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GENERAL INDEX.

A.

Admission of States. Table showing chronological order of the admis-

sion of States, their area, population, and formation..
Laws relating to

Agricultural Reports and seeds may be sent through the mails free_____
Alabama. Admission, population, area, and formation of......

Senators from, since admission to the Union.___

Alaska. Organization, population, area, and formation of..........
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States..

Ratification of the.....

Analytical index to the Constitution

Apportionment of Representatives among the States from the commence-
ment of the Government to the present time. Table showing...
Arizona. Organization, population, area, and formation of
Arkansas. Admission, population, area, and formation of...

Senators from, since admission to the Union..

Articles of Confederation

Assistant Doorkeeper and Acting Assistant Doorkeeper shall be assigned

to duty on the Senate floor

B.

Barber-shop and bath-rooms. Rule regulating their use.

Begging and peddling prohibited in the Senate wing of the Capitol
Binding of public documents for Senators__

Page.

334

315

284

334

377-379

336

63

72

79

200

336

334

380, 381

13

177

180

182

284

C.

California. Admission, population, area, and formation of

335

Senators from, since admission to the Union.....

382, 383

Capitol Police. How appointed and paid____.

297

Cards and communications. Rule regulating, in the morning hour___-

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Cloak-rooms. Rule regulating admission to...

Colorado. Admission, population, area, and formation of...

Senators from, since admission to the Union..........

Columbia Hospital and Lying-in Asylum. A Senator to be appointed a
director of the.

Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. A Senator to be appointed
a director of the....

Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate.
No payment shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate
without the sanction of the....

Vouchers approved by, to be conclusive in settlement of accounts__
No furniture or carpets shall be purchased for the Senate without the
written order of the chairman of the...
Compensation of Members of Congress. Laws relating to the...
Confederation. Articles of...

Congress. Provisions of law relating to the compensation of Members of
Table showing apportionment of Representatives from 1787 to 1880.
The last session of every Congress expires at 12 o'clock the 4th day
of March

Congressional Record. May be franked by a Member of Congress...

Extracts from, may be furnished to Members of Congress upon pay-
ing the cost thereof.....

Congressional Directory to be compiled under the direction of the Joint

Committee on Public Printing...

Connecticut. Ratification of Constitution, population, and area_

Senators from, since the First Congress.

Constitution of the United States..

Amendments to the.

Ratifications of the.

Ratifications of the amendments to the__--

Contingent Expenses of the Senate. Duties imposed by law on the Com-

mittee to Audit and Control the....

Corridors of the Senate wing. Rule regulating the.

D.

Deaf and Dumb. One Senator to be appointed director of the Colum-

bia Institution for the....

Declaration of Independence...

Delaware. Ratification of Constitution, population, and area of .

Senators from, since First Congress__

Distribution of public documents

District of Columbia. Organization, population, area, and formation of

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May be franked....

Documents, public, how distributed___

Duties imposed by law on the Secretary of the Senate..

On the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate..

282

285

290

296

On the Joint Committee on Public Printing-

299

On the Joint Committee on the Library.......

301

On the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of
the Senate...

304

E.

Electoral votes for President and Vice-President. Table showing the,
from 1789 to 1885...

349-374

Elevator in the Senate wing. Rule regulating...

182

Examination of witnesses before committees of either House. Laws re-

lating to

278

Extra copies of public documents may be furnished by the Public Printer

284

293

on payment of cost of printing and ten per cent. thereon_._._.
Extracts from the Senate Journals. Fees allowed the Secretary for mak-
ing and certifying...

F.

Florida. Admission, population, area, and formation of___

Senators from, since admission to the Union____

Franking privilege. Laws relating to the.

Furniture and carpets. None shall be bought for the Senate without the
order of the chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the
Contingent Expenses of the Senate...

G.

Galleries of the Senate. How set apart and occupied..........

Gallery.

Georgia.

Rule regulating admission to the Press Gallery.
Ratification of the Constitution, population and area..
Senators from, since the First Congress__

H.

Heating and ventilating department. Rule regulating admission to the.
Employés in, under control of Architect of the Capitol.___.

I.

Idaho. Organization, population, area, and formation of.
Illinois. Admission, population, area, and formation of
Senators from, since admission to the Union..........

334

391-393

285

304

178

179

333

393-397

180

180

336

334

397-399

Impeachments. Rules and practice of the Senate in the trial of...
Independence. Declaration of

Index to the Constitution.......

To Jefferson's Manual

To the Rules of the Senate.

Indiana. Admission, population, area, and formation of..

Senators from, since admission to the Union....

Iowa. Admission, population, area, and formation of....
Senators from, since admission to the Union.....

J.

Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice

Joint Committee on the Library. Duties imposed by law on the

Shall superintend the expenditure of moneys appropriated for the
Library

Page.

165

7

79

481

497

334

400-402

335

402-403

185

301

301

Such Senators on the committee as remain in office shall exercise
the powers and discharge the duties of the committee during the
recess of Congress....

302

Shall lay out any unexpended balance of moneys appropriated for
the Library

302

Shall establish regulations for the Library of Congress...

302

May exchange or dispose of duplicate, injured, or wasted books or
documents of the Library ...

302

May appoint agents to carry into effect the donation and exchange
of documents for the Library..

302

Shall have direction over the Superintendent and laborers in the
Botanical Garden

302

Are authorized to accept any work of the fine arts, on behalf of Con-
gress, which may be offered

302

No work of art shall be exhibited in the Capitol without the permis-
sion of the..

303

Authorized to grant the privilege of drawing and using books from
the Library to certain persons..

303

Joint Committee on Public Printing. Duties imposed by law on the... 299-301
Members of, shall be appointed by the President of the Senate____
Shall adopt such measures as are necessary to remedy delays in pub-
lic printing

299

299

Shall appoint a person to edit such portions of public documents as
are deemed suitable for public distribution

299

Shall direct the compilation of the Congressional Directory..
Shall direct the publishing of the debates of Congress.

299

299

Joint Committee on Public Printing. Shall fix upon standards of paper
for public printing and laws relating to the same..

Page.

299

Shall determine in cases of difference between the Public Printer
and contractor as to quality of paper...

300

Shall regulate contracts when a contractor makes default during the
session of Congress, or may authorize the Public Printer to pur-
chase material in open market.

300

Shall award to the lowest bidder upon proposal, when cost of maps
and plates exceeds $250, or may authorize the Public Printer to
make immediate contracts

301

Journals of the Senate. Fees allowed the Secretary for making certified
copies ____

293

K.

Kansas. Admission, population, area, and formation of......
Senators from, since admission to the Union_..
Kentucky. Admission, population, area, and formation of..
Senators from, since admission to the Union.__

335

404, 405

334

405-408

L.

Library of Congress. Appropriations for, to be expended under the
direction of the Joint Committee on the Library..........
Regulations for, to be established by the Joint Committee on the
Library

301

302

Persons to whom the Joint Committee on the Library may grant the
privileges of

303

Louisiana. Admission, population, area, and formation of
Senators from, since admission to the Union...

334

409-411

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Maine. Admission, population, area, and formation of..

334

Senators from, since admission to the Union ____

411-414

Manual of Parliamentary Practice, Jefferson's..

191

Maryland. Ratification of the Constitution, population and area

333

Senators from, since the First Congress.

414-418

Marble Room, to be set apart as a retiring room for Senators..
Massachusetts. Ratification of the Constitution, population and area..

180

333

Senators from, since the First Congress.

418-421

Members of Congress. Laws relating to the compensation of ...............
Messengers acting as Assistant Doorkeepers. To what duties assigned..

287

173

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