692 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



March 3, 1873— House. 



Mr. W. P. Price, from the Committee on Printing, reported con- 

 currence in the resolution of the Senate to print 12,500 extra copies 

 of the report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1872. Agreed to. 



DECORATION FOR PROF. JOSEPH HENRY. 

 April 20, 1871. 



Resol/ved^ ete.^ That the consent of Congress is hereby given to Pro- 

 fessor Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to 

 accept the title and regalia of a commander of the Royal Norwegian 

 Order of St. Olaf, conferred upon him for his distinguished scientific 

 service and character by the King of Sweden and Norway, grand 

 master of said order. 



(Stat., XVII, 643.) 



EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 

 March 2, 1872. 



Be it enacted^ etc.^ That the Joint Committee on the Lihrar}^ be 

 authorized to grant to James D. Dana the use of such of the engraved 

 plates of the United States Exploring Expedition under Captain 

 Wilkes, now in charge of said committee, as may be desired by him 

 for the publishing a book on corals and coral islands. 



(Stat., XVII, U^.) 

 May 28, 1872. 



Be it enacted^ etc. , That the Joint Committee on the Library be, and 

 they are hereby, authorized to contract for the completion of three 

 unfinished volumes of the United States Exploring Expedition of the 

 years 1838 to 1842, to consist of phj^sics and hydrography of the expe- 

 dition by Charles Wilkes, and the volume of botany of the expedition 

 by John Torrey and others; said publication to be made in the same 

 style as the volumes heretofore published, and distributed in the same 

 manner: Provided, That no more than $9,000 shall in anj^ case be 

 required to finish said volumes. 



(Stat., XVII, 164.) 



June 10. 1872. 



8midry civil ai-t for 1873. 



For the publication of three volumes of Wilkes's Exploring Expe- 

 dition, agreeably to act of May 28, 1872, $9,000. 

 (Stat., XVII, 362.) 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



May 8, 1872. 



Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1873. 



Library of Congress: For expenses of exchanging public documents 

 for the publications of foreign governments, $1,500. 

 (Stat., XVII, 64.) 



