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on the southwest conier of the Sinith.soiiiau Keservatioii. simihir in 

 style to the jn-esent Xational iMuseuin, and they re(iuestan appropihition 

 of 8300,000 therefor, to be expended under the direction of tlie Regents 

 of the Institution."* 



The Secretary remarked that the placing: of theofticesof thedeologi- 

 cal Survey upon land heretofore reserved exclusively for Smithsonian 

 purposes might be perhaps considered as committing the Institution 

 toward the policy of a union with other scientific bureaus of the Gov- 

 ernment. It was in view of the questions of general ])oIicy thus involved, 

 that it seemed proper that he should ask instruction from the Regents. 

 He could only infer their oi)inion on the former bill fiom the language 

 of the resolution, whicli a[)parently iniplied, 



First. That increased provision was desirable for the iMuseum col- 

 lections. 



Second. From its silence as to the Geological Survey, that the building 

 proposed in the bill was not to be appropriated to tliat use. 



The Secretary had lately been informally advised that it was the desire 

 of the Geologi{?al Survey to obtain his opinion with reference to this, in 

 anticipation of a bill to be brought before the present Congress, and he 

 desired to be favored with the judgment of the Regents. - 



The Chancellor stated that it was desirable that new Museum build- 

 ings should be erected in any case, but that since by act of Congress 

 a certain part of the public grounds had been set apart and appropri- 

 ated absolutely and exclusively to the Smithsonian Institution, he for 

 one did not want to see anything else jdaced on these grounds. He 

 further said: '-If the Smithsonian Institution is to grow it will need 

 chem all, and whatever is put upon them should be under our exclu- 

 sive control." 



After remarks l)y a number of Regents, expressing (;oncurreiu;e in 

 the views of the Chancellor, it was suggested by Mr. Phelps that the 

 unanimous opinion of the Board ought to bo embodied in a resolution. 



The Chancellor did not thiidc this was necessary. He supposed all 

 the Secretary wanted was the nH)ral sui)i)ort of the Boaid in a poli(;y 

 which would forbid the placing of any building on the Smithsonian 

 grounds except for the exclusive use of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The Secretary alluded to another bill, which proi)osed to occupy part 

 of the public grounds, including the Smithsonian reservation, with 

 buildings for the Columbian celebration in 1802. It was here remarked 

 by a Regent that there was no danger of this being done immediately, 

 to which the Chancellor said, " With my consent, never." 



On motion of Dr. Angell, it was resolved that the income of the Insti- 

 tution for the fiscal year beginning July 1,1888, and ending June 30, 

 1889, bti ai)j)ropriated for the service of the Institution, to be exj)ended 

 by the Secretary, with the advice of the Executive Committee, upon the 



* Proceedings of tlio I'.oard, January 17, 1883, Sniitbs miaii l?e))ort for 1882, 

 pp. xii, xiii. 



