724 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



Mr. Hamlin moved to have 12,500 extra copies of the 

 report printed. 



May 2, 1872. — Mr. Anthony, reported the following reso- 

 lution ; which was agreed to. 



Resolved, By the Senate, (the House of Kepresentatives concurring,) that 

 12,500 additional copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution, for 

 the j-ear 1871, be printed ; 2,500 for the use of the Senate, 5,000 for the use 

 of the House, and 5,000 for the use of the Smithsonian Institution: Pro- 

 vided, That the aggregate number of pages of said report shall not exceed 

 450 ; and that there shall be no illustrations, except those furnished by the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



May 24, 1872. — Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on 

 Printing, reported non-concurrence to the amendment of 

 the House of Representatives to increase the number of 

 extra copies of the report, for 1871, to 20,000. Agreed to. 



31ay 29, 1872. — Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on 

 Printing, reported back the following resolution of the House 

 of Kepresentatives, wliich was agreed to : 



Resolved, tj-c. That 2,000 copies of each of the reports of the Smithsonian 

 Institution of which the stereotype plates are now in the Congressional Print- 

 ing Office be printed for distribution by the Smithsonian Institution to libra- 

 ries, colleges, and public establishments. 



December 10, 1872. — The Vice-President appointed Mr. 

 J. W. Stevenson of Kentucky, a regent of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, in the place of Air. Garrett Davis, deceased. 



February 21, 1873. — Annual report of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, for 1872, presented. 



February 28, 1873. — Mr. Stevenson. I am authorized by 

 the Committee on Appropriations to offer a small amend- 

 ment on page 27, line six hundred and fifty-eight, to strike 

 out " fifteen," and insert " twenty," The clause now reads : 



Tor preservation of the collections of the surveying and exploring expe- 

 ditions of the Government, $15,000. 



This increase is asked for in order to enable the institu- 

 tion to arrange and exhibit the geological collections lately 

 transferred from the Land Office, and to make out duplicate 

 specimens in sets for distributing to colleges and institutions 

 throughout the United States. Professor Baird, in a letter 

 before me, says that he made this estimate of |15,000, which 

 is the usual estimate, before the transfer was made from the 

 Land Office of all these specimens, and the additional ap- 

 propriation is required to prepare for the large increase of 

 these specimens, and also to prepare duplicates for distribu- 

 tion. The amendment simply proposes an appropriation of 

 $20,000, instead of $15,000. I hope the Senate will agree 

 to it. 



