718 CONGRESSIONAL rKOCEEDINGS. 



December 18, 1874. 



Rewl/oed, etc. , That the existing vacanc}^ in the Board of Regents of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than nionibers of Con- 

 gress, shall be tilled by the appointment of George Bancroft, of the 

 city of Washington, in place of William T. Sherman, resigned. 



(Stat., XVIII, Part 3, 523.) 



REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



February 13, 1874 — Senate. 



Annual report for 1878 laid before the Senate. 

 Mr. H. Hamlin offered the following: 



Resolved {(he House of Representafivcs concurring), That 12,500 additional copies of 

 the report of tlie Smithsonian Institution for the year 1873 be printed, 2,500 of 

 which shall be for the use of the Senate, 5,000 for the u.se of the House, and 5,000 for 

 the use of the Institution : Provided, That the aggregate liumber of images of said report 

 shall not exceed 450, and that there shall be no illustrations except those furnished 

 by the Smithsonian Institution. 

 February 20, 1874— Senate. 



Mr. H. B. Anthony. The Committee on Printing, to whom was 

 referred a resolution to print extra copies of the report of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, have directed me to report it back with amendments 

 and to ask for its present consideration. 



The Committee on Printing proposed to amend the resolution so as 

 to- make it read: 



Resolved {the House of Representatives concurring) , That 7,500 additional copies of the 

 report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1873 be printed, 500 of which shall 

 be for the use of the Senate, 1,000 for the use of the House, and 6,000 for the use of 

 the Institution. 



Mr. Anthony. The customary publication of this document has been 

 12,500 copies; 5,000 for the use of the Smithsonian Institution, 2,500 

 for the use of the Senate, and 5,000 for the use of the House of Rep- 

 resentatives. We now have reported to increase the number to the 

 Institution from 5,000 to 6,000, to reduce the number for the Senate 

 from 2,500 to 500, and to reduce the number for the House from 5,000 

 to 1,000. If the number for Congress is reduced so much, the Insti- 

 tution will require a little more, so the Regents l^ink. This, I believe, 

 is the first resolution that the Committee on Printing have reported at 

 this session for printing any additional documents. The number is 

 exceedingly small, and it is the intention of those who are best 

 acquainted with the Institution, especiallj^ of those who have been 

 charged on the part of Congress with participation in its management, 

 that there should be some extra copies, and in deference to them we 

 have made the recommendation. 



Mr. Lot M. Morrill, of Maine. I should like to inquire of the 

 Senator from Rhode Island whether he is aware of the fact that Con- 

 gress, in the earl}' part of the session, passed a resolution suspending 



