416 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



Mr. J. W. TiBBATTS moved the amendment of which notice had 

 previously been given, to strike out the words providing that the board 

 of managers "shall be, and hereby are, constituted a board politic 

 and corporate, by the style and title of the ' Smithsonian Institution,' 

 with perpetual succession, and the usual powers, duties, and liabilities 

 incident to corporations." 



The question was taken by tellers, and decided in the affirmative — 

 ayes 70, noes -i-l:. 



So these words were stricken out. 



Mr. Owen moved to insert after the word ""managers" (in lieu of 

 the words stricken out) the words "and the said Institution shall be 

 known by the style and title of the Smithsonian Institution." 



The amendment was agreed to. 



The fourth section being under consideration, 



Mr. Owen moved an amendment (which he stated to be necessary in 

 consequence of the previous amendment striking out the clause con- 

 stituting a corporation) to insert at the forty -fourth line the words: 



And all questions which may arise between the United States and any person 

 claiming under and by virtue of any such contract shall be heard and determined by 

 said board of managers. 



The question being taken, the amendment was agreed to. 

 Mr. Owen also moved to insert at the tenth line the words: 



And all prosecutions for trespass on said property, and all civil suits in behalf of 

 said Institution, shall be prosecuted in the name of the United States in any court 

 having competent jurisdiction of the same. 



Agreed to — ayes 61, noes not counted. 



The fifth section being under consideration, Mr. J. R. Ingersoll 

 moved an amendment to insert at the twenty -first line these words: 



Which collection shall be denominated the National Museum. And it shall be 

 lawful for the National Institute to deposit its collections in said museum [in consid- 

 eration whereof said institute shall have the right to appoint a curator to said museum, 

 with such compensation as the managers of the Smithsonian Institution shall assign], 

 and the said National Institute shall have a right to hold its meetings in the buildings 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, in any room which shall be assigned for such purpose 

 by the managers of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Mr, TiBBATTS moved an amendment to the amendment, to strike out 

 the words in brackets. 



The amendment to the amendment was rejected. 



The question recurring on the original amendment of Mr. J. R. 

 Ingersoll, was decided in the affirmative — ayes 67, noes 50. 



So the amendment was agreed to. 



Mr. Richard Brodhead moved an amendment to the fifth section 

 (which provides for suitable arrangements for the reception of all 

 objects of art, and of foreign and curious research, of natural history. 



