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of conducting' all surveys of a scientific character under the War or 

 Interior Department, and the surveys of the Land Office, and to 

 report to Congress as soon thereafter as may be practicable a plan for 

 surve3'ing and mapping the Territories of the United States on such 

 general system as will, in their judgment, secure the best results at 

 the least possible cost; and also to recommend to Congress a suitable 

 plan for the publication and distribution of the reports, maps, and 

 documents, and other results of said surveys, not exceeding one acre 

 now occupied by them for a period of ten 3^ears unless otherwise pro- 

 vided by law at an annual rental of $1,000. 



(Stat.', p. 230.) 



(See act of March 3, 1879, transferring ethnology to Smitnsonian 

 Institution. 



ETHNOLOGY — CONTRIBUTIONS. 



December 4, 1878. — Senate. 



Mr. David Davis, of Illinois, offered concurrent resolution to print 

 3,000 copies of the report of the Geographical and Geological Surve}^ 

 of the Rocky Mountain region, being Volume 2, contributions to North 

 American Ethnology, in quarto form; 1,500 for the House; 500 for 

 the Senate; 500 for the Survey; 500 for the Smithsonian Institution. 



Referred to Committee on Printing. 

 December 4, 1878. — House. 



Mr. John R. Eden submitted concurrent resolution. 



(Same resolution as offered ])y Mr. Davis in Senate December 1, 

 1878.) 



December 18, 1878 — House. 



Passed for Volume II of Contributions to North American Ethnol- 

 ogy, 500 copies for Smithsonian Institution. 

 December 20, 1878— Senate. 



Passed with amendment to give 375 copies to the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



January 25. 1879 — House. 

 Passed as amended. 



LAND OFFICE MUSEUM. 

 January 16, 1879 — House. 



Mr. O. D. Conger offered bill (H. 5812) making compensation to 

 Mrs. Joseph S. Wilson, the widow of the late Joseph S. Wilson, for 

 collecting the scientific museum for the General Land Office.^ 



Referred to Committee on Appi'opriations. 



' This museum was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution by the Secretary of 

 the Interior July 9, 1872. 



