32. Form H-123. Order for repairs; originals and copies; 1934.

33. Form 133-b. Issues of imperishable property; originals; 1920-31.

34. Form C. C. 142. Letter of transmittal of numbers assigned claimant; originals; 1931-34.

35. Form 143. Certificate of settlement of account; copies; 1932–34.

36. Form H. 272. Abstract of proposal; originals; 1934.

37. Form H. 299. Memorandum exhibit of contracts; copies; 1932-34.

38. Form N. H. 303. Medical certificate for employees; originals; 1934. 39. Form N. H. 342-5. Operative record; copies; 1932.

40. Form H. 346. Sick call record card; originals; 1934.

41. Form 364. Certificate of waiver; originals and copies; 1932-33.

42. Form 521. Stop payment notice; originals and copies; 1934.

43. Form 537. Change of name or address; originals and copies; 1934.

44. Form 564. Rating sheet; copies; 1934.

45. Form 572. Request for change of address; originals; 1934.

46. Form 670. Appeals record card; originals; 1932-34.

47. Form 734. Notice of collection by deduction; originals and copies; 1934.

48. Form 773. Provisional receipt; originals and copies; 1934.

49. Form 830. Remittance listing sheet; copies; 1934.

50. Form 830-a. Remittance listing sheet; copies; 1924-32.

51. Form 830-C. Remittance debit sheet; uncollectible checks; copies; 1934.

52. Form 955-b. United States Government meal request; copies; 1934.

53. Form 956-b. United States Government lodging request; copies; 1934.

54. Form 957-b. United States Government special transportation request; copies; 1934.

55. Form 1015-A. Allotment ledger; copies; 1934.

56. Form 1046. Schedule of transfers and refunds; copies; 1932-34.

57. Form 1058-a. Government bill of lading; copies; 1934.

58. Form 1145. Transcript of United States Veterans' Bureau check; originals and copies; 1934.

59. Form 1231 and Form 1231-A. Requisition for disbursing officers' checks; copies; 1926-34.

60. Form 1240-b. Order to furnish meals and lodging; copies; 1934.

61. Form 1285. Lease; copies; 1932-34.

62. Form 1302. Request for transfer of appropriation; originals and copies; 1927-33.

63. Form 1307. Special disbursing agent's daily recapitulation of insurance collections; originals and copies; 1934.

64. Form 1348. Returning duplicate checks, approved; copies; 1934. 65. Form 1538. Preliminary receipt for patient's funds; copies; 1931-34. 66. Form 3213. Requisition for general repairs or labor; originals and copies; 1934. 67. Form 3224. Requisition for blank forms; originals and copies; 1934.

68. Form 3266-B. United States Government request for meal or lodging; copies; 1932-34.

69. Form 3267-B. United States Government request for special transportation; copies; 1933-34.

70. Form 3400. Monthly report of regional office activities; originals and copies; 1934.

71. Form 3527. Daily Report, field examiner; copies; 1934.

72. Form 3637. Daily progress report of mail and records activities; originals; 1934.

73. Form 4506. Travel order: copies; 1934.

74. Form 4507. Travel order, copies; 1934.

75. Form 4509. Travel, attendants other than employees of Veterans' Administration; copies; 1932-34.

76. Form 4510. Special letter, unclassified; copies; 1934.

77. Form 4510-A. Special letter, disability allowance; copies; 1934.

78. Form 4511. Travel, hospitalization; copies; 1934.

79. Form 4512. Special letter, dehospitalization; copies; 1934.

80. Form 4512. Travel, dehospitalization; copies; 1931-34.

81. Form 5527. Memorandum morning report; originals; 1933.

82. Form 5528. Consolidated morning report; originals; 1933-34. 83. Form 5529. Home record of patients, originals; 1933-34.

84. Form 5530. Descriptive card; originals; 1933-34.

85. Form 5531. Roster card; originals and copies; 1933-34.

86. Form 5560. Requisition for tobacco, etc., for the month; originals and copies; 1932-33.

87. Form 5584. Statement of actual gain of the State soldiers' home; copies; 1930-34.

88. Form 5585. Statement of actual loss of the State soldiers' home; copies; 1930-34.

89. Form 6599. Certificate of deposit for checking account; copies; 1934. 90. Form 6620. Consolidated monthly report of Budget activities; copies; 1934. 91. Form 7216. Notice of transfer of case file, originals and copies; 1934. 92. Accountant's statement of balance of "Personal funds of patients, VA;" originals and copies; 1932-34.

93. Annual reports of inspections made of the station by the inspector general of the Army; copies; 1901-30.

94. Annual reports submitted by National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; copies; 1899-1931.

95. Authorization to issue transportation, meals, and lodging requests; originals; 1933-34.

96. Balances in accounts of personal funds of patients, report of; copies; 1932-34. 97. Bill of lading record books; originals; 1932-34.

98. Budget estimates; originals and copies; 1932-34.

99. Bureau issues, canceled or superseded pages of regulations and procedure; originals and copies; 1934.

100. Cards, statistical; originals; 1933-34.

101. Cases transferred in or out, record of; originals and copies; 1934.

102. Certification for continuance after June 30, 1933, of benefits being paid on March 20, 1933, war-time service-connected pension; copies; 1933-34.

103. Certification of award; originals; 1934.

104. Charts; photostat; 1933-34.

105. Checks, record of; originals; 1932-34.

106. Consolidated report of work of adjudicators and authorizers; photostat; 1927-29.

107. Consolidated report of rating boards; photostat; 1927-29.

108. Correspondence, accounting; originals and copies; 1933-34.

109. Correspondence, adjusted compensation; originals and copies; 1932-34.

110. Correspondence, administrative; originals and copies; 1933-34.

111. Correspondence, Budget; originals and copies; 1932-34.

112. Correspondence, finance; originals and copies; 1934.

113. Correspondence, homes; copies; 1908-32.

114. Correspondence, State home; copies; 1924-33.

115. Decisions of committee on recoveries; originals and copies; 1932-33.

116. Express receipts; originals; 1932-33.

117. Freight and express bills; originals and copies; 1934.

118. Head of expenditure, record of property in use; originals; 1920-32.

119. Form L. B. 11 NHDVS. Monthly report electric current and water; copies; 1933-34.

120. Form L. B. T. Record of patients; originals; 1932–34.

121. Legal survey reports; copies; 1926-33.

122. Lists of seriously ill; originals; 1931-34.

123. Local Blank BB-NH. Gas service; copies; 1933-34.

124. Local X. Daily ward report, national home; originals; 1932.

125. Local Y. Filing card, national home; originals; 1932–34.

126. Managers court, record of, originals, 1932-34.

127. Medical reports, originals, 1925–29.

128. Memorandum from relatives assuming responsibility of patients on pass, etc., originals, 1933.

129. Monthly report, Budget and statistics, copies, 1932.

130. Personal effects, deceased, record of, copies; 1930-34.

131. Report of officer of the day; originals; 1932–34.

132. Roll Call Book; copies; 1931.

133. Salary waiver notice; originals; 1934.

134. Supply estimates and contracts; originals and copies; 1933-34.

135. Telephone long-distance calls; originals; 1932-34.

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DISPOSITION OF RECORDS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
THE INTERIOR

January 14, 1938.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. COLDEN, from the Joint Committee on the Disposition of
Executive Papers, submitted the following

REPORT

The joint select committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed on the part of the Senate and on the part of the House of Representatives, to which are referred the reports of the Archivist of the United States (in compliance with sec. 9 of The National Archives Act, approved June 19, 1934), in respect to accumulation of records which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of departments, bureaus, etc., and have no permanent value or historical interest, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to an act entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the executive departments," approved February 16, 1889, as amended, as follows:

Your committee have taken action on the records described in the attached report of the Archivist of the United States, dated November 30, 1937, to the Seventy-fifth Congress, second session, with respect to records recommended to him for disposal by the Department of the Interior, and we find and report that said records are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such Department and have no permanent value or historical interest.

We recommend that the Department of the Interior, as required by law, destroy or otherwise effectively dispose of such records, if by sale, upon the best obtainable terms, after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof into the Treasury of the United States and make report thereof to Congress.

Respectfully submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives.

CHAS. J. COLDEN, Chairman,

B. W. GEARHART,

Members on the part of the House.

ALBEN W. BARKLEY,

ERNEST W. GIBSON,

Members on the part of the Senate.

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To the Congress of the United States:

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Washington, D. C., November 30, 1937.

In compliance with the provisions of section 9 of The National Archives Act (48 Stat. 1122; U. S. C., title 40, sec. 239), I have the honor to transmit herewith the accompanying lists of papers, consisting of 129 items, among the archives and records of the Department of the Interior which the Department has recommended should be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.

These lists have been carefully examined, and I beg to report, with the approval of The National Archives Council, that the archives and records described therein as items Nos. 1-129 appear to have no permanent value or historical interest. Respectfully submitted.

R. D. W. CONNOR. Archivist of the United States. NOVEMBER 15, 1937.

REPORT OF THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES ON LISTS OF PAPERS CONSISTING OF 28 ITEMS FROM THOSE SUBMITTED FOR DISPOSITION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 23, 1935, REFERRED TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE PAPERS, AND BY THAT COMMITTEE REFERRED TO THE ARCHIVIST FOR EXAMINATION AND A REPORT THEREON

DIVISION OF INVESTIGATIONS

(Salt Lake City, Utah)

1. 6 coal-entry cases closed since 1924 in Utah; duplicates.

2. 15 timber and stone applications in Utah and Idaho closed since 1934 and earlier; duplicates.

3. 25 mineral applications in Utah and Idaho, closed since 1927 and earlier; duplicates.

4. 36 oil and gas cases in Utah closed since 1927 and earlier; duplicates.

5. 122 desert-land cases in Utah and Idaho closed since 1928 and earlier; duplicates.

6. 246 homestead cases in Utah and Idaho closed since 1928 and earlier; duplicates.

(San Francisco, Calif.)

7. 10,000 old case files more than 5 years old and in which duplicates of reports are on file in the Washington office.

8. 5,000 old miscellaneous letters more than 5 years old and of no future use. 9. 5,000 copies of old vouchers more than 5 years old and copies of which are on file both with the disbursing agent and in Washington, D. C.

10. 1,000 daily report books of special agents more than 5 years old and copies of which are on file in the Washington office.

(Billings, Mont.)

11. 7,000 closed cases, involving reports by special agents for the period from 1922 to June 30, 1928, and consist of isolated tract, homestead, coal trespass, and timber trespass reports; duplicates.

(Albuquerque, N. Mex.)

12. 2,500 homestead case files containing carbon copies of reports and correspondence; original reports submitted to the General Land Office; 1914–25. 13. 870 desert land case files containing carbon copies of report and correspondence; original reports submitted to General Land Office; 1914–25.

14. 510 isolated tract case files containing carbon copies of reports; original reports submitted to General Land Office; 1914-25.

15. 960 State selection case files, containing carbon copies of report; original reports submitted to General Land Office; 1914–25.

16. 160 timber trespass case files, containing carbon copies of reports; original reports submitted to General Land Office; 1914-25.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Field service

17. Applications for employment, horse hire, etc., and correspondence in regard to the procurement of same; 1933.

18. Yearly, special, and individual permits and correspondence relating to same; original permits retained in files of Washington office; 1933.

19. Copies of proposals, orders, vouchers, invoices, and other papers in relation to procurement of supplies and other services; 1933.

20. Duplicate copies of bills of lading, transportation bills, and other papers in relation thereto; 1933.

21. Storehouse requisitions, monthly cost reports, except final reports for completed fiscal year; 1933.

22. Obsolete regulations, circulars, forms, books, catalogs, plans, specifications, etc.; complete set of regulations to be retained in files as historical record; 1933. 23. Obsolete general information pamphlets and correspondence in relation thereto; 1933. 24. Letters and statements of park employees transmitting to the park superintendent collections on account of automobile and motorcycle permits; 1933.

25. Stubs and duplicate copies of automobile and motorcycle permits; 1933. 26. Records of telephone and telegraph messages; 1933.

27. Monthly reports of park rangers and employees; 1933.

28. Bathing directions, applications for baths, and daily bathhouse reports at Hot Springs National Park; 1933.

REPORT OF THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES ON LISTS OF PAPERS, CONSISTING OF 101 ITEMS, FROM THOSE RECOMMENDED TO HIM FOR DISPOSITION, FEBRUARY 24, 1936, AND JULY 3, 1937, BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

(List recommended February 24, 1936)

DIVISION OF INVESTIGATIONS

(Salt Lake City, Utah)

29. Miscellaneous correspondence with agents no longer in service; 1908-33. 30. Copies of travel-expense vouchers of agents no longer in service and submitted prior to January 1, 1931; 1910-31.

31. Operation records of automobiles, not now in service, having been traded in prior to January 1, 1932; duplicates; 1918-32.

32. Copies of oil and gas-prospecting permits sent office by land offices as routine, prior to January 1, 1932; 1920-32.

33. Daily report books of special agents prior to January 1, 1932; duplicates; 1909-32.

(San Francisco, Calif.)

34. Miscellaneous correspondence; prior to 1932.

35. Copies of oil- and gas-prospecting permits over 5 years old; prior to 1932. 36. Copies of old auto reports; prior to 1932.

37. Copies of miscellaneous papers in connection with automobile operation and purchases; prior to 1932.

(Billings, Mont.)

38. Miscellaneous correspondence; 1914-32.

39. Indemnity school selections; duplicates; 1915-30.

40. Mineral application; duplicates; 1908-30.

41. Conspiracy; duplicates; 1920-32.

42. Coal trespass; duplicates; 1925-30.

43. Stockraising homestead entries; duplicates; 1920-30.

44. Oil-prospecting permits; duplicates; 1920-30.

(Albuquerque, N. Mex.)

45. State selection cases; carbon copy of report; original sent to the Commissioner, General Land Office; prior to 1928.

46. Homestead-entry cases, with copy of report; duplicates; prior to 1920.

H. Repts., 75-3, vol. 1—18