JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. XIII 



to the Smithsonian Institution, and that the sundry civil bill should be 

 changed in the items relating to the Museum and the Bureau of Eth- 

 nology. 



The Chancellor expressed the opinion that all the appropriations 

 ought to be disbursed and controlled by the Institution. 



After remarks by several of the Regents, on motion of Dr. Welling, 

 the following resolution was adopted : 



Resolved, That the Regents recommend to Congress that the form of 

 the sundry civil appropriation bill be so changed in the items relating 

 to the Museum and the Bureau of Ethnology as to provide, 



First, That these moneys shall be disbursed under the direction of 

 the Smithsonian Institution. 



Second, That the estimates for the appropriations of the Museum in 

 future shall be sent direct to the Secretary of the Treasury by the 

 Smithsonian Institution through its Secretary. 



On motion, it was resolved that the report of the Executive Committee 

 be accepted. 



The Secretary presented the annual report for the year ending June 

 :30, 1887, which had been printed; but he regretted to say that he had 

 not been able to procure copies from the Public Printer in December, in 

 accordance with the resolutions of the Board. 



The Chancellor suggested that some action ought to be taken by Con- 

 gress to avoid delay in printing the annual reports of the Institution. 

 He thought provision might be made by law for the printing of the 

 Smithsonian Institution outside of the Government Printing Office, ns is 

 done in the case of the printing for the Supreme Court. The attention 

 of the Congressional Regents was especially called to this subject. 



The Secretary stated that a large amount of indispensable i)rinting 

 was now done through the Department of the Interior, and some pro- 

 vision ought to be made for this if the connection of the Museum with 

 the Department should cease. He hoped that the Congressional Re- 

 gents would take some action in this matter. 



On motion of Mr. Cox, it was resolved that the report of the Secre- 

 tary for the year ending June 30, 1887, be accepted, and that the Sec- 

 retary transmit the same to Congress. 



The Chancellor announced that on December 2, 1887, in accordance 

 with the statute, he h.id appointed Mr. G. Brown Goode to act as Act- 

 ing Secretary in case of the absence or disability of the Secretary. 



The Secretary called the attention of the Board to a bill introduced in 

 the Senate by Senator Edmunds on the 12th of December, as follows : 



A BILL to provide for payiujj the widow of tbo late Spencer F. Baird for the services 

 rendered by Iiim as Comniissiouer of Fish and Fisheries. 

 Be It enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United 

 mates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury be, and he is liereby, directed to pay ]\Irs. Mary C. Baird. widow of 

 the late Spencer F. Baird, the sum of titty thousand dollars, out of any 

 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation 



