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business, so as to enable him (Mr. Hilliard) to present the annual report 

 of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. His object 

 was simply to present the report, that it might be laid upon the table 

 and printed. 



Mr. James Thompson, of Pennsylvania, insisted on the regular order 

 of business. 



The Speaker (Mr. Howell Cobb) stated to the gentleman from Ala- 

 bama [Mr. H. W. Hilliard] that the report could only be introduced 

 by unanimous consent. The regular order of business was insisted 

 upon, and objections were made in several quarters. 



The report, therefore, was not presented. 

 July 25, 1850— House. 



The Speaker (Mr. Howell Cobb) laid before the House a comnmni- 

 cation from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting 

 the annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion — laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. 

 July 29, 1850— Senate. 



The President pro tempore (Mr. William R. King) laid before the 

 Senate a letter of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, trans- 

 mitting the annual report of the Board of Regents, 



On motion b}^ Mr. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, 



Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Printing, with instructions to 

 inquire into the expediency of printing 5,000 additional copies without the Appendix. 

 July 30, 1850— Senate. 



Mr. Hannibal Hamlin, from the Committee on Printing, reported 

 in favor of printing the report of the Smithsonian Institution, with 

 5,000 additional copies without the Appendix, 500 of which are for the 

 use of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Agreed to. 

 January 9, 1851 — Senate. 



Mr. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, submitted resolution: 



Resolved, That the Committee on Printing be instructed to inquire into the pro- 

 priety of printing three thousand extra copies of the Appendix to the report of the 

 Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, one thousand of which to be for the benefit 

 of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Mr. Davis. Mr. President, when I made the motion to print extra 

 copies of the report of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion I was not acquainted with the value of the Appendix. It contains 

 valuable statistical and other information respecting the libraries of 

 the United States, and it is believed that it would be valuable and 

 desirable to the country at large. 



Agreed to. 

 March 1, 1851— Senate. 



The President of the Senate (Mr. Howell Cobb) laid before the 

 body a letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, com- 



