FOETY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1871-1873. 699 



Sec. o. Thut it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to trans- 

 mit to Cong-re.s.s a detailed statement of the expenditures which may 

 have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution. 



(Stat.. XVII, 637.) 



FREE POSTAGE. 

 June 8, 1872. 



An act to revise, consolidate, and amend tlie -statutes relating to the Post-Oflfice 



Department. 



Sec. 184. That the following mail matter shall be allowed to pass 

 free in the mails. * * * 



Sixth. All publications sent or received by the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, marked on each package " Smithsonian Exchange.'' 



(Stat., XVII, 307.) 



Powell's exploration. 



June 10, 1872. 



Sundry civil act for 1873. 



For completing the survey of the Colorado of the West and its trib- 

 utaries, by Professor J. W. Powell, under the direction of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, $20,000. 



(Stat., XVII, 350.) 



March 3, 1873. 



Sundry civil act for 1874. 



That the sum of $10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 

 is hereby appropriated to enable Professor J. W. Powell to prepare his 

 materials, and to present to Congress at its next session a report of 

 the survey of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries. 



(Stat., XVII, 513.) 



appointment of regents 



By the Vice-President. 

 December 10, 1872— Senate. 



The Vice-President (Mr. Schuyler Colfax) appointed John W. 

 Stevenson, of Kentuck3% a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, in 

 the place of Garret Davis, deceased. 



