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tioii 3893 of the Revised Statutes as amended by the act of July 12, 

 1876, or matter appertaining to. lotteries, gift concerts, or fraudulent 

 schemes or devices. 



Sec. 29. The provisions of the fifth and sixth sections of the act 

 entitled "An act establishing post routes, and for other purposes," 

 approved March 3, 1877,^ for the transmission of ojSicial mail matter, 

 be, and they are hereby, extended to all officers of the U. S. Govern- 

 ment, and made applicable to all official mail matter transmitted 

 between any of the officers of the United States, * * * and 

 * * * to all official mail matter sent from the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution. 



(Stat., XX, 360, 362.) 



FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, 1879-1881. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 



By the Yice- President. 

 March 21, 1879— Senate. 



TheViCE-PEESiDENT(Mr.W. A. Wheel,er) appointed Newton Booth 

 as Regent, on behalf of the Senate, vice Aaron A. Sargent, whose 

 term had expired. 

 February 21, 1881— Senate. 



The Vice-President (Mr. W. A. Wheeler) laid before the Senate 



the following: 



United States Senate Chamber, 



Washington, Fehrvari/ i?l, 1881. 

 Sir: I hereby resign the position of Regent of tlie Smithsonian Institution, to 

 which I was appointed January 18, 1870. 



Very respectfully, yours, . H. Hamlin. 



Hon. W. A. Wheeler, 



Yxce-Pvesident of the United States and, President of the Senate. 



The Vice-President. The Chair appoints to fill this vacancy the 

 Senator from Massachusetts (George F. Hoar). 



appointment of regents 



By the Speaker. 

 April 4, 1879— House. 



The Speaker (Mr. S. J. Randall) stated that he had received a 

 letter from the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution ask- 

 ing that he make appointment of Regents. In accordance with tihs 

 request he appointed Hiester Clymer, of Pennsylvania, Joseph E. 

 Johnston, of Virginia, James A. Garfield, of Ohio. 



• See Stat., XIX, 335. 



