604 CONGRESSIONAL PKO(n<:EDINGS. 



March 3. 1857. 



Legislative, executive, ami judicial act for 1858. 



To enable the Secretaiy of the Na\'y to pay the salary of Professor 

 James P. Espy for the current liscal year ending- fJune 30, 1857, $2,00(), 

 the payment to be made in the same manner and under the like control 

 as former appropi'iations for meteorological observations. And also 

 for the year ending- June P>0, 1858, $2,000. 



(Stat.', XI, 2U.) 



THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1857-1859. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 



By the Speaker. 



December 14, 1857 — House. 



The Speaker (Mr. James L. Orr) appointed as Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution William H. English, of Indiana, Benjamin Stanton, 

 of Ohio, and Lucius fl. Gartrell, of Georgia. 



appointment of regents 



j5// Joint JResoIation. 



January 7, 1859 — Senate. 

 Resolution adopted: 



Resolved, etc., That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution other "than members of Congress" be tilled by the appointment of 

 Alexander D. Bache, a member of the National Institute and resident in the city of 

 Washington, and George E. Badger, of the State of North Carolina. 



January 10, 1859 — House. 



Resolution of the Senate of January 7 to elect A. D. Bache and 

 G. E. Badger, Regents, adopted. 

 January 17, 1859. 



Resolved, etc., That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution of the class ''other than members of Con- 

 gress" be tilled b}'^ the appointment of Alexander Dallas Bache, a 

 member of the National Institute and resident in the cit}^ of Washing- 

 ton, and George E. Badger, of the State of North Carolina. 



(Stat., XI, 440.) 



report of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



May 27, 1858— Senate. 



Annual ivport of the Smithsonian Institution for 1857 presented, 

 and Mr. J. A. Pearce moved the printing of 10,000 extra copies, 

 2,500 of which to be for the use of the Institution. 



