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very short, uiid if there be no objection I should like to have it taken 

 up and acted upon. I have examined it and do not see any objection 

 to it, 



Mr. John Sherman. 1 should like to inquire where the fund has 

 been heretofore. Has it been in the Treasury ? 



Mr. Fessenden. No, sir; it has been in the hands of the Secretary. 

 Under the bequest of Smithson there was a sum that was to come to 

 the Institution upon the death of a certain person, and that person 

 died just about the time I happened to be in the Treasury, and there- 

 fore I know the facts. This bill simply provides that this money shall 

 be paid into the Treasury and disposed of precisely in accordance with 

 the original act with regard to the disposal of Smithson's bequest. 



Mr. Sherman. I have no objection to it at all. 



The bill was reported without amendment and passed. 

 February 8, 1867. 



An act to receive into the Treasury the residuary legacy of James Smithson, etc. 



Be it enacted ete.^ That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is 

 hereby, authorized and directed to receive into the Treasury, on the 

 same terms as the original bequest, the residuary legacy of James 

 Smithson, now in United States bonds, in the hands of said Secretary, 

 namely: $26,210.63, together with such other sums as the Regents 

 may from time to time see tit to deposit, not exceeding, with the 

 original bequest the sum of $1,000,000. 



Sec. 2. A^id he it farther' e7iacted, That the increase which has 

 accrued, or which may hereafter accrue, from said residuary legacy, 

 shall be applied by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion in the same manner as the interest on the original bequest, in 

 accordance with the provisions of the act of August 10, 1846, estab- 

 lishing said Institution. 



(Stat., XIV, 391.) 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



February 26, 1867— Senate. 



Senate resolution to provide for the exchange of certain documents 

 with foreign countries passed: 



That fifty copies of all documents hereafter printed by order of either House of 

 Congress, and fifty copies additional of all documents printed in excess of the usual 

 number, together with fifty copies of each publication issued by any Department or 

 Bureau of the Government, be placed at the disposal of the Joint Committee on the 

 Library, who shall exchange the same, through the agency of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, for such works published in foreign countries, and especialh' by foreign gov- 

 ernments, as may be deemed by said committee an equivalent; said works to ])e 

 deposited in the Library of Congress. 



March 2, 1867— House. 



The House rejected the joint resolution of the Senate providing for 

 the exchange of public documents. Subsequently, on motion of Mr. 



