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income and from other sources, provided the whole amount thus received 

 into the Treasury shall not exceed one million dollars. 



The sole object of this request is the permanent investment and perpetual 

 security of the entire Smithsonian bequest and such other sums as may be 

 accumulated from savings of accrued interest, legacies, &c. 

 And your memorialists will ever pray, &c. 



S. P. CHASE, 



Chancellor. 

 JOSEPH HENKY, 

 Secretary Syyiithsonian Institution. 



Resolved, ^-c, That an application be made to Congress for an act author- 

 izing the Treasurer of the United States to receive into the Treasury, on 

 the same terms as the original bequest, the residuary legacy of James 

 Smithson, now in United States bonds in the hands of said Treasurer, 

 namely, $26,210.63, together with such other sums as the Kegents may 

 from time to time see fit to deposit, not exceeding, with the original bequest, 

 the sum of $1,000,000 ; and that the income which has accrued or may ac- 

 crue from said residuary legacy be applied in the same manner as the 

 interest on the original bequest. 



Mr. Patterson introduced the following bill ; which was 

 passed : 



Be it enacted, <fc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is 

 hereby, authorized and directed to receive into the Treasury, on the same 

 terms as the original bequest, the residuary legacy of James Smithson, now 

 in United States bonds, in the hands of said Secretary, namely : twenty-six 

 thousand two hundred and ten dollars and sixty-three cents, together with 

 such other sums as the regents may from time to time see fit to deposit, not 

 exceeding, with the original bequest, the sum of one million dollars. 



Sec. 2. Arid be it further enacted, That the increase which has accrued, 

 or which may hereafter accrue, from said residuary legacy, shall be applied 

 by the Board of Kegents of the Smithsonian Institution in the same manner 

 as the interest on the original bequest, in accordance with the provisions of 

 the act of August tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, establishing said 

 institution. 



February 23, 1867. — The clerk read as follows : 



For the preservation of the collections of the exploring and surveying 

 expeditions of the Government, $4,000. 



Mr. Patterson. I move to amend the paragraph just read 

 by omitting the word "four" and inserting in lieu thereof 

 "ten," so as to increase the appropriation to $10,000. 



The amendment was agreed to. 



February 27, 1867. — Annual report for 1866, presented. 

 Mr. Garfield moved that 5,000 extra copies be printed. 



February 28, 1867. — Mr. Laflin, from the Committee 

 on Printing, offered the following resolution, which was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That 5,000 additional copies of the last report of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution be printed ; 2,000 for the use of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, and 3,000 for the use of the members of this House ; and that the same 

 be stereotyped. 



