FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, 1885-87 First Session, December 7, 1885-August 5, 1886 Records of Legislative Proceedings MINUTE BOOKS AND JOURNALS. 12 vols. 3 ft. 618 Minute book, 1st session (49A-A1); legislative journal, 1st session (49A-A2); minute book, 2d session (49A-A3); and legislative journal, 2d session (49A-A4). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 20 ft. 619 Forty-seven volumes of original House bills (49A-B1); 1 volume of original House joint resolutions (49A-B2); original House concurrent resolutions (49A-B3); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (49AB4); desk copies of House bills passed (49A-B5); desk copies of House joint resolutions passed (49A-B6); and 22 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (49A-B7). Arranged numerically within each group, except 49A-B3, which is arranged chronologically, and 49A-B4, which is arranged alphabetically by Congressman. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 620 6 in Senate bills (49A-C1) and Senate joint resolutions (49A-C2). Arranged numerically within each group. ACCOMPANYING PAPERS FILE. 1 ft. 621 Papers relating to claims, pensions, and other forms of private relief together with papers relating to public matters (49A-D1). Arranged alphabetically by person, State, Territory, or subject. COMMITTEE REPORTS. 46 vols. 12 ft. 622 Original committee reports, 1st session (49A-El) and 2d session (49AE2). Arranged numerically within each group. 623 COMMITTEE PAPERS. 40 ft. Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: various subjects (49A-F1.1), arranged chronologically. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F1.2) and a docket volume (49A-F1.3). For statement of accounts before the committee, see entry 599. Committee on Agriculture: agricultural experiment stations and colleges (49A-F2.1); Bureau of Animal Industry (49A-F2.2); and various subjects (49A-F2.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. For minutes, see entry 599; and dockets, entries 599 and 610. Committee on Appropriations: Alaska (49A-F3.1); claims (49A-F3.2); Court of Claims (49A-F3.3); District of Columbia (49A-F3.4); Government hospitals, and charitable and penal institutions (49A-F3.5); House of Representatives (49A-F3.6); National Conference of Electricians, Philadelphia, 1884 (49A-F3.7); ordnance, coast defenses, and fortifi cations (49A-F3.8); papers from or about the following executive departments: Agriculture (49A-F3.9), Interior (49A-F3.10), Justice (49AF3.11), Navy (49A-F3.12), Post Office (49A-F3.13), State (49A-F3.14), Treasury (49A-F3.15), and War (49A-F3.16); pensions (49A-F3.17); public buildings (49A-F3.18); pay and fees of civil and military personnel (49A-F3.19); Washington Monument (49A-F3.20); and various subjects (49A-F3.21). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 49AF3.2, which is arranged alphabetically, and 49A-F3.21, which is arranged by subject. For letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence, see entry 586. Committee on Banking and Currency: bills referred to the committee (49AF4.1), arranged numerically; and various subjects (49A-F4.2), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F4.3) and a docket volume (49A-F4.4). Committee on Claims: 2 volumes of minutes (49A-F5.1) and 3 docket volumes (49A-F5.2). a volume of minutes (49A Committee on Coinage, weights, and Measures: F6.1) and a docket volume (49A-F6.2). Committee on Commerce: aids to navigation (49A-F7.1); bridges (49A-F7.2); life-saving stations (49A-F7.3); National Board of Health (49A-F7.4); and various subjects (49A-F7.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 49A-F7.5, which is arranged by subject. Committee on the District of Columbia: a volume of minutes (49A-F8.1); a docket volume (49A-F8.2); and a volume of testimony relating to steam and street railroads in the District (49A-F8.3). Committee on Education: Charles A. Story's system of spelling (49A-F9.1) and various subjects (49A-F9.2). Arranged by subject. Committee on Elections: contested election cases of Frank G. Campbell v. James B. Weaver, Iowa (49A-F10.1); T. E. Chambliss v. James D. Brady, Virginia (49A-F10.2); George H. Craig v. Alexander C. Davidson, Alabama (49A-F10.3); Frank H. Hurd v. Jacob Romeis, Ohio (49A-F10.4); Meredith H. Kidd v. George W. Steele, Indiana (49A-F10.5); Montague R. Leverson and Archibald F. McGrew v. C. N. Felton and Henry H. Markham, California (49A-F10.6); Alexander M. McKay v. Barclay Henley, California (49AF10.7); Charles H. Page v. William A. Pirce, Rhode Island (49A-F10.8); Charles A. Sumner v. James A. Louttil, California (49A-F10.9); and James M. Whitehead v. Hilary A. Herbert, Alabama (49A-F10.10). Arranged by subject. Committee on Enrolled Bills: a list of committee members (49A-F11.1) and a volume relating to the enrollment of bills and resolutions (49A-F11.2). Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice: various subjects (49A-F12.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F12.2) and a docket volume (49A-F12.3). Committee on Expenditures in the State Department: a docket volume (49A F13.1). Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: various subjects (49AF14.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-` F14.2) and a docket volume (49A-F14.3). Committee on Foreign Affairs: American exhibition, London, 1886 (49AF15.1); claim of the Spanish Government for payment of interest withheld on East Florida claims (49A-F15.2); consular organization (49AF15.3); international cables (49A-F15.4); international copyright (49A-F15.5); Nicaraguan canal (49A-F15.6); papers relating to American and Chinese relations (49A-F15.7), American and Japanese relations (49A-F15.8), and American and Korean relations (49A-F15.9); rights of American fishermen in British North American waters (49A-F15.10); and various subjects (49A-F15.11). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 49A-F15.11, which is arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F15.12) and a docket volume (49A-F15.13). Committee on Indian Affairs: a volume listing papers sent to the Court of Claims in Indian depredation cases (49A-F16.1) and various subjects (49A-F16.2), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F16.3) and a docket volume (49A-F16.4). Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (49A-F17.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F17.2) and 6 docket volumes (49A-F17.3). For other docket entries, 1st session, see entry 610. Committee on the Judiciary: bigamy (49A-F18.1); hearings relating to title of the United States in the lakefront in Chicago (49A-F18.2); and various subjects (49A-F18.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F18.4) and 2 docket volumes (49A-F18.5). Committee on Labor: various subjects (49A-F19.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F19.2) and a docket volume (49A-F19.3). Committee on the Library: a report of the Commission for the Construction of the Congressional Library Building (49A-F20.1); and various subjects (49A-F20.2), arranged by subject. arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (49A-F20.3). Committee on Military Affairs: a report on Haskell's multicharge gun (49A-F21.1); and various subjects (49A-F21.2), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F21.3) and 3 docket volumes (49A-F21.4). Committee on the Militia: various subjects (49A-F22.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F22.2) and a docket volume (49A-F22.3). Committee on Mines and Mining: a docket volume (49A-F23.1). Committee on Naval Affairs: consolidation of the bureaus of the Navy Department (49A-F24.1); Ericsson's destroyer and submarine gun (49AF24.2); the Howell torpedo (49A-F24.3); increase in the Naval Establishment (49A-F24.4); inquiry into the retirement of Lt. C. H. Nye, U. S. M. Č. (49A-F24.5); warship construction and design (49A-F24.6); and various subjects (49A-F24.7). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 49A-F24.7, which is arranged by subject. Committee on Pacific Railroads: various subjects (49A-F25.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F25.2) and a docket volume (49A-F25.3). Committee on Patents: annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for 1885 (49A-F26.1); and various papers (49A-F26.2), arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (49A-F26.3). Committee on Pensions: a volume of minutes (49A-F27.1) and a docket volume (49A-F27.2). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: foreign mails (49A-F28.1); free delivery system (49A-F28.2); lotteries and obscene matter (49A-F28.3); mail messenger service (49A-F28.4); postal rates, revenue, and expenditures (49A-F28.5); postal savings banks (49A-F28.6); railroad transportation of the mails (49A-F28.7); salaries and personnel in the Post Office Department (49A-F28.8); steamboat service (49A-F28.9); telegraphic facilities and services (49A-F28.10); and various subjects (49A-F28.11). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 49A F28.11, which is arranged by subject. Committee on Printing: various subjects (49A-F29.1), arranged by subject. Committee on Private Land Claims: a volume of minutes (49A-F30.1) and a docket volume (49A-F30.2). Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (49A-F31.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F31.2); a docket volume (49A-F31.3); and a volume of letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence, 49th Congress, 1st session, to 50th Congress, 2d session (49A-F31.4). Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (49A-F32.1), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F32.2) and a docket volume (49A-F32.3). Committee on Railways and Canals: various subjects (49A-F33.1), arranged by subject. There is also a volume of minutes (49A-F33.2). Committee on Rivers and Harbors: northwestern waterways (49A-F34.1), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (49A-F34.2), arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (49A-F34.3). For minutes, see entry 610. Committee on Rules: various subjects (49A-F35.1), arranged by subject. For docket, see entry 610. Committee on the Territories: Dakota Territory (49A-F36.1) and Oklahoma Territory (49A-F36.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F36.3) and 2 docket volumes (49A-F36.4). Committee on War Claims: 5 docket volumes (49A-F37.1). Committee on Ways and Means: warehousing system (49A-F38.1), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (49A-F38.2), arranged by subject. There are also a volume of minutes (49A-F38.3) and 2 docket volumes (49A-F38.4). Select Committee on the Election of President and Vice President of the United States: a volume of minutes (49A-F39.1). Select Committee to Investigate the Facts Concerning the Ownership of Pan Electric Telephone Stock by Certain Public Officers: a report of the committee, H. Rept. 3142 of the 1st session (49A-F40.1). Select Committee on Reform in the Civil Service: a hearing relating to the appropriation for the Jeffersonville, Ind., levee (49A-F41.1). Other select committees: various subjects (49A-F42.1), arranged by subject. Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: For docket, see entry 610. ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS. 281 vols. 69 ft. 624 Original executive documents, 1st session (49A-Gl) and 2d session (49A-G2); and original miscellaneous documents, 1st session (49A-G3) and 2d session (49A-G4). Arranged numerically within each group. 46 ft. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 625 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated. Committee on Accounts: various subjects (49A-H1.1). Committee on Agriculture: agricultural colleges and experiment stations (49A-H2.1); branding of cattle and grazing on public lands (49A-H2.2); compulsory labeling of compound lard (49A-H2.3); development of a domestic silk culture industry (49A-H2.4); enactment of legislation to help eradicate pleuropneumonia in cattle (49A-H2.5); establishment of a Department of Agriculture headed by a Secretary with Cabinet rank (49A-112.6); establishment of a Division of Pomology for the study of plants and their diseases (49A-H2.7); taxation and control of oleomargarine and other butter substitutes (49A-H2.8); and various subjects (49A-H2.9). Committee on Appropriations: aid in defraying expenses of the International Medical Congress held in Washington in 1887 (49A-H3.1); aid to organizations engaged in various social service activities (49A-H3.2); Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Hydrographic Office (49A-H3.3); coast and harbor defense (49A-H3.4); continuation of the National Board of Health (49A-H3.5); erection of a public building in Milwaukee (49A-H3.6); lighthouses and tenders, and expansion of the Signal Service (49A-H3.7); organization of a Steam Transportation Section in the National Museum (49A-H3.8); pay adjustments and increases for various Federal employees (49A-H3.9); payment of all unappealed awards and judgments growing out of damages caused by improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers (49AH3.10); relief for victims of storms, floods, and droughts (49A-H3.11); transportation for colored citizens wishing to emigrate to Liberia (49A-H3.12); and various subjects (49A-H3.13). Committee on Banking and Currency: issue of $1 and $2 bills (49A-H4.1) and various subjects (49A-H4.2). Committee on Claims: various subjects (49A-H5.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: free ooinage of silver (49A- American registry of foreign-built ships (49AH7.1); bridges (49A-H7.2); construction of a "ship railway" across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (49A-H7.3); legislation restricting and limiting fishing operations (49A-H7.4); National Board of Health and epidemic diseases (49A-H7.5); license tax refund to captains, pilots, engineers, and masters of steam vessels (49A-H7.6); life-saving stations (49 A-H7.7); lighthouses, lightships, and other aids to navigation (49A-H7.8); ports of entry and delivery, and customhouses (49AH7.9); regulation of interstate commerce and elimination of discrimination in freight rates (49A-H7.10); regulation of the transportation of livestock (49A-H7.11); relief of commercial travelers from State and local license laws (49A-H7.12); and various subjects (49A-H7.13). Committee on Education: temperance instruction in schools supported by Federal funds (49A-H8.1) and various subjects (49A-HƐ.2). |