FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1871-1873. 693 



May 18. 1872. 



Deficiency act for 1872, etc. 



Library of Congress: Fund for exchange of public documents, $6.70. 

 (Stat.,"xVII, 123.) 

 March 3. 1873. 



Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1874. 



Librar}" of Congress: For expenses of exchanging public documents 

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

 (Stat., ^Yll, 490.) 



CARE OF GOVERNMENT COLLECTIONS. 

 May 18, 1872. 



Deficiency act for 1872, etc. 



To commence the proper litting-up, in a fire-proof manner, of the 

 vacant apartments in the Smithsonian Institution building for the 

 proper distribution and exhibition of the Government collections of 

 natural history, geology, and mineralogy, $5,000. 



(Stat., XVII, 131.) 



June 10, 1872. 



Sundry civil act for 1873. 



Smithsonian Institution: For preservation of the collections of the 

 surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, $15,000. 



For the completion of the hall required for the Government collec- 

 tions, $10,000. 



(Stat., XVII, 361.) 

 February 28, 1873— Senate. 



Mr. John W. Stevenson. I am authorized l)y the Committee on 

 Appropriations to offer a small amendment on page 27, line 658, lo 

 strike out "fifteen" and insert ""twenty." The clause now reads: 



For preservation of the collections of the surveying and exploring expeditions of 

 the Government, $15,000. 



This increase is asked for in order to enable the Institution to 

 arrange and exhibit the geological collections lately transferred from 

 the Land Office, and to make out duplicate specimens in sets for dis- 

 tributing to colleges and institutions throughout the United States. 

 Professor Baird, in a letter before me, says that he made this estimate 

 of $15,000, which is the usual estimate, ])efore the transfer was made 

 from the Land Oflice of all these specimens, and the additional appro- 

 priation is required to prepare for the large increase of these specimens, 

 and also to prepare duplicates for distribution. The amendment 

 simply proposes an appropriation of $20,000 instead of $15,000. I 

 hope the Senate will agree to it. 



Mr. Cornelius Cole. I think $20,000 is probably more than the 

 whole thing is worth. 



Mr. Stevenson. I am astonished at the chairman. 



