418 CONGEESSIONAL PKOCEEDINGS. 



Mr. Linn Boyd and Mr. Adams, respectively, raised the point of 

 order against this amendment, on the ground of identity with the words 

 stricken out on motion of Mr. Adams. 



The Chairman overruled the point of order; thus deciding the 

 amendment in order. 



The question was taken, and, after some delay for want of a (luorum, 

 was decided in the negative — ayes 42, noes 77. 



So the motion was rejected. 



Mr. Adams moved 'to strike out the ninth section, in the words fol- 

 lowing (which he said were now rendered useless by the amendments 



previouslj^ made): 



• 

 Sec. 9. And be it further- enacted, That the said board of managers shall also make 

 rules and regulations for the admission of students into the various departments of 

 the Institution, and their conduct and deportment while they remain therein: Pro- 

 vided, That all instruction in said Institution shall be gratuitous to those students who 

 conform to such rules and regulations. 



The question being taken, was decided in the affirmative. 

 So the section was stricken out. 



The tenth section being under consideration, Mr. W. F. Giles 

 moved an amendment, to add at the end thereof the following: 



And shall cause to be published, from time to time, books in raised characters for 

 the education of the blind, to be distributed by the said board of managers among 

 the different State institutions for the education of the blind. 



The question being taken, the amendment was rejected. 



Mr. B. R. Wood moved an amendment, to insert in the fourth line 

 of tenth section the word " useful," and strike out the eleventh, twelfth, 

 and thirteenth lines. 



The question being taken, the amendment was rejected. 



Mr. Adams moved to strike out the tenth section (in order to conform 

 to previous amendments). 



The question being taken, was decided in the affirmative; ayes, 68, 

 nOes, 57. 



So the section was stricken out. 



Mr. Wood moved an amendment, to add as a new section, between 

 the tenth and eleventh sections, the following: 



And be it further enacted, That the sum of $20,000 of the interest of said fund be, and 

 is hereby, appropriated annually for the purchase or publication of a library for the 

 diffusion of useful knowledge, to be selected or published under the direction of the 

 said board of managers, which shall include the best elementary popular works upon 

 the history, geography, and statistics of the United States; upon botany, mineralogy, 

 geology, agriculture, agricultural chemistry, mechanics, and physiology; and which 

 said library shall be distributed among the several States and Territories in the ratio 

 of their representation, and be forwarded to the several governors of said States and 

 Territories to be distributed among the people thereof in such a manner as their 

 respective legislatures shall determine and shall most tend to increase and diffuse 

 knowledge. 



