FOKTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1881-1883. 895 



GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BUILDING. 



April 10, 1882— House. 

 Mr. William S. Shallenberger introduced a bill (H. 5781): 



That the sum of $200,000 be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in 

 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection of a fireproof building on 

 the south portion of the Smithsonian reservation for the accommodation of the 

 United States Geological Survey and for other purposes: Provided, That the con- 

 sent of the Eegents of the Smithsonian Institution be first obtained thereto, and 

 that the building be under their direction when completed: And jnovided further, 

 That the building be erected by the Architect of the Caisitol, in accordance with 

 plans approved by the Director of the United States Geological Survey, the Secre- 

 tary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Architect of the Capitol, acting as a 

 board therefor. 



Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. 



January 17, 1883. 



A resolution by the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution in rela- 

 tion toH. 5781: 



Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution recommend to 

 Congress to enlarge the National INIuseum, so as properly to exhibit the mineral, 

 geological, and other collections already on hand and increasing each year, by the 

 erection of a fireproof building on the southwest corner of the Smithsonian Reser- 

 vation, similar in style to the present National Museum; and they request an appro- 

 priation of $300,000 therefor, to l^e expended under the direction of the Regents of 

 the Institution. 



(Journal Proc. Regents, Smithsonian Report for 1882, p. xii.) 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 

 April 15, 1882.— House. 



Message from the President of the United States, Chester A. 

 Arthur (dated April 1-1), transmitting with commendation to the 

 attention of Congress a report of the Secretary of State and its 

 accompanying papers concerning the proposed establishment of an 

 international bureau of exchanges. 



Report of the Secretary of State to the President. 



To the President: 



The Secretary of State has the honor to lay before the President, 

 with a view to its transmission to Congress, a letter from the Secretar}^ 

 of the Smithsonian Institution concerning the working of the present 

 system of exchanges carried on by that Institution, and the practica- 

 bility of the suggestion which has been made, that the scope of the 

 Smithsonian Institution's bureau be enlarged so as to form an inter- 

 national bureau of governmental and scientific exchanges, under the 

 supervision of the Department of State. 



