FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1881-1883. 929. 



ILLUSTKATION OF THE KEPORTS. 



June 6, 1882Senate. 



Mr. Henry B. Anthony submitted concurrent resolution that the 

 Public Printer be authorized to contract for the engraving and litho- 

 graphing illustrating the reports of the Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 and of the Smithsonian Institution, heretofore ordered to be printed 

 under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, without pre- 

 vious advertisement. 



Refierred to Committee on Printing. 



July 21, 1882— Senate. 



Mr. Henry B. Anthony. The Committee on Printing, to whom 

 was referred a concurrent resolution authorizing the Public Printer 

 to contract for illustrating the Coast and Geodetic Survey report and 

 the Report of the Smithsonian Institution, without previous adver- 

 tising, have instructed me to report back the same with a bill [S. 2161] 

 as a substitute and ask for its present consideration, as the docu- 

 ments are about to be printed. 



Be it enacted, etc. , That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized to con- 

 tract for the engraving and lithographing illustrating the reports of the Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey, the Smithsonian Institution, the De]>artment of Agriculture, and 

 the Entomological Commission, under the direction of the Joint Committee on 

 Printing and without previous advertisement. 



Mr. John Sherman. 1 do not think this bill, whi(!h involves a 

 departure from the established policy of the Government to let out 

 all contracts to the lowest bidder, ought to pass without some oppor- 

 tunity for consideration. I therefore object to its consideration. 



The President pro tempore (Mr. David Davis). The hour of 12 

 has arrived and the morning hour is closed. The Senator from Ohio 

 objected to the consideration of the bill reported from the Committee 

 on Printing, as the Chair understood, and the morning hour is closed. 



army medical library and museum. 



February 28, 1883— House. 



Mr. W. S. Shallenberger, from the Committee on Public Build- 

 ings and Grounds, reported (H. 1995) a bill (H. 7681) for the erection 

 of a fireproof building in the city of Washington to contain the 

 records, library, and museum of the Army Medical Department.^ 



Referred to Committee of Whole. 



1 In the Smithsonian Park. 

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