XII JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Dr. Maclean having called the attention of the Board to the fact that 

 the snndry papers of Professor Henry on scientific subjects had not 

 been published in the series issued by the Smithsonian Institution, it 

 was 



Resolved^ That the Secretary be requested to have the scientific writ- 

 ings of Prof. Joseph Henry collected and publislied. 



The Secretary presented his annual report of the operations, expendi- 

 ditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1882. 



On motion of Mr. Cox it was 



Resolved, That the report of the Secretary be referred to tlie Execu- 

 tive Committee, with authority to transmit it to Congress. 



The Secretary called attention to the importance of fire-proofing the 

 eastern portion of the Smithsonian building, especially as the supply of 

 water was now so scanty that none could be had above the basement 

 floor. The Committee on Appropriations of Congress had given assur- 

 ance that the necessary amount should be granted at the present session. 



The Secretary also called attention to the growth of the Government 

 collections and the necessity for speedy action in relation t/O an addi- 

 tionail building for the use of the Museum and the Geological Survey. 

 He presented the following bill, which had been introduced in the House 

 of Representatives, on the 10th of April, 1881, by Hon. Mr. Shallen- 

 berger, and was now before the Committee on Public Buildings and 

 Grounds. 



Forty-seventh Congress, First Session. — H. E. 5781. 



A BILL for the erection of ft fire-proof Imilding on the south portion of the Smith- 

 sonian Reservation, for the accommodation of the United States Geological Survey, 

 and for other purposes. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of two hundred 

 thousand dollars be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in 

 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection of a fireproof 

 building on the south portion of the Smithsonian Eescrvation, for the 

 accommodation of the United States Geological Survey, and for other 

 purposes : Provided, That the consent of the Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution be first obtained thereto, and that the building be under 

 their direction when completed : A7id provided further. That the building 

 be erected by the Architect of the Capitol, in accordance with plans 

 approved by the Director of the United States Geological Survey, the 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Architect of the Cap- 

 itol, acting as a board therefor." 



After a very full expression by the Regents in favor of immediate 

 action, on motion of General Sherman it was 



Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 

 recommend to Congress to enlarge the National Museum, so as properly 

 to exhibit the mineral, geological, and other collections already on hand 



