36A-G3.1); claims (36A-G3.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; life-saving stations and apparatus (36A-G3.3); lighthouses, light-vessels, and beacons (36A-G3.4); Revenue-Cutter Service (36A-G3.5); and various subjects (36A-G3.6). Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (36A-G4.1). Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: various subjects (36A-G6.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: by petitioner; slave trade Committee on Indian Affairs: by petitioner; and various Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (35A-C9.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Judiciary: bankruptcy law (36A-G10.1); claims (36A-G10.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; Crittenden Compromise (36A-G10.3); fugitive slave laws (36A-G10.4); slavery, abolition of (36A-G10.5); slavery in the District of Columbia, abolition of (36A-G10.6); slaves, freeing by purchase (36A-G10.7); slave trade (36-G10.8); and various subjects (36A-G10.9). claims (36A-G7.1), arranged alphabetically (36-G7.2); and various subjects (36A-G7.3). claims (36A-G8.1), arranged alphabetically subjects (36A-G8.2). Committee on Military Affairs: claims (36A-G11.1); arranged alphabetically by petitioner; Government arsenals, foundries, and military posts (36A-11.2); and various subjects (36A-G11.3). Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (36A-G12.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; naval signals, inventions, and patents (36A-G12.2); pay of Navy officers (36A-12.3); and various subjects (36-G12.4). Committee on Patents: extension of S. F. B. Morse's patents on telegraphic inventions (36A-G13.1) and various subjects (36A-G13.2). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (36A-G14.1); mail routes (36A-G14.2), arranged alphabetically by States, and thereunder chronologically; ocean mail (36A-G14.3); postal laws (36A-G14.4); post offices and customhouses (36A-G14.5); and various subjects (36A-G14.6). Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (36A-G15.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (36-16.1). Committee on Public Lands: bounty land and homestead laws (36A-G17.1); claims (36A-G17.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; Indian lands (36A-G17.3); land districts (36A-G17.4); land entries and patents (36-G17.5); land grants for railroad construction (36A-G17.6); land grants for river improvements (36A-G17.7); land grants for schools (36A-C17.8); land grants to soldiers and militiamen of the war of 1812 and the Indian wars (36A-C17.9); and various subjects (36A-G17.10). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: Various subjects (36A-18.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: various subjects (36A-19.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Roads and Canals: various subjects (36A-G20.1). Committee on the Territories: various subjects (36A-G21.1). Committee on ways and Means: copper coins (36A-G22.1); duty on iron (36A-G22.2); Morrill Tariff bill (36h-22.3); payment of New Mexico militia and volunteers (36-022.4); protection of American industry (36A-22.5); and various subjects (36A-G22.6). Select Committee of One From Each State on the Condition of the Country: Crittenden Compromise (36A-23.1); national convention for the settlement of national difficulties (36A-G23.2); and various subjects (36AG23.3). Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad: various subjects (36A-G24.1). Select Committee on the Special Message of the President of Jan. 8, 1861: Constitution and laws of the United States (36A-G25.1); Crittenden Compromise (36A-G25.2); national convention for the settlement of national difficulties (36A-G25.3); and various subjects (36A-G25.4). PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE TABLED. 3 ft. 453 Grouped by subject as follows: claims (36A-H1.1); Constitution and laws of the United States (36A-H1.2); Crittenden Compromise (36A-H1.3); national convention for the settlement of national difficulties (36AH1.4); national difficulties (36A-H1.5); patents and inventions (36^H1.6); Post Office Department revenue and efficiency (36A-H1.7); rivers and harbors (36A-H1.8); slavery (36A-H1.9); and various subjects (36AH.10). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 36A-H1.1, which is arranged alphabetically by petitioner. ELECTION RECORDS. 3 in. 454 Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (36A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory. ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS. 13 vols. 3 ft. 455 Original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (36A-Kl) and 2d session (36A-K2). Arranged numerically within each group. OTHER RECORDS. 10 in. Two volumes of roll calls (36A-il), arranged chronologically; and various papers (36A-12), arranged by subject. 456 Records of Impeachment Proceedings 4 ft. IMPEACHMENT OF JOHN C. ATROUS. 457 Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against John C. atrous, Judge of the U. S. District Court for the District of Texas (36B-Al). For other papers relating to the impeachment of Judge Watrous, see entries 427 and 443. Records of the Office of the Clerk RECORD BOOKS. 6 vols. 9 in. 458 Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (36C-Al); petition book (360-A2); record of orders of the day (36C-A3); record of committee reports (360-A4); and record of miscellaneous documents (36C-A5). For membership of standing and select committees, and a register of resolutions, see entry 398; for a register of reports from the Court of Claims, and a bill book of House bills based upon reports from the Court of Claims, see entry 428; and for account books, see entry 444. OTHER RECORDS. 3 in. Receipts for records withdrawn (36C-B1), arranged chronologically. For Clerk's letter book, see entry 415. 459 INDEX. 1 vol. 3/4 in. Subject index to House bills and resolutions (36C-C1). THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1861-63 First Session, July 4-August 6, 1861 Records of Legislative Proceedings MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 4 vols. 1 ft. 460 461 Minute book, 1st, 2d, and 3d sessions (37A-Al); and legislative journal, 1st session (37A-A2), 2d session (37A-43), and 3d session (37A-A4). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 14 ft. 462 Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (37A-B1); original House joint resolutions (37A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (37A-B3); 6 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (374-B4); and House bills based upon reports from the Court of Claims (37A-B5). Arranged numerically within each group, except 37A-B3, which is arranged alphabetically by Congressman. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 4 in. 463 Senate bills (37A-C1) and Senate joint resolutions (37A-C2). Arranged numerically within each group. COMMITTEE REPORTS. 9 ft. 464 Original committee reports, 1st session (37A-D1), zu session (37A-D2), and 3d session (37A-D3). Arranged numerically within each group. 465 COMMITTEE PAPERS. 8 ft. 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. Committee on Claims: claim of John W. Hill of Mercer County, Ky., for property seized by Federal troops (37A-E2.1); printed Court of Claims reports (37A-E2.2), arranged numerically. There are also 2 docket volumes, 37th Congress, 1st session, to 38th Congress, 2d session (37A-E2.3). For minutes, see entry 419; letter book, entry 434; and a volume listing claims, entry 449. Committee on Commerce: claim of William Finney of Plymouth, Mass., for a bounty in respect to the schooner Coiner (37A-E3.1); establishment of a branch mint in the Territory of Nevada (37A-£3.2); regulations on internal and coastwise commerce with the insurrectionary States (37A-E3.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on the District of Columbia: failure of the Bullion Bank of Washington, D. C. (37A-E4.1); grant of authorization to the citizens of the District of Columbia to send a Delegate to Congress (37A-E4.2); improvement of the Washington Canal (37A-E4.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume, 37th Congress, 1st session, to 38th Congress, 1st session (37A-E4.4). Committee on Elections: election cases of S. Ferguson Beach, Virginia (37A-E5.1); John M. Butler v. william E. Lehman, Pennsylvania (37AE5.2); LeGrand Byington v. William Vandever, Iowa (37A-E5.3); Henry Foster, North Carolina (37A-E5.4); John Kline v. John Verree, Pennsylvania (37A-E5.5); F. F. Low, California (37A-E5.6); J. Sterling Morton v. Samuel G. Daily, Nebraska (37A-E5.7); Joseph Segar, Virginia (37AE5.8); and Charles H. Upton, Virginia (37A-E5.9). Arranged by subject. For minutes, see entry 419. Committee on Foreign Affairs: claim of Z. B. Caverly, late Secretary of Legation to Peru, for losses by exchange rates (37A-E6.1); consular appointment to Port Burwell, Canada (37A-E6.2); consular pay (37A-E6.3); consular salary increase to Franklin Chase, at Tampico, Mexico (37AE6.4); disbursements by Isaac R. Diller, late consul at Bremen, Germany (37A-E6.5); fraudulent naturalizations (37A-E6.6); recovery for damages inflicted by the Union blockading force upon the Swedish brig Admiral P. Tordenskiold (37A-E6.7); and various subjects (37A-E6.8). Arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes, 37th Congress, 2d session, to 38th Congress, 2d session (37A-E6.9); and a docket volume, 37th Congress, 1st session, to 38th Congress, 2d session (37A-E6.10). Committee on Indian Affairs: attitude of John Beeson of Philadelphia about hostilities toward Indians, particularly those near Humboldt Bay, Calif. (37A-E7.1); appropriation of funds to conclude a treaty with the Brulé and Yanktonai Indians of the Territory of Dakota (37A-E7.2); assistance to destitute New York Indians in Kansas (37A-E7.3); claims of Delaware Indians for thefts by white men in Kansas (37A-E7.4); relief of destitute Choctaw and Seminole Indians in Kansas, driven there from Indian Territory by disloyal Indians with the aid of Confederate forces (37A-E7.5); communications of H. B. whipple, Bishop of Minnesota, Mar. 6, 1862, to the President about Indian affairs in Minnesota (37AE7.6); constructive expenditures of Treasury funds belonging to the Winnebago Indians (37A-E7.7); curbing of Winnebago outrages through proceedings of a military commission sitting at South Bend, Minn., in Nov. 1862 (37A-E7.8); delineation of the claims of certain Nemaha halfbreeds, based on the Treaty of Prairie du Chien of July 15, 1830, and subsequent acts of Congress (37A-E7.9); elevation in salary for the Indian Agent in the Territory of Nevada (37A-E7.10); unsettled accounts of Brigham Young, late Governor and ex officio Superintendent of Indian Affairs of the Territory of Utah (37A-E7.11); funds to conclude treaties, and other subjects, affecting Indian affairs in the Territory of Utah (37A-E7.12); investigation, by a commission, of tribal affairs throughout the United States (37A-E7.13); a print of Laws, Regulations, Etc., of the Indian Bureau, 1850, published in 1861, and a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs submitting additional estimates, transmitted by the Secretary of Interior, Apr. 1, 1862, published as Senate Misc. Doc. No. 79, 37th Congress, 2d session (37A-E7.14); and Southern Superintendency, abstract of disbursements for the 3d quarter of 1862 (37-7.15). Arranged chronologically within each group. |