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lading (59A-H11.2); Federal control of quarantines (59A-H11.3); livestock transportation (59A-H11.4); free passes for railroad employees and their families (59A-H11.5); pure food and drug legislation (59A-H11. 6); reciprocal demurrage (59A-H11.7); safety signal devices (59A-H11.8); 16-hour bill (59A-H11.9); and various subjects (59A-H11.10). Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (59A-H12.1). Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands: various subjects (59A-H13.1). Committee on the Judiciary: Bankruptcy Act (59A-H14.1); claim of Liliuokalani for restitution of certain crown property in Hawaii (59A-H1.2); employers' liability and anti-injunction legislation (59A-H1.3); kidnapping of Moyer, Haywood, and Pettibone (59A-H14.4); Littlefield bill to regulate interstate and Territorial commerce (59A-H1.5); polygamy (59A-H14.6); and various subjects (59A-H14.7).

Committee on the Library: various subjects (59A-H15.1).

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: various subjects (59A-H16.1). Committee on Military Affairs: Army canteens (59A-H17.1); travel pay of Philippine volunteer officers (59A-H17.2); and various subjects (59A-H17. 3). Committee on Naval Affairs: building of battleships (59A-H18.1); increase in pay for machinists in the Naval Gun Factory, Washington (59A-H18.2); preservation of the U.S.S. Constitution (59A-H18.3); and various subjects (59A-H18.4).

Committee on Patents: copyright law (59A-H19.1); trade-mark law (59A-H19. 2); and various subjects (59A-H19.3).

Committee on Pensions: various subjects (59A-H20.1).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: classification of second-class mail (59A-H21.1); consolidation of third- and fourth-class mail (594H21.2); one-cent postage (59A-H21.3); parcel post (59A-H21.4); and various subjects (59A-H21.5).

Committee on Private Land Claims: land grants to James Clamorgan (59A-H22. 1).

Committee on Public Lands: preservation of the Calaveras big-tree groves
(59A-H23.1) and various subjects (59A-H23.2).

Committee on Rivers and Harbors: canals, channels, and waterways (59A-H24.
1); harbors and inlets (59A-H24.2); preservation of Niagara Falls (59A-
H24.3); rivers (59A-H24.4); and various subjects (59A-H24.5).
Committee on the Territories: additional judges for Territorial courts in
Arizona (59A-H25.1).

Committee on Ways and Means: hides (59A-H26.1); linotype and composing ma-
chines (59A-H26.2); Philippine sugar and tobacco (59A-H26.3); tea and
coffee (59A-26.4); works of art (59A-H26.5); tax on denatured alcohol
(59A-H26.6); trade with Germany and other nations (59A-H26.7); and vari-
ous subjects (59A-1126.8).

ELECTION RECORDS. 2 ft.

745

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (59A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

OTHER RECORDS. 2 in.

Two volumes of roll calls (59A-K1), arranged chronologically.

746

Records of the Office of the Clerk

RECORD BOOKS. 20 vols. 4 ft.

747 House bill book (59C-A1); House resolution book--joint, concurrent, and simple--together with Senate joint and concurrent resolutions (59C-A2); Senate bill book (59C-A3); individual ledger (59C-A4); register of papers sent to committees (59C-A5); register of papers from committees (59C-A6); register of papers sent to the Senate (59C-A7); register of papers received from the Senate (59C-A8); and register of committee reports (59C-A9).

SIXTIETH CONGRESS, 1907-9

First Session, December 2, 1907-May 30, 1908
Second Session, December 7, 1908-March 3, 1909
Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOKS AND JOURNALS. 9 vols. 3 ft.

748

Minute book, 1st session (60A-A1); legislative journal, 1st session (60A-A2); minute book, 2d session (60A-A3); and legislative journal, 2d session (60A-A4).

749

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 110 vols. 28 ft. Original House bills and engrossed bills (60A-B1); original House joint resolutions and engrossed joint resolutions (60A-B2); original House concurrent resolutions (60A-B3); House simple resolutions (60A-B4); and House orders (60A-B5). Arranged numerically within each group.

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE
HOUSE. 1 ft.

750

Two volumes of Senate bills reported in the House (60A-C1); 1 volume of Senate joint resolutions (60A-C2); 1 volume of Senate concurrent resolutions (60A-C3); 1 volume of Senate requests for return of bills (60A-C4); and Senate resolutions and announcements communicated for the information of the House (60A-C5). Arranged numerically within each group.

56 ft.

751

PAPERS ACCOMPANYING SPECIFIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. Grouped by specified committees listed below. Arranged numerically by bill or resolution within each committee, except 60A-D3, 60A-D1, 60A-D20, 60A-D25, and 60A-D35, in which private bills are arranged alphabetically by person or subject.

Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (60A-D1); Committee on Banking and Currency (60A-D2); Committee on Claims (60A-D3); Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (60A-D4); Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department (60A-D5); Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (60A-D6); Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department (60A-D7); Committee on the District of Columbia (60A-D8); Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (60A-D9); Committee on Indian Affairs (60A-D10); Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions (60A-D11); Committee on Insular Affairs (60A

D12); Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (60A-D13); Committee on Invalid Pensions (60A-D14); Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands (60AD15); Committee on the Judiciary (60A-D16); Committee on Labor (60A-D17); Committee on the Library (60A-D18); Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (60A-D19); Committee on Military Affairs (60A-D20); Committee on the Militia (60A-D21); Committee on Mines and Mining (60A-D22); Committee on Naval Affairs (60A-D23); Committee on Patents (60A-D24); Committee on Pensions (60A-D25); Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (60A-D26); Committee on Printing (60A-D27); Committee on Private Land Claims (60A-D28); Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (60A-D29); Committee on Public Lands (60A-D30); Committee on Railways and Canals (60A-D31); Committee on Reform in the Civil Service (60A-D32); Committee on Rivers and Harbors (60AD33); Committee on the Territories (60A-D34); Committee on War Claims (60AD35); Committee on Ways and Means (60A-D36); Select Committee on Appropriations for the Prevention of Fraud in and Depredations Upon the Public Service (60A-D37); and Select Committee to Investigate Charges Made by Representative George L. Lilley as to the Efforts of the Electric Boat Co. to Exert Corrupting Influences on Certain Members of Congress (60A-D38).

COMMITTEE REPORTS. 58 vols. 19 ft.

752

Original committee reports, 1st session (60A-El) and 2d session (60A-E2). Arranged mumerically within each group.

COMMITTEE PAPERS.

27 ft.

753

Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated.

Committee on Accounts: a volume of minutes (60A-F1.1) and 2 volumes recording disbursements from the contingent fund of the House, as approved for payment, July 5, 1907-July 14, 1909 (60A-F1.2). Committee on Agriculture: agricultural statistics (60A-F2.1); conservation of natural resources through State cooperation (60A-F2.2); conversion of cornstalks into paper (60A-F2.3); engineering experiment stations (60AF2.4); renovated butter (60A-F2.5); and the State school of agriculture at Morrisville, N. Y. (60A-F2.6).

Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: various subjects (60A-F3.1). Committee on Appropriations: deficiency bill (60A-F4.1); District of Columbia bill (60A-F4.2); fortifications bill (60A-F4.3); legislative, executive, and judicial bill (60A-F4.4); sundry civil expenses bill (60A-F4. 5); and various subjects (60A-F4.6).

Committee on Banking and Currency: various subjects (60A-F5.1). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F5.2) and a docket volume (60A-F5.3). Committee on the Census: various subjects (60A-F6.1). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F6.2) and a docket volume (60A-F6.3). Committee on Claims: various subjects (60A-F7.1). There are also 3 docket volumes (60A-F7.2).

Committee on the District of Columbia: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (60A-F8.1), arranged numerically; original messages of the President (60A-F8.2); printed documents (601-FƐ.3), arranged numerically; and various subjects (60A-F8.4). There are also a volume of minutes (60AF8.5) and a docket volume (60A-F8.6).

Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress: publicity of campaign contributions (60A-F9.1) and various subjects (60A-F9.2). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F9.3) and a docket volume (60A-F9.4). Committee on Elections No. 1: authorizations to the committee (60A-F10.1); and contested election cases of Alexander D. Dantzler v. A. F. Lever, South Carolina (60A-F10.2), Isaac Myers v. J. 0. Patterson, South Carolina (60A-F10.3), Aaron P. Prioleau v. George S. Legare, South Carolina (60A-F10.4), and Henry C. Warmoth v. Albert Estopinal, Louisiana (60AF10.5). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F10.6) and a docket volume (60A-F10.7).

Committee on Elections No. 2: authorizations to the committee (60A-F11.1); and contested election case of Octaviano A. Larrazolo v. William H. Andrews, New Mexico (60A-F11.2). There is also a volume of minutes (60AF11.3).

Committee on Elections No. 3: contested election cases of Stanley H. Kunz v. Charles McGavin, Illinois (60-F12.1); Anthony Michalek v. Adolph J. Sabath, Illinois (60A-F12.2); and George Tilles v. William B. Cravens, Arkansas (60A-F12.3). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F12.4) and a docket volume (60A-F12.5).

Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture: departmental appointments, promotions, and salary changes for the calendar year 1907 (60A-F13.1), and the calendar year 1908 (60A-F13.2); the North American Conservation Conference (60A-F13.3); and various subjects (60A-F13.4). There is also a volume of minutes (60A-F13.5).

Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department: establishment of a Children's Bureau in the Interior Department (60A-F14.1) and various subjects (60A-F14.2). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F14.3) and a docket volume (60A-F14.4).

Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice: a volume of minutes (60A-F15.1) and a docket volume (6CA-F15.2).

Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department: message of the President, Feb. 25, 1909, on Navy needs (60A-F16.1); a volume of minutes (60A-F16. 2); and a docket volume (60A-F16.3).

Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department: printing the Postal Guide (60A-F17.1) and various subjects (60A-F17.2). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F17.3) and a docket volume (60A-F17.4). Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings: various subjects (60AF18.1).

Committee on Expenditures in the State Department: various subjects (60AF19.1). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F19.2) and a docket volume (60A-F19.3).

Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: a volume of minutes (60A-F20.1) and a docket volume (60A-F20.2).

Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: reports of the Inspector General on the money accounts of various officers (60A-F21.1); the Secretary of War's transmittal letters on the foregoing reports (60AF21.2); and a docket volume (60A-F21.3).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (60A-F22.1), arranged numerically; decorations and gifts from

foreign powers (60A-F22.2); estimate for foreign intercourse (60A-F22. .3); international cooperation, in congresses, expositions, and other joint efforts (60A-F22.4); Polish expropriation by Prussia (60A-F22.5); and relations with, or internal affairs of, the following: Canada (60AF22.6), Cuba (60A-F22.7), Europe (60A-F22.8), the Far East (60A-F22.9), and Liberia (60A-122.10). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F22. 11) and a docket volume (60A-F22.12).

Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: admission of aliens (60A-F23. 1) and naturalization (60A-F23.2). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F23.3) and a docket volume (60A-F23.4).

Committee on Indian Affairs: bills and resolutions referred to the committee (60A-F24.1), arranged numerically; subjects arranged in numerical files, nos. 4-191 (60A-F24.2); Indian depredations (60A-F24.3); patents to purchasers of Indian lands (60A-F24.4); timber resources of Indian reservations in Wisconsin (60A-F24.5); tribal subjects relating to the Chickasaws and Choctaws (60A-F24.6), Chinooks and Chehalis (60-F24.7), Chippewas in Minnesota (60A-F24.8), Creeks (60A-F24.9), Crows in Montana (60A-F24.10), Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma (60A-F24.11), Klamaths (60A-F24.12), Osages (60A-F24.13), and Potawatomis in Wisconsin (60A-F24.14); and various subjects (60A-F24.15). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F24.16) and 2 docket volumes (60A-F24.17). Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909 (60A-F25.1); Brussels Universal and International Exposition, 1910 (60A-F25.2); Champlain Tercentenary (60A-F25.3); Jamestown Exposition, 1907 (60A-F25.4); National Negro Fair, Mobile, 1909 (60A-F25.5); New York International Mining Exposition, 1908 (60A-F25. 6); Quito, Ecuador, exposition, 1909 (60A-F25.7); Santiago, Chile, PanAmerican Scientific Congress, 1908 (60A-F25.8); and Tokyo International Exposition, 1912 (60A-F25.9). There are also a volume of minutes (60AF25.10) and a docket volume (60A-F25.11). Committee on Insular Affairs: authorizations and indexes to bills and reports referred to the committee (60A-F26.1); bills and resolutions referred to the committee (60A-F26.2), arranged numerically; Philippines, special report of William H. Taft, Secretary of War, to the President, 1908 (60A-F26.3); Philippines, supplemental report on church claims (60A-F26.4); Puerto Rico, franchises granted (6CA-F26.5); and Puerto Rico, other subjects (60A-F26.6). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F26.7) and a docket volume (60A-F26.8). Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: dams and waterpower (60AF27.1); inspection of grain for export (60A-F27.2); inspection of naval stores (60A-F27.3); lighthouses and aids to navigation (60A-F27.4); Ohio River bridge, Parkersburg, W. Va. (60A-F27.5); Panama Canal (60AF27.6); Public Health and Marine Hospital Service (60A-F27.7); safety appliances (60A-F27.8); tugboats and the Potomac drawbridges at Washington (60A-F27.9); uniform bills of lading (60A-F27.10); wireless telegraphy (60A-F27.11); and various subjects (604-F27.12). There are also a volume of minutes (60A-F27.13) and 2 docket volumes (60A-F27.14). Committee on Invalid Pensions: bills referred to the committee (60A-F28.1) and various papers (6CA-F28.2). Arranged numerically within each group. There are also 11 docket volumes (60A-F28.3).

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