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use of the Smithsonian Institution: Provided, That the aggregate number of pages 

 contained in said report shall not exceed 450 pages, without woodcuts or plates, 

 except those furnished by the Institution. 



Adopted. 



March 2, f 859— House. 



Mr. S. A. Smith, of Tennessee, from Committee on Printing, sub- 

 mitted resolution: 



That there be printed 5,000 extra copies of the report of the operations of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, for the year 1858; 3,000 for the use of members of the 

 House, and 2,000 for the use of said Institution. 



Mr. Smith, of Tennessee, demanded the previous question. 



Mr. G. W. Jones, of Tennessee, demanded a division. 



The house divided; and there were — ayes, 88. 



The Speaker (Mr. James L. Orr). Does the gentleman insist on his 

 division ? 



Mr, Jones, of Tennessee. Yes, sir; unless it is proposed to pay for 

 this printing out of the Smithsonian fund. 



The division was made; and there were — noes, 46. 



Resolution adopted. 



CARE OF GOVERNMENT COLLECTIONS. 

 June 2, 1858. 



Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1859. 



For the preservation of the collections of the exploring and survey- 

 ing expeditions of the Government, $4,000. 



For the transfer to, and new arrangement of those collections in the 

 Smithsonian Institution, $1,000. 



(Stat. XI, 301.) 



December 16, 1858 — House. 



Report of the Committee on the District of Columbia on the memo- 

 rial of the National Institution for the Promotion of Science, praying 

 for an appropriation for preserving the collection of objects of natural 

 history intrusted to their charge, showed that, in fact, the collections 

 were then in the Smithsonian Institution — they were formerly in the 

 Patent Office, under the charge of the Government — and, therefore, 

 the committee asked to be discharged from the further consideration 

 of the memorial. Concurred in. 



March 3, 1859, 



Sundry civil act for 1860. 



For preservation of the collections of the exploring and surveying 

 expeditions of the Government, $4,000. 

 (Stat. XI, 427.) 



