FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, 1885-1887. 1033 



February 2, 1887— Senate. 



Mr. George F. Hoar moved to insert on page 101, after line 2452, 

 in the sundry civil bill for 1888 (H. 10072) the following: 



That the Secretary of State, the Librarian of Congress, and the Secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, and their successors in office, are hereby constituted a com- 

 mission whose duty it shall be to report to Congress the character and value of the 

 historical and other manuscripts l)elonging to the Government of the United States, 

 and what method and policy should be pursued in regard to editing and publishing 

 the same, or any of them. 



Agreed to. , . 



March 3, 1887. 



The sundry civil act constituted a commission consisting of the Sec- 

 retary of State, the Librarian of Congress, and the Secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, and their successors in office, "to report to 

 Congress the character and value of the historical and other manu- 

 scripts belonging to the Government of the United States, and what 

 method and policy should be pursued in regard to editing and pub- 

 lishing the same, or any of them." 



(Stat, XXIV, 542.) 



expositions. 



Cenfpmiial Celehration of the ConHtitution.. 



April 21, 1886— Senate. 



Mr. Arthur P. Gorman su))mitted a resolution: 



That the Committee on Foreign Relations be instructed to consider the subject of 

 a celebration in 1889, at Washington, of the centennial anniversary of the formation 

 of the Government under the Constitution of the United States, and also of the four 

 hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America in 1892; and to report what, if 

 any, action by Congress is advisable in relation thereto. 



Amended to make the reference to Committee on the Library. 



Mr. Gorman presented a memorial from prominent citizens, which 

 was ordered to be printed in the Record^ and referred to Committee 

 on the Library. 



[Permanent Exposition of tlie Three Americas: To be located at the capital of the United States. — 

 Constitutional Centennial Celebration in 1889: By the .sixteen American Republics in honor of the 

 one hundredth anniversary of the Constitution of the parent Republic, the United States. — World's 

 Exposition in 1892: In honor of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by 

 Columbus.] 



, Office op the Bo.vrd of Promotion, 

 Willard'.^ Hotel, Waaltington, I>. C, April ^1, 1886. 

 To Congre.ss: 



In three years from the 4th of last March the Constitution of the United States 

 will have completed the first century of its existence. 



Six years from the 12th of next October will be the four himdredthannivensary of 

 the discovery of America by Columbus. 



^Printed in Congressional Record, April 21, 1886. 



