THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1861-63. 677 



Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts. This is the proper way 

 to do it. 



Mr. McDouGALL. If that is so, I withdraw 1113'^ objection. 



The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed for a 

 third reading; was read the third time, and i:)a8sed. 



Senate, February 23, 1863. 



Annual report of the institution for 1862 presented. 

 Mr. Fessenden moved to print extra copies. 



February 28, 1863. — The following resolution was passed : 



Resolved, That 5,000 additional copies of tlie report of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, for 1862, be printed ; 2,000 for the use of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, and 3,000 for the use of the Senate : Provided, That the aggre- 

 gate number of pages contained in said report shall not exceed 450, with- 

 out wood-cuts or plates, except those furnished by the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion ; and that the Superintendent of the Public Printing be authorized, 

 if consistent with the public service, to allow the Smithsonian Institution 

 to stereotype the report at its own expense, or to otherwise print at its own 

 expense, such additional copies as may be desired from the type set in the 

 Government printing establishment. 



House of Representatives, December 19, 1861. 



The Speaker appointed as regents, Messrs. Schuyler Col- 

 fax of Indiana, Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania, and 

 Samuel S. Cox of Ohio. 



January 8, 1862. — Mr. Holman. I move to amend by 

 striking out the following clause : 



" For preservation of the collections of the exploring and surveying ex- 

 peditions of the Government, $4,000." 



I understand this to be an appropriation for the Smith- 

 sonian Institution — nothing more and nothing less. It is 

 an appropriation of $4,000 for the purpose of assisting in 

 keeping up the museum connected with that establishment. 

 I find in the last report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution a clause which I will ask to have read in order 

 to indicate how this money is applied. 



The extract was read by the Clerk. It states that the 

 annual appropriation of $4,000 made by Congress for keep- 

 ing the collections of the exploring and surveying expedi- 

 tions of the United States has been expended, under the 

 direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in assisting to 

 pay the extra expenses of assistants and the cost of arrang- 

 ing and preserving the specimens. This has served to di- 

 minish the cost to the Smithsonian fund for the maintenance 

 and exhibition of the museum, but is by no means sufficient 

 to defray all the expenses of that object. 



