Annex, room 42. N Interoceanic Canals. SE.. TS (Conn.) (N. Y.). Gallery floor, back of Document Improvements of the Missis- Terrace, room 13. sippi River. Immigration. Fisheries Transportation of Meat Prod ucts. Relations with Cuba Annex, room 35. Annex, room 47. Old building, basement. IARD R ES NS. L. ER. AN FERRO Printing. Patents. Agriculture and Forestry Transportation Routes to Sea- Potomac River Front. Territories. Irrigation Mines and Mining Private Land Claims R TON AN. CY. ER. Annex, room 7. Annex, room 45. Terrace, room 17. Gallery floor, back of Document Room. Gallery floor, east side. Terrace, room 1. Old building, basement. Post-Offices and Post-Roads... Ground floor, north side. EPRESENTATION OF THE STATES UNDER THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CENSUSES, WITH INCREASE UNDER THE LATTER. ince the census of 1890 Utah has been admitted as a State with one Representative, making the esent membership of the House 357. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. (Capitol Hill.) orary of Congress was established in 1800, destroyed in 1814 by the burning pitol, afterwards replenished by the purchase by Congress of the library of ent Jefferson, 6,760 volumes (cost, $23,950); in 1851, 35,000 volumes by fire; in 1852, partially replenished by an appropriation of $75,000; (1) by regular appropriations by Congress; (2) by deposits under the law; (3) by gifts and exchanges; (4) by the exchanges of the Smithsonian n, the library of which (40,000 volumes) was, in 1866, deposited in the f Congress with the stipulation that future accessions should follow it. s of Government publications are placed at the service of the Library of for international exchanges through the Smithsonian. Other special have been: The Peter Force collection (22,529 volumes, 37,000 pamphlets) 1, 1867, cost $100,000; the (Count) Rochambeau collection (manuscript) 1, 1883, cost $20,000; the Toner collection (24,484 volumes, numerous s), gift in 1882 of Dr. Joseph M. Toner; the Hubbard collection (engravt in 1898 of Mrs. Gardiner Ĝ. Hubbard. llection in the main library is now the largest single collection on the Hemisphere. It comprises about 1,000,000 printed books and pamphlets, anuscripts, 55,700 maps and charts, 294,000 pieces of music, and upward of otographs, prints, engravings, and lithographs. Of the printed books, probthird are duplicates. The law library, of 103,200 volumes (which remains pitol), is not included in the above. in collection is rich in Federal documents, history, political science, juris, and Americana in general, including important files of American newsd original manuscripts (colonial, revolutionary, and formative periods). bition cases on the second floor contain many rare books, including the of the Virginia Company. nithsonian deposit is strong in scientific works, and includes the largest ge of the transactions of learned societies which exists in this country. the main collection was removed from the Capitol to the building erected er the acts of Congress approved April 15, 1886; October 2, 1888, and March 2, cost of $6,347,000 (limit by law, $6,500,000) exclusive of the land, which cost The architects who furnished the original designs were John L. Smithd Paul J. Pelz. By the act of October 2, 1888, before the foundations were mas L. Casey, Chief of Engineers of the Army, was placed in charge of the ion of the building, and the architectural details were worked out by Paul id Edward P. Casey. Upon the death of General Casey, in March, 1896, the arge of the construction devolved upon Bernard R. Green, General Casey's and under his superintendence the building was completed in February, ened to the public November, 1897. The building occupies three and threeacres upon a site ten acres in extent at a distance of 1,270 feet east of the and is the largest and most magnificent library building in the world. In rations, some forty painters and sculptors are represented-all American The floor space is 326,195 square feet, or nearly 8 acres. The book stacks bout 45 miles of shelving, affording space for 2,200,000 volumes. Were the ridors, now used in part for exhibition purposes, completely shelved, the would accommodate over 4,000,000 volumes. The Library contains a readfor the blind, open daily. brary is maintained by annual appropriations by Congress for various purcluding the purchase of books. For the year 1900-1901 these amounted to as follows: $298,925 for services (including the copyright office, and includ-. the care of the building); $61,180 for books and periodicals; $33,500 for plies, miscellaneous purposes, including contingent expenses; $45,000 for , shelving, etc., and $75,000 allotment for printing and binding at the ent Printing Office. y service.-Library proper, 185 employees; copyright, 45; disbursement and uildings and grounds, III. Copyright Office.-The Copyright Office is a distinct division of the Library of ɔngress and is located on the ground floor, south side; open 9 to 4. It is under the imediate charge of the Register of Copyrights, who, by the act of February 19, 1897, authorized, "under the direction and supervision of the Librarian of Congress, perform all the duties relating to copyrights. Copyright registration was transrred to the Librarian of Congress by the act of July 8, 1870. The copyright entries om that date to June 30, 1900, numbered 1,132,197. Of most articles copyrighted 70 copies, and of some one copy, must be deposited in the Library of Congress to erfect copyright. Books, maps, musical compositions, photographs, periodicals, d other articles deposited in the Copyright Office to complete copyright numbered, iring the fiscal year 1899-1900, 141,444 articles. Copyright fees applied and paid to the Treasury for the fiscal year 1899-1900 amounted to $65,206. The Librarian of Congress and the Superintendent of Building and Grounds are ow appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and nsent of the Senate (act of 1897). These two officials have the appointment of eir respective subordinates. Entitled by law to draw books for home use are the following: The President, the ice-President; Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress (no books may given out upon the orders of members in favor of those who are not members); eads of Departments; the justices, reporter, and clerk of the Supreme Court; e judges and clerk of the Court of Claims; judges of the court of appeals of e District of Columbia and judges of the supreme court of the District of Columa; representatives at Washington of foreign governments; the Solicitor-General d Assistant Attorneys-General; the Secretary of the Senate; the Clerk of the House Representatives; the Solicitor of the Treasury; ex-Presidents of the United States; e chaplains of the two Houses of Congress; the secretary and Regents of the nithsonian Institution; the members and secretary of the Interstate Commerce ommission; Chief of Engineers of the Army. LIBRARIANS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE LIBRARY. 00-1814.—THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (for the time being). 15-1829.-GEORGE WATTERSTON. 29-1861.-JOHN S. MEEHAN. 561-1864.-JOHN G. STEPHENSON. 564-1897 (June 30).-AINSWORTH R. SPOFFORD. 597-January 17, 1899.-JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG. 99 (April 5).—HERBERT PUTNAM. ibrarian of Congress.-Herbert Putnam, 1215 Nineteenth street NW. ibrarian's Secretary.-Allen R. Boyd, 2204 Decatur place NW. hief Clerk.-Thomas G. Alvord, 2119 R street NW. hief Assistant Librarian.-A. R. Spofford, 1621 Massachusetts avenue NW. perintendent of Reading Room.-David Hutcheson, 401 B street NE. hief Assistants in Reading Room.-John G. Morrison, 811 Thirteenth street NW.; Hugh A. Morrison, jr., 627 Eighth street NE. Charge of Reading Room for the Blind.-Etta G. Giffin, The Olympia. hief of Division of Bibliography.—A. P. C. Griffin, 2310 Twentieth street NW. hief of Catalogue Division.-J. C. M. Hanson, Brookland, D. C. hief of Division of Documents.-Roland P. Falkner, 1821 Q street NW. hief of Division of Manuscripts. hief of Division of Maps and Charts.-P. Lee Phillips, 1707 H street NW. hief of Music Division.-W. R. Whittlesey, 620 Duke street, Alexandria, Va. hief of Order Division.—A. R. Kimball, 2310 Twentieth street NW. hief of Periodical Division.-Allan B. Slauson, 324 B street SE. hief of Division of Prints. ustodian of Law Library.-Thomas H. Clark, 1764 Madison street NW. egister of Copyrights.—Thorvald Solberg, 198 F street SE. LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. perintendent.-Bernard R. Green, 1738 N street NW. hief Clerk.-F. W. Hutchings, 510 M street NW. hief Engineer.--Charles B. Titlow, 639 Columbia avenue, Baltimore, Md. lectrician.-D. W. Harding, 1004 C street NE. aptain of the Watch.-J. V. Wurdemann, 124 Massachusetts avenue NE. THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. (Pennsylvania avenue, between Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets NW.) IAM MCKINLEY, President, was born at Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, 29, 1843; was educated in the public schools, Poland Academy, and AlleCollege; before attaining his majority he taught in the public schools; enlisted vate in the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry June 11, 1861; promoted nissary-sergeant April 15, 1862, to second lieutenant September 23, 1862, to tenant February 7, 1863, to captain July 25, 1864; served successively on the Gens. R. B. Hayes, George Crook, and Winfield S. Hancock, and was brenajor in the United States Volunteers by President Lincoln for gallantry in March 13, 1865; detailed as acting assistant adjutant-general of the First 1, First Army Corps, on the staff of Gen. S. S. Carroll; mustered out of the July 26, 1865; returning to civil life, he studied law in Mahoning County; course at the Albany (N. Y.) Law School, and in 1867 was admitted to the settled at Canton, Ohio, which has since been his home; in 1869 he was prosecuting attorney of Stark County, and served a term in that office; in s elected a member of the National House of Representatives, and for fourars represented the Congressional district of which his county was a part; as an of the Ways and Means Committee he reported the tariff law of 1890, November following was defeated for Congress in a gerrymandered district, h reducing the usual adverse majority from 3,000 to 300; in 1891 was elected or of Ohio by a plurality of 21,511, and in 1893 was reelected by a plurality of in 1884 was a delegate at large to the Republican national convention and ed James G. Blaine for President; was a member of the committee on resolud read the platform to the convention; in 1888 was also a delegate at large io, supporting John Sherman, and as chairman of the committee on resoluain reported the platform; in 1892 was again a delegate at large from Ohio, ported the renomination of Benjamin Harrison, and served as chairman convention. At that convention 182 votes were cast for him for President, h he had persistently refused to have his name considered. On June 18, was nominated for President at St. Louis, receiving 661 out of a total of 905 He was elected President at the ensuing November election by a popular y of 600,000 votes, and received 271 electoral votes as against 176 for William J. of Nebraska. On June 21, 1900, he was unanimously renominated by the can National Convention, held at Philadelphia, and was reelected in Novemleading opposing candidate again being William J. Bryan. RGE BRUCE CORTELYOU, of Hempstead, N. Y., Secretary to the President aryland avenue NE.), was born in the city of New York, July 26, 1862; was d at public and private schools; graduated at Hempstead (L. I.) Institute te Normal School, Westfield, Mass.; has received the degree of LL.B. from own University and that of LL.M. from Columbian University; in 1883 was al law and verbatim reporter in New York; was principal of preparatory in New York from 1885 to 1889; in the latter year entered the public service, been private secretary to various public officials, among them the post-office or in charge at New York, the surveyor of the port of New York, and the Assistant Postmaster-General; November, 1895, was appointed stenographer President; February, 1896, executive clerk; July 1, 1898, assistant secretary; il 13, 1900, Secretary to the President, to take effect May 1, to succeed Hon. dison Porter, resigned. nt Secretaries to the President.-O. L. Pruden, 604 Massachusetts avenue Benjamin F. Barnes, 48 R street NE. ve Clerks.-William H. Crook, 1502 Park street NW.; Rudolph Forster, 15 olph street NW. tendent of Buildings and Grounds.-Col. T. A. Bingham, 1717 I street NW. EXECUTIVE MANSION RULES. Cabinet will meet on Tuesdays and Fridays from II a. m. until 1 p. m. ors and Representatives will be received from 10 a. m. to 12 m., excepting on days. ors having business with the President will be admitted from 12 to 1 o'clock xcepting Cabinet days, so far as public business will permit. Cast Room will be open daily, Sundays excepted, for the inspection of visitors, the hours of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. rection of the President: GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, |