Capitol 'attic' yields records of early American Congresses. Washington, D.C., Jan. 23. Historical records dating back to early American Congresses have just been found during a house-cleaning of the attics and basement of the house wing at the Capitol. 1. Above is the original House Bill written in

Historical records found in Capitol. The finished bill of 1812 declaring a state of war existing between the United States and Great Britain after it was returned from the Senate to the House as a 'Confidential Bill' and changed to read 'the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the depe

How a bill become a law. At the same time that the bill is sent to the committee, it is also filed in the document room, so that interested parties may obtain a copies for inspection. John H. Smith of the House Document room is shown here filing a bill *Abstract/medium:; 4 x 5 i

Capitol document room. Washington, D.C., Nov. 9. Scene in the document room at the Capitol today as clerks cleared the decks for the many bills which will introduced during the special session of Congress convening November 15. All bills are kept on file in the document room. 11/9/37

Long time between these bills. Washington, D.C., June 29. Clerk of the House during the Wilson administration and now holding the same job under the present Roosevelt administration, South Trimble compares his signature on the recently passed tax bill with that of John Beckley, first Clerk of the Ho

House hopper receives Bill No. 1. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. Rep. Louis Ludlow, of Indiana putting House bill no. 1 into the hopper on the floor of the House today. The bill, which Rep. Ludlow is sponsoring at the investigation of the Fraternal order of Eagles, is designated to aid in the stabilizat

How a bill become a law. Delivered to the chief bill clerk by a page boy, the bill is given a number and sent to the Government Printing Office for printing. William McDermott, chief bill clerk of the house, is shown numbering a bill brought to him by page John Jurgensen *Abstract/medium

How a bill become a law. The bill is taken from the hopper and sent to Lewis Dreschler, Parliamentarian of the House who refers it to the proper committee for discussion and then sends it to the Chief Bill Clerk to be numbered *Abstract/medium:; 4 x 5 in. or smaller

Historical documents guarded with great care by National Archives. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. The treatment and careful handling of valuable historical documents is of prime consideration at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., Records, legal papers, historica data, etc., of all descriptions m