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stand by what right they could call upon the Institution to 

 furnish a copy to each member of Congress from its own 

 resources. If Congress intended granting an appropriation 

 to defray the expense of the publication and distribution, 

 as the gentleman from Illinois proposed, he would have no 

 objection to it; but unless such an appropriation were made, 

 he should feel himself compelled to vote against the gentle- 

 man's amendment. 



The question was then taken on Mr. Wentworth's amend- 

 ment, and it was not agreed to. 



The question was then taken on Mr. Thompson's amend- 

 ment, and it was adopted. 



On the same day it was ordered that two copies of the 

 Annals of Congress be given to the Smithsonian Institution; 

 also, one copy of the Vv'orks of Alexander Hamilton and one 

 copy of the works of John Adams. 



PEOCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE. 



Senate, April 20, 1852. 



The Senate having under consideration the Deficiency 

 bill, and the following amendment from the Committee on 

 Finance being in order : 



" For planting and finishing the roads and walks through that portion 

 of the public Mall surrounding the Smithsonian Institution, $7,000 " — 



Mr. Hunter said : This item is estimated for by the Sec- 

 retary of the Interior. It is proposed to appropriate this 

 amount in this bill, instead of appropriating it for the next 

 fiscal year, as this is the planting season. 



The amendment was agreed to. 



Senate, Mai/ 27, 1852. 



Mr. Pearce, from the Committee on Finance, reported a 

 bill supplementary to an act approved August 10, 1846, en- 

 titled " An act to establish the Smithsonian Institution," 

 &c., which was read and passed to a second reading. The 

 bill is as follows : 



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

 States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the money now 

 in the hands of the liegents of the Smithsonian Institution, being an accu- 

 mulation of interest on the principal fund that accrued prior to July first, 

 eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and heretofore set apart for the erection 

 of the suitable buildings for the use of said institution, as may not be found 

 necessary for the completion of the edifice now in course of erection, and 

 all such further sums as may bo received hereafter from the estate of James 

 Smithson, shall be received into the Treasury of the United States on the 



