PEOCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS 



RELATIVE TO 



A MONUMENT TO JOSEPH HENET. 



IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. 

 Monday, May 3, 1880. 



Mr. MORRILL, (Senator from Vermont) asked, and by unanimous 

 consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill;* which was 

 read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and 

 Grounds : 



"A Bill for the erection of a monument, in the city of Washington, to the memory 

 of JOSEPH HENRY, late Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

 United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Regents 

 of the Smithsonian Institution be and are hereby authorized to con- 

 tract with "W. "W. Story, sculptor, for a statue in bronze of JOSEPH 

 HENRY, late Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to be erected 

 upon the grounds of said Institution ; and for this purpose, and for 

 the entire expense of the foundation and pedestal of the monument, 

 the sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of 

 any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated." 



Thursday, May 6, 1880. 



Mr. MORRILL, reported back to the Senate this bill, (S. No. 1702,) 

 with the title amended so as to read : "A Bill for the erection of a 

 bronze statue of JOSEPH HENRY, late Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution." 



* Senate bill No. 1702, Forty-sixth Congress, Second Session. 



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