commodity taxation, domestic (41A-F27.8); discrete papers of the committee (41A-F27.9); frauds upon the Government (41A-F27.10); fraudulent trade-marks on foreign watches (41A-F27.11); funding bill (41A-F27.12); income tax (41A-F27.13); investigation of the transfer of gold and other transactions of the subtreasury at San Francisco with the Bank of California (41A-F27.14); papers from or about various executive departments: State (41A-F27.15), Treasury (41A-F27.16), and War (41AF27.17); tariff policy (41A-F27.18); taxation policy (41A-F27.19); revenue bill (41A-F27.20); and various subjects (41A-F27.21). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 41A-F27.5, which is arranged numerically. There are also a docket volume, 2d and 3d sessions (41AF27.22); and 4 volumes of the Treasurer's accounts which were referred to the committee (41A-F27.23). For another docket, see entry 504. Select Committees: on Postal Telegraph Lines (41A-F28.1); on Reconstruction (41A-F28.2--for docket and index of this committee, see entry 504); on the Causes of the Reduction of American Tonnage (41A-F28.3); on the Ninth Census, including a docket and minutes (41A-F28.4); on the Lighting, Heating, and Ventilating the Halls of Congress (41A-F28.5); and to Attend the Funeral Ceremonies of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas (41AF28.6).

ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 28 ft.

519 Printed executive documents, 1st session, 1 volume (41A-G1); original executive documents, 2d session (41A-G2) and 3d session, 16 volumes (41AG3). Original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (41A-G4); 2d session, 1 volume and loose papers (41A-G5); and 3d session, 4 volumes and loose papers (41A-G6). Arranged numerically within each group.

29 ft.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 520 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated.

Committee on Appropriations: aids to navigation (41A-H1.1); erection of and improvements to Government buildings (41A-H1.2); increased pay for Government workers (41A-H1.3); proposed Arctic exploration by Capt. C. F. Hall (41A-H1.4); Territorial affairs (41A-H1.5); and various subjects (41A-H1.6).

Committee on Commerce: various subjects (41A-H2.1).

Committee on Elections: various subjects (41A-H3.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Cuban independence, belligerency, and related matters (41A-H4.1); and various subjects (41A-H4.2). Committee on Indian Affairs:

various subjects (41A-H5.1).

Committee on the Judiciary: various subjects (41A-H6.1).
Committee on Military Affairs: various subjects (41A-H7.1).
Committee on Patents: various subjects (41A-H8.1).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: abolition of the franking privilege (41A-H9.1); mail routes (41A-H9.2); stamped envelopes (41AH9.3); and various subjects (41A-H9.4).

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (41A-H10.1). Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (41A-11.1).

Committee on Railways and Canals: various subjects (41A-H12.1). Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: pensions for veterans and widows of veterans of the War of 1812 (41A-H13.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on the Territories:

admission of Utah Territory as a State

(41A-H14.1). Committee on Ways and Means: barley (41A-H15.1); books (41A-H15.2); coal (41A-H15.3); competitive sale of United States bonds and gold at public auction (41A-H15.4); flouring mills (41A-H15.5); funding bill and matters relating to banking (41A-H15.6); income tax (41A-H15.7); iron, steel, and the report of Hon. David A. Wells, Special Commissioner of the Revenue (41A-15.8); lead (41A-H15.9); leather and hides (41AH15.10); legacy and succession taxes (41A-H15.11); lumber (41A-H15.12); oils (41A-H15.13); protection of American industry and labor (41AH15.14); shipbuilding materials (41A-H15.15); soda (41A-H15.16); tea, coffee, sugar, and molasses (41A-H15.17); tobacco, cigars, and snuff (41A-H15.18); trees, plants, and shrubs (41A-H15.19); vinegar (41AH15.20); watches (41A-H15.21); and various subjects (41A-H15.22). Select Committee on the Causes of the Reduction of American Tonnage: various subjects (41A-H16.1).

Select Committee on the Ninth Census: various subjects (41A-H17.1). Select Committee on Reconstruction: removal of legal and political disabilities (41A-H18.1) and various subjects (41A-H18.2).

7 in.

521

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS WHICH WERE TABLED. Grouped by subject as follows: abolition of the franking privilege (41A-H19.1) and various subjects (41A-H19.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

ELECTION RECORDS.

1 in.

522

Credentials of Representatives (41A-J1), arranged alphabetically by

Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Richard Busteed, Judge of the U. S. District Court for the District of Alabama (41B-Al). For other papers relating to the impeachment of Judge Busteed, see entry 510.

Records of the Office of the Clerk

For index to claims, pensions, etc., see entry 498.

ROCORD BOOKS. 17 vols. 2 ft.

525

Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (41C-Al); petition book and index to public petitions (41C-A2); register of committee reports,

41st Congress, 1st session, to 42d Congress, 3d session (41C-A3); register of executive documents, 41st Congress, 1st session, to 42d Congress, 3d session, together with index (41C-A4); register of miscellaneous documents (41C-A5); list of requests for information from executive departments (41C-46); and 3 account books recording expenditures of the Clerk's Office, 41st Congress, 1st session, to 43d Congress, 2d session (41C-A7). For other account books, see entries 484 and 511.

OTHER RECORDS. 7 in.

526

Check stubs showing expenditures from the contingent fund (41C-B1); list of appointments to various committees (41C-B2); and receipts for records withdrawn (41C-B3). Arranged chronologically within each group.

FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1871-73

First Session, March 4-April 20, 1871
Second Session, December 4, 1871-June 10, 1872
Third Session, December 2, 1872-March 3, 1873

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 8 vols. 2 ft.

527

Minute book, 1st, 2d, and 3d sessions (42A-A1); and legislative jour nal, 1st session (42A-A2), 2d session (42A-A3), and 3d session (42A-A4).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 15 ft.

528

Seventeen volumes of original House bills (42A-B1); original House joint resolutions (42A-B2); original House concurrent resolutions (42AB3); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (42A-B4); desk copies of House bills (42A-B5); desk copies of House joint resolutions (42A-B6); and 9 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (42A-B7). Arranged numerically within each group, except 42A-B3, which is arranged chronologically, and 42A-B4, which is arranged alphabetically by Congressman. BILLS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 3 in. 529 Senate bills (42A-C1), arranged numerically.

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS FILE. 36 ft.

530

Papers relating to claims, pensions, and other forms of private relief together with papers relating to public matters (42A-D1). Arranged alphabetically by person, State, Territory, or subject.

COMMITTEE REPORTS. 28 vols. 7 ft.

531

Original committee reports, 1st session (42A-E1), 2d session (42A-E2), and 3d session (42A-E3). Arranged numerically within each group.

COMMITTEE PAPERS. 45 ft.

532

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 518. Committee on Agriculture: sharing a clerk with the Committee on Manufactures (42A-F2.1). Committee on Appropriations: administrative papers of the committee (42AF3.1); astronomical observations (42A-F3.2); claims (42A-F3.3); District of Columbia (42A-F3.4); Pacific Railroad (42A-F3.5); paper tariff (42A-F3.6); personal property in seized cotton (42A-F3.7); Shipping Commissioner's bill (42A-F3.8); papers from or about the Capitol (42AF3.9), the Coast Survey (42A-F3.10), the Congress, especially the House of Representatives (42A-F3.11), the Court of Claims (42A-F3.12), the Library of Congress (42A-F3.13), the Smithsonian Institution (42A-F3. 14), the U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries (42A-F3.15), and the White House (42A-F3.16); papers from or about executive departments: Agriculture (42A-F3.17), Interior, especially Indian matters and the 9th Census (42A-F3.18), Justice, especially extra compensation for the Pardon Attorney's Office (42A-F3.19), Navy, including the Marine Corps (42A-F3.20); Post Office (42A-F3.21), State (42A-F3.22), Treasury, expecially public buildings and lighthouses (42A-F3.23), and War, especially a telegraphic weather service and the U. S. Military Academy (42A-F3.24); and various subjects (42A-F3.25). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 42A-F3.3, which is arranged alphabetically. For letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence, see entry 504. Committee on Banking and Currency: abbreviated minutes, Feb. 12-Mar. 26, 1872 (42A-F4.1); failure, in Dec. 1871, of New York City banks (42AF4.2); First National Bank of Washington (42A-F4.3); Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia (42A-F4.4); relations of the Comptroller of the Currency and George R. Butler, former president of the Tennessee National Bank of Memphis (42A-F4.5); and various subjects (42A-F4.6). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes, 42d Congress, 2d session, to 43d Congress, 2d session (42A-F4.7); and a docket volume, 42d Congress, 2d session, to 43d Congress, 2d session (42A-F4.8).

Committee on Claims: a docket volume (42A-F5.1); and a volume of rough minutes, 42d Congress, 2d session, to 43d Congress, 2d session (42AF5.2). For other minutes, see entries 491 and 504. Committee on Commerce: consular service (42A-F6.1); investigation of the South Improvement Co. (42A-F6.2); railroad freight monopolies (42AF6.3); water communication between the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan, via the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers (42A-F6.4); and various subjects (42A-F6.5). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on the District of Columbia: administrative papers (42A-F7.1); Aqueduct Toll Bridge (42A-F7.2); cost of public printing and advertising (42A-F7.3); harbor at Washington (42A-F7.4); House and Senate bills and resolutions which were referred to the committee (42A-F7.5); pamphlet, Acts and Resolutions of the First and Second Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia (42A-F7.6); proposed new public market (42A-F7.7); railroads in the District (42A-F7.8); and various subjects (42A-F7.9). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume, 42d Congress, 2d session, to 44th Congress, 2d session (42A-F7.10). For another docket and minutes, see entry 518.

Committee on Education and Labor: aid to the American Printing House and University for the Blind (42A-F8.1) and various subjects (42AF8.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. For minutes, see entry 518.

Committee on Elections:

contested election cases of Thomas Bales v. John Edwards, Arkansas (42A-F9.1), C. C. Bowen v. Robert C. DeLarge, South Carolina (42A-F9.2), W. A. Burleigh v. M. K. Armstrong, Dakota Territory (42A-F9.3), D. C. Giddings v. W. T. Clark, Texas (42A-F9.4), David S. Gooding v. Jeremiah M. Wilson, Indiana (42A-9.5), James H. Harris v. Sion H. Rogers, North Carolina (42A-F9.6), Lewis M. Kenzie v. Elliott M. Braxton, Virginia (42A-F9.7), Isaac G. McKissick v. Alexander S. Wallace, South Carolina (42A-F9.8), George R. Maxwell v. William H. Hooper, Utah Territory (42A-F9.9), Silas L. Niblack v. Josiah T. Walls, Florida (42A-F9.10), B. W. Norris v. W. A. Handley, Alabama (42A-F9.11), Anthony A. C. Rogers v. Oliver P. Snyder, Arkansas (42A-F9.12), Robert C. Schenck v. Lewis D. Campbell, Ohio (42AF9.13), S. L. Spink v. M. K. Armstrong, Dakota Territory (42A-F9.14), Nelson Tift v. Richard H. Whiteley, Georgia (42A-F9.15), and G. W. Whitmore v. W. S. Herndon, Texas (42A-F9.16); and correspondence from Thomas H. Reeves relating to his claim as Representative at Large from Tennessee (42A-F9.17). Arranged by subject. There is also a volume of minutes, 42d Congress, 1st session, to 45th Congress, 3d session (42A-F9.18).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: administrative papers (42A-F10.1); Austrian exposition in Vienna (42A-F10.2); claims (42A-F10.3); consular affairs (42A-F10.4); enforcement of the 13th amendment of the Constitution of the United States (42A-F10.5); and relations with Great Britain (42A-F10.6), Mexico (42A-F10.7), Prussia (42A-F10.8), and Venezuela (42A-F10.9). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 42A-F10.3, which is arranged alphabetically. There are also a volume of minutes (42A-F10.10) and a docket volume (42A-F10.11). Committee on Freedmen's Affairs: a volume of minutes (42A-F11.1) and a docket volume (42A-F11.2).

Committee on Indian Affairs: amount of money due the Potawatomi Nation by the Government (42A-F12.1); Indian depredations in Kansas, 1860-71 (42A-F12.2); Indian depredations in Texas (42A-F12.3); Indian depredations, general (42A-F12.4); and various subjects (42A-F12.5). ranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume, 42d Congress, 1st session, to 43d Congress, 1st session (42AF12.6).

Ar

Committee on Invalid Pensions: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (42A-F13.1), arranged numerically by bill or resolution; and 2 docket volumes, 42d Congress, 1st session, to 43d Congress, 1st session (42A-F13.2). For minutes, see entry 449. Committee on the Judiciary: administrative papers (42A-F14.1); affairs in the District of Columbia (42A-F14.2); Alabama claims fund distribution (42A-F14.3); bankruptcy law (42A-F14.4); prohibition on congressional recommendations for appointments in the executive departments (42A-F14.5); constitutionality of military reserves within the boundaries of States (42A-F14.6); courts (42A-F14.7); enforcement of Reconstruction acts (42A-F14.8); House and Senate bills and resolutions