506 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



August 1, 1854 — House. 



The Speaker (Mr. Linn Boyd) laid before the House a communi- 

 cation from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting 

 the annual report of the Board of Regents. 



The Speaker. The annual report does not accompany the letter of 

 the Secretary. The Chair understands that there is but one copy. 

 It is very voluminous, and is now in the other end of the Capitol. 



Mr. W. H. English. I moye that the communication and report be 

 laid on the table, and ordered to be printed; and I moye that 20,000 

 extra copies be printed, and that that motion be referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Printing. So ordered. 



August 2, 1854 — House. 



Mr. R. H. Stanton, of Kentucky. I rise to a privileged question. 

 I have a report from the Committee on Printing, which I desire to 

 make. I believe that conmiittee have the right to report at any time. 



The Speaker. The gentleman is in order. 



Mr. Stanton. I am instructed Ijy the Committee on Printing to 

 offer the following resolution: 



Resolved, That there be printed 10,000 extra copies of the annual report of the 

 Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, including the minority report upon 

 the distribution of the fund— 7,000 copies for distribution by the members of this 

 House and 3,000 for the use of the Institution. 



Mr. G. W. Jones, of Tennessee. I move to lay that resolution upon 

 the table. 



The motion not agreed to. 

 The resolution adopted. 



March 1, 1855— Senate. 



The President pro tempore (Mr. David R. Atchison) laid before 

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

 communicating the ninth annual report of the Board of Regents of 

 that Institution; which was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 



A motion by Mr. Richard Brodhead to print 10,000 additional 

 copies of the report was referred to the Committee on Printing. 



March 2, 1855— Senate. 



Mr. R. W. Johnson, from the Committee on Printing, reported the 

 following: 



Ordered, That 10,000 additional copies of the ninth annual report of the Board of 

 Regents of the Smithsonian Institution be printed. 



Mr. J. A. Pearce. I move to amend that order by adding " twenty- 

 five hundred of which shall be for the use of the Secretary of the said 

 Institution." 



Mr. Johnson. I am willing to accept that. 



The amendment was agreed to; .and the order, as amended, was 

 adopted. 



